The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-12

the contract In view of her worth
less doubleton in Spades.
She thought it unlikely that East
would be strong enough to bid,
therefore she need not attempt to
shut out a lead-directing call by
that hand.
However, in case East did bid,
North was strong enough to bid or
double on the next round. Mrs.
Streeter, East, of course, was OBJ
liged to pass, giving Mr.. McDiarmid
the bid for one No Trump.
MIR. SHEPARD, West, opened the
1F1 play by leading the Of Spades,
his fourth-best. Though an Ace
Queen suit is not opened against a
trump contract, if it can be avoided,
the longest suit generally should be
led against No Trump, regardless
of what cards it contains, unless that
suit has been adversely bid.
North's hand became Dummy, and
from it Declarer played the s of
Spades. Mrs. Streeter, East, played
the 10, and Declarer the Jack.
With the lead in his own hand,
Declarer was then in a position to
finesSe the Diamonds, of which he
held eight in his combined hands;
but he appreciated that if the 1neSse
lost, Mrs. Streeter, East, would lead
Spades through Declarer's Kings.
and West, holding Ace-Queen, as
was clearly shown by the cards
played to the first trick, would be
able to capture Declarer's high Spade
and then run the entire suit, saving
game.
A fnesSe lost to West would not
have the same dire result, because
a Spade lead would be up to De-
clarer's once-guarded King.
Therefore, to trick two, Declarer
led his Deuce of Hearts, to which
West played the 4, Dummy the
Queen and East the S. Declarer
then prepared to take Club flnesse,
in the right direction, by leading
Dummy's Deuce of Clubs.
East played the 5. Declarer the 9
and West the Trey. Even if De-
clarer had not won this finesse, he
still would have been in position to
take three Club tricks, and East
would not have been in the lead.
These three Club tricks, with the
one Spade and one Heart already
won, the three more Hearts he was
sure to win, and the Ace Of Dia-
monds, were all he needed for game
60 he proceeded, at trick fou?,
y to lead the Ace of Clubs. West
plaved the 4, Dummy the 10, East
the 6. Declarer then led the 8 of
Hearts; West played the 6, Dummy
won with the King, and East fol-
lowed with the 9. Dummy caShed
the King of Clubs, East playing the
| 7; Declarer discarding the 6 OF
Diamonds, and West playing the 8
of Clubs
Dummy's next lead was the Trey
Of Hearts, to which East followed
with the 10, South with the Jack
and West with the z. At trick
eight, Declarer continued with the
Ace of Hearts. West discarded the
9 of Spades; Dummy the of
Spades, and East the Deuce of
Diamonds.
To trick nine, Declarer led the
Queen of Diamonds, West played
| the 7, Dummy the Ace, and East
the 8 spot. McDiarmid refused the
tempting Diamond finesse because
his Ace of Diamonds insured game.
He did well to take the certainty;
had he finessed East would have
won and the adversaries would have
taken the remaining tricks.
McDiarmid then had nine tricks
and game. Regardless of what
Dummy led to the tenth trick, Mrs.
Streeter, East, was bound to win
with either her King Of Diamonds
or Queen of Clubs, and obviously
East and West would take all the
rest of the tricks. Declarer scored
80 for tricks and 30 for his three
Aces.
I'm commenting upon the game,
Il Milton G. Work called particular
attention to one point which he says
the expert never overlooks, but
which the average player or begin
ner sometimes fails to see; the stu
alton in which, as in this game, one
of the adverse hands can be per-
mitted to win a trick without Seri-
Gus consequences, but in which it is
probable that the game would be
saved if the other adverse hand
should win the trick.
This is because one adverse hand,
East in this case, would be able to
lead through a tenace or honor,
whereas the other adversary would
have to lead up to it.
The hand which might make the
game saving lead is called the dan
ger hand" and the expert tries to
manipulate his play so as to keep
that hand from obtaining the lead,
as McDiarmid did in this game
when he determined to play his six
card Club suit instead Of the eight
card Diamond suit, because the Dia-
monds could have been f1neSsed only
up to the danger hand.