The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-19

TINE radio bridge audience
Il cleaned some good tips on ex-
pert play from the fourteenth of
Milton c. Works Radio Bridge
Games. broadcast Tuesday from sta
ton WFBNI. with Mrs. E. L. Brad
bury of Dallas. Tex; Miss Margue-
rite Cohn Of Fl. Smith, Ark; Earl
S. Cooley of Rochester, N. Y, and
Gratz NJ. Scott of New York City as
the exhibition players,
The hands were: Scott, Dealer.
South: Spades, Q. 10, 4; Hearts A,
K, 6: Diamonds, A, K, 5, 4; Clubs,
K, J, 2. Cobey, West: Spades, 9,
6, 5, 3; Hearts, Q, 10, 9; Diamonds,
@, 10, 8, 3; Clubs, 7, 5. Mrs. Brad
bury. North: Spades, K. 7; Hearts,
j. 4; Diamonds, J. 9. 7, 6; Clubs, @,
10. 8, 8. 4. Miss Cohn, East: Spades,
A, J, 8, 2; Hearts, 8, 7, 5, 3, 2; Dia-
monds. 2; Clubs, A, 6, 3.
The only bid was the opening
declaration of one No Trump by
Scott. Dealer, South, which all
passed. Miss Cohn, East, would have
liked to have made lead-directing
bid to keep her partner from open
ing Diamonds.
So with South as Declarer at one
No Trump, Cooley, West made the
original lead of the Trey Of Dia-
monds, the fourth-best of the
stronger of his two long suits.
Mrs. Bradbury spread her hand
for Dummy, and Scott, Declarer,
was SURPRISED to find that he had
four cards in Dummy and four in
his own hand of the leaders suit.
He knew the lead was fourth-best,
and subtracting three from eleven
and finding the remainder to be
eight, he realized that Miss Cohn,
East. could have no Diamonds high
err than the Trey, because he him
self in his two hands had the entire
eight that the lead had shown were
not in the hand of the leader. BY
the same reasoning, Declarer could
tell that the leaders remaining Dia-
monds were the Queen, 10 and 8.
n
planning his campaign before
L making his first play, Declarer
counted six sure tricks
one Spade, two Hearts and three
Diamonds. If the adverse Ace of
Clubs were part of a three-card
suit, not more than two Clubs
could be won unless Dummys long
Clubs were established and an entry
made in that hand to cash them.
The King of Spades was not an
assured entry because East might
have the Ace; so Declarer de-
termined to make up an entry in
Dummy's Diamonds as he needed
three Clubs for game.
Therefore to the first trick De-
clarer played Dummy's 6 Of
Diamonds. Miss Cohn, East, played
the Deuce, and Declarer, South, won
with the Ace, making Dummy's
Jack sure entry. To trick two
Declarer led the King of Clubs;
West played the 5; Dummy the 4;
East the Trey. Miss Cohn, East,
hoped that by holding up her Ace
of Clubs until the third round she
could keep Declarer from running
Dummy's long Clubs. She knew
that Dummys King of Spades was
not an entry and hoped that her
partner could prevent an entry in
Diamonds.
Declarer continued Clubs. leading
the Jack. West played the 7; Dunn
my the Queen from her sequence,
hoping to dislodge the Ace one
round sooner by making East believe
that the closed hand had no more
Clubs.
Miss Cohn, however, was not de-
ceiyed by the subterfuge She
played the 6. Declarer then led
the 10 of Clubs from Dummy; East
played the Ace; closed hand the
Deuce, and West discarded the Trey
of Spades.
TITO trick five Miss Cohn, East, led
L. the trey Of Hearts. Mr.. Scott,
Declarer, had his game won,
whether he won or lost this trick;
his best chance for an extra trick
seemed to be to play small from