Evening star., 1931-12-08

slightest excuse.
sat at the north, which gave my
partner south Mrs. CuIbertson was
seated east and Mr.. Culbertson west.
Deals First Hand.
I was dealer on the first hand and
opened hostilities with bid of one
spade East passed and Mr.. Jacoby
bid two no trump. West passed and
bid three no trump. Mr.. Jaceby
played the hand. We failed, however.
to make the contract and were set one
trick.
The hand: North-Spades, ace, king,
4, 3; hearts, 9, 6, 2; diamonds, king, g.;
clubs, jack, 9, 3, 2.
East-Spades, jack, 8. g. hearts, king,
queen, 10, 8; diamonds, ace, s, 3, 2;
clubs, 10, S.
south-spades, 10, 7. 6; hearts. ace,
7. S, 4; diamonds, jack, 9; clubs, ace,
king. queen, a.
West-Spades, queen, 9, 5; hearts,
jack, 3; diamonds, queen, 10, 7, 5, 4;
clubs, 8. 7, 6.
This hand was rather unfortunate
beginning for the Lenz-Jacc by side,
though the bidding and play cannot
be criticized. We held many top cards,
but we lacked Intermediary cards,
which would have helped us to fulfill
our contract.
CuIbertson Optimistic.
We had an opportunity to more than
even matters with our opponents on
the next hand Ely was somewhat op-
timiStic and assisted his partner with
three trumps only. The bidding ended
with five diamonds played by Mrs.
CuIbertSon and the c-ntract was set
four tricks.
1 had rather difficult decision to
make with the following hand, and un-
fortunately guessed wrong. The hand
was as follows:
North-spades, 9, 6. 3; hearts, 10, s,
4. 3; diamonds, king, queen, 8, 5, 4;
clubs 6.
East-Sp2 des, ace. 8, 7. 3; hearts, ace
diamonds, 8, 8, D. clubs, ace, queen g.
S, 3.
South-Spades, king queen, 4 hearts,
king, queen, jack, 8, 6; diamonds, jack,
10; clubs king, jack, 7.
West-Spades, jack, 10, 5; hearts, 9,
7, 2; diamonds, ace, 9, Z; clubs, 10, g.,
Culbertson was West and Mrs. Cul-
bertSon East. I held the North hand
and my partner, who was the dealer,
opened the bidding with one Heart.
West passed, of course, and I raised my
partner to two hearts. which was
doubled informatorily by East.
South had opened on minimum
hand and passed, while West bid three
clubs as it was his only four-card suit.
NV hand contained only one quick trick,
but having strong heart support I risked
a bid Of three diamonds.
Decision Up to Lentz.
! East went TO four clubs. which was
! quite correct and Jacoby doubled which
| was just as correct. It was now up to
/ me. / had made two free bids on my
| hand, which was rather strong often
| sively provided hearts were trump, but
| I had not much to offer in defense
| against a contract by the opponents
| / finally decided to bid four hearts
| which was set one trick.
AS can be seen, the play was very
close. We were vulnerable and our op-
ponentS were not. We probably would
| have set them three tricks for 4OC
points, and if my partners original bic
had been a shade stronger we coulo
have made four hearts, which would
have been worth much more than 40C
| points, as it would have given US the
rubber
After having forged ahead in the
first rubber, We won the sec3nd one
with less struggle, scoring $50 point,
additional. The third rubber was tech.
nica.ly won by our opponents, as they
scored two games, but nevertheless Il
showed small profit of los points fol
US, as Culbertson on the first deal made
sacrifice bid which / doubled, and h,
went down 1000 points. We therefor,
closed the first skirmish with a plus o.
l,7i5 points, having obtained plu,
score on every one Of the three rub
bers.