Evening star., 1931-12-19

| w cardS and good
fkS, play by his part
| = ~ ner, Culbertson
| "a early Friday morn
ing issued a state
Sidney 3. Lem. ment to which a
number of news
paper representatives asked me to re-
ply, which o declined. I find now
that his statement was put in such an
ambiguous manner that some persons
interpreted it to mean that there was
some misunderstanding between my
partner, Oswald Jacoby, and myself.
In Perfect Harmony.
In reply to the statement issued by
Mr. CulbertSOn l believe l may safely
allow the American public to Judge what
constitutes the tactics and actions of a
gentleman-eSpecially when he Is win
ming at cards. Mr.. Jacoby and l are in
perfect harmony with each other Last
nights session was the first one which
started absolutely on time. Theodore A
Lightner was again assisting Culbertson
in his endeaVor TO prove the advantages
Of his system over the one-tWo-three
system used by my partner and myself.
On the first hand Elv bid three no
trump by SLOW process and made five
We were able to even up the score on
the next hand which was:
North, Lenz-Spades. 10. 6. a. 2:
hearts, ace, queen 10. 5; diamonds, 6, 5,
clubs, 7. 4, g.
West. Culbertson-Spa queen,
Jack; hearts. king, jack 2; diamonds,
ace, g. 8; clubs, ace lack, 6, 5, Q
East Lightner - Spades, 8, I. 8,
hearts, g. 7, 4. .; diamonds. jack, 10,
4; clubs, 10. 9. 8.
South, Jacoby-Spades. ace. king g.
5, hearts, g. 3. diamonds, king, queen,
8. 7. 2; clubs. king, queen.
Ely was the dealer and bid one club
I passed. and so did Lightner Jacoby
doubled informatoriy, and after a pass
by West I Did one heart. East con-
tinued passing. Jacoby bid two dia-
mOndS. Another pass from West. and
l now showed my other major suit by
bidding two spades Jacoby immedl-
ately went to four spades, and we made
FIVE. This vas interesting bidding
felt sure my partner would not reopen
the bidding without one of the two
major suits, and I was correct in my
assumption. The play of the hand, nat
urally, was comparatively simple.
Culbertson Side Wins.
On the third hand we made a partial
score. but on the fourth hand the Cul-
bertson side made the second game for
a 500-point rubber
At the beginning of the second rub
ber there still did not seem to be any
lct-up. We were first set through some
sacrifice bids on our part when oppo-
nentS could have made game, but they
finally scored slam
My partner probably thought that our
minus score had gone far enough and
he used a new system OF approach
bidding on the next hand, which fol-
lows:
North Lenz-spades, king. :. 8;
hearts. jack, 9, 3; diamonds, queen, g.
5; clubs, queen. Jack 8. 2
WEST Culbertson-Spade queen,
10, 6, . hearts, 10, 8; diamonds, king,
jack. 4; clubs. 10, 9. 5. 8
East Lightner-Spades, ace. jack,
g. 8, 4 hearts, 6, 5; diamonds, ace, 9, 7;
clubs, :. 6, a.
CSouth) Jacoby-spades, S: hearts,
ace, king, queen, 7, 4, 2; diamonds, 10,
6, 3, 2; clubs. ace, king
After passes by West and North, East
bid one spade and Jacobv bid four
hearts which was passed. The two of
spades was opened by West and the
spade suit continued. A switch to dia-
monds would have set the contract one
trick
Bidding Slowed Up.
The bidding slowed up considerably
on he hand Immediately following:
North CLenZl-Spades, queen, 7. 5, 3,
2; hearts, queen. 7; diamonds, king 7,
2; clubs, ace jack, 5:
West (Culbertson) - Spades, ace,
jack; hearts, 10, 9. 2: diamonds, queen.
racG, 9, 5, clubs. 10. s. 3, 2.
East Lightnerp-Spades king. 9. 8.
4 hearts. king, Jack, 5; diamonds, 4;
clubs. king. 9, s. Z a.
South tJacoby) - Spades. 10, s;
hearts ace, g. s, 4. 3. diamonds, ace,
10. s, 6, 5; clubs queen.
I was the dealer and passed, and so
did Lightner. Jacoby bid one heart,
which was passed by West, and I bid
one spade, which everybody passed. I
just managed to make my contract.
Make Slam Bid.
This hand is very fine appeal in
favor Of the l-2-3 system, as in any
other system the bidding would have
undoubtedly continued. Any additional
bid would have led US into a set. We
had now gained our stride, for on the
very next hand we bid a slam, six
hearts, and made the contract easily
The following hand was rather anus
ing:
North CLenz) - Spades. ace, king,
queen, jack, T. hearts, jack, 8, 5, 4;
diamonds. none; clubs. queen. jack, 7, 3.
West (Culbertson) Spades 10, 6, 3, 2;
hearts, ace, king. queen; diamonds,
queen, 8, s. clubs, 8. s. 2.
East uightner)-Spades, 9. 4; hearts,
9, 3, q diamonds, king, jack, 10, 9, 7,
4 3. q clubs, none.
South (Jacoby) Spades. 8, s. hearts
10, 7, s; diamonds, ace. 6; clubs, ace
king. 10. 9, 6, 4.
Both sides were vulnerable. We had
a partial score of 90 and our op-
ponents a partial score of TO- MY
partner was the dealer and he bid
one club while bid one spade Jacoby
went to two clubs and l rebid the
spades. East and West passed through
out.
InCreditable as it may seem, We made
a grand slam because during the play
of the hand Culbertson made some
remarks about his holdings. He there
fore had to expose his whole hand
and I was entitled to call his cards
to every trick This may seem some
what technical to the average player,
but every serious match has to be
played always in strict accordance with
the rules, and this is one of them.
1t is interesting to note that Light
ner never made an effort to bid us
up in spite of the partial score or
both sides. AS it was he could have
made four diamonds on the hand. but
he certainly could not have bought
the contract at that price.
Copyright, 193l)