Evening star., 1931-12-12

trump. This made the rubber and
added 1865 points to our score.
No one could accuse my partner of
being too timid on the following hand :
North-Lenz-Spade ace, 9, 6. q;
hearts, ace, jack, 10, 8; diamonds, jack,
10, 9, 8; clubs, ace.
East-Mrs. Culbertson-Spades Z;
hearts, 8; diamonds, ace, king, queen,
8. 7, 5, 4. 2; clubs, 9, 8, S.
South-Jacoby-Spa queen, TO- 8,
5, 4; hearts, king 7, 2; diamonds, blank
clubs, king, jack, 4, 3, 2.
Observation-Disclosures, king jack,
8; hearts. queen. 9, s, 5, 4; diamonds,
6; clubs, queen, 10, 7, s.
Makes Forcing Bid,
The Culbertsons were vulnerable and
we were not. Ely was the dealer and
passed I bid heart and Mrs Culbert-
son overcalled with two diamonds. Ja-
coby did not have much to offer in
quick tricks, but he had nice distribu-
ton and could stand a rebid of my
hearts, so therefore he made a forcing
bid of three spades, although that suit
was rather shaky. Ely passed, and l,
OF course, bid four spades, which were
easily made.
In the second rubber Ely did some
decided overbidding when vulnerable
and was set four tricks on a four spade
bid for loss Of TOO points, when he
could have let his. partner play the
hand at three no-trump for a set of
only one trick. Because of this set,
the CulbertSons scored only as points
when they finally won the rubber
Only four hands we're played in the
| third rubber, which we won again
adding l,035 points to our score.
I,uck HoIdS cood
Luck continued to favor us. In the
fourth rubber we held the following
hand:
North-Lenz-Spad ace, king, 3;
hearts, queen. 8; diamonds, jack, 7, 8;
clubs, king, jack s, 7, S.
East-Mrs. Culberts cn-Spades, queen,
10, 8, 8, 6, 5, 4; hearts, ace, 10, 7;
diamonds, 8; clubs 6.
-Jacoby-Spades, jack, hearts.
king. 9, 3; diamonds, ace, king, 5, 2;
clubs, ace, queen 2.
West - Culbertson - Spades, 7, Q;
hearts, jack, 6, 5. T. 2; diamonds, queen,
10, 6, 4; clubs. 10, g.
East was the dealer and passed 4;
Jacoby bid one club, West passed and
I raised my partner to three clubs.
Now East risked a bid of three spades,
which Is net bad considering the ex-
ceptional length of the suit. My part
ner then showed his diamonds and we
finally reached a six club bid.
At this stage Of the game we had
the luckiest break that has come our
way up to the present. .....
Reliable Mrs. Culbertson who has
done SO we'll through the entire match,
led out OF turn. being under the i'm
preston that had bid the. clubs origi-
nally. This entitled Jacoby to tell Ely
what suit to lead, and he decided on a
diamond, which was extremely fortu-
nate, as no other lead would have al
lowed us to make the slam, one dia-
mond and one heart being sure losers
Jack Holds Trick.
When diamond was led by West.
as ordered, Jacoby played the jack from
the dummy, which held the trick. He
then pulled the trumps, conceded the
ace of heafts and took the balance Of
the tricks.
On the next deal we again held most
of the high cards, and apparently IA
vorable distribution We bid six clubs.
by slow process, followed by sacrifice
bid Of six diamonds from Mrs. Culbert-
son, and Jacoby now bid six hearts,
justly refusing to give up the hand too
cheaply. Unfortunately, Ely held five
hearts to the ten, nine, and we were set
one trick, when we could have made six
no trump.
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