Evening star., 1932-11-03
BY p. HAL SIMS.
Written for the Associated Press.

Written for the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 3.-In con-
trast to my requirements for opening
the bidding first and second hand ar
archaic method still in vogue permits
openings In those positions with the
fallaciouS holding of two and one-hal1
honor tricks. Such openings often are
followed by catastrophes.
In the first or second position the
player has no knowledge Of the other
three hands. For safetys sake, among
other things, requirements for starting
the auction must be greater than after
opponents have indicated that they dc
not have powerful hands. When pre-
vious positions have passed, third and
fourth positions can appreciate that
there is no tremendous alignment OF
cards against them.
Strategy in Re-entering.
From the standpoint of first and Sec
ond positions, there is distinct strategy
in re-entering the bidding after you
have passed, strategy not available
if your opponents realize you would
open if you had two and one-half tricks,
the half at times consisting OF nothing
but an utterly worthless queen in one
suit and knave in another. II first or
second position passes and then makes
defensive overcall, less trouble Is likely
to result under my requirements. Your
opponents know that perhaps you passed
a semi-rock cruSher. Championship
PLAYERS long since have discarded the
foolish way of opening the bidding
taught novices.
The one-over-one force of the Sims
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changed freely by partners without risk
is precise in arriving at game and
slam contracts and helps partners to
stop and sign off before arriving at ut
terly impossible commitments. We have
leeway principle. Opponents OF play
ers using the one-over-one force don't
know from the bidding what types OF
hand they are up against. They are
tempted to give you clue to their cards
by overcalls. They force with bid OF
one higher than necessary, in which
case the user of the one-over-one force
waits for them to get into a contract
they can't make, because he realizes
where the strength is. Those who bid
one over one as an invitation don't get
anywhere. If the original bidder fails to
accept the invitation to bid again, his
opponents surely are not going to let his
partner get away with a cheap contract
to take seven tricks. The forcing bid in
low ranges is really essential to the easy
exchange of information.
Hits Ban on Trump Bids.
A rival method of bidding stresses
that suits must be bid originally in
preference to no trump, and what a
terrible result with many hands! Often
hands of partners can make game or
slam at no trump if the correct hand
of the two is the declarer Assume
you have a couple of suits headed by
ace and queen and a third headed by
king. jack and in the fourth nothing
but the king and deuce. Bid your long
suit and your partner is likely to deny
by overcalling you with no trump. You
raise and there is a no trump game
contract with your hand as dummy.
Your ace-queenS and your king jack
and perhaps your once guarded king
are led through, instead of up to. If
you had bid no trump originally game
would be easy because the leads would
be up to your 10-ace combinations in
stead of through them. No trump bids
conceal your weakness from the enemy.
Suit bids reveal it.
I love it when followers of certain
system bid slams in guessing con-
test based on differences as to total
honor tricks held. They duplicate
values often and down they 60 They
think seven honor tricks or so, indi-
Gated by original bids. forces and raises,
means taking II tricks when often some