Evening star., 1932-01-05

There yet remain ~,
q rubberS to play. A session Will De
held this evening, another Ihursoay
and the final session on Friday eve
ming.
have been asked number OF times,
both personally and through letters
from all parts of the country, as to the
reasons for the retirement OF Oswald
.Jacobv as a partner OF Lenz
Jacoby is one of the worlds ranking
bridge players. and had he not been
chosen by Lenz as his partner would
certainly have named him one of the
substitutes on my team. Jacoby is bril-
liant and accurate in his bidding. as
we'll as in his play. He loves to make
psychic or bluff bids, but in the course
of the match these bids did no harm.
His bidding was so brilliant and his
nlav so effective that 1 believe it cost
US at least 10000 points.
Comdr. Winfield Liggett, jr, is fine
player, but Jacoby is one Of the worlds
ranking players, and no one could have
better demonstrated the value OF the
official system of contract bidding than
he if the system actually had the merits
claimed for it.
Good End Plays Rare.
Good end plays in bridge are so
rare that even though 1 made one my
self, l feel that it is worthy OF discus
sion The opportunity for an end play
came to me last night on the first
hand of the second rubber, which was:
(South, dealer.
MR.. LEM (NORTH.
So l098
H-9 5
Do Q92
C.-J 9
MR.. CULBERTSON MRS. GILBERT
WEST. SON (EAST).
STATS 42 SIX
H.-A O. H.-k
D.-6 D.-h
C-763 CA 10 8 S 4
COMDR. LIGGETT (SOUTH).
S.-63
H-l0 6
D.-A 10873
C.-k O.
The bidding-South, pass; west, one
spade; North, pass; East, three clubs;
South, pass; West, three no trump;
North, pass; East, pass; South, pass.
Mr.. Lenz opened the queen Of spades
and after taking two rounds OF spades
and four rounds of hearts played the
ace of clubs from the dummy and
placed Liggett in the lead with another
round of clubs. Liggett had left In his
hand nothing but two high clubs and
the rest diamonds, headed by the ace.
Through means of the end play l made
the contract, which must otherwise have
been defeated.
Vulnerable Overbid.
In the fourth rubber of the night l
had an opportunity to save the rubber
temporarily by a very good vulnerable
overbid. The hand came when the op-
ponentS were vulnerable and had part
score of 90. 1t was:
West, dealer
LEM (NORTH).
S-A Q 5
H.-9 2
D.-A 10 7
C.-8 2
CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERT-
WEST. SON east.
SIX s7643 SO
HI H.-Q 10
DIX Q6 D-J 9 30
C-K 10 CO
LIGGETT (SOUTH.
S-J 2
H-A K 6 S
CA J96
The bidding:
WEST. NORTH. EAST. SOUTH.
3 SPADES Pass Pass Pass
Although my hand is below the re-
quirement for an opening bid of one,
the length of the spade suit made i'm
probable a serious set and did obstruct
the possibility of the easy exchange CT
information between my Vulnerable
opponents. While ! went down two
tricks on the hand, the sacrifice was
well worth while, as it is obvious that
opponents can make a game either IN
hearts, no trump or clubs.
Chance for Accurate Bid.
On hand No. TAI there was an cppor-
tunity for accurate bidding. The hand
was:
EaSt-Dealer. North-South vulner-
able. Part score-North-South, 90.
LEM (NORTH).
SO
H.-K 6 2
D.-J 10 4 80
C.-K
CULBERTSON MRS. GILBERT
(WEsT). SON EAsT).
S-8 S-A K @ J63
H.-A @ H-10 7 3
DIX D.-A 7
CA 9 6 80 CO
COMDR. LIGGETT (SOUTH).
S-9 7 4
H.-9 s 5
Do 8 6
C-J 10 4
The bidding
East. South. West North
J Spade Pass. 2 No trump. Pass.