Evening star., 1934-08-03


greatest lifting contract and auction;
player. He Dds captain of the renowned
-Four HorseDlen" team, not1 dtsbGnded,
and has lDon ~ national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, iohich
includes the osIe-oDeT-oDe principle.
mitch the Sims group OF players tods
the first to employ and deueIop.
TIME following hand was actually
dealt in a rubber bridge game.
q. D. X. Of Atlanta, Ca,
Il writes In to ask how 1t should
be bid.
SAC loxxx D.,A
Il. k oJl09 c..
Bid three hearts. Whether your
partner responds with three no trumps
or four clubs, your next bid Is four
spades, asking for the king Of spades.
Even II your partner denies the king
Of spades by bidding four no trumps.
or five hearts, I would slam the hand
In hearts. Observation-Disclosures took
a chancel Your partner may have
the jack Of spades, or the king OF
spades may be doubleton in an op-
ponents hand, and drop on the second
lead. The hand presents all sorts Of
possibilities. The grand slam cannot
be bid safely, however, without the
king of spades, and you cannot de-
termine the location Of that all
important card without the use Of my
three-bid.
H. D. Of woodside, Long Island,
wishes to know whether he should
open the following hand in dealer
position.
H., a 10 9xxxx C.,x
No. The hand contains five definite
losing tricks, plus q possible loser in
hearts. To produce game you need
two tricks from your partner. If he
has two tricks he viii open the bid
ding in third-hand position. There
fore you will not be sacrificing q game
by refusing to open the bidding. II
you do open the bidding, however, and
your partner doubles the opponents
at a contract Of, say four diamonds,
you will naturally be afraid to let the
double stand. Yet, II you take out
the double, you may be throwing away
a penalty gain of $50 or TOO points.
And finally, If your partner has a
bust, and the opponents open the bid
ding, you may be so fortunate as to
get doubled at low contract IN
hearts.
B. r. S. writes in from Chicago,
requesting criticism on the following
bidding. He was fourth hand. Third
hand opened the bidding with one
heart. Holding
II. K 6 10 G.. x @ 10 K X
He doubled. The dealer bid q spade,
and second hand bid two no trumps.
Third hand bid three diamonds. Mr..
S. then bid four clubs, which his
partner raised to fiYe. The persistent
third hand, however, bid five dia-
monds, which he doubled, and" he
concludes mournfully, 1--WE only set
them two tricks"
The two no trump bid Is the key to
the whole situation. His partner ad-
vertised shoppers in both hearts and
spades despite the fact that MIR. s.
held the ace of spades and the king
queen of hearts. Therefore he must
hold the ace Of hearts and one or
more honor in spades. That holding,
however, is not enough for a two no
trumps overcall. Partner evidently
has an outside ace-either the ace Of
clubs or the ace of diamonds. Which,
ever one he holds, the hands cannot
be of more than one trick, therefore
Mr.. s. should bid six clubs i'm
mediately over three diamonds.
p. H. D. Of Louisville, KY, asks:
Should I bid two hearts on the fol-
lowing hand? My partner opened the
bidding with spade, second hand bid
two clubs"
f.. 10 s7e54 G. kx
Yes. Because Of the club bid, your
king of clubs now assumes the value
Of a primary trick, and you will never
have a better opportunity to show
seven-card major suit, even If it Is
headed by only the ten-spot.
(CopyriEht, 19341
Mr. Sims will answer all INQUIRIES on con-
tract that are addressed to this newspaper
with self-addreSSed, stamped envelope.