Evening star., 1938-09-11
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE POINTER. There are
- frequently instances when your
~ partner opens the bidding.
IL that you feel certain from
your hand that you are going game.
even II partners opening bid has been
. minimum. II he has anything above
= minimum opening you are probably
on the road to slam, If you do not
make 4 slip in your response. On
hands Of this character you are in
position to go places. but do not show
your full strength with first response.
Indicate your strength by making
jump response in new suit, that Is
two spades over one club-your part
ner had at least two and one-haH
tricks when he made his opening
or three diamonds over one heart. A
jump of this sort is absolutely forcing
to game. Once 1t Is made neither the
opening bidder nor the responding
hand can drop the bidding until game
is reached. Slam possibilities will de-
velop with the bidding as 1t progresses.
WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY, secre-
tary OF the American Contract
Bridge League, has been in Washing
ton during the past week discussing
with members OF the Washington
Bridge League, 1t. Comdr. w. A.
Corley, William Cheeks, publicity rep
resentative OF the league, and others,
plans for the forthcoming American
card party which is to be the blue
ribbon event of the league for the
current year. The party, which is to
feature the leagues activities this
year and continue as one Of its lead
ing attractions thereafter, Is to be q
children's party in every city and
community where the organization
has an operating unit. That does not
mean that children are to be the
in the game, but rather
that they are to be the beneficiaries
of the revenue which it produces.
A net income of half-a-million dol
lars Is looked for this year and the
are that in future years
the amount will reach two million
dollars The plan contemplates in
viting q leading newspaper in each
to sponsor the game and
provide list OF patronesses, each one
of which will account for the sale
of at least one quadruple set Of tickets,
thus insuring one full game which
may be played at any organization,
club or society or at an individual
home. The league is to provide all
expense incident to the game so that
the entire proceeds from the sale OF
tickets, without any deduction what
ever, will 60 to the sponsoring news
paper for such use for the benefit OF
children within its own community
as it may designate. None OF the
funds so raised is to be used for any
purpose outside Of the community
which supplies them and none goes
to the league which provides all of
the necessary expense.
Charles NJ. Schwab. Harold S. VAN
derbilt and Nate B. Spingold, an ex-
ecutive Of the moving picture indus
try, are among those constituting the
national committee working for the
success OF the enterprise.
HERE is a deal upon which the at
tainment of the maximum results
involves a play so unusual that the
readers OF this column in The Star
are to be allowed An opportunity to
figure 1t out for themselves during the
coming week before the method by
which it was played is indicated
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South was the declarer and found him.
self in a seven-spade contract which
he made by a play that is virtually
as unusual as is a solid suit hand.
He is one OF Washington's expert
players. 1t is true he had five and
honor tricks in his dummy,
but no spades, while East held four
spades to the jack and declarer was
not able to lead through Easts four
trumps.
The lead was not the four OF spades.
= singleton, which some players would
have led when seeking to protect the
king of hearts Instead, it was the top