Evening star., 1939-04-30

Of confidence who will willfully de-
ceive a partner in either game,
and trumping a partners ace is
just one of those mistakes that
is about equivalent to hitting your
spouse over the head with the fry
ing pan or a rolling pin.
Bridge partnership, however, has
one great advantage. If your part
ner just will not play the game
you can walk out on him and refuse
to have him for a partner again
without any tear-shedding formality
and expense of going to Reno.
"Six-Trump Pyramid Contract
we're sure will greatly reduce the
ordinary hazards of playing con-
tract, because it permits any part
ner to be a good partner in that
one can count hand as to it's value.
When hand has the required value
the holder is commanded to bid the
required number to open and the
partner Is commanded to respond
in a definite manner, provided he
has the required count. The pre-
emptive bid of three is the only
forcing bid. On all other bids, If
the responding partner does not
have the required count to bid he
is expected to pass. Otherwise he
would be misleading his partner.
This system consists of special
deck of So cards comprising five bid
able suits besides the no trump
bid. The extra suit makes 1t pos
sible for more definite information
between the partners 50 that they
may pyramid their bids when reach
ing for the slam or sign of at more
conservative levels when their con-
bined count does not warrant higher
bids. Hence, less going set"
Because of being able to pyramid
the bids, the new suit is called pyra-
mids and a pyramid is chosen for
its emblem, ranking it with the
major suits above the spades.
DR.. Buck delivered a lecture ex-
planning the high points of the
new game on Friday night at the
Hotel Continental. Hereafter he
will conduct free classes for in
struction on Tuesday and Thursday
nights in the auditorium of the
Women's Party at Maryland avenue,
B and Second streets NE.
Know what the bridge sos is? If
not, you should learn it. The call is
one of distress and a demand that
| the partner of the bidder should
| take out in his best suit, no matter
how weak his hand is. Failure to
heed it generally results in disaster.
An incident illustrating it hap
pened last week in rubber game at
a social club. 1t usually occurs on
an opening bid of one. The dealer
had opened the bidding vulnerable
with one heart, holding what looked
like reasonably safe call. He held
five hearts. ace, king and three very
small cards of that suit; the ace,
queen and one small club; two small
diamonds and three small spades
The adversary on his left doubled
and partner passed. thinking the
fourth hand would make takeout
bid. But instead. holding five hearts
to the queen, jack and 10, fourth
hand made a penalty pass. There
upon the bidder re-doubled. That
was the sos signal of trouble. His
partner, however, with four spades
to the queen, continued to pass and
the hand was set three tricks. re-
doubled, for a penalty Of 1900.
Partners spade bid would have
saved 1,100 points.
A lecture on what constitutes an
sos call followed.
Coming events on the bridge
calendar in which Washington
players are scheduled to participate
include the Allentown Tournament
Allentown, Pa, May 12-14; Cana
dian-American Championships. Nj
agara Falls, N. Y, May 1921; Cava-
lier Tournament, Virginia Beach,
May 27-30; Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Tournament, Scranton, June