The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-21
Second Series OF
Duplicate Bridge Tilt
BY A. ID. E.

The Seattle and Portland Dis
tricts of the Pacific Coast Bridge
Association played the second of
their series In the Duplicate Bridge
tournament this month, scoring on
twenty-five boards. Portland still
leads the tournament, winning the
second series with a score of Is
match points to Seattle's 7. How
ever Seattle has the highest rank
ing individual team, Terry Good
win and Clarence Thomas, who
have scored 49, match points. A
Portland team Is next, Ruth Lay
and Sherman Pickett, with score
of 44 match points.
The individual team is scored
differently from that for the dis
trict. For instance on board No.
II Seattle bid and made three no
trumps vulnerable and scored 600;
on the same board Portland bid
and made four hearts vulnerable,
scored $40 points. Portland got
one match point, Seattle got zero,
according to the rules of the game.
But the individual team scoring
the highest for any round would
get one less than the total num-
Der. of teams playing. If nine in
dividual teams are playing, the
highest scoring team for that
round would get match points as
a team score, but the district
would get but one match point,
since there are but two districts
competing.
Dick Wells, the president of the
Association, makes up the hands
for the tournament. On the 22nd
board he put in trick hand like
this: South-three top spades; six
top hearts; four top diamonds Git
looks as if it is a grand slam in
hearts with no losers) West Sc
ven hearts, eight spot high; six
clubs with five honors. North
five spades, jack high; four small
diamonds and four small clubs.
East-five spades, ten spot high;
five diamonds, ten spot high; and
three small clubs. Seattle and
Portland both bid the grand slam
in hearts. Seattle, doubled, down
six, lost HOO. Portland, redoubled,
down seven, lost 1900. The con-
tract could have been made only
at four spades, but only an ultra
conservative bidder would have ar
rived at this contract. l should
like to see VIII Dixon bid the hand
with Able Nakla as his partner; or
see the hand played by either DR..
Allen or Clarence Mccullough.
These men are members of the
Mems Progressive Bridge Club
and are not playing in the tourna-
ment.
The disadvantage of trick hands
is that oftimes they make players
too cautious. The advantage, of
course, is that they make teams
realize that they are engaged in a
partnership game, and that each
bid or response should aid them in
arriving at the best contract for
the two hands. AS an example,
on the 18th board Seattle bid three
no trumps, made five, for score
of $50. Portland bid two hearts,
made three for a score of 40.
Trick hands also emphasize the
fact that winning or losing an ex-
ira trick may mean the loss or
gain of the score for the entire
district. For instance, on the 5th
board Seattle and Portland both
bid four hearts. Seattle made four
doubled, vulnerable, for a score
of TAO; Portland made 5 doubled,
vulnerable, for a score of $40 -
Portland thus getting one match
point. On the boards the scores
are even closer. There is nothing
that tests the skill of contract
bridge players as does duplicate
bridge.
On the third series, each district
will play thirty boards. Richard
Well, president of the Association,
is anxious to receive comments on
the hand as given above. You may
write Mr.. Wells in care of this pa
per.