Evening star., 1945-08-05
bridge
By Frank B. Lord

By Frank B. Lord
Most of the Washington bridge
players who went to New York to
attend the summer national cham
pionship games Of the American
Contract Bridge League did not
leave until Thursday in, order to
conserve their strength for the big
matches played during the latter
part of the week. The results, there
fore, were not available at this
writing. Others consoled themselves
with the game at the Washington
Bridge League and at the Federal
Bridge Leagues match-point game
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
The Federal's game was played
in two sections, with the following
results:
Section ANqFth 3s2pr and sn. sSSth s MIS-
points: Nine. M. Boschan and George l.
kathan, second. 153; Mrs. l.. SALVATORE
as MF ba ves psE0hy " S sehesp benedc hd .nd J. *
Haas. Haas second. @ is4;. Mr.. Nj and Mrs. c. c. VI
Section BWNorth and south, James g.
Stone and John Darsey. frst, 1881; Dr.
W. H. Gorton and DR.: N. J. McHugh, sec
Hna Reddy, sRS i third. on f57 f East I and T west
Mrs. Theresa Pastel and Mrs. Mabel Du
5shs SGs aoastins hns trd. issM ana
Tabulation of the several bridge
games in play at the Capital City
Club shows the following standing
Ss ns ss1ss .S peF
Athey, IL genes. .59O5; Nine. NJ. Boschan,
4 games. $500; Ralph Wsbbsr Z ss@ss, ssRss
Arthur. Lane. is sames. ;;5274; Vessel
s5ewaT1 S games Cen ens5 ode M sames
Mrs Mrs. Ruth Richards, q sames, ;515II: c,
ssmes s.ark 5ossf ssfmsMs Mrs 0s syb
ssmes e s50s 1904 Mrs, L, salvatoreI' 12
sa15as' 1eas. M4s night sfPsSsHfs 6 SiHRs
0OstfS; Athsy. 20 $lsH NJ 1t. p0.s J; PsTish &2&;
Ri 2ideh so'e III n Mrs s. " stesart ssesa q 20: N
johnson: 19; Mrs sybil M Newands' a1s1s IsM'
i. is; Ms sIt5 Doroihy " sehfeDs. is; Miss Kath-
Cub shamRionshiP w.ssm.D' paaSs fsEesW Ser Y
j IN the william S Sullivan meme %emoriaI Ia
Watt
Ray Garrett. .53os' and Arthur Lane
The results in the most recent satur-
North and south, James. G. stone and
AIthu. Iaaf apd Miss Sd MCNEIL ae1
third. 1891. East and west, Mr., and
Mrs. J., 2, BOYD, flrst. lo7; J; Z. John an
and Mrs. Mildred Llnderman and Frank
B. Lord, third, 93
Frank D. Phillips, l112 Sixteenth
street NV, submits the following
hand and asks for an analysis of
the correct bidding:
East: Spades-Ace, king, jack, ten
nine.
Hearts-Ace, king, jack. ten and
one.
DiamondS-King, jack, ten.
Clubs-None.
West-Spades, queen, small.
Hearts-Queen and three small.
Diamonds-Ace and three small.
Clubs-Three small.
AS the hand was played, Mr. Phil
lips states, the bidding was: East
one spade; South, pass; West, one no.
trump; North, pass; East, two
hearts; South, pass; West, three no.
trump; North, pass; East, six no.
trump. East and West were set four
tricks. =
The contract on this hand should
be six hearts, in the opinion of most
players, although grand slam can
be made If the four adversely held
hearts are divided, or If the diamond
finesse is successful. Some players
would bid 1t. East's opening bid of
one spade Is correct, as is Vests
response of one no-trump; East
should then call two hearts, which
shows a powerful two-suiter; West
then, instead of bidding three no.
trump, should show preference for
hearts over spades by calling three
hearts; East's bid on the next round
is four hearts. The correct trump
then having been decided upon, West
should invite slam by bidding five
diamonds, showing one ace and
heart support. East should then bid
five hearts, and West six hearts
There is no warrant for Vests bid of
three no-trump, and certainly none
for East's call of six no-trump.
Nothing has been said about clubs
East has none and West has not in
dicated any.
Six hearts cannot be defeated by
any defense, even if all four out
standing hearts are in one hand
East trumps the first club and pro-
ceeds to lead out all trumps. If one
opponent has one heart and the
other three, a grand slam can be
made regardless of the diamond
finesse. After trumps are exhausted
East plays the queen of spads from
dummy, returns to his own hand
with another spade and discards
dummy's three losing diamonds on
his spades, then cashes the ace OF
diamonds in dummy and gets back
to his own hand by trumping a club
and finally has the good king of dia-
monds in his own hand and a trump
in dummy for his losing diamond
the trumps having been divided
thus making seven. Forced to trump
the first club led, he cannot afford
to take chance of successfully fin
essing the diamond until he has
salted away six odd tricks.
Grand slam bids and made were
reported last week as follows:
Mrs. CybiI Newlands, partner, Mrs. M
Z. Reedy, at the Capital City Chess Club
seven no-trump, vulnerable: w. r. Garrett
| partner, Mrs. Marian Barre, Capital City
seven spades, vulnerable j. C. Atchison
partner, Edward Cooper, National Press
Club, seven spades "a finesse Of diamonds
partner, Mrs w. H. Gorton, seven dia.
monds, Federal Bridge League, not vul.
nerable; DR.. and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg
Washington Bridge League, seven hearts
not vulnerable; H. J. Westcott, partner
Miss Mabel White, private game in Airing
ton seven no-trump, vulnerable.