Evening star., 1947-03-23

North and South were vulnerable
and North was the dealer. He
opened with a bid of one diamond.
East passed and South having a
trick and a half in the ace of clubs
and the king of hearts called one
no trump. West passed and North
jumped to three no trumps, f1gur-
ing on seven diamond tricks and
the ace of spades and the belief
that his partners bid of no trump
showed that she had a trick either
in clubs or hearts which would net
nine winners. When West led a
spade indicating four in the suit
and the dummy went down, Mrs.
Carlstrand saw there was evidence
of probable freaky distribution and
resolved upon a safety play. If 1t
proved successful she could make
the contract; If not, the contract
would be lost, as it would have
been anyway, If the diamonds did
not break favorably (and they
would not. The safety play de-
pended upon West holding the ace
of hearts. Clubs could not be set up.
Mrs. Carlstrand passed the spade
lead and when East returned an
other to knock out the ace she bold
ly led small diamond to her
lone jack. She next laid down a
small heart and West was on the
spot. II he passed 1t and allowed
the queen to win, declarer would
run six more diamonds, which, with
the one already won and the ace
of spades, would give her game.
She had estimated that West
must have the ace of hearts. for
If East had that card and four other
hearts he would have overcalled the
openers one-diamond bid. West
won with the ace and took two more
spade tricks, obliging declarer to dis
cars the two clubs in dummy. His
only hope to Set the contract was
to find his partner with club trick,
for he had not indicated any heart
strength. He played the jack of
clubs and South was forced to give
up one of dummys diamonds. but
won with the ace of clubs and then
reaching dummy with the queen of
hearts played five more good dia-
monds, giving her six tricks in dia-
monds, one in spades, one in hearts
and one In clubs, for the contracts
requirement of nine.
The Victory team retained first
place in the team of four season
series of the Federal Bridge League
last week with total of SO wins and
10 losses. Mixed Party team re-
mains second and the Bloopers, who
won a total of Is out of "a boards
for the best score of the evening
kept third position. In the second
division the Senoras won 1914 out of
81 boards and advanced to the first
section, leaving the Splashers at the
top of Section B. The Four Kings
won 1715 boards out of "a in the
third section, which is led by the
Dy-Hards team.
Results in the table Mitchell
game at the Stephan Studio were
David Kendall and Miss Rita Levy,
first; Mrs. Catherine Cotter and Joe
White, second, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Salvatorel, third, north and
south. The east and west leaders
were DR.. A. J. Steinberg and A. I.
Westrich, first; Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Rossan, second, and Capt. and
Mrs. Karl Itkin, third. In the
master point game the results were,
north and south, Mrs. Mariana
Boschan and j. r. Belt, first; Mrs.
Dora Schwartz and Col. H. j. Willis,
second, and Mrs. Harold Young and
Mrs. Lester Gibson, third; east and
west. James G. Stone and Comdr.
J. j. Parish, first; Mr. and Mrs. John
Darsey, second, and Col. William
Haas and Col. John Geddes, third.
The play for the Bennett Cup will
be held at the Stephan Studio on
March %. 1t will be open only to
members. The monthly master
point game of the Agriculture Bridge
Club is scheduled for April S, at the
Stephan Studio.