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Evening star., 1950-04-05
Goren on Bridoe

Refusal to win the first lead of
suit at no-trump, holding the ace
or the king of the suit led, is an
everyday occurrence, but the hold
up play when the stopper consists
Of a combination of cards headed
by the jack is a rare spectacle. 1t
arose in today's hand.
The final contract of three no.
trump was not the best for the
combined holding. South's re-
sponses were routine. The jump
rebid of three spades by North
was not forcing, but South, holding
seven points rather than the mini
mum of six, and having shoppers
in three suits, was justified in
carrying on. With the North hand,
our preference would have been
for an immediate jump to four
spades, choosing not to risk pos
sible pass by South with some
minimum holding. Even after the
three-spade bid is kept alive, it
is our practice to carry on to four
spades with hands of this type.
With semisolid suit, lacking one
of the key cards, it is better to at
tempt a 10-trick contract rather
than run the risk OF having your
only stopper in one of the suits
knocked out, before your best suit
is developed, at no-trump.
West opened his fourth best
club and East's king smothered
dummys queen. The nine of clubs
was returned, South covered with
the jack, but West, without a card
of entry, refused the trick, per-
mitting East to retain a club in his
hand should he be able to obtain
the lead again. Declarer then tried
the spade flnesse and when it lost
to East, the club return permitted
West to run enough tricks to set
the contract.
South could have prevented this
disaster by pausing to ask the
time-worn question, What do I
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fear?' The answer would be,
That East has the king Of spades
and that there is a five-card club
suit out against me-" That West
has a five-card club suit seems
likely from the fact that East re-
turned the nine of clubs. If East
had held four clubs originally, the
conventional return would have
been the low club, not the high one.
Since the Jack and ten of clubs
constitute one stopper whether
taken now or a minute later, and
since South could well afford to
lose three club tricks, he should
have refused to cover the nine. In
this way he would have succeeded
in exhausting East of clubs. Then
when the spade finesse was taken,
it's loss would cause South no con-
Germ. If East should happen to
have another club, it would mean
that there was only a four-card
club suit out against declarer. But
more than likely East will have no
more clubs and the contract will
be safely tucked away.
(Copyright. 1850, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Take. My Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
Tomorrow Is Sunday.

From time to time, readers have
asked me to point out the "incor-
rectness" of the common expressions
What day is tomorrow? Tomorrow
Is Sunday" Many insist that to
morrow is" is ridiculous scrambling
of the present and future lenses,
that the present tense of the verb
ds) cannot be used for the future
tomorrow.
But there is nothing illogical or
erroneous in such usage, which is
well established in English idiom.
The idea of the future is conveyed
not by the verb Gs), but by the
subject tomorrow.
To those who insist that "Tomor-
row will be Sunday" one should say,
Tomorrow is the day on the calen-
dar that comes Immediately after
today. If tomorrow isn't Sunday,
pray what day is it?"
Nevertheless, a number of readers
have insisted that % tomorrow Is
Sunday" is both illogical and un-
grammatical; (2) that if tomorrow
is Sunday" is correct, then "yester-
day is Friday" also is correct.
Contention No. 2 is interesting
and, on the surface, appears to prove
the incorrectness of tomorrow is
Sunday" However, it is based on
the false assumption that English
is logical, whereas it is noted for
being illogical Also, it fails to
recognize that good English is highly
idiomatic and that idioms are
seldom logical and are frequently
ungrammatical.
That tomorrow is Sunday" Is
quite proper idiomatic English is
seen by comparison with the same
construction in these familiar
idioms: Tomorrow is payday, next
Sunday is Easter, Wednesday is a
holiday, Tuesday is my birthday,
my vacation starts next week, the
day after tomorrow is our anniver-
sary, etc.
We seldom use the will be" con-
struction in such sentences. Use
of the preSent-tense verb in speak
ing of future events on dates, then,
is an established and proper Eng
lish idiom.
On the other hand, this idiomatic
usage does not extend into the past.
We never say yesterday is Friday,
yesterday is payday, last Wednesday
Is holiday" etc. The past tense
verb is always. used in such state
ments, as, Yesterday was Friday"
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Opening lead, four of clubs.
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Chories H. Goren

North and South Vulnerable,
North deals.
NORTH
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0A65
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WEST EAST
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SOUTH
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The bidding:
North East South West
l spade Pass INT Pass
3 spades Pass 3NT Pass
Pass
Opening lead, four of clubs.
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About the Word Rode0.

Van Nuys: You recently stated
that the rodeo Is an American in
stitution. Colby, you're wrong! Any
school child knows that the word
rodeo is from the Spanish.-W. w.
B.
A. So 1t is; and the Spanish die
tionaries define rodeo thus: Turn,
winding; roundabout course, meth
Cd or way; roundup; enclosure for
cattle, stockyard, corral; circumlo-
cution, beating about the bush; eva
sion, subterfuge."
Now here is the true history Of
the word rodeo as 1t occurs in
American English. Early in the
1S00s in the cattle country, the
word rodeo was adopted as an
other name for the roundup Zone
Of its Spanish neanings). The word
was given the English pronuncia-
ton ROE-dee-oh, instead of the
Spanish 'roe-DAY-oh."
Now it had long been the GUS
tom among cattlenen TO stage I'm
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hawk dived on Snow Bird. Just
in time Bucky yelled a warning.
Snow Bird swerved and the hawk
passed beside them.
Now began a ferocious chase.
Bucky clung with both hands to
Snow Bird. The bird dipped and
rose, swerved and tagged through
the clouds.
The Hawk Got Close.
Twice the hawk got close enough
to jab with his terrible beak and
drops Of blood spilled through Snow
Birds white feathers.
Bucky could feel the birds heart
hammering under his legs. He knew
the bird, wounded and exhausted,
could not last much longer. Then
he remembered who he was: Kid
Buckaroo, Terror of the West!
With yell he brought up his
pistols and aimed them at the ap-
preaching hawk. Then he stopped
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Goren on Bridqe


NORTH
9843
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WEST EAST
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The bidding:
South West North East
/ spade Pass 2 spades Pass
2 Mt Pass 4 spades Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead, queen Of clubs.
Declarer in today's hand showed
great foresight in postponing the
extraction of trumps in order to
set the stage for a subsequent end
play.
South opened with one spade and
North properly responded with a
raise to two spades. Note that his
hand was worth nine points in sup
port of partners call, which brings
1t within the normal range of
single raise. A response OF two
diamonds, therefore, would be i'm
proper. South had almost enough
to justify a direct leap to game on
the second round, but decided to
test out the nature of partners
raise. Holding a balanced hand,
with distributed values, he tried
two no-trump with the thought
that a nine-trick contract might
prove more desirable if partners
raise were based on high cards
rather than distribution. North,
holding near maximum raise and
q short suit In clubs, proceeded
to game in spades. A mere return
to three spades would have indi-
Gated that his raise had been on
the meek side.
West opened with the queen of
clubs and declarer observed that
If the spade queen did not fall he
was subject to the loss of four
tricks, one in each suit, for even If
the diamond f1nesse succeeded he
would still have to count on a
probable diamond loser.
To provide for a possible end
play, declarer started early to
strip the hand by ducking the club
lead. West continued the suit and
declarer won with the ace. When
East's ten fell on the ace of spades,
declarer, fearful that 1t might be a
singleton, abandoned the drawing
of trumps. He led low heart to
the queen and heart back to the
jack, which West took with the
ace. West gave up the lead in the
one safe manner open to him by
returning a heart. Declarer then
cashed the king OF spades and
found that the suit did not break
With clubs and hearts stripped
from both hands, declarer conferred
upon West the doubtful privilege
of leading by handing him his
trump trick. West had no choice
but to lead a diamond, which per-
mitted declarer to pick up three
tricks In the suit.
tCopyright 1850. BY Charles II. doren.)
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Santa and the COWBOY
By Lucrece hudains

SYNOPSIS: Georgie Sanders. 2. who
calls himself kid Buckaroo. Terror Of
the West" sets out TO help Santa Claus
subdue Indians in Santa Land. He
meets Snow Bird and grows smaller
and smaller until he can climb on Snow
Birds back and fly OF as easily as
man ridek a horse.
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banging and threw the six-shooters
at the hawks head.
The hawk Swerved and came
again. Bucky snatched at his dear
stick horse Fellow and swung 1t at
the attacker. Wham he landed q
blow on the hawks back. The hawk
wheeled, shrieked and disappeared
in a cloud.
But a hawk does not give up
easily. Again he roared out and,
descending with wings spread wide,
brushed the stick horse from
Bucky's hand and made another
wound in Snow Birds neck as he
passed.
Now It was over. Snow Bird
faltered. His. wings fluttered un-
certainly. He began to drift slowly
towards the earth.
The furious hawk turned once
again above them as if to attack.
(Nert:: Santa Land at LdSt.)
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Take NV Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

promptu contests and exhibitions
Of riding and roping skills following
the annual roundup of range cattle.
These exhibitions usually were held
In the ranch corral, with the spec
tators perched along the top of
the fence.
Such exhibitions came to be
known as rodeos, and the name
rodeo for the roundup gradually
disappeared, leaving rodeo with the
exclusive American meaning.
In 1888, the nations first profess
sional rodeo-a public event at
which admission was charged and
prizes were awarded to the con-
testants-was organized at Prescott,
Ariz. The rodeo has been an an
nual Fourth Of July event there
ever since.
The idea quickly spread to other
States Of the cattle country; and the
status of the rodeo performer
changed from amateur to profess
sional. Today the rodeo Is one Of
the most popular Of the outdoor
spectacles, not only In the South
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western States, but in other parts

western States, but in other parts
of the nation as well.
Thus we see that the word ro-
deo, in meaning and pronunciation
ROE-dee-oh) is strictly American.
There Is nothing Spanish about 1t
but the spelling. =
It should also be noted that
throughout the Southwest q great
many Mexican-Spanish words and
names have become everyday Amer
ican words, and that such words
seldom retain their Spanish pro-
nunciations. A few typical exam
Piles are: Lasso, from the Spanish
lazo GAH-soe); lariat, from the
Spanish la reata Qah ray-AH-tah) !;
ranch, from the Spanish rancho
(RAHN-choe); hoosegow, from the
Spanish juzgado Ohooss-GAH-doe) /;
mustang, from the Spanish mes
tengo mess-TENG-goe); buckaroo,
from the Spanish vaquero (vah-
KEHR-oh), etc.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
CHAPTER FOUR.


CHAPTER FOUR.
Bucky rode Snow Bird through
the sky hardly daring to breathe.
Never had a cowboy anywhere had
such q ride! They ,zoomed through
misty clouds, rode down drafts
almost to the ground, then circled
and quickly rose into the blue
again.
They passed over many cities and
mountain peaks and oceans and
still Snow Bird flew on. Finally
Bucky could hold his excitement no
longer. He threw back his head
and screamed. "Yippi al ki-ay"
Snow Bird was so surprised he
plunged a thousand feet before re-
covering. Then he turned his head
and peered with one eye at Bucky.
"I beg your pardon?"
1t was the first word he had
spoken and Bucky himself might
have fallen in surprise If he had
not had such a tight grasp on
Snow Birds feathers.
That's cowboy talk" he apollo
gized. "It means-well 1t just
means Watch out here I come I
guess"
"I say, that's very Interestingly"
said Snow Bird. "I'll try some of it,"
He Let Out a Squawk.
With that he let out most ear
shattering squawk! That's yippi
al ki-ay," he explained. How did
1t sound?"
wonderful" cried Bucky ex-
citedly. Look, watch this!" He
locked his legs around Snow, Bird.
pulled out both six-shooters and
began shooting up the whole sky.
Snow Bird squawked "Yippi al
ki-ay" in approval and the two Of
them, bird and boy, made such a
thunder as had not been heard
under those heavens for many
day.
They were having 80 much fun
neither one saw the hawk who
few up from the forests below in
a fury over the strange noises.
When the hawk saw the tiny cow
boy riding the white bird he was
even more angry because he
thought it was some fierce creature
which meant harm to him.
With q shrek Of his own, the
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Freetown. Sierra Leone. was so
named because 1t was set up in
1887 as q homeland for freed
slaves.
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Word Game
Find "a or more words in
MALPRAXIS,
BY Frank Beck

meaning, malpractice" Average
is 81; limit, rs minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
f. .Sdton MSrds which n .eagfs .e four
cats" are not used. Only one form Of o
word Is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-12-07
Threats aays unise but those ich both threutener
threatened carried out doubly 50.

Son: Jim says Santa won't
bring presents to bad boys.
Mother: Jim's mistaken. But
Santa Claus and all Of us are
happier when you are good.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Victory in Struggle
For His Life Earns
Award for Waitkus
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-To Ed
die Watkins. first baseman of the
Phillies, goes the title of base
balls comeback king" of 1850.
The award was not given to
Waitkus because he had hit .284
last summer. or because he was
the best fielding first baseman in
the league. Rather, it was given
because of his determination to
win the biggest battle of all-the
battle for life.
1t was only II months ago that
Waitkus was critically wounded
by a bullet fired by a crazed girl
in Chicago. Few thought he
would live, much less play base
ball again.
His remarkable comeback was
effected by four months of ar
duous, pain-f1lled conditioning at
Clearwater, Fla.
Watkins edged out Johnny Mize
of the Yankees in the annual As
sociated Press poll. OF the 1858
sports writer's and sportscasters
who took part in the national poll,
80 placed Watkins No. l on their
list. Mize was tabled top choice
on 79 ballots.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Anacostia Eagles
To Play Waynesboro

The Anacostia Eagles unlimited
class eleven will travel to Waynes-
boro, Pa, tomorrow to take on the
Waynesboro Tigers, unbeaten in
three years.
A big crowd is expected for the
Armistice Day attraction. Two
Waynesboro High School bands
will provide half-time entertain
ment.
The Eagles will be setting their
hopes on the hard running of
Roger West. Jack Powers and Jack
Zickefoose and the passing of
Paul Blaine. Handling the punting
chores will be Stan Zelinski.
Car Credits unlimited team will
take on the Martinsburg Spit
fires at Martinsburg, w. Va, at
2:30 pm. Sunday.
The Metropolitan 160-pound
league has been reduced to four
teams with the withdrawal of
Great Falls. Langdon Lions gained
a victory by forfeit over Great
Falls and is tied with Liberty
Auto Body and Southwest Mer-
chants for the lead. Each has a
81 record.
The only league game Sunday
finds Liberty Auto and the
Merchants meeting at Turkey
Thicket at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
The voting:
Jethroe' S Versatility
Gains Rookie Award
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. TO- Sam
Jethroe. f1eet-footed centerfielder
of the Braves. reigned today as the
National Leagues rookie of the
year.
The speedy Negro who once out
raced Olympic sprinter Barney
Ewell, drew II of the % first-place
votes cast by a committee of the
Baseball Writer'S Association. One
writer failed to vote.
Second place went to young Bob
Miller, snappy right-hander of the
Phillies. Miller. who won eight
straight games for the Phils before
losing. polled five votes, one more
than Pittsburgh's classy shortstop,
Danny O'Connell.
Bubba Church. another fiashy
P Phillies' right-hander, placed
fourth with two votes. Bill Serena,
Cubs third baseman, received one
vote.
Jethroe promised the home folk
he'd hit 300. He failed by q
points. But the people of East st.
Louis long since have forgotten
that promise. Jethroe has made
up for it in many other ways.
For one, his 35 stolen bases led
the league. And he pounded out
159 hits, 18 homers and drove
across So runs. So his .273 bat
ting average doesn't look too bad
after all.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Princeton Adds FroiI Kozmuier
To ALL ime Little Grid Stars

At the end of his sophomore
season last year. Kaz topped the
Ivy group stars in total offense
with 773 yards by passing and 1872
by rushing. This season he has
gained about as much by carrying
the ball as by throwing it, but
has pitched 10 touchdown passes.
He isn't listed among the Ma
tion's ground-gaining leaders be-
cause he has been on the bench
much of the time during lopsided
conquests of Williams, Brown and
Colgate and he likely won't see
full-time action against Harvard
tomorrow.
Tiger supporters are hoping
Dick won't have to repeat his feat
of last years Yale game. Seeing
a bad pass from center sail over
his head. he turned back and
scooped up the ball on the run,
faded farther back until his re-
ceivers were clear, then threw a
perfect pass to George Sella for
the winning touchdown.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
From Guard to End to Tackle
Is Jack O'NeiIPs Fate at Gu

pretty much on the same men who
crushed Gallaudet last week, $50.
This will be the ninth football
game between Gu and Washing
ton, with the Cardinals holding a
4-3 edge. Last years game ended
in a 14-14 tie.
"A win for Gu would give it its
best football record since the sport
was resumed in 1947 after being
interrupted because of the war.
Catholic University's track team
will get a pre-Mason-Dixon Con-
ference championship trial tomor-
row when it runs against Johns
Hopkins at Baltimore. Seven
men have been named to start
by Coach Dorsey Griffith, with
Gene Aufiero and Tom AREN'T
still battling for the eighth posi-
ton.
The lineup will include Jim
Fields, Dirk Moran. Herman Nc
Gurnin, Everett Jennings, Capt.
Bob Outer. Andy Sefcik and John
Brown.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
2 Falls Church Joyvees
In Hospital After Come

Two members of the Junior
varsity football team of Falls
Church High School were ad-
mitted to Arlington Hospital last
night with injuries suffered in a
game at Washington-Lee High
School.
John Harper, jr., 16-year-old
freshman of 113 Church walk, and
Richard A. Alley, 15-year-old
sophomore of ia East George
Mason drive, were knocked un-
conscious in the game, which
Westinghouse won, $500.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
!Redskins So Badly Battered
Guard Siegert May Play End

1911 edge, with one tie. The
Eagles have won their last seven
games with the Redskins and will
be overwhelming favorites to make
it eight in a row. They'll have
all the running strength together
again, Bosh Pritchard excepted,
and If Tommy Thompson. their
one-eyed passing star, Is on the
beam the Redskins will get a one
two kayo barrage.
Unwilling to criticize his men,
rockies in particular, too much
for their poor showing this sea-
son. and unable to get them into
winning groove. Ball is hoping
against hope that the Tribe will
awaken and play the football he
thinks 1T capable Of playing. He's
banking on Charlie Justice to put
more Of a punch in the ground
attack. and hopeful that Baugh
has one Of his better games.
AS for defense. well, Ball will
tell his men what to do and pray
that they follow instructions.
Notes-Al Demao will have his
own roofing section at the game
!. Employees of the liquor dis
tributing firm with which the Red
skin center is affiliated will have
lunch together at the Heurich
brewery and attend the game in
a body. Steve Van Buren's
broken toe, healed now, still
doesn't permit him to cut with his
old finesse. Bob McChesney,
rokie Eagles end. tried out as
pitcher with the Washington Mats
last spring his pass-catching
ability has won him the nickname
of Hands Washington fans
will see one of the best punters
in the game in Frank Reagan, cur
rently ranked fourth in the league.
/. :. Bill Mackrides, Eagles re-
serve quarterback, was mascot and
waterboy for the team some years
ago. :. Charlie Justice fans think
sportswriters are being unfair to
him by pointing up his mistakes
while taking a more charitable
view of his teammates miscues
. One good game by Justice
would dispel most of the criticism.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
By the Associoted Press

PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. TO-
Another name, that of Richard
William Kazmaier. jr., of Mau-
NEE. Ohio, is being added this
year to the roster of little men
who have made football history at
Princeton.
This matter-of fact 164-pound-
er, tagged "Kinetic Kaz" by a
scientific minded undergraduate
writer because of the authority
with which he slams his slight
frame through opposing lines, Is
one important reason why Prince
ton has romped to six straight
victories and seems headed for its
fourth straight Big Three title.
Princeton fans, looking for the
Tigers first undefeated season
since 1885, consider Kazmaier a
worthy successor to such little
giants as Edgar. Arthur and
Johnny Poe, Alex Moffatt, Bill
Roper, Sam White and Don
Lourie.
Dick, who has been described as
looking like a junior varsity ten
mis- player" because of his slight,
frail appearance, doesn't take it
all too seriously until he gets on
the field. He's a high-ranking
student in the Department of Psy-
chology who brushes off his ath-
letic feats to discuss classroom
work.
Shows Good "Change Of Pace"
At Maumee High School he
played quarterback in the "T'
formation and tailback in the
single wing-one reason why he
was able to fit himself easily into
the intricate Princeton attack. He
ran the 100-yard dash in 1913 Sec
onds and the 220 in 22.7-not too
impressive speeds-and played
basketball and baseball.
Coach Charley Caldwell at
tributes Kazmaier's running sue
cess to "a good change Of pace. !"
but Dick also has an uncanny
knack of changing direction and
picking holes in the defense. He's
the teams top passer and kicker
and is almost as adept as his more
experienced hackfield mates IN the
handoffs and deception required
by the Princeton buck latheral
plays.
1t wasn't until the middle Of
last season that KaZmaier con-
vinced Caldwell that he was dur
able enough and old enough to
operate in the important single
wing tailback post. He won't be
20 until November %. two days
before the final game against
Dartmouth.
Top in Offense Last Year.
When the Tigers lost to Penn
sylvania, 14-13. last year. Kaz
scored both Princeton touchdowns
on runs of A and SIS yards and
gained 1913 yards in all. He also
stood out in the conquests of Yale
and Dartmouth and this year had
his biggest day against Cornell
when he slid of tackle on a
naked" play and ran 10 yards to
score. ....
Evening star., 1950-11-10

Jack O'Neill, 6-foot, 180-pound
Catholic U. lineman, will change
positions for the third time this
season when he starts at tackle
against Washington College at
Chestertown, Md, tomorrow. in
the Cards final game of the sea-
son.
O'Neill, a graduate of Gonzaga
High School who Is marked for
Army service in the near future,
started out as guard this year.
Coach Jan Jankowski, needing de-
fensive strength at end, moved
him to the flank a couple of weeks
ago. Now, with the tackles in
need of help, O'Neill will get his
chance to star in a third position.
Bill DeYoung, veteran line
plunger. will start at fullback
against the Shoremen, replacing
Bill PomS, who is nursing an all
ing ankle. PomS will see some
action. but DeYoung will bear the
brunt of the burden. Otherwise
Coach Jan JankoWSki will rely