The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 8

Bti His he al ff 01 pf vic fi le; eee caries comet THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936 GETS SURPRISE CONTRACT Declarer, Who Makes Dangerou With Him to Gain Top Score By WM. E. McKENNEY | (Secretary, American Bridge League) | While a good game of contract is tmarked by precision in bidding, there | are times when a player must bid his | hand on the “take-a-chance” prin- | ciple. Opponents have a habit, if; they can do so without too much cost, of pushing the other side out of a; safe contract, until the alternatives | are either the acceptance of a small Today’s Contract Problem South has opened the bid- ding with one club, which West overcalils with a “psy- chic” heart. North and South teach a contract of six hearts, | Should West double? | (Blind) | (Blind) N. & S. vul. Opener—@ K. | Solution in next issue. 23] | penalty to punish over-enthusiastic bidders, or the probability of defeat if the bidding goes farther. When a player can outbid strong opponents and reach an unbeatable game contract of his own, he can rest| with the feeling that he has not only gone to the wars, but is home again with his own record unmarred by defeat. Today’s hand, a battle of bidding,; was played at a recent duplicate game| in Westfield, Mass., with W. E. Carey} sitting North, and Meyer Wechsler sitting South. Bidding of both East and West is open to question. After North's dou- s No Trump ‘Feeler,’ Has Luck ble, East's raise, and South's bid of hearts, it is doubtful if West should show another suit, and a bid of four SOLUTION OF PREVIOUS CONTRACT PROBLEM Duplicate—E. & W. vul. North East Double 2@ 4” 4a Pass Pass West 1 ih 5a Pass Pass Pass Opening lead—@ A. 23 spades at once might have ended the bidding. When South made his bid of five no trump, it was based on a number of considerations. His opponents were vulnerable, hence North and South could take a set of three tricks to save game. His partner had doubled and might hold a spade stopper, and| if worst’ came to worst, he could go go to six hearts, with probably no loss as great as a vulnerable game. Much to his surprise, his five no trump bid was passed all around, and when the opening lead was made he could count 11 tricks in his game. East and West could make five spades, losing a spade and a heart, and North and South would lose two tricks at a contract of six. So the bid, designed as a feeler, turned out to be one that gave Carey and Wechsler a top score on the hand. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Servie, Inc.) — [AT THE ¢ Bobby Breen Cast as Orphan Boy in Picture Bobby Breen’s second starring film, “Rainbow on the River,” is a musi- cal story depicting the aftermath of the Civil War in the war-torn South as it is reflected in the life of a) golden-voiced orphan who is being! reared by a colored mammy, the faith- ful servitor of the deceased parents. 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