Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1931, Page 86

e RAME of mind is a factor in human efficiency in any endeavor.- One whe is upset by thoughts of what has just occurred is seldom at his best in the next task to be performed. His atten- tion usually is divided between what he §s doing and the thing he is bemoaning, so that only part of his ability is concentrated on the gob to be done The psychelcgist can find no better illustra- tion of this than the moods of players in a bridge game of any kind, especially a tourna- ment. When a perfectly sound bid turns out unfortunately some players are badly upset. They lose their confidence on the next hand or gwo and bid timidly, or at least imaccurately. ©Othds, trying to make up for it, overbid. With ghose of both classes efficiency is impaired by pne extreme or the other. If there is any one mental trait a bridge play- er could cultivate profitably above all others “§t is concentration. Real concentration in- .gludes not only the effort to cbserve everything ¢lcarly when it occurs, but also clearing the ind of exivencsus items. “Forget the last hand.” would b: a good metto for plenty, and another good ore world b: this, “Console your partner and try to help him. forgct the last hand.” - All of the gcod players enjoy intelligent post mortems, but when the next hand begins the best of them take all recollections of the previ- eus one, put them on an out-of-the-way shelf #n their memo:ies, perhaps for later reference, and have all their faculties ready for use on the new problems about to be’ encountered. I'he Road to Slam. *There a.c¢ s~veral nice points in this hand Presented by Thomes F. Scuthworti: - MK w7 ¢ AQ10963 HAKQ10 NORTH v432 ®K52 a8 The system of many players allows ®bid 2 spade on the South hand, which North would make a three-diamond takcout. If East is not vulnerable he &y all means bid three hearts, honors will limit his side’s loss goints even if his pariner cannot take worthwhile chance to head off & seeming game. If vulnerable, he must pass. event South rebids with three than support diamonds immediately. North should prefer showing his sew suit of clubs with four rather than rebid his diamonds. When South supports the diamonds to four, North ghou1d bid six, which is made easily. If South passes there are several roads to glam, depending on the system. North and South may converse thus: Three diamonds, ghre: spades, five clubs, six diamonds; or per- haps cne diamond, one spade, three Clubs (a forcer), three spades, four diamonds, six dia- nds; or possibly two diamonds (a forcer or mi-forcer), two spades, three clubs, three des, four diamonds, six diamonds. With rs o the artificial tweo-club forcer that bid N-rth would be followed by two spades, ree diamonds, three spades, four clubs, four onds and six diamonds. Accurate Is Correct. re accurate ways a hand than any other yet published. ead of emplcying a single table of high card lucs for all purposes—which would bs somewhat inaccurate all of the time n - to be approximate under the varying ncitions—he has a different table for each nd of situation. On: table gives the value of the high cards the defensive against the opponents’ suit id. another their value on the offensive at a it bid by their holder, a third their value in pport of partner’s suit bid and a fourth their lue at no trumps, the relative value of the ious cards being different under each of the cumstances. Hismapproach-forcing method of bidding the luss, as used by many of the Knickerbocker ist Club's greatest experts, I “one over ome” forcing iginal two bids forcing take-outs and pre- piive bids. Special chapters on various ases of advanced tactics are given by Sir jck Wernher, Comdr. Winfield Liggett, jr.; ward Schenken, Theodore A. Lightner, Barcn A Keen Evye. ©Of all the readers who studied the, recent oblem offered by A. E. Sperber, winncr of the ticnal solvers’ contest, cnly one has cailed tention to a mind-testing feature hidden in . He is Guy M. Locking, who asks, “Are there 4 spades in Mr. Sperber's deck? Has some E: {evoked? Or how did all hands follow to E ace?” South has the K, 6 and 2; West the Q, 7 71 5; North the 10, 8 and 3; East the J. 1+ answer t0 Mr. Locking's question is that is the only one entitled to a 100 per cent rking on the problem, though many num' ved the rather intricate playirg question. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 10, 1931 ' & 7ur BrRIDGE Forum * Forgetting the Last Hand Is Habit Acquired by All of the Best Players—Concentration Is First Essential to Win. "SHEPARD BARCLAY. A Law a Week. What is the penalty if a player renounces — that is, jails to follow suit when able to do.s0 —but corrects his error before his side has played or led to the next trick? The penalty is different for the eoffensive Continued from Eleventh Page of the Southern Pacific near Oregon City ber 9. revolver was traced from the Colt Arms 59? there to a store in Albany, Ore. Rec- the Jatter showed that a man signing as “William Elliott” had purchased 1FERE Esf gE of Ray de Autremont. ‘ The express tag was identified by agents of the American Express Co. as being the tag on a chest shipped by Vern to Hugh de Autre- mont from Lakewood, N. Mex. The sticker on the little black grip was identified as cne shipped by Ray from Eugene to himself at It was evident, however, that the men had escaped the vicinity of the crime and that & world-wide search would be necessary. The in- spectors launched an international advertising mpaign handbills they sent out were probably more comprehensive than any ever issued. All friends and acquaintances of the boys were interviewed and every mannerism and char- acteristic was listed. Each physical peculiarity, from squanty eyes to upturned toe nails and crooked little fingers was detailed. The circulars gave the prescription for glasses worn by Roy and Ray when reading, listed the peems they liked to recite, songs they sang, the kind of books they read, gave the numbers of their watches, descriptions of their dental work, discussed their personal ambitions, the jobs they could handle and different aliases they might have adopted. Not an item was These handbills, printed by thousands, to masters of any size making Atlantic and Pa- eific ports, together with letters asking that the crews interviewed to see if any remembered De Autremonts as having left the United tes; to boats on the Great Lakes, room- every dentist, barber, librarian, optician and watch repairman in the country; to all lumber crmps, employment sagencles, police officers, seaport and Navy mail clerks; to all post offices in the system, to jails, penitentiaries and penal irstitutions throughout the world. The Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard were thoroughly circularized and Canadian and NMexican postal employes were enlisted in the hunt. The boys had talked of going to the South Seas. Every post office in the islands, however obscure, was plastered with cirulars, In all, 2,265,000 leaflets were printed, in six languages. THE break came July 2, 1926, when Thomas Reynolds, a soldier, came back from the Philippines and told the inspector in charge at San Francisco that he believed Hugh de Aturemont was serving in the Army st Manila under the name of James C. Price. A thorough investigation was comducted in the Uaited States, based on information ocon- tatned in “Price’s” enlistment papers, and Arcmy officials were requested to arrest the suspect if a wholesale concern in Portland, Ore.,. .and defensive sides. If it is the declarer w renounced, he may &e required versary to play his bighest.or Jow suit Jed, if the adversary on his after the renounce; if the latter after it, declarer may play any led suit. If the offender is an clarer may require him to play in locating his brothers. He was tried first at Jacksonville, Oreg., 2, 1927, but on the ninth day of the capture of the twins igsworth, then = resi- jo. Collingsworth, who in railroad accident and had but ene gocd eye, used what sight he had to excellent advantage. Reading a copy of the local paper, he came across one of the numerous accounts of the crime and identified pictures of Ray and Roy as the Goodwin boys with whom he had worked for about three years in the vicinity of Hang- ing Rock, Ohio. From Hanging Rock the brothers were traced to Steubenville, where they were found working in a steel mill. Officials andemn Liniment. LINIMENT offered for sale with the promise that it would cure or alisviate case tried in Baltimore, where a shipment of limiment from a New Ergland State was fl: the accused company permitted the destruction of the shipment without offering any defense. ‘The liniment was found to contain turpentine oll, ammonia water, eggs and small quantities of other ingredients. It was stated in the label that when the liniment was rubbed on the afficted part it penetrated to practically every part of the body, even entering the blood- stream, without losing any of its germicidal propertizs. The ingredients in the remedy have long been used as a counter-irritant, but the combining of them, according to Dr. J. J. Durrett, chief of drug control of the administration, has no par- ticular action which would make of them a cure for cancer. Dr. Durrett is severe in his condemnation of the liniment, pointing out that it not cnly raises false hopes in the sufferer, but might also delay the employment of a proper treatment until $00 iate to save the patient. lowest card of the led, or may card played in error as exposed, but enforce both penalties. What occurs if a player has played renounce, and it is then corrected, or if ponent of the offender has led to the nex after a renounce which is then corrected? Contract Systems. How 1d bid wing . E:::u mtbe and ;:hy the follo 49532 YAKS6S ®J6 F Y1) AK1084 NORTH JQ A7 9109732 N v ®15 $KQ10433 FYYY »HAQ52 SoUTH ®QJ6 vJ4 ®A98 SHKJIW0T3 fensive hand to await developments, since opponents were bidding. South would take out with two no trump, despite diamond stopper, whether the double made or nct. and it requires little imagination to see thas the bid is set fivc iricks. This hand the importance of the smaller jack of diamcnds were in the the contract, getting three three clubs and two hearts. AAQJIT54 @PNone 9AQSESS &62 PARTNER YAKS32 H$K SHAKQJIE Problems of Play. At the finish of a no trump hand declarer in the South is able to read the location of remaining cards. How can he take the three tricks, the lead being in dummy? & 108 & None vQy & None a6 This is an examp.e of a simple squeeze plag, Dummy leads the ten of clubs, on which West has to discard., If he throws away the dia- mond, dummy next leads the six of diamonds and then the heart to South’'s queen. If he throws away the deuce of hearts, dummy leads the heart to South’s queen and wins the last trick with the three of hearts. The New Problem. Hearts are trumps. North leads and his side takes all but one trick against any defense, How? &87 vas ¢ AK S K NORTH p A SOUTR HeES L & @ None $»AI53 Moving Aids Beets. Em the sugar beet is not to be allowed t8 rest where it is planted if the resuilts of & successful series of tests carried on by Depart= ment of Agriculture experts are followed out im general practice. ‘The yleld of transplanted was from one to acre more than that of beets 1 where planted. The labor of acre of sugar beets seems an a machine for setiing them greatly reducing the amount ef work.