Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 61

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937. D—11 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS— By JOHN HIX| SERGEANT STONY CRAIG—Request Disapproved. —By FRANK H. RENTFROW and DON DICKSO? SORRY TO DISTURS SERGEANT OLERATE COLLE CRAIG, BUT | WOULD LIKE TO ASK ] [SiCK. SOmE OF IS PUATOON: CoR Aeov b =t EENATE EANG 10 ME LY e PURPOSE . - SCNE BuFehLo (LY) W i 4 (8 s nore — an reckon THAT A [ auem! & 5 i . ! ER- AH WAS ATALKIN' To MBCHINES AND P WOLLD WORK ._af{] |BLUCHER TOTHER DAY AN’ HE SEZ2_ 7 HE NEW ALMANAC SEZ. DRINKIN EROWED AMMIKER | A BEST THING WHAT 15 W 5|$$\/ELAEF e ! ! S 6 FER 6ROWIN A me { HeN BECHME PRACTICALLY A [ HAMM-M-- IM_SURPRISED I reTAt [ -M- YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME - - You \/ ™ BYINCT (T6ELE FOR WANT OF MORE 3 h HAVE OUR L Ainn Br ADE= ([ et Hal)| H TROE, WHERE: Yok Law FAILS, [T | WERE A vDICTIVE ~ 4 CE%?‘:Y % NOECETOERT ] ™M E LAWS THAT'S THE SAME FUTILE, DO FALL BACK ON THE LAW 3 45CPVE INGE - o \ 11| oF NATURE- BUT NOT 1N ANY ; ; % ; Fiea J ED, H P AK SPIRIT OF SURRENDER - FAR e - FROM IT- NO- | INTEND, ON THE CONTRARY, TO P THAT COSMIC LAW MATERIALLY - TOONERVILLE FOLKS S HAROLD GRAY® = 10-29-37 Somepun’ black movin' in them bushes. Gib him ever'thing ya got, ‘ithout true sportsmanship! today ; YEMORED-K;?ULDVE DID You SEE. ™' HE DOESN'T HAVE 7 i 3 | b 0L LEND ME Fi BOY--THIS 1S (PAPERSZ TH' CAT” TO WORRY ABOUT LlFE S LIKE THAT And th::e it sqvxm:ved DOLLARS --- TH MIGHTY WHITE | DID TWO MORE ANY INTERFERENCE | »nd zzed and brt. POLICE ARE PAYING OF You--- ROBBERIES LAST FROM TH' POLICE AS |1 cawnnot blame it o T ANOTHER SOCIAL e - LONG AS EVERY haugh for th | i CALL ory 1y - | ! COP IN TOWN IS thavg or that — { ICE-BOX AGAIN T o] , ey HANGING OuT [t must have AND I'M BROKE! f YN 1 [N MY wiTeren! been 2 shock to it. TOONERVILLE FOLKS. By GENE 7 v Jockeying for Position, PRIVATE PinneAD/ BOY, THS JOLBIERIN [«'s A Goon Thing WHY, THAT DO(TY CHIZZLERS <l SN ying ©||Yyou GuARD QUR AINT WHAT (TS I LOINED TO DRAW HE DREW HIS OWN PITCHER et g L i (;:on;;lxmlv; || amacks wone CRecR D ur 55; BECORE L JONED ON GUARD HERE AN SNEAKED is the business double made on '™ GETTIN SLEEPY " THE. AR the theory that if your partner leaves A S oy R RMY OFE SOMEWHERES it in, you will set the opponents thor- | I 3 - oughly, while, if he takes it out, you will have discouraged them from fur- ther bidding. For instance, consider | § the following hand played in a recent rubber game: North, dealer. North-South vulnerable: Both sides 60 on score. 3 By THE FOUR ACES. - YEKQJ4 498 &4AQ10872 N. w.+E. S 8. “HELLO!! IS THIS AUNT EMMA'S S COMPANY?!!!" 37 98 MODERN MAIDENS g L 073 *J North opened quite properly with & bid of one club. East overcalled with one spade, & bid justified by the score situation. South bid two hearts, West raised his partner's spades to two, and North bid three hearts. East bid three spades (a rebid justified only by the fact that he was trying to “push” the opponents). Now South had quite & problem. It looked as if he could make four hearts, but after studying things over he became con- vinced that, should he bid four hearts and West bid four spades, his partner, who would probably have but a sin- Sl el e e ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. out giving him (South) a chance to & = h double four spades. Accordingly, M . fianie ol g Aeailee TERRY AND TED Windy, Windy, the Pumpkin-Eater By Dick Mackay 8P a1 doubled the three-spade bid. HOW BOY, | COULD EAT A PUNKIN PIE q LOOK IT, ITS || YOUD BETTER STICK TO THAT'S ME ALL West naturally passed, and now TILL IT COMES OUT OF MY EYES BOND BREAD,WINDY-THATS B8 THE TIME. THATS North, with his tremendous support v~ : SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE I'M BAKED for hearts and singleton spade, de- ? . NOW cided it would be better to gamble on RIGHT, AND OF making four hearts than to leave the 2 all” D THE RIGHT THINGS. three-spade double in. Accordingly, = W . . i JUST READ THE North bid four hearts. Every one o i [ L i £ B LIST ON MY passed, and the contract was easily . { 3 P J made to give North and South the WRAPPER rubber. If South had bid four hearts, we feel certain that West would have gone to four spades. If North elected to double four spades, East and West would be down two tricks, only a b 300-point penalty. But it would be TR e d far more likely for North to continue ¢ 10-29 to five hearts—a contract that would 2 g % - : ( *MY BOY FRIEND'S STEADY AND HE DOES TRY HARD—BUT HE be defeated trick. " ) . o 2 THE BREAD FOR WINNERS ALWAYS SEEMS TO PICK THE WRONG HORSE!® (Copyright, 1837) . . > A . o