Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1942, Page 52

Winning Contract By THE FOUR ACES. (David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken. world's leading team-of- four, inventors of the system that has beaten every other aystem in existence.) A Bad Double Since there are few absolute cer- tainties in bidding, one can go only by probabilities. Before committing yourself to any line of action, it is wise to ask yourself, “What will I gain if this decision is right; and what will I lose if it is wrong?” For example, consider today's hand: South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. AJ95 VA52 ©J6 S#KQJT3 AK1076 N a2 V16 W4E vVQ10843 ©A1093 S 081543 4A82 94 AAQB43 VKJ9 SKQ #1065 ‘The bidding: Bouth West North 1a Pass 28 24 Pass 44 Pass Dbl. Pass Pass Redbl. Pass Pass Pass ‘West thought he could set four spades with his two aces and two trump tricks—besides anything that might turn up in his partner’s hand. And he would have set South if he hadn't doubled: but the double proved West's undoing. He opened the sgven of hearts, and South won and cashed the spade | ace. Declarer then led a low trump East Pass Pass ) STUDYING CROSS-WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL. 20. North Ameri- can Indians, | 22. Japanese measure, 23. Periodic windstorm. 24.Fast sailing vessel. .Peer Gynt's mother. . While. . Mexican for Syen > . Arabian garment. 11. Archaic: THE EVENING STAR, —By Gluyas Williams 33. Cebine monkey. 34. Golfer’s attendant. 37. Frank. 40. Indian mulberry. 41. Afflictions. 48.Organ of flight. 50. Spanish hero. 51.Sea in Russian Turkestan. 53. Engrossed. THE SPIRIT WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1942. (Keep up with The Spirit’s wor on crime in The Sunday Ster's comic book,) 5 JJUST LOOK 'EM IN THE EVE, SCOTTY-LLET 'EM KNOW WHO'S M-MASTER-- P Cc-17 —By Will Eisner LET'S HIT perhaps. 13. Paying guest. 15.Land measure, 16. Anger. 18. The Orient. 19. Interjection. WELL, NOW THAT WE \ KNOW WHAT THE DURN| TWE HAY AN URN LOOKS LIKE IT OVGHTA BE EASY T, and finessed dummy’s nine. From then on it was easy to hold West to one trump and his two aces. Now, consider West’s double in the light of the question mentioned at the beginning of this discussion. ‘What did West stand to gain by the double? If he could set the contract . one trick, he would collect two| 1-Wine cup. hundred points instead of only one | 2:Perfumed hundred. It was highly improbable bag. that he could set the contract two| 3- A vlllldlc“. tricks, but even so that would give | % Cooled lava, him only five hundred instead of | J-Elan. two hundred—a gain of three hun- ,‘;' Drowsy. dred points. Enetiy 4 ‘What did he stand t(; loseh by t;ll;e 'substnnce. ouble? Quite probably the - (rents e ottt the oont| R0 NOXCR0: 25. Horses. 37.To pamper. | 54.Greek letter. team. 38. Native. 56.Part of e tract and showing South how to| 19 pronoun. 39.To sct. “to b:" @ g J" A2 make it. Instead of gaining 100 () 0T ANG D, points, West stood to lose 740 points. Actually, South redoubled and scored 980 points, so West's double cost him over a thousand points. ‘Hence West risked a big loss to try for a trifling gain, hardly sensible bidding tactics! * K K % Yesterday you were Howard | Schenken'’s partner and, with nei- ther side vulnerable, you held: .Q VK83 0AJT32 32 The bidding: Schenken Jacoby You Burnstone 14 Pass 20 Pass 29 Pass @ Answer—Bid two spades. Your hand is strong enough for some further bid, but not strong enough for a real raise to three spades or three hearts. You can show a simple preference a: this point, relying on your response at the two-level to show that you have a fairly good | hand rather than a weak one. Score 100 per cent for two spades, B0 per cent for three spades or three | hearts. . Question No. 976. Today you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues: Schenken Jacoby You Burnstone 16 Pass 20 Pass 29 Pass 24 Pass DILATES 3V Pass (?) What do you bid? (Answer to- [ HERE IT \S, BY GEORGE ! " URN OF PHARAOH.-..DUG UP /N MESAPOTATO—NOV. 22d - #/ <« NATIVES MUTINY -+ HAD TO DIG IT UP MYSELF ... SIGNED 26. Roman gods. 28. Narrow body of water. 30. Naval 55. Woolly. 57. Mound. 58. You and me, 59. Printer’s measure. 60. To yield. 43. Negative. 44. Colloquial: father. officers. 46. Requires. 32. Bitter vetch. | 47. Preposition, VERTICAL. 29. Color. 31. Among. 14. French _ preposition. 17.To tear. 34. Symbol for 20. Act of cutting calcium. off. 35. Pertaining 21. Vacillates, to an Italian 23. Bone. mountain 24.Slang: St. system. Louis baseball | 36. Builds. 42, Brazilian coin. 45. Stake. 47. Algerian seaport. 48. Humorist. 49. Earth goddess. 51. Article. 52.To allow. n e WHEN SUDDENLY A SHARK'S FIN CUTS THE WATER AND STRIKES INTO THER TO DECENVE A WATCHFUL LS. PATROL BOAT, THE CREW OF A DISGUISED AXIS SHIP Letter-Out and they autograph. DRESSING | Iutur-oul and it lingered. Letter-Out and morrow.) GROCERS Wi S same, O° 18 mecesary to R ", (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 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(Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) * kK % What's Wrong With This Sen- tence: “Keep this between you and I?” After UNCLE RAY’S CORNER This week we have been speaking of various kinds of lizards, both | large and small, and the question | “me” instead of “I.” Better say: Keep this between you and me. o ¥k K x SPECIAL FOR TODAY ONLY, a limited supply of my free FRENCH Pamphlets No. 2, which contain many French words and phrases with pronunciations given in easy phonetic spelling. If you missed this valuable and instruc- tive pamphlet when it first was offered, ask for your copy today. Send a tamped (3-cent), self-ad- Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle [o[o[® BOR0 GORRE nA_RARGA TH' CAP'N AN’ TH' MAJIOR AST US T’ AST YOU ‘BOUT TH' GOV'NOR ASTIN' US T' AST T'SEE HIM ‘BOUT WHAT WE WORLD WOULD THI GOVERNOR SEND FOR Plans for the construction of co- operative apartments in Brazil have been halted by rising costs of build- ing materials. REVIEW 1S ABOUT TO START? “between” one should use —Gila Mousters Are Poisonous If you tramp across a desert in the southern part of this continent, I advise you to be careful of Gila comes: “Are lizards dangerous?” The answer is that most lizards | have no harm in them for people. ‘The very large ones are not c]fissedl as dangerous. Certain lizards, however, are pois- onous. I am thinking of members of the Gila monster family. Gila monsters were named after the Gila River, which flows through Arizona. They are found in the valley of that river, also in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. The name “Gila” is pronounced “HE-luh.” Gila monsters are not very “mon- strous.” The largest of them are little more than two feet long. There is a special branch of the Gila monster family in Mexico. Sometimes the members of this branch are described under the name of “Heloderma horridum.” Another name for the Gila mon- ster is “beaded lizard.” The body is covered with scales which look like beads. The animal has a coloring of black and yellow, or black and pink- ish-orange. Gila monsters are found mainly in POISONOUS EALLY . LIZARDS desert places. They have grooves in the teeth of the lower jaw, and poison flows up through the grooves when they bite. Poisonous snakes, on the other hand, send poison down monsters. Yet I hope you will have no fear of lizards in general. Other kinds of lizards are not harmful— many of them are helpful because they destroy insect pests. The lizard family is so interest- ing that people might well learn more about it. It contains members which can climb trees, swim in the ocean, walk on the ceiling and grow new tails. There also are lizards which can rise up and run on two legs! The frilled lizards of Australia do that. When one of them is frightened, it stands on its hind legs and runs. The tail keeps it in balance. When upright, a frilled lizard is from 18 to 20 inches tall. (For nature section of your scrapbook.) If you want a free copy of the illustrated leaflet “Stamps and Stamp Collecting” send me a 3-cent stamped, self-addressed envelope in through the teeth of the upper jaw. The poison from lizards of this kind is something like venom from rattlesnakes. It does not, however, do so much damage to people as rattlesnake poison. care of The Evening Star. Umete 1Rary Tomorrow: Flying Dragons. Boys and Girls, Read The Junior Star Every Sunday \ A WERE HERE To PROTECT THESE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Nt B00B, DON'T TELL. ME You DON'T KNoW WHAT AN |SLfi>ND AN ISLAND 1S A SMALL B0DY OF LAND SURROUNDED BY