Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 March 1973 — Page 3

Saturday, March 24, 1973

Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

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WORRY CLINIC George W. Crai!e, Ph D., M D.

Tom Cossey asked me to deliver the Centennial Address at Gessie. Indiana, last fall. Notice the wage scale back in the IK90s. And teach your children that the churches are the main support of our flag, as well as of our universities; not the reverse!

CASE W-560: Tom Cossey is a prominent Illinois banker and farmer. “Dr. Crane,” he phoned me, “could you speak at our Centennial at Gessie, Indiana?” Since Tom is a long-time friend, I gladly agreed. A former school official named Jones, now 88 years old, gave a preliminary address before I mounted the platform. “You folks don’t realize the

Contract ( Bridge *

The Loser on Loser

South dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH *J 10 6 V A Q J 4 ♦ 10 8 2 48 5 4

WEST 48 2

V K 10 8 5 ♦ K 5 3 4Q J 9 7

EAST 45 4 V 3 2

♦ J 9 7 4 4 K 10 6 3 2

SOUTH 4 A K Q 9 7 3 ¥ 9 7 6 ♦ A Q 6 4 A

The bidding:

South West North 14 Pass 2 4 3 ♦ Pass 3 ¥ 6 4

Opening lead - queen of clubs. The loser-ou-loser play is a weapon that every competent declarer carries in his bag of tricks. It is a play by which he deliberately concedes a trick he doesn’t have to lose in exchange for one he does have to lose — and winds up gaining some other trick he would otherwise have lost. Here is a simple case where West leads a club against six spades. Declarer wins, draws two rounds of trumps and finesses the jack of hearts. When it wins, he ruffs a club and finesses the queen of hearts. At this point, instead of simply cashing the ace in the hope of finding the suit divided 3-3, declarer first makes the more subtle move of ruffing dummy’s last club. The purpose of the ruff is to protect to the nth degree against the possibility of losing two diamond tricks, which at this point is the sole danger in the hand. South then plays a heart to the ace, supremely confident of the outcome. When the hearts fail to divide 3-3, declarer does not attempt a diamond finesse — which would prove fatal as the cards lie — but instead leads dummy’s last heart and on it discards a diamond. The result is that West wins the heart and finds himself in the unpleasant position where he must lead a diamond to the A-Q or yield a ruff and discard by returning a club. Either way declarer makes the slam. What South really does by this method of play is exchange one loser for another. He deliberately loses a heart trick he doesn’t have to lose instead of a diamond he does have to lose. In the process he creates a situation that is certain to yield him the crucial twelfth trick. Who could ask for anything more?

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changes even in my lifetime,” he began. . "For when streets were laid out for this town, there was no power equipment available. "We relied on men with picks and shovels, plus a slip scoop pulled by horses to level off the ground. “And the men worked 10 hours per day for a daily wage of 65 cents.” At this, Tom nudged me and

whispered: “But I got $1.40 per day for I also furnished a team of hor-

ses.

Mr. Jones also reminded his audience of . the BryanMcKinley debate in the 1896 presidential election. "That was when Mr. Bryan was an advocate of silver in a 16

to 1 ratio.

“So we had a big parade through this town, with 16 white

horses to represent silver and one gold horse to bring up the rear ” Again Tom nudged me and said, “That gold horse came off our farm for use in the parade.” When I began speaking, I reminded the crowd of the many changes that had occurred during the past century. “Your town was 4 years old when Gen. Custer was massacred with all his brave men. “And we’ve experienced 5 major wars, not to mention the invasion of Mexico to pursue Pancho Villa.” Since the meeting was held on

the east lawn of a large white frame church, I concluded by having the big crowd look at the American flag that was hanging above my head, fastened to the side of the church. “Please notice,” I added, “that our flag is supported by the'church; not the church, by the flag. “For that is a vital distinction for all true patriots to remember. “Our Republic is rooted in the belief in God, for our famous Declaration of Independence starts out by saying: “ ‘We are endowed by our Creator . . .’

“And our Republic is not an outgrowth of our many colleges and universities but they are an offshoot of the church!

"If in the middle of the night we suffer crucial pain over our left chest and realize we may have only a few minutes left here on this earth, do we ask to clutch our high school or college diploma to our breast as we breathe our final farewell to Earth? “Or do we even ask to hold the flag of our country? “No; it is the Bible that is then our fundamental desire at the end of our sojourn here on Earth. “Thus, when Sir Walter Scott lay dying, he called his servant and asked for the book. “The servant asked him

which one of his many world famous novels he wished “But Sir Walter promptly and sternly told him: ‘There is only ONE book, namely, the Bible' Bring it!’ ” And I concluded by telling the crowd that their passport to Heaven is explained in Matthew 10:32, so you readers better look it up! For millions of otherwise good people are going to be without their passport!

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