Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1929 — Page 17

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Fifth Radio Bridge Is Broadcast Over WFBM

A DISTINGUISHED Canadian, G. H. Levy. K. C., of Hamilton, Ont., one of the mast brilliant, bridge players that any country ever produced, was a noted participant in the filth Milton C. Work's Radio Bridge games, heard Tuesday from station WFBM. With Levy In this game were Mrs L. A. Dodsworth, Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Helen M. Hubbard, San Francisco, and Ralph C. Blessing of Altamont, N. Y., all teachers and placers of note. Levy, as South, the dealer, held: Spades, A, Q, 5,3, 2; Hearts, A, 10, 9; Diamonds, 10, 9; Clubs J, 10, 7. Mrs. Dodsworth, West, had: Spades, J, 10, 8; Hearts, 8,4; Diamonds, A, K, Q. J, 8. 6; Clubs, A, 5. Blessing, North, had: Spades, K, 9,7; Hearts, K, Q, J; Diamonds, 7,5, 2; Clubs, K, Q, 9, 2. Mrs. Hubbard, East, was dealt: Spades, 6,4; Hearts, 7,6, 5, 3,2; Diamonds, 4,3; Clubs, 8,6, 4,3. I

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The bidding was conventional: One Spade by Levy, South; two Diamonds by Mrs. Dodsworth, West; two Spades by Blessing, North; pass by Mrs. Hubbard, East, who apparently had one of the most hopeless hands ever dealt. Levy passed his partner’s assist, but Mrs. Dodsworth, with a seventrick hand, and also being prompted by her honor count, went to three Diamonds. Blessing, North, went to three Spades, after which all passed. Mrs. Dodsworth. West, opened the play by leading the King of Diamonds, the correct card from an Ace-King-Queen holding. From Blessing’s hand, which became Dummy, Declarer played the deuce; Mrs. Hubbard, East, played the 4, not the 3, as the start of a “comeon” signal; and Levy, Declarer, played the 10 ... a false card which probably deceived no one, but which he played automatically, because when facing a Dummy it is

his practice to false-card whenever he has the opportunity. Mrs. Dodsworth continued Diamonds with the Queen, the conventional second lead from A-K-Q; j Dummy played the 5, East the 3; thus completing her signal; and Declarer the 9. man MRS. DODSWORTH, West, considered the situation before leading to the next trick. She had won two tricks, and was sure of another with the Ace of Clubs. Dummy’s showing of the King of Spades, King-Queen of Hearts, and KingQueen of Clubs led her to think that Declarer had bid originally on five Spades headed by the Ace and probably the Queen, and the Ace of Hearts. Therefore Mrs. Dodsworth had little hope of saving game unless she could make one of her trumps a winner by forcing Declarer to ruff a Diamond with a high Spade. East's signal in Diamonds had shown that she had at least one Spade, since she would not have signalled had she been blank in the trump suit. Following these deductions, to trick 3 Mrs. Dodsworth led the 6 of Diamonds, on which she saw T that Dummy would have to play the 7.

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forcing East to trump. Mrs. Dodsworth hoped that East's trump would be high enough to force an honor from Declarer. East was surprised when her partner led the small Diamond, but a few seconds' thought showed her the reason for the lead, and she went up with her highest Spade, only the 6 spot, but as it happened, high enough to force Declarer Declarer was powerless against West’s scheme. He was satisfied that East had ruffed with her highest Spade; consequently West must have the J-10-8, and one of them was a sure winner if Declarer used the Ace or Queen to o'/er-ruff. e ss n 0?J the other hand, if Declarer allowed East's 6 of Spades to win the trick, his game was lost, as adversaries would then have won three tricks, and must win the Aee of Clubs in addition. On the slender chance that East had net ruffed with her highest trump, Declarer over-ruffed, falsecarding with the Ace. and to trick 4 led his deuce of Spades. West played the 10. Dummy the King; East the 4. Declarer continued with the 7 of Spades from Dummy; and when East discarded. Declarer knew to be

true what he had feared and expected ... viz: that Mrs. Dodsworth, West, must win a trump trick. Declarer played the Queen; Mrs. Dodsworth the 8. Declarer then placed his unplayed cards face up on the table, conceding the high trump and Ace of Clubs to hLs adversaries, and claiming the rest of the tricks, which they allowed. Declarer, therefore, fulfilled his contract, scoring 27 for tricks and 30 for honors. He lost what looked like an easy game, not through his own play, but because of Mrs. Dodsworth's brilliant lead at trick 3, against which Declarer was helpless. a * a IN his comments upon the play of the hand, which followed the radio game proper, Work signalled out for approbation Mrs. Hubbard's signal with the 4 and 3 of Diamonds. Many players, Work indicated, would not have considered the signal necessary, as they would have figured from West's bidding that she had six Diamonds, in which case Declarer would have only two and could over-ruff; or they would have been confident that West had the Ace-King-Queen, in which case

a raff by East would not be needed. Mrs. Hubbard doubtless reasoned that way. also, but she appreciated that the signal might benefit her partner as it would convey two things: the first, that East had only two Diamonds; the second, that East had a trump. As it happened. West could count the Diamonds, and she knew that both East and South had none after the second round; but the knowledge that East had a trump was vitally important, inasmuch as she could deduce from Dummy’s high-card holding that

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East's trump or trumps could not be serviceable except for forcing a high trump from Declarer. Mrs. Hubbard, holding what seemed to be a worthless hand, with which many players would have last interest in the game, distinguished herself both by her signal and by ruffing with the higher of her two small trumps. As Work said, there is much truth in the saying that more skill can be exhibited in playing bad cards than the holders of good ones have a chance to show.

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The bidding of this same hand at Contract would be: One Spade by dealer. South. He would count his two Aces as two sure high-card tricks, and two cards of his five-card Spade suit as two probable low-card tricks; thus giving him the four tricks necessary to justify an original one bid at Contract. In addition, he had considerable value in the Queen of Spades with the Act, and in a number of intermediates.