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22 Pertaining
to festivi
ties
23 Indigo
plant
26 Margin
27 Covered
with tile
29—Shower
32 Symbol for
silver
33 Independ
ent country
in Europe
37—Surrender
39 Feathered
neckpiece
40— Self
41— Still
42 Sleeping
place
I—Goddess of
dawn
4—Exclama
tion of dis
gust
7—Narrow
inlet
10— Sleeveless
garment of
hair cloth
11— Manufac
turing city
in F’ennsyl
vania
12— Bursting
14— Within
15— Mrs. (Ger
man form)
17—An absorb
ing pursuit
21—By the
way of
DOWN
1— Ground
2 Kind of sor
cery of the
West Indies
3 Polish river
4 Canton in
Switzer
land
5 Vulgar
form of
gentleman
6 A witch
7 Smallest of
the United
States
labbr.)
8— Fresh
water por
poise
9 The lamb
as a Chris
tian emblem
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
r
“Th» Authority on Authorities’*
PLAYING PROBABILITIES
ALL OBSERVANT players have
learned that the holder of a weak
hand is likely to make a short-suit
lead against a no trump contract,
in the hope that he may hit upon
the long suit of his partner, who
probably ha 3 some side re-entries
for it. Conversely, someone who has
made a length-showing fourth-best
lead is likely to have high cards for
re-entries right in his own hand.
Bearing that in mind can guide the
declarer in his selection of the way
to play any particular suit, counting
the long-suit leader as more likely
than his partner to hold any par
ticular high card.
*AK J 6 4
V 10 7 6
+ K 10 7
»A4
AQ2 n~l A 109783
V A9S2 * V Q 53
♦ A8 6 3 ♦ Q 9
A K 9 3 S * J 7 2
A 8
VK J 4
*JS 4 2
* Q 10 8 6 5
(Dealer: North. North-South vul
nerable).
South got into a No trump game
contract on this deal by the fairly
simple procedure of North’s 1-Spade
bid, his own 2-Clubs, North’s 2-
Spades, South’s 2-No trump and
North’s 3-No trump.
When West led the heart 2, South
promptly placed four cards of the
suit in his hand, but more important
in this case reckoned that any
single high honor was a bit more
likely to be held by him than by
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24 Chinese
measure
25 A pair
28—Wood
nymph
30— Excited
31— A fop
33 — Exclama
tion of in
quiry
34 Snare
35 Warp-yarn
36 A small
deer
38—A denial
13—Capital of
Ireland
15— Penalizing
16— A marsh
haunting
wading bird
18— Biblical
name
19— An island
of the Sun
da group
20— One of the
Caroline
islands
21— Large
cistern
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East. When East played the Q on
the dummy’s low card, that made
it still more likely that East lacked
any particular high honor.
After South took the first trick
with the heart K, he played over to
the club A, then led the club 4 back.
East played the 2, and South faced
the critical play of the hand. If
West had the K, the 10 was the
correct choice;’ if the J, the Q,
would be better. Reckoning the K
probably with West, South played
the 10, which forced the K. West
offered the A and another heart,
then Sputh ran game by the simple
expedient of being successful with
the spade finesse.
If South had played the Q on
that second round club trick, he
would have been set either two or
three tricks, depending on what he
did next time he was in the lead.
* * *
Tomorrow’s Problem
A K J
VAK 9 4
♦ J 10 3
<f> A Q 9 3
A 5 2
VQ J 8 W E5? q°<A 5 2
AQ6♦ 9 5 4
*B2 S * J 10 6 5
AA 8 3
V 73 .i
♦AK 87 2 'Oivi* a
♦K 7 4
(Dealer: East. North-South vul
nerable)
After South’s 1-Diamond, West’s
psychic double, North’s redouble,
and West’s 2-Spades, how should the
| bidding go on this deal ?
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