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7, Auction Bridge By Annie Blanche Shelby. STRENUOUS STUNTS IN POLITICS PICTURED BY DARLING THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, rORTLANTJ, JTTLY 11, 1020 AMONG the more recent additions to the game of auction there are none more importanut or more conducive to trick-winning: than the overcall of one's partner's no trump bid with two of a major suit, spades or hearts, when having the requisite strength to do so. whether or not the hand holds assistance for a no trump. Yet there are still many players who are obsessed with the belief that a no-trump bid is so infinitely supe rior to any other bid that they quite overlook the fact that a major suit calls for but one trick more than no trump to go game. and. save under exceptional circumstances, is capable of as good if not a better score than a no trump. Such, players make a law unto themselves and absolutely refuse to make such overcall no mat ter how well adapted their hand may be to the suit bid, or how illy adapted to the no-trumn bid. Because of the overcall, which one's partner under certain conditions is supposed to make over a no-trump bid, no trumps are often bid on quite light strength, considerably less than would otherwise be considered neces sary to the bid. If then the partner fails one, such bid will often go literally to pieces, whereas had the overcall been made, major or minor. as the case may be, a good score would have been assured. An overcall, however, does not necessarily preclude the no-trump bidder from going on with his no- trump bid if he thinks it to the best Interests of the side to do so. It merely gives him a bit of useful in formation as to the essential char acteristics of his partner's holding and leaves it to him to decide which of the two bids to adopt. As a rule, though, If one overcalls with a major suit and the no-trump bidder holds at least two of the suit, thus insur ing the side having the majority, it will prove to the best interests to concede the bid, unless the hand stands for a hundred aces, or is ex ceptionally strong, not alone in three but in the four suits'. A striking example of the failure to make the major suit overcall over one's partner's no-trump bid is found In the following hand which was re cently played in a local club: 9 10 7 4 3 J 10 K Q J 10 5 4 K 10 6 4 J 8 6 5 K 9 6 2 3 Q 8 5 K Q 2 7 4 3 A7 6 A J 7 3 A 9 A Q 8 5 9 8 2 The score was love all, rubber game. Z, the dealer, bid "1 no trump," not so much with the desire to play the hand at this bid as with tho hope that his partner might be led to indicate one of the two major suits, either of which he could help. A passed, and, strange to say, Y did likewise. B also passed, so the hand was played at the no-trump bid with the result that Z made two by cards. Just missing game and rubber. As a matter of fact, however, but for a wrfeng discard, Z could havo gone game, despite the handicap placed upon him by his partner. The hand as actually played went thus: Trick. A Y B Z 1 4 9 Q A 2 r 4 6 9 3 2 5 7 8 4 6 H) A 2 5 K 10 8 J 6 io j 2 3;: 7 6 J 5 7 8 9 Q 44 A4 9 K KA 3 64 10 J 3 2 A 11 5 4 74 Q 12 G 7 Q 84 13 8 10 K 9 Denotes winner of trick. THERE 5EEMS TO HA V &EEMZOA7E JF YOU LET THFM TFU 7t Trick 1. A has two suits of prac tically equal value (neither very strong), but leads hearts rather than diamonds for three reasons one, that the heart suit is slightly stronger than the diamond; another, that the heart suit admits of the lead of a four-spot, while the diamond would call for the lead of the two, and at a no-trump declaration the lead of a two as fourth best should, when possible, be avoided. The lead of a four does not necessarily tell declarer the exact number of cards held. The lead of the two does and in so doing enables him to know definitely the number held by the leader's partner. In other words, it makes it too easy for declarer to place the cards of the suit. The final and perhaps the strongest reason for leading the heart suit rather than the diamond is that the lead is more in accord with the prin ciple of a lead up to weakness, as if declarer had been especially strong in hearts, he would have bid hearts preferably to no trumps. At the same time, as in reality proved to be the case, he might hold high card strength in the suit, but not sufficient numerical strength to Justify the bid of a heart. To this trick B puts up the queen and declares the ace. It may be a question In the minds of some play ers as to whether Z should . have played the ace whether with both king and queen against him it would not have been better to, withhold the ace in the hope later to make both Jack and ace. This undoubtedly would have been well if A, who led the suit, had led the king, as this player would siui nave Deen in the lead, and no matter what card of the suit he had led on the next round, declarer would have held over him with the two commands. Such situation would have constituted the Bath coup and un quSstionably would have justified the holding up of the ace. As the case stood, however, had declarer with held the ace B would have been in th.; load and would have led directly through him, thus rendering it ex tremely doubtful whether he would win a second trick in the suit. As stated, therefore, he played the ace and at once went to work on spades, the dummy's suit, devoutly hoping (dummy's hand being exceedingly shy of re-entries) that the command would be forced, while he still re mained with a spade to lead him. Not so. however. B wisely refrained from playing the ace until the third round which round deprived declarer of his last spade and the ability to put his partner in the lead, through this suit. Trick 5. B, having won the previous trick with the spade ace. returned the eight of hearts, the highest he held of his partner's suit. Declarer, . V isely or otherwise, put up the jack and A won with king. Right here is where declarer made his fatal error the error which cost him game and rubber. Because of his' own slight protection in clubs, he apparently thought it best to keep dummy's clubs Intact, and discard rather the diamond. He had no sooner made the discard than he realized bis mis take and that the better chance of re-entry and of enabling dummy's spades to make had been in the dia monds. At Trick 6 A led the commanding heart (declarer discarding dummy's jack of diamonds), and at Trick 7, not knowing but that his partner might hold the then com manding heart and because it would ifiMfe' f j . - v v nms - -. nest to, r - r - it was &irE? a qvFrFov&rHiFrF?!. l"; 5tp-- i 'i rt,7 '? ' . I 1 ill ' m XV4 t 'SHUCKS ! THO , M IS fV"" W tei.M TO f lis HMJtir.rAVK7t D0NT 5ccm -5 t- row rF wrto.e FAMiy cio? V. THB rWJ- CNWtfBV VAIFW fH nisi. f& ii s:v ' 1 IxVir nhCfcy ; J - fj ' force the dummy to another discard, his remaining heart. Declarer took the trick and, vainly wishing he had kept dummy's diamonds, one of which he could now see he could have made re-entry, had nothing left but to try , to establish the diamond suit in his own hand. Accordingly at Trick 8 he led the diamond ace and at Trick 9 the small diamond which A won with king, thus making good declarer's two remaining diamonds. A at Trick 10 led the jack of clubs (Jack rather than small to render it im possible for dummy to get in the lead). Z played the ace and won the trick, and at Tricks 11 and 12 made his two good diamonds. Trick 13 went to B with the best club. Let us go back to trick 5 and have declarer discard dummy's clubs rather than diamonds. The play would go thus: Trick." I A I Y B I Z 5 K 3 8 J 10 4 2 3 7 6 7 6 7V 8 K4 104 34 64 9, J 104k 2 A 10 94 J4 44 84 11 5 K 74 9 12 8 Q Q Q4 13 J K A4 Denotes winner of trick. At trick 7 declarer having recov ered the lead with the best heart leads his small diamond, knowing it will force the king, in which event he can later put the dummy in with the diamond iack. or will at once give dummy the lead. To prevent thi A of course puts up the king and at Trick 9. with the object as before of preventing any possibility of dummy getting In through a club, leads his jack of clubs, which Z wins with ace. Z at trick 10 leads the 8 of diamonds, dummy gets In the lead with the jack, and at Tricks 11. 12 and 13 makes his spades. Declarer willingly sacrifices his two tricks in diamonds for the three tricks which his partner will win. Had the hand been played at spades there would have been little difficulty in making game. The declarer's con sternation when the dummy hand come down and disclosed the excellent spade suit held by this layer may be better imagined, than, ascribed. The failure to make the overcall was all the more reprehensible in this case as the hand was without visible re entry and the chances of bringing in the spad?3 exceedingly light. It was too. all the more surprising, as tht tendency of the modern player is ,to improve every opportunity that of fers for making a bid. often when the hand In no sense justifies it. and in doii.g so he grossly deceives his part ner. Very few players, too. but that would have been so impressed with the 72-point honor score that there would not have been two questions In their mind as to the course to pursue. Another hand which came up re cently further emphasizes the impor tance of the major suit overcall, when havirg the reflujite strength to make it. The dealer. Z, bid no trumps on tha following: A Q 5 4 K J 8 4 K J 10 8 5 3 A passed, also "Y, though holding five hearts to the jack. 10 and no possible re-entry. B passed, so the hand was played at no trumps, Z being the declarer. A, the player to lead, led fourth best diamond from queen, jack and four small. B took the trick with the ace and returned the 10, Z, perforce, playing king. The only suit worth trying to establish in tne two nanus was hearts, but as dummy had 110 re-entry Z was com pelled to lead the suit from his hand so led the ace on the bare chance that king would fall and the suit become established. Small cards only, how ever, were played. The second round was won by B with king: he at once returned his partner's diamond lead and A made his four diamonds. Then, B having discarded a club, pointing to weakness in clubs, A led a spaf"e and between them they took four tricks in spades and the club ace be fore Z recovered the lead. ZY went down four tricks. At hearts they would have made an excellent score. Joseph B. Elwell, whose recent mysterious murder at his palatial home in New York is baffling the in genuity of the New York detectives. was perhaps the best known au thority on bridge whist. In every section of the country where bridge was played his name was aa a house hold word, ind to play "according to Elwell" was to play the best bridge known. When bridge was supplanted by auction, every one naturally looked to Elwell for the last and best word on the subject. Dt't for some reason his works on the latter game were not nearly so convincing or satisfactory as were those on the former. At no time in fact has he been regarded the infallible authority on auction that he .vas on bridge. DANDY NABS JEWELRY Courteous Stranger Calls and Val uables1 Take Wings. DENVER. Five minutes after a courteous stranger had knocked at her back door and inquired for a fic titious person, Mrs. Jennie Richards of 4 bouth Sherman street discovered that jewelry valued at 1125 was miss- ng from a aresser drawer. Mrs. Richards told the police that a well dressed young man knocked on her back door while she was prepar ing dinner and inquired for a man named Krinkle. After being informed that no such person lived there the young man departed. A few minutes later the woman went into her bed room for a moment and discovered that two valuable watches were miss ing. The suspect is described as being dressed in a blue serge suit, about 26 years old and of dark complexion. Two diamond rings valued at S1300 which were stolen from a dresser in the home of Mrs. H. R, Campbell, 1934 Grant street were mysteriously re placed in the exact spot from which they had been taken, Mrs. Campbell Informed the police yesterday. A wait ress employed In a local restaurant who was suspected of taking the'jew- elry was taken to police headquarters and questioned by Chief of Detectives Washington Rinker, but was released with a warning that any attempt to dispose of tne stolen Jewels would surely result in the thief's capture. CAN FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR, SAYS ECONOMIC INSTRUCTOR Cost of Sweet Element So High That College Expert Advises House wires to Get Winter Supply Preserved at Once. BY AVA B. MILAM, Dean Oregon Agricultural College School of Home Economics. THE season of rhubarb is at hand and the product is plentiful. Why not can It? Sugar is scarce and high-priced, so why not can it with out sugar? nnuosro . canned Wltnout sugar keeps well. More sugar will be re quired to sweeten It when opened for use than would be needed if added when it Is canned this Is true of fruits In general when canned with out sugar. Use fresh rhubarb. Wash and re move all faulty portions. Ordinarily it is best to leave the skin on. Cut the stalks into pieces which are the sire and shape that will pack best in the jad. Place In a colander or wire basket and blanch by putting into boiling water for from one to two minutes, then plunge in cold water. Blanching removes some of the ex- Canada Analyzes Population. OTTAWA. Ont. There" are 1625 Indian reserves in Canada and- the total Indian population of" the do minion is now 105.998. The total number of buildings on the reserves is 38,101. The total number of Jap anese in Canada at the last census w as. 9021. and of Chinese 27.774, of whom 25 have been naturalized. cess acid in rhubarb and makes less sugar necessary when used. Rhubarb Is a very acid fruit. Pack the rhubarb tightly into glass jars. Never use plain tin containers for rhubarb. Add boiling water o fill the jar. Partially seal. Sterilise In hot water bath outfit for 15 minutes, or for five minutes under five pounds of steam in a steam pressure outfit. Remove the jars and tighten lids. Cool, label and store in a dark place. Gooseberries are beginning to ripen and soon the thrifty housewife will be considering what to do with the over-supply. - "Can while you can," is still a good slogan, and gooseberries are calla ble. The sugar shortage need not pre vent the preservation of gooseberries for future use. Can them without sugar. Follow these directions: Ripe gooseberries are preferable for canning since they will require less KUgar when opened for use than greun onps. Wash and pick over gooseberries. Blanch them by putting into boiling water one minute. J-Uanchins' ex tracts some of the acid and so the fruit requires less ewoeteniiif; when used. Plunge into cold water and then pack in jars. Fill the jars with hot water. Partially seal. Cook in hot water bath (wash boiler) fnr 10 minutes. Remove the jars and tighten the lids. Cool, label and store. tlooseberries canned now without sugar may be used in jams, jellies and pies at some future time. . Preserve strawberries with, honey; and save sujar. A tried and proven method follows: Take equal weights of strawberries and honey: mix the two anil dr.y .in the sun or, preferably, in a warm oven. Put into carefully sterilized classes and cover with paraffin. Whatever You Do Don't Neglect Your Eyes, Says Dr. Lewis, Who Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight 50 in One Week's Time in Many Instances Heifer Brings $1555. REGINA, Sask. Some remarkable prices were bbtained at the Saskat chewan cattle breeders sales. Daffo dil 2d, a Shorthorn heifer from Cot tonwood tied the record price of $1555 with th 'Hereford bull Jeffrey Jacques. Several other animals real ized .ovef the ?1000 -mark. 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