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AUCTION ,m4
CONTRACT
4Wynne Ferguson
Author of 'PRACTIC.AL AUCTION stupor
ARTICLE No, $3
. In every locality where Auction or
Contract is played there are one or
more players who refuse to conform
to the recognized conventions of bid-
ding. They all have their reasons for
not doing so, but none of more orig-
inality than the following. A player
who had just bid one club without a
club in his hand and was criticized
for the bid by his partner, replied:
"Your criticism is unreasonable. I
have only on partner and two oppon-
ents so that if I fool you, I am also
fooling them, so the odds are just two
to one in our favor."
Needless to say, his argument was
faulty in that it is much more danger-
ous to fool your partner than your
opponents. Foca your opponents when-
eter you have the opportunity of do-
ing so without also fooling your para
tier; but tell your partner the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. In no other way can you obtain
the best results. Camouflage bids are
occasionally successful, but much
more often they are boomerangs and
the source of big losses. Let the
other fellow take such chances and
you will take •the money in the long
run.
The writer has referre" many times
in these articles to the tendency of
Auction and Contract players in gen-
eral to overbid no trump hands that
contain four aces. They seem to be
hypnotized by the four aces and over-
bid a sure game bid by their partners
just so they can score the four aces.
They seem to forget that the value of
a game is much greater. This ten-
dency was exemplified three times
during the last week in games in
which the writer was playing.
Hand No. 1
Hearts -A, 10, 4
Clubs -A, Q, 10, 2
Diamonds -A, 7
Spades -A, K, 4, 2
With the foregoing hand at Auction,
the dealer bid one no trump, second
hand passed and the dealer's partner
bid two hearts. Third hand passed
and the dealer gaily bid two no trump
scored four odd.
At Contract, the dealer should bid
two no trump and, when partner over-
bids with three hearts, he should bid
Sour hearts.
Hand r:o. •2
Hearts -A, K, J, 2
Clubs -A, Q,
Diamonds -A, Q, 2
Spades -A, Q, 10
Tho dealer at Auction bid one no
trump, second hand passed and the
dealer's partner bid two spades. Third
hand passed and the dealer bid two
no trump although practically certain
that his partner ittla score game at
spades. He managed to make two odd
at no trump, but his partner could
have made four odd at spades, of
which he held six to the jack.
At Contrace the dealer should bid
two hearts and when his partner re-
sponds with the minimum bid of two
no trump, the dealer should bid three
no trump. His partner, holding six
spades to the Jack, should now bid
four spades. The bidding at Contract
is thus much more accurate with this
hand.
Hand No. 3
Hearts -A, 9, 6, 2
Clubs -A, 9, 7
Diamonds -A, Q
Spades -A, 10, 9, 4
The dealer at Auction bid one no
trump, second hand passed and the
dealer's partner bid two spades. Third
hand passed and the dealer bid two no
trump. This is the worst bid of any,
as he holds fewer supporting cards
than in .the preceding hands. This bid
was defeated by two tricks while, at
spades, they would have scored five
odd. Don't let four aces lead you on
to a bad bid. Always make game the
objective and consider four aces only
as an incident. A game is worth 125
points, or just 25 points more than
100 aces; so, from that imint of view,
the odds are five to four in favor of
a sure game at a suit bid, rather than
a doubtful game at no trump.
At Contract, the dealer should bid
one no trump and, if partner should
and all pass Hi partner had a bid two spades, he should bid four
blank hand with the exception of six spades.
hearts to the queen and the dealer The following hand is another good
failed to make his contract by ono example of overbidding when the
trick. At hearts, they would have angle did not justify it:
V
Problem
Hearts -3, 2
Clubs -A, K, 10, 6
Diamonds -4C, Q, 8, 3
Spades -5, 3, 2.
Y Hearts -A, K, 8
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. -• • i 9', 4 .
A, Z : 'Diamonds -7, 6
Spades -6, 4 • '
' ^ • " Spades -K, Q, 10, 8, 7
Hearts -Q, J; 10, 7, 6, 4
Clubs -8, 3, 2
Diamonds -5
Spades -A, J, 9
13 dealt and bid one spade, Z doub-
led, A bid two diamonds, Y and 13
passed, and Z bid two hearts. A and
Y passed and 33 now had the choice of
defending the hand with a certainty
of saving game or of trying for a prob.
lematical and very doubtful game in
no trump. He chose to bid two no
trump, which Z doubled and set for
500 points. There was no excuse for
13's bid as the bidding indicated that
Z held a big hand. It is a good ex-
ample of the wrong angle, too much
to lose and too little to gain, and Is
applicable either to Auction or Con-
tract.
The play of the hand was interest-
ing because it developed the double
"squeeze," one of the rarest situations
to arise in Auction. Z opened with the
queen of hearts, which 33 won with the
Hearts -none
'Clubs -3, 7
'Diamonds -9, 7
(Spades -6
king of hearts. B then led the jack of
diamonds, allowing Y to win the trick
with the queen of diamonds. Y now
led the king of clubs and then the trey
of hearts. B played a low heart and
Z WOri the trick with the ten of hearts.
He then returned the low heart on
which A discarded a low diamond, Y
a low club, and 13 won the trick with
the ace of hearts. Be now chose to
lead the diamonds and, when Z dis-
carded a low club, won the trick with
the ace of diamonds and led back the
ten of diamonds, Y winning the trick
with the king of diamonds. On this
trick, B discarded a low spade and Z
the nine of spades. Y now led a spade,
B played the queen and Z won the
trick with the ace of spades. The
cards now remaining in the various
hands are as follows:
Hearts -none
Clubs -A, 10
Diamonds -8
Spades -3, 2
: A
:
Hearts -J, 7, 6
Clubs -8
Diamonds -none
Spades -J
Z is in the lead, there are no trumps
and. Z are to take every trick
against any defense. This is a very
pretty problem in discarding and a
perfect illustration of the double
Hearts -none
Clubs -Q, 9
Diamonds -none
Spaeles-K, 10, 8
"squeeze"; that ie,
ents' hands are foi
to give up winning
The solution will ba
next article.
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Ancient Craters
Caused by Meteors
The fourth of the remarkable
.raters now known on the earth's sur-
face and believed to have been made
by gigantic meteorites or by swarms
of these objects perhaps resembling
the heads of comets apparently has
been discovered in the almost un-
visited centre of Arabia. Some months
ago the )3ritish. explorer, H. St J. Phil -
by, ereeeed parts of Arabia never be-
fore explored by a modern geographer.
At one spot he found a set of craters
provisionally identified by him as vol-
canic. Ile also found specimens of
Iron, apparently meteoric, and many
Pieces of glassy material, like fused
!Mel. These speehnets now have
ibeeia examined by experts at the Bri-
tish Museum in London, and lead to
the conviction that the Arabian
eratere really represent the landing
,spot of another gigantic Meteoric body
yeseixtbling those 'Which made the
similar meteor craters in Arizona and
te Siberia, and the third set found only
fl few' moiaths tgoth the wilds of Oen-
Araila Australia, The Atablan Chate
Mr. Phliby reports, May be the
)argest of all. The Siberian fail,
#.%011011 haPPerted only. a few years ago,
was visible for hundreds of miles and
was accompanied by an °enormous ex-
plosion and a considerable earth-
quake. 'Undoubtedly it -would have
wiped out any modern city had it
chanced to strike in such a neighbor-
hood. It is a remarkable coincidence
that all four of these dangerous falls,
including the newest Arabian one,
selected the most completely deserted
e.arts of the earth's surface. It be-
gins to be evident, however, that such
giant meteor falls are commoner than
once was believed. Sooner. of later
one probably will strike a city and
cause an enormous catastrophe. Per-
haps the story of Sodom and Gomor-
rah May be a memory of some such
ancient event; possibly even the
Arabian fall the craters of which have
been discovered,
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The Tool -Shed
The gardener thinks it belongs to
him. Tbe owner of the garden be-
lieves that it is hers, A bright-eyed
mouse considers it his home, and
other small inhabitants regard them-
selves as the rightful proprietors;
but it is really the child to whom
the tool -shed belongs. He is not as
small as the mouse, but he knows
of many a delightful corner where
he can squeeze himself in, where
neither the gardener nor the owner
of the garden can follow.
Once the tool -shed was a ship.
A.. great gale raged outside; waves
washed over the gallant little craft
which trembled from stem to stern,
The skipper, red in the face, and
with grimy hands, clung to the rig-
ging and shouted: "Ahoy, my merrY
mariners!" And the merry mariner,
under a cobweb -draped shelf, re-
sponded- with an earnest invitation
to join her and her dolls at a tea -
part in Buckingham Palace.
That is the charm of the tool -
shed. It can be two places at once.
At times it is a subterranean passage
to a cave, glittering with red and
blue jewels; or it Is a grim castle,
perched on a dark mountainside, It
is the coziest little shelter in the
world, when the child lies curled up
on an old sack reading Robinson
Crusoe, by the aid of a flickering
candle -end. The things in it are mys-
terious, and never what they seem to
be. The lawn mower once became
an airplane in its hangar, resting
after a journey round the world. A
stack of flower pots has been a Red
Indian's stockade, and a friendly
wheelbarrow can never be. left out
of any enterprise. It is indeed aston-
ishing that the gardener can suppose
the wheelbarrow is his. There are
other things, too, in dusty corners,
forgotten things that nobody else
wants, like rusty old watering cans,
and broken rakes and spades, wicker
baskets, twine, and wooden pegs.
They all come in usefully on a desert
island, or at the banquet of a High-
land Chief. There are books, too,
that have lost their covers and most
of their leaves, so are no longer fit
for drawing -room use. Many a broken
but precious toy lies among last
year's leaves, and once an infant
rabbit was reared there on carrot
tops until it grew too sportive for
further concealment.
In spring an apple tree throws its
pink and white blossomacross the
tiled roof. This is the signal to climb
the roof, and from its heights explore
the neighboring territory through a
toy telescope. Never again, perbaps,
is the world so interesting as from
that roof. A Chinese Mandarin would
seem to dwell in the next garden,
and a burning desert, a bamboo
grove, thick tropical forests, and
winding rivers Ile on every hand.
The child's sister, the other child,
listens wonderingly. She has not yet
ventured to climb the roof, and must
stay below, occupied in the womanly
duty of cooking the dinner. But one
day she will climb the roof, and it
may be that she will see yet more
wonderful things to tell the bewil-
dered gardener below.
In the meanwhile: "Ahoy, my
merry mariners!" Adventures are
here in plenty, and never did a dim
dirty little window open upon fairer
visions. Never did a dark cobwebby
shed hold more radiant dreams. The
gardener may grumble when ne is
told his wheelbarrow is ' something
else, and cannot be spared, for un-
doubtedly the tool -shed belongs to
the child.
Baseball Manager -"I am going
to select new uniforms for my
teem."
Disgusted Rooter -"How about
caps of green billiard cloth to
match their ivory denies?"
TRUTHS.
The mind is most positive upon
truths smaller than itself; truths
which transcend it cannot be per-
fectly grasped and are open to doubt.
-0. S. M.
"And how do you like your new
home, dear?" "Charming! 1 simply
love the Joggle." "I say! Isn't your
hubby jealous?"
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Scotch Arran
Oh I would like to tread Pace mere
The weedy strand of Arran's shore,
And I would like to set my feet
Down where the sand and heather
meet.
And once again en rocky glen
I'd like to meet with !eery men.
Chasing the white does through the
mist.
But more than all, Oa I would list
A voice that called me by my name,
Shot through the air like holy fiameh,
Then 1 forgot the things that seem,
•And wandered in a happy dream;
And saw a door that opened wide,
Set in the craggy mountain side;
And knew that joy for ever more
Was just the other side the door,
And I sbould walk with Aengus there,
And Etain of the yellow hair.
Oh, would that. I could tread once
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That weedy street'', that heather
shore.
-Jeanne Robert Poster, in "Wild
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able to support themselves, and par-
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Our children come into the world,,
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Your honest impute is to tell
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Beautifying the Radio Voice
We are fairly well accustomed to
retouched photographs, color changes
for ladies' hair, etc.
But there is a sense of shock in
the idea that radio voices of speak-
ers can be beautified.
A former Federal radio commis-
sioner, now editor of Electronics.
Orestes H. Caldwell, lets the public
in on the secrets of radio's voice
beauty parlors in a broadcast. We
read:
"Plug in the proper combination
of electrical gadgets in connection
with the microphone, says Mr. Cald-
well, and almost any political speak-
er's voice may be given charm and
persuasiveness.
"Vocal roughness can be ironed
out and weak tones of pink -tea chat-
terers can be built up to oratorical
heights.
"Sounds over the radio can be
changed by placing in the broadcast-
ing circuits devices that vary, per-
manently or at the discretion of the
radio -control engineer, the frequency
and volume. The electrical devices,
compensators and filters, have been
in common use in connection with
commercial radio programs and in
the making of talking motion -pic-
tures. Whether they have been
used as yet to build up the vocal
personality of any of our prominent
public men is a matter of conjecture.
It is certain that the radio, even
when not doctored, does change the
speaking voice, sometimes for better
and at. other times2 for Worse.
"Radio and other electrically
transmitted sound devices are much
kinder to high -voiced individuals
than they are to deep -voiced 'he-men'
speakers, They have placed on
pinnacles of momentary fame singers
and announcers who must carry with
them amplifying devices in order to
be heard by audiences of their 'per-
sonal appearances.'
"There is even the possibility of
appeal to sectional feeling, for Mr.
Caldwell suggests that appropriate
compensators placed in branches of
broadcasting networks would make
the political candidate epeak simul-
taneously with a shrill Yankee twang
in New England, a Southern drawl
in Dixie, and a breezy Western ac-
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Cafe Josty, world-famous rendez-
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