Show Ely Reviews Glaring Mistakes of Tourney Stresses Loss Suffered on Hand He Bid Like Official Official Official Of Of- System I Editors Editor's Note This is the second of a series of articles by Ely Culbertson Culbertson Culbertson Cul Cul- bertson reviewing results of his contract bridge match with Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney S S. S Lenz I By ELY CULBERTSON Who has dramatized bridge for millions mil lions Copyright 1932 NEW YORK Jan Nothing 14 14 pleases me more than to write about my atrocious bids and plays plas The squalls uncontrollable of conceit are areat areat areat at the root of my troubles in life in n bidding and in play and a contemplation tion of some of the atrocities committed com com- committed by me in the contract tournament tournament tournament ment with Sidney S. S Lenz gives me back ack a feeling of healthy humility that hat I and perhaps others need so much Take for instance the following hand where I ran amuck spurred on onby onby onby by three tiny spades of my partners partner's bid West East-West vulnerable South deal er North Mr Lenz S Lenz-S S 10 4 H Q J D A 9 C 9 8 West Mr S Culbertson-S S 9 8 3 H HA HA A 7 74 4 3 D 4 43 3 C K Q J 10 Culbertson S S A 6 5 East Mrs Q H 9 6 2 D K Q 7 C A 7 2 South Mr Jacoby S Jacoby-S S S K J 7 2 HK HK H HI K 8 D J 10 8 6 5 2 C 3 The bidding South West North East Pass 1 Club Pass 2 Spades 3 Diamonds Pass Pass 3 No Trump Pass 4 Spades Pass Pass Pass The opening lead was wa's was the six of diamonds and the contract was defeated defeated de de- de four tricks One of the rea reasons j SOIlS this match was wass arranged was to prove that to raise ones one's partners partner's suit with but three little trumps as advocated in inthe inthe inthe the so-called so official is system suicidal I dal and in itself explains the thc legion of f bridge players who are chronic los i I ers To make such a raise when vulnerable vulnerable is simply moronic Behold of or the fore fore- now the father approach forc ing jag system taking his partner out of ot ota ofa ofa a perfectly good flood three no trump contract contract con con- tract into a disastrous lour spade contract contract con con- tract with but three t teeny eny spades It is a clear case of atavistic throwback throwback throwback throw- throw back to my early days of bridge in inthe inthe inthe the Caucasus where I subconscious subconscious- subconsciously ly played what is now called the official official of of- system And there is no consolation con con- consolation in the fact that my opponents allowed me to be set four tricks un un- doubled but then perhaps from the fact that never before in the match had I raised on three little trumps I owed my escape from a penalty twice as great The following hand is another fair illustration of or how I ran amuck and was spurred on by a n very long lon suit sulta suit sult- a temptation which requires years of practice to resist completely West East vulnerable North dealer deater North Mr Lenz S Lenz-S S A Q 4 H 10 1073 7 3 J 8 C K J S J 8 86 6 H 6 West Vest Mr Culbertson S 4 D A K Q 9 7 4 3 C 10 East Mrs Culbertson S S 9 7 3 2 H K Q J 9 3 85 2 D none C Q 5 South Mr Jacoby S Jacoby-S S K 10 5 H A D 10 6 5 2 C A 9 8 3 2 The bidding South West North East 1 Club 1 Heart 2 Hearts Pass 3 Clubs Pass 4 Clubs 4 Diamonds Pass 4 Hearts 5 Clubs 5 Diamonds Pass Pass I Double Pass Pass Pass This result of yielding to temptation temptation tion was was a set of 1400 points the largest largest larg largo est suffered by my side during the match Note the h hypnotic 1 effect of ofa a long diamond suit on my sense of card values I had a similar once ence although not so expensive with another diamond hand which I opened with a pre emptive bid of five The glitter of diamonds seems blinding blinding blind blind- ing to an nn appreciation of card value |