Show r r- r Squeeze Bridge ridge Play it r Favorite of Masters y Playing g Long String Trumps Trump r Compels Enemy to Discard Discard Dis Dis- card High Honors 1 I t Editors Editor's Note Nofe Tills This is the third I v I zd nd last of a serIes of ot articles on naster winning plays plaS as distinguished distin distin- 1 from rom bidding emphasized in inthe the recent Culbertson test of or 1 stems of or bidding in contract bridge Af it I II By TO TOM I ONEIL O'NEIL I c. c NEW YORK Jan 22 P C The A tP The play which takes its name from from baseball is a favorite with wilh the tract bridge master It involves 4 laying ying a long string siring of trumps to compel an opponent to make discards t I m Izi other suits and hi high h honI hon hon- ors Sidney S. S Lenz who was de- de I in the recent great contract match gave the play its name but 0 f ne of its best exponents in he he hc match yas yas his is former forme pupil and an nent in the series Mrs Ely CulbertOn Culbert- Culbert lL iff On one hand she was doubled in a aK K contract for four hearts but made five through the squeeze The hand North North S. S 7 4 H 8 D Q J 10 io 8 a aI I E 3 C 10 8 4 3 r. r S. West Vest Vest-S S. S K 10 3 2 H Q 10 6 5 v 4 C Q 0 a 5 2 r. r Mrs Culbertson cast east cast S. S A 8 B 6 tu 11 A J 0 9 7 73 3 2 D A 7 2 C. C 7 F S South South S Q J 9 5 H K 4 D K KI I j 9 5 C C. C A AK K J JO 9 Both Bolh the bidding by east cast and wes west and the double by south were justI just fied fled by holdings South led lcd the kin king of 01 clubs and when he noticed th the queen in dummy led a low diamond which was won by east cast with lith th the ace East returned the diamond am and trumped in dumm dummy then finessed the queen of hearts south winning winnin with the king South returned hi his his' valueless low trump as the least o of evils East won and led lcd her last las diamond trumping in dummy Then she led a low club and trumped in her own hand Now came th the thc squeeze Mrs l Culbertson played her last las three trumps In order to protect the thc ace acc of clubs south discarded the theline nine line and nd five of ot spades and the club knave Had he discarded the thc ace acc o of clubs the llie queen would have hac been good goodin in n dummy On the thc tenth trick Mrs Culbertson discarded the thc queen o of clubs In dumm dummy On the eleventh trick rick she led the thc ace acc of or spades and followed it with a low spade to the king South's queen and knave o opadea of spades dropped on the ace nce and king his lis ace acc of clubs died on the thirteenth thir thir- trick won by the thc six of spaden spades spade in n casts cast's hand on the thc lead of or the trey from rom dummy |