Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-13 | Page 10 | Culbertson on Contract

CULBERTSON on CONTRACT by Ely Culbertson World Worlds Champion Player and Greatest Card Anal P AN UNUSUALLY BID Bm SLAM SLA It is a most exceptional thing for players at the contract table to reach and and make a small slam in after their opponents have opened the bidding and after both players have passed their first opportunity to bid However when you OU are playing against like my onetime onetime one one- time teammate John Rau or like another another an an- other brilliant young youn New York player play play- er er Edward Hymes Jr anything may happen in the bidding and almost always always al al- al ways docs does In a r recent cent cent rubber game they were pitted against William K Barret also Barrett also a former teammate of mine on a championship championship championship cham cham- team four and Samuel Fry Jr of ot New York when along came the hand below South South Dealer East and west vulnerable Mrs E. E Hymes Jr 8 6 KS 0 10 1093 9 3 a 10 2 Mr W. W R. R Mr fr Barrett Fry Err Jr I A J K IC Q 9 7 1 4 3 3 3 1 rv A Q 10 W E 0 A Q G 6 KJ 82 Sc 75 5 Mr Ir John flea Una UnaA A A J 10 5 6 2 c 9 8 7 S 6 The Bidding Figures after bids in table refer to numbered explanatory para para- graphs South West North East 2 3 Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass 1 i-A i A venture by Mr Rau into the II-A realms of due to the scoring situation 2 2 Mr Barrett is quite certain cerlan that Mr Hymes will bid something and give ive him an enter the bidding later his pass on a 4 12 honor lien hand I 3 3 Mr Hymes obliges es I 4 4 Mr Mr Fry has no clue to the J situation The paw pass is sound 5 Satisfied 5 that his opening s-s s has accomplished its iU 6 6 r. Mr Barrett reasons that with th tit enormous hand he holds of his opponents cannot be te ing the truth With his hij holding in spades he rh that his partner must ht something in hearts ft and anu it bids only two hia partner may think that h he be i has entered the misinform cl class ss and and that his bid of t tt is IS based merely en till i long club or diamond sui suit h to which he will run if His bid of three Is e signed to disclose the theto to his partner 7 7 Mr Fry decodes his message 4 4 I 8 8 In In view v of the pr previous bid ble w the score the bid of five dub ChIli dubs dubs' is distinctly a slam slain try 9 The 9 The slam invitation is rightly l' l The hand of course la Ls a for six against again t any defense i TODA TODAY'S YS Y'S POINTER 1 Bluff bids so popular with many players cannot serve their P i g I Ithe the opposing players are alert Eit I they are brushed aside as never made or they are I i if partners partner's hand is a strong one onto l I TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND BAND j M The bidding and play of ot the h hin H printed below will be discussed t 1 4 j morrow tf South South Dealer Both sides vulnerable 4 8 6 3 K 10 9 I a J 0 10 4 A QI 8 1 1 4 7 74 4 I 4 Q Q 4 3 2 1 V 1 W 0 I EO 1 10 3 I S s. s 47 K 1 A K J 10 J A I 0 96 5 j Study the hand decide how you yea would bid and play it and then COO coc- J pare the results you obtain with thou shown in tomo tomorrows tomorrow's article J Copyright 1932 Ely Culbertson 1