Show CULBERTSON on CONTRACT By Ely Culbertson t Worlds World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst f MASTERS OF BRIDGE I w e stronger your opponents the thee e C you are able to rely on the in in- the they give in the the- bidding a 11 it comes to the question of the of the hand With a few v which 3 can generally be spotted 10 iou wit t trouble when they make in- in tory or bluff bids of one kind or their opening bids are sound their Kir doubles are based I Practical certainty that the conWill cont con con- t Will vili be defeated This is true ven sven a good player but it is cly ly true trued of an expert player like friend end Theodore A. A Lightner he furnished me by DIM and penalty double was the which helped me unravel the tery Wry tory story involved in the play oe e hand below which was played I Ie e experts room at Crockford's New York Yorks fashionable center ridge Playing activity rU arth rth and south vulnerable A J 9 7 6 1 V 9 c 0 J 10 3 2 ft t eft A J 8 7 r C 1 lv Waller Mr Tb r r A A. A A 4 10 3 V 8 Q 7 at 5 K Q p I i. i 0 A S 8 4 46 6 BIDDING laure after bids bid in table refer reler explanatory para para- I 1 hr West North East I P 1 4 1 1 24 2 Pass 44 Ik 5 S. S Dbl P Pass s 2 Pass Pan Pass Dbl jl 4 p l' p pi pass i 1 1 I expect developments and fear lear leara a sacrifice overbid by cast east and west who whore are re not vulnerable A high bid will will all all the more whet th their ir appetite 2 2 The double by north probably reveals the club rice ace as well as something something some some- thing in lii diamonds It is a good try for tor slam The play was extremely interest ing and when the dummy went down I thought I could see sec ee the way to make tho the contract The opening lead was the spade 3 and I was convinced that Mr Lightner who played on it the spade ace thereby denying the king had at least lh th the nA d 1 lh the club king king t to Justify th the d double Winning the first trick with a trump I laid down eight rounds of trumps then followed with the club 6 to the ace in dummy In the meantime Mr Lightner Lighiner had been forced to find dis cards He discarded his remaining spades as he knew west could pro Icet that suit but even then he found the task of defense against the slam contract an impossible burden and was vas able to make only one trick the diamond king A sound example of the workings of the squeeze play TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND The bidding and play of the hand printed below will be discussed tomorrow to to- morrow 1 ro v west Both sides vulnerable I. I 4 K Q J 10 t 8 7 5 4 V 6 0 04 4 K 8 6 63 3 I 7 Q J 9 8 S V A K 10 8 6 5 2 W 6 5 6 3 A Q J 7 A 42 V 0 o J 10 9 7 1 4 10 9 4 2 t 4 Study the hand decide how you would bid and play it and then com com- I pare pare the r results you obtain with those shown In tomorrows tomorrow's article S FREE CULBERTSON N BOOKLET By s special i ll arrangement readers of this newspaper may have a free copy of ot The Rules and lOd Ethics of Bridge by Ely Culbertson Address s Mr Cul Cul- bertson In care of this newspaper Inclosing Inclosing In In- closing a stamped addressed sell en- en I I n |