Show CULBERTSON on CONTRACT CONTRA By Ely Culbertson Worlds World's Champion Player Flayer and Greatest Card Analyst MASTERS ASTERS OF BRIDGE BRIDGE Mr William J. J Huske editor a of The Bridge World has always been best known as an analyst analyst- The fact that he is as skillful a player as as he isa is isa isa a writer is fully attested by his tournament tournament ment r record ord Although a national championship has so far escaped him It is rare that his name is not found among the leaders Mr Huske turned to bridge after years of at experience as a newspaper newspaperman man He was editor of the Auction Bridge Magazine for years and has managed the destinies of The Bridge World magazine through magazine through its prosperous prosper prosper- ous career In fact tact it is in part due to his efforts that the magazine now enjoys the position of the leading authority authority au au- au on the game One of Mr Huskes Huske's favorite hands is the following on which he managed managed man mm aged to pull victory from defeat after a series of remarkable overbids by his partner South South Dealer South North-South vulnerable A 4 A 10 6 4 K 5 3 0 o A AS J 4 4 I N Q 9 5 1 32 2 4 I i V 8 7 Ej W o K 1098 0 Q 7 6 Q 3 2 A K J 8 7 V A 10 6 2 0 4 04 K Ic J s 10 io 6 8 K The D Bidding I South West North East 1 14 4 10 30 t 3 37 7 40 0 V Pus Pass PUll Pass Dbl Pass Pus Pus Pass Mr Huske sat South and was a little surprised when the Dummy went down that his partner held only three hearts He quickly put his feeling feeling feel feel- ing of distress aside however and formulated a plan whereby he was able to make his contract The open open open- ing lag lead was a diamond and he deliberately deliberately shortened his long trump hand at once by failing falling to play the theAce theAce theAce Ace from Dummy Everything was dependent on the location of the club Queen so at Trick 2 he led a a- a heart aheart winning with the King in Dummy At AtTrick AtTrick AtTrick Trick 3 he played a club and finessed the Ten West winning with the Ace West led a second diamond hoping to t. drive the Ace from Dummy but Mr Huske again refused to release this card and instead trumped with the heart 10 in his own hand He now led the Ace leaving Dummy with only one one West still had two trumps but was was perfectly helpless from this point on as no matter when he chose to use his trumps he could not afterwards avoid leading a diamond into Dummy's Ace and allowing Declarer to make his sary finesses A hand of this type is very unusual un usual inasmuch as it is customary in four-card four suits to avoid ruffing ruf rut fing as much as possible This hand can only be made through deliberate shortening of trumps and Mr Huske is to be congratulated on choosing choosing choos choos- ing this method of play playas playas' as the only one possible to make his contract TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND The bidding and play of the hand printed below will be discussed tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow North North Dealer j North and South vulnerable A A 6 5 2 I V V. A K K Q J 10 9 8 4 4 7 73 3 I N V Q J 10 Ej IW W El 92 I A Q 6 4 3 J. J 2 A Kg K 9 V S 8 7 6 6 5 4 3 O 02 2 4 K 10 9 I 1 Study the hand decide how you would bid and play it and then compare com corn com pare the results you obtain with those shown in tomorrows tomorrow's article Copyright 1932 Ely Culbertson QUESTIONS ANSWERED Mr Culbertson will be glad to to answer questions on bidding and play of hands sent in by readers Address Address Ad Ad- dress him in care of this newspaper r enclosing a cent a 3 stamped self ad dressed envelope elope I AS- AS |