Show Culbertson On Contract YOU MUST BID Up in a Boston suburb a Contract club lub is holding a pair tournament for formen formen forso men so eight of the wives of the players play play- ers rs engaged in the t tournament decided de de- to have their own games on tournament nights with two teams of tour four our meeting at their homes It has been een the custom for for- forthe the husbands to join oin the wives later in the evening for refreshments When they arrived rethey re- re they found a heated discussion In n progress over the hand below North Dealer Both sides vulnerable A A K 9 S 3 V cj Q J 9 0 A 8 6 i iA A 10 A J 7 6 5 4 N Nw 42 2 V 7 6 5 4 2 I eV V I K 10 3 Ej w e es 0 J 1 2 0 K 5 LS s K 9 7 6 6 3 A It Q 10 S cj A 8 0 o Q 10 9 3 A Q J 8 2 S The bidding Figure bid in table refers to number aUel explanatory paragraph North East South West 1 14 2 24 Pass Pass Dbl ObI Pass Pass ass passel I When I-When When the lady sitting South passed and West also passed ending the bidding North remarked But partner you must bid My double was fora takeout not for penalties pen pen- I allies It was too late however and the contract w was s played at two clubs The result was a penalty of 2000 points East being set 5 tricks vulnerable At the other othel table the hand was played by North at four spades un Un- doubled and East and West succeeded in defeating the contract 1 trick When the scores were were compared South remarked I am glad I know the liturgy and sometimes leave undone the things that I ought to have done TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND If you OU were playing this hand as South at a contract a-contract of four hearts anc and West opened the Ace of spades what wha method of at play would you follow to assure the safety safely of your contract East Dealer Neither Neither side vulnerable A 10 8 7 V A Q 6 0 A J 6 3 S A 10 8 A N KG 54 c 9 7 3 W V 10 8 I E 5 A 9 3 S SA SK A K J 6 2 O 0 10 8 4 2 U 7 6 The solution will be given in tomorrows tomorrow's tomor tamar rows row's article Copyright 1933 Ely Culbertson FREE CULBERTSON BOOKLET By special arrangement readers readers readers read read- ers of this newspaper may have a afree afree afree free copy of The Rules and Ethics of Bridge by Ely Culbert Culbert- son Address Mr II Culbertson in care of this newspaper inclosing a stamped self addressed en en- elope |