| Show Culbertson On Contract BY fly ELY CULBERTSON A PSYCHIC 1 SLAM Leaders Leader in other fields of ot sport and entertainment usually have as their favorite avocation the game of or con tract bridge One particular group croup I 1 have in mind consists of ot a coterie of New Yorks York's leading orchestra leaders song songwriters writers and musical comedy pro pro- Including Ben Bernie G George korge orge Olsen Howard Dietz and va rious others These gentlemen not only continually play bridge among themselves but often are to be seen in the various clubs ebbs playing with and against the leading contract bridge cf irs Mr Diets Dictz one of the thc country's leadIng lead lead- Ing musical comedy writers recently reached a winning slam contract after having opened the thc bidding as dealer with a complete psychic playing with David Burnstine The opponents were none other than Howard L and Edward Wetzlar South dealer Neither side vulnerable B rUM rUMA De A G 6 4 3 A K 7 O A K 2 A Q J 3 5 G Howard We hI A K 7 C 82 N 9 96 6 W W. 0 J 10 S K 9 8 10 AlO 10 7 10 S 8 G 5 4 3 3 2 04 0 7 6 4 3 2 Howard Diets DIeta The bidding Figures after alter bids in able table refer to numbered explanatory paragraphs South V Wet West gt North East 11 4 1 4 66 Pass Pass Pass Pass 1 Mr Dietz Dictz has what looks to him bins hima a practically hopeless hand and fears tears tearsa a sure game and probable slam by the opponents He decides to try to prevent it by opening the bidding with a completely psychic bid of one heart 2 Just what Mr meant by his dis two spade bid is questionable The hand is is certainly too strong for a preemptive overcall and too weak i if 11 he tie meant it for tor a strength strength showing showing bid 3 Mr Burnstine is completely on 01 the spot He does not know if it West's two Iwo spade bid shows strength or is a psychic In either event it is more than possible that his partner has a psychic bid in view of ot his own five and a half hall honor tricks Mr Burnstine Burnstine Burnstine Burn Burn- stine therefore decides to stall for lor time ime by the bid of three clubs 4 Mr Mr of course canno cannot I 1 I telL ten that suat the Use opening bid ui waS was a chic in view of ot his mediocre holding Ie Re therefore decides to try to annoy the opponents by bidding three diamonds din dia monds 5 Mr Dietz of ot course cannot af ford rord to enter the bidding at this point despite his very fine fit with partners partner's partners partner's part part- ners ner's clubs for he feels certain if he does he will find himself at seven 6 Mr Mn Diets Dietz now quite properly I decides despite his trickles's holding to o reenter the bidding He does no not know enow of ot his partners partner's great honor strength and quite naturally assumes that four spades for tor the opponents must be a He also knows that hat since Jince his partner has bid clubs and supported hearts he cannot be beaten very badly at five clubs and m may y even en make it iL 7 l Mr Mi Burnstine of ot course has known for the last two rounds of bid ding that his partner almost has a psychic bid However he is practically positive that the chic bid does contain a heart suit and arid in iii view of ot the frenzied spade bids by the opponents and the club raise rals by his partner he can quite surely place a singleton or void in spades in South's hand He feels feel's that at the worst he will have a finesse for tor the slam The play of the hand band was quite sim sIm- pIe Buffing Ruffing the spade or diamond gave fave amount the ui of I q clinics tULlUS declarer 4 to n the necessary SI I I ui I clinics tULlUS 4 to n SI I lu LJ to lu W fn e twice wice against the king of ot clubs The hearts heart broke and th the slam was made madea a a highly gratifying result to Mr Diets Ditz who held but two ten spots spot's as a's his total honor strength Copyright 1933 Ely Culbertson FREE CULBERTSON BOOKLET By special arrangement readers of ot this his newspaper may have a free tree copy of ot The IThe Rules and arid Ethics of Bridge by jy Ely Culbertson Address Mr Cul CuI bertson benson in care of ot this newspaper In inclosing closing a stamped self addressed en en- Louis XVI king of France on July 14 4 1879 wrote in his diary Noth Ing lt ng It was on this day that the bastille had fallen a hundred of ot the kIngs kIng's men were slain and the revolution revo- revo ution lution began In iri earnest |
