| Show Culbertson On Contract BY ELY CULBERTSON BRIDGE CONTEST A contest for the most Interesting hands of ot the month has been conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by a national mag magazine for over a year ear The h hands which are ue submitted are judged by myself and md my colle colleagues and in many cases we weh h have lve found the job one of considerable considerable consider consider- able interest Naturally a great m majority majority ma ma- l- l of ot the h hands submitted aie nie extremely boring in nature consisting consisting consist consist- ing lag only of grand slam bids being doubled and redoubled and made with several extra l tricks Almost every month however about a dozen hands are submitted which are decidedly unusual in nature Most of ot the time we have had a great deal of difficulty difficulty culty in fu deciding on the winner Many people seem to be bo under the impression that hands can be bo submitted sub sub- mitten which were well known problems problems lems in the days of ot auction The fa famous Duke Duk of ot Cumberland hand a relic from the days of whist in which a grand slam 1 is made against a holding bolding of ot three aces four kings and three qu queens ns appears at least a dozen times each month The he Mississippi Mississippi Mis heart hand in which a hand containing the six top hearts and a aside aside aside side A K Q J and A K Q can take but six tricks is also aIso on one which we run across every time As a matter of fact some people have even even gone cone so far as M to send in hands which pp- pp In the Bridge World magazine itself two or three years ago changIng chang chang- ing hg only a few sm small lU cards here and find I there to cre create the illusion of ot newness newness new new- ness It is needless to say that none of these hands have ever been awarded award award- ed a a prize Another group of oL people continually continually ally aUy send in hands on which they f fulfill fulfill ul- ul ful- ful fill ill impossible contracts by me means of intentional revokes Almost everone everyone everyone every ever one knows that this practice is isone one of the most unethical in the game and yet I am quite certain th that lt th the majority majority ma ma- of ot these contributions I are made in good faith alth and under tho the Impress impression s Zion sion on that plays plas of this kind are arc extremely extremely ex ex- clever The following is an example c o 02 2 4 6 A 6 5 2 10 8 7 A 10 4 2 Q J 8 Ej W E o 0 10 6 5 I Io 0 J 8 3 J 10 4 2 A Q 9 A 4 c AV V K z 9 97 7 0 ee The writer explains that North and ind South reached a contract of ot five spades doubled and redoubled through quite a conglomeration of bidding North W was lS the declarer and East opened the queen of hea hearts ls A glance at the hand will show that three heart tricks and three club tricks must be lost lost defeating defeating the hand 2800 The declarer however who incidentally ally was the writer of ot the letter was not one to accept defeat without a l fight After West Vest had played the ace of hearts on dummy's king he thought for a moment and decided to ruff After Arter this play the rest was easy He led out put the outstanding sp spades ldes discarding discarding dis Gis- dis- dis carding everything but diamonds Inthe in inthe inthe the dummy and then ran down sven seven diamonds for the remainder of the tricks By this method of ot play he le made seven-odd seven and he gleefully conceded two tricks for or the revo revoke This of ot course allowed him to make moke his contract o of five doubled and re re- re doubled This swindler not only had the effrontery to boast about his success but jut even went so far as to submit the hand to the contest Needless Needles to say I am always anxious to discourage age practices o of this kind It Is Unfortunate unfortunate un- un fortunate that the new laws do no not provide a remedy for this situation but jut it 11 Is the pr practice in ordinary circles cirdes cir dr- cir cir- cles des for the side which gains by y the revoke to refuse to accept any tricks it would not have made otherwise It If f a a. player continually refuses to do this the only recourse is to refuse to play with him any more mOIe Strangely enough I feel that the writer of this letter Is probably a perfectly honest person The pUrr purpose ose of ot this article Is to inform him and and others of his kind that such pra practices tices are decidedly not to be condoned condone Copyright 1933 EI Ely Culbertson FREE CULBERTSON BOOKLET By special arr arrangement readers of or this newspaper may have a free tree copy opy of The Rules and Ethi Ethics of ot Bridge by ay El Ely Culbertson Address Mr Culbertson Culbertson Cul- Cul bertson in care of ot this newspaper inclosing a stamped self addressed envelope |
