Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-07 | Page 11 | Improving Your Bridge

William McKenney Improving Your Bridge Syracuse N. N Y has been designated as th the site of the 1942 fall tournament It will 1 give me great pleasure to re renew renew renew re- re new bridge battles there with several of my old friends One of them is Pat Murphy newly elected president of the Central Central Central Cen Cen- New York Bridge tion I recall a rubber bridge game in which Pat and I were part part- ners He was sitting South and made a a. bid which although difficult difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- for me to interpret nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless nev nev- resulted in a ago g good o o 0 d score He opened with one heart and I responded with two diamonds His raise to three diamonds puzzled me This raise of ot a a. minor suit in place of a a. heart or a bid of no trumps is very rare Was he asking me to bid three no trump if I could stop the black suits Was he temporizing in the hope that I could now lOW show neutral heart rt support I decided that in any event evelt the bid showed his top tricks were mainly in diamonds We might have 10 solid tricks in inthe inthe inthe the red suits I could not gamble gamble gamble gam gam- ble on no trumps so I bid three hearts Pat went to game which was made through the fortunate fortunate fortunate fortu fortu- nate split in hearts herts