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Show I CULBERTSON on CONTRACT By Ely Culbertiion World'i Champion Player sad Or a teat Card Analyst THE BONUS FOB PABT-SCOBB One of the revolutionary methods in duplicate is the awarding of a bonus of 100 points for the making of a part-score. In the opinion ef qualified quali-fied authorities, this change will tend to almost revolutionise the game, particularly par-ticularly In board-a-match play, . A hand played In the team of four event of the recent tournament of the mon dtrtck, and he still would have had trot able with North's four trumps. On ah a tenth trick North still had a chance to sat East and should have trumpeol the spade lead and led another an-other trump. The act would, have amounted to only one trick at that stage, vthlch waa not sufficient to mske uri for the games scored at the other Utile. TOMOB BOWS HAND The b'Udlng and play of the hand printed below will be discussed tomorrow: to-morrow: North, dealer. Neither aide vulnerable American Bridge league la an example ex-ample of methods of experts with the part-score bonus. The hand gave Mr. Waldemar von Zedtwitz, former firesident of the American Bridge eaguc, an opportunity to display bis skllL But dealer. East-Wast vulnerable. e I It T I I 0 Q 4 A A I I I vaaaaesawa a nit nria j 9QH) t A Ki ' 0 J 0 1 I e I 4 I S U UHTI 4 A K ll 9 i 0 A 10 t I e K J The bidding: e VAKQJ1MI OATS 4 orio r-Tj- 4 1 V M e vth Q J SO I vV E o 4 I e KQfcJ I S I at 7 0S tiKIl S K t d A 10 I 4 I Study tHe hand, decide how you would bill and play it and then compere com-pere the i esulta you obtain with those shown In tomorrow's article. (Copyright IMS, Ely CuTbcrtaoa.) FBEE CULBERTSON BOOKLET (Tig area afur blda la Uble refer to numbered explanatory paragraphs.) East South West North 19 DbL 10 Ubl. Pass Taat t? OU.I1) rasa Paaa(l) Taaa I and J The basis on which the match was played explains why North doubled the two diamond and two heart bids, and why South left the final double In. Alter North doubled two diamonds. South naturally realised that Wast tad no diamond suit and that he could make a game In diamonds, while a let of two tricks would amount to &00 joints. As it happened, South could Mve made amall alsm In diamonds f he guessed thet suit right thst is o uy, if he hsd played the highest .lamond through dummy and fl- eased. A slam certainly wa not tlddablc. and was not bid at any table. Aa It happened. Cast could have Seen set two tricks, but both the North and South players missed their chances repeatedly. . The play: (Figures after plays In table refer to numbered explanatory paragraphs.) k i eat 41 4l! - o KMle 4U eS T 0 e es le) 0 0 s 2 ot e I(S) 1. Bad. Should have continued pada. 1 Should have led a diamond. t. Should have trumped and led a heart to at Kaat one trick, anyhow. Had South led the club king to he aecond trick when he atill had a trump, he would hare been able to set East 500 polnta. The club king lad to the fourth trick waa decidedly bed. South should hsve counted out the North and Eat hands, and should hsve known that North had at leest four heerta and tour diamonds. A continuation ot the spade suit would hsve forced last to lose three club Wicks, three apade tricks and one die- By .peels arrangement, readers of this new.ps per may hsve a free copy of The Ruilrs and Ethics ot Bridge," by Ely Culbd-rtson. Address Mr. Cul-bertson Cul-bertson in cs. re of this new-psper, inclosing in-closing stilnped, self-addressed envelope, en-velope, j TIPS Ohf WEIGHING FOOD For the hotisewlfe who weight ber food purchases, government food experts ex-perts have Issued the following guide: One -dozen eggs of medium ane weighs labout one and a half pounds; for Ipead baked at home allow al-low one pound of floor for one and a half pounds ft bread; one pound dried fruit corresponds to about four or five pounds of fresh fruit. When cuttliSg cream ptae dip the knife In warm Twa tar and none ot the filling wiU attest to the knife. POINTS FOR PARENTS By SDTTB 1SHOMAS WALLACE Mother Took at your story book hare, while I got In and talk to the doctor." , Not folia --Ta i Mother: "She's aa nervous I dont i know what to do wih her. She Jumps iat every aound." I |