Tuesday, June, 5 1956 The Guardian. Pagem

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By B. an BECKER

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older in Masters' Individual Championship Play)

the particular conditions faced by

North dealer. North-South vulnerable. derilatrer. The be3'r;ile is to tag ou opponen rumps w gg :0 9 3 7 that appears to be advantageous; . i bl

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. 4 3 N . 6 2 dea.I. UK 9 S 5 W E V;-57"; The hand given il one which 9Q 5 2 . thia writer has frequently used C A K 5 3 S T9 8 7 T with pupils to demonstrate trnmp Q A K Q I management. The play generally Q Q B 4 2 goes: king of clubs, followed by a :3 8 6 4 triimp. Declrsrer tiiienl tusually 3 ES I. SCCOTT roun 0 riimps. r::.:::;:f.;”.'::;.?:;.;iz135:5: "9"-'1 E”'- Smith we" up a trick short of his contract P3" 7”” 1 C Db" because he loses not only the ' Q P3” T T king of clubs and two heart

tricks. but also the jack of clubs. The two rounds of trump have left him with only two trumps to ruff the three club losers in dum- my.

Trumps should not be drawn because. as has been shownl South is bound to wind up a tmk short. When West It"tld3 ine trump it should be won in dum- my. and a club ruffed. A dia-

Opening lead--king of clubs.

Coruidering all the literature that has been published on the best of all card games, insuffici- ent space and attention have been given to the question of when de- clarer should draw trumps. It is surely no rarity that a declarer finds himself playing a suit. con- tract; in fact, unless the declarer

near the font of the Great Mountain where it Joins the Green Forest, some distance above the ponds of Paddy the Beaver, that Beauty the wood Duck had found Bobby Coon fishing for Crayfish. Bobby didn't seem to have anything else on his mind. Anyway. he pretended that he hadn't. Dlt'iOUS. hadn't seen him. You see, he knew a good deal about Bobby Coon He kiicw that Bobby was fond of other things besides Crayfish and Frogs and small fish such as Minnows and Trout. He knew that Bobby had a liking for eggs. and for Lend- er young birds. He knew. too, that Bobby was smart enough to know Mrs. Beauty must be nesting some- where near. in fact. Bobby Coon had asked how many eggs Mrs, Beauty had this year.

tjoon on his mind and kept watch for him to appear at Paddy's pond. lie was sure that Bobby would. He

h afflicted with the disease known as notrumpitis, he finds himself most of the time con- cerned with how many trumps the opponents have, and what. to do about them.

There is no easy guide to solve the basic problem which arises is every suit contract-whether to draw the defender's trumps, or to let them be. The choice be- tween tmmp extraction and trump tricks South makes by trurap conservation depends upon ruffing three clubs.

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mond is played to the king, and another club is ruffed. Then the ace of diamonds, and another dia- mond which is trumped in dum- my. The last club is now ruffed by South. The defense wins one club and two hearts. The declar- er's ten tricks consist of the ace- king of diamonds. dummy'a five trump tricks, and the three

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DOE BIRTHS. DIES

Serious Fires Rage In Alia.

EDMONTON (CF) - About 80 soldiers joined 200 weary civilian firefighters Saturday in the Edson area. ( ' of two Alberta forest fire regions declared a general emer- gency area by Forest Minister Willmore.

Serious fires have been burning p near Edson. 130 miles west Edmonton. for more than two weeks and threatened the town until th wind direction changed Thursday. Two large fires in the area are still out of control.

Army officials said Sunday that another 140 men are equipped and ready to go to any spot they are needed. Most likely area is the hotspot between Whitecourt and Valleyview, about 100 miles north- west of Edmonton which was also declared a general emergency area. Twenty tires are burning there-three still out of control.

One (T the fires. controlled ear- lier in the week. flared up at the weekend under stron g winds. threatening an estimated 50,000.000 board feet of valuable timber.

Fires in the Whitecourt area have already destroyed about 20.- 000.000 feet of timber.

with a broken neck gave birlli Saturday to twin lawns before b.-- ing destroyed by a policeman and a conservation officer who helped with the birth. The doe and a buck had leaped into the yard of Mr. and Mrs. P. Lance near here. The doc. finding herself trapped boiled for a post, ripped it from ills posts and broke her neck.

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knew that Bobby Coon wander about at this time of year. and he suspected that Bobby would come down to Paddy's pond to look around for that precious nome and eggs. thankful that they hadn't been able .to find a hollow tree.close to the i pond.

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. Coon asked. ”I hope you dont mind my fish-

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Bobby Coon Pretend

By Thornton W. Burgess

Beware of those who may pretend. lng in your pond." You cannot know what they intend.

Beauty the Wood Duck. It was far up Laughing Brook,

But Beauty was sus- He wished that Bobby

So it was that Beauty had Bobby

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WINDSOR. Ont. (CP)-Fourteen, days of streets without buses ended Sunday when striking bus drivers i na 45-minute mass meet-

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"Hello. Bobby Coon." said he. "What brings you over here." It was two mornings later that Bobby Coon appeared at the pond. He pretended that he was inter- estcri in nothing but fishing for Crayfish or Frogs. Beauty kept out of sight behind the house of Paddy the Beaver out in the water. lllriello, Bobby Coon,” he said. ”Wliat brings you over here" Bobby Coon grinned at Paddy. ”Now. what do you think brings me over here?" "Your appetite." Paddy replied. "How did you guess it?" Bobby

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he added. "Fish all you please. You are not the only one," Paddy said.

Coon was looking around. Paddy noticed it. ”Are you looking for some one" Paddy asked.

"No," Bobby Coon replied. "It's a long time since I've been over here. and ' was just looking to see if there were any changes." Then Bobby pretended to be very busy trying to find a Cray- fish or a Frog. He went all along t'”i dam finally he reaclicd a place where he could see l-lcaiily behind Paddy's house. lie pretend- ed to be very surprised. til didn't expect to find you here." he said. "Are you living in the neighbor; hood?"

All the time he was tilking Bobby 11

Beauty didnit reply In that qiies- .

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ing voted unanimously to accept a

basis of settlement reached Satur-

ay. Buses were due to resume roll- ing today.

The meeting climaxed a nine- hour session Saturday. first since the strike began. between officials of the Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Street Railway and representatives of the Interna- tional Street Railwaymen's Union. Local 616 fCLC).

The strike started early May 21.

ported to the gr-ii'ag'e but refused

seniority rights on holiday sched- ules. .

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