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One-Way Bridge

Written Under Contract

ANNE

HOPE

CALLING all Culbertsons! Anne Hope this week explains the conventions unconventionally.

EW ZEALAND’S evil winter may be good for coal merchants, but it is uncomfortable for the rest.of us. . In my case, for instance, it is pulling me down socially. | , You will realise what 1 mean when I admit 1 cannot play contract. . . In the long, dull winter everiings stich a secret is not to be decently conceaied, so | made up my mind a fortnight ago that the sm must be remedied. Agatha Jones promised to teach me. / "Just a quiet four,’ she told me over the telephone, "Pll get Lucy and Joan to come over, they do so love a game-~oh no, not at all good. Just average. Besides, you'll pick it up in no time, having learnt, auction." — "Yes," I agreed dubiously, and knew I was snared. ly were late starting because Lucy had forgotten, her Culbertson, and it took half'an bour to restore her contidence. Agatha. settled the argument by pointing out that we wouldn’t play far money, anyway, and it was better. to start Anne off With fhe

simplest rules, : "(uite," I said. "I’m hope less, ve never played contract in my life." "Nonsense," Joan replied briskly. "It’s all in the bid ding. Onee you tearn your conventions, it’s as easy as A B.C."

They all looked so eager and happy I was foolishly persuaded. "I'll deal," said Agatha, "and you can. be my partner, Anue. Are you warm enough? Or would you like to sig next the fire?" I smiled gallantly, although there was a sharp draught running across the floor and up under my singlet. "Per fectly warm. Just right.’’ "Perhaps you would like one- of the comfortable chairs?" insisted Agatha. ‘Let me sit in that hard one." "No, no," 1 protested. "Y like a bard chair, (It keeps me ulert." "All right.’ But tell me if you want the window closed. There may be a draught on your back." ] PICKED up my cards and they looked dull. | There were only three faces, "Now the first thing to remember," explained Agatha, ‘§s that you mustn’t call unless you "Ve ‘got two-and-a-half honours tricks or three and even three-and-a-half if you're vulnerable. Count the honours pow -an ace counts --."" "No, no," interrupted Joun, leaning across the table and clawing at my cards so that they bent backwards on to the cloth and | had to give them up. "You learn the Losing Count, Anne. It’s much eusier. You call one on seven and you can put up one on nine.

Supposing you had had a count of six and you'd got five spades to the ace-king, then you'd call One Spade and if your partner had . "I don’t agree," burst in Agatha. "She'll have to learn Culbertson, Joan. I wish you wouldn’t be so stubborn. Everyone's playing Culbertson still and it’s sheer waste of time doing another system, not ha:f as good either." . Lucy was nodding wisely. ‘‘You call one if you’ve got two-and-a-half to three and two if you've got four-and-a-half to five," she said, foliowing Culbertson parrot-fashion. "One Club is better," argued /gatha.. "If you’ve got three-and-a-half to four, you call One Club. Then your partner says One Diamond if she’s got nothing, and if she has @ good hand she can go --." RY now they were walking a ee oo oe

alibi OVG@Pr Uy Cabanon Wats their hands, and tapping the cloth with long finger-nails.. I noticed that Joan’s face was getting red-sure sign of temper. "Nonsense," she said loudly "It’s a stupid conveution,

Agatha. Now, Anne," turuing te me like one of those female spiders that devour their mates, "if you play the Losing Count and the Forcing Two you know exactly where you are. If you call Two Spades, your partner knows you've got four or less and she adds four to her own total'uand subtracts it from eighteen and there she is! She knows how many you can get and nay see a slam. ‘Of course, 1f she’s got nothing she gives the regulation Two NoTrump response." "How dangerous!" protested Agatha. " You may have ‘to play it.in Three Spades with nothing ou the table at ‘all: If: you: play the One Club, now ~~." Joan said cattlly, "I’ve never known a single good player that follows that convention. You must see, Agatha, ‘it’s utterly artificial. But with the Losing Count. --." . "Look here," I said desperately, "oughn’t 1 lead some thing?" . _"Yes, yes," ugreed Agatha. "Yes, we had better get op.. I hate pout-inortems, anyway’-with a dirty look at Joan. She added, brightly : "You've got the idea now, Anne, sd we might as well pick.up end let you play a2 hand op your own. Are you sure you wouldn’t like that window down?" Just a little,’ I suggested timidly, "But. I'm. really quite comfortable, and if no else is feeling it --- (Continued ou page 41.)

One-way Bridge

ANNE ON: CONTRACT (Continued from page 14,) So Agatha shut 'the indowv and dealt: 'again:" I 'called- 'Ote Club; and: told Lucy firmly when she asked Ene that I had 'four-and-i-half honours tricks: ' Then, in the; next" few hauds, I wa;' successful with Fhat ithej: told me was a foreing "opeilng bid an ' # cunning asking bid;; I alsb mitlo singleton: biilliantly axtl violated tlie "Ore-over-one" conYention 'writhoirt coming to harm Agatha said "I really must, ~get the supper; Were we playing for 9} penny At the door She drew me Aside Anne dear; you did' spiendidiy lend you mj Cxlbertson to-mnorrawr and Yqu must 'swot' it JD)" So that 4a0 have a tegular four Ontrac perfectly simple whet ou: "'#et idea isn't it 1' BUE 'What none of" 'thefn gue sed" 'atid What I 'never told them, , TFa$ 'thnt a li' the tlnie' I had heen playiilg dehr oid" Simple,, unconventionali' aGetioil

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Radio Record, 5 August 1938, Page 14

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One-Way Bridge Radio Record, 5 August 1938, Page 14

One-Way Bridge Radio Record, 5 August 1938, Page 14

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