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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1954

Page

19

Lessons in Bridge Playing

A bridge hand from a team match swings 3000 points illustrating luck versus skill. The article describes a seven‑contract game where West as declarer earns a grand slam after a fortunate sequence. South aims to thirteen tricks while avoiding the queen of clubs, with careful use of ruffs and diamond management.

West South North East South

Fragmented Card Play Article

A damaged Sunday Messenger card game fragment describes a bridge sequence with the dummy, queen spades, and club ace. The text mentions dummy’s queen and drawing the last trump, plus the declarer winning a trick and a queen of beatty or hing as possible elements, though the exact details are unclear.

Beatty

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