Unusual bridge play eyed by Jim and Oswald
Jim suggests showcasing unusual plays this week. Oswald teases a trick named the Coon coup once played by Charles Coon of Boston. South won the first trick with a quoted line ends incomplete.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
23
Jim suggests showcasing unusual plays this week. Oswald teases a trick named the Coon coup once played by Charles Coon of Boston. South won the first trick with a quoted line ends incomplete.
In a bridge hand Charley uses a precise count of distributions to counter Hast. He ruffs dummy’s last diamond after cashing the ace and leads a heart while keeping the defense guessing. Oswald and Jim discuss how South misjudged Charley’s holding and failed to find the 10 of clubs, allowing East to claim it.
In Cologne a 12 year old boy and an older companion broke into a snack bar. Police say the boy snatched a police officer’s sandwiches from a pocket in the uniform and ate them while the officer was briefly left in a charging room.
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