Double or Bust in a Bridge Hand Tale
A bridge story warns not to redouble when a cheap rescue is possible, praising cautious play. The anecdote contrasts a naive Exzat with an honest East, urging focus on solid results over absolute maximums. The column blends game hints with a witty quiz of clues and wordplay.
Double Sparks Cheap Rescue in Spade Fight
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a hand where South must shed two spades a heart a diamond and a club, going down five for 989 points. South grins at the end, noting a better outcome if East had passed the six spades double rather than redoubling.
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B and O to Expand Yard at Cumberland
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will build one of the country’s largest modern classification yards at Cumberland. Construction starts after engineering preliminaries this fall and lasts about three and a half years. Howard E Simpson says the yard will be the largest on the B and O system and among the nation’s biggest, featuring a modern car retarder system plus latest signal and communications gear to speed freight car classification and boost employment.
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