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JACOBY ON BRIDGE Low Lead Will Help Partner
NORTH 463 J102 65 A108642 EAST He had two reasons for this play. The first was that if East held six hearts he would be in no further danger from the heart suit. The other was that if East held only five hearts he would have no means of knowing if South has started with three hearts or two. Obviously, if South had started with three hearts East would sacrifice a trick by leading back a heart. East did decide that this was the case. Also West had opened the bidding with a diamond so West led the nine of that suit. Since South already could count on six clubs and two aces, the Semen lead gave him his ninth trick. Note that if West had opened the three of hearts in accordance with modern practice East could not have gone wrong. One of the points of disagree ment among bridge experts today is the proper lead from three small of partner's suit. The old fashioned lead is the top, the modern tendency, to lead the bottom. East and West were using the old-fashioned lead so East opened the nine of hearts against South's three no-trump contract. Dummy's ten was covered by East's queen and South dropped his seven. U.S. Sen. Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio, in a letter to constituents, said a waiter at the Occidental Restaurant near the White House called the new officials "lousy tippers." The waiter said he hoped "they would be as tight-fisted with our money."