BRIDGE NOTES

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21808, 13 June 1936, Page 3

BRIDGE NOTES

LEDERER V. INGRAM (SPECIALIST WEXTTE* FOB THE PRESS.) [By WILLIAM BHACKLB.] In the final of the gold cup tournament recently completed at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, the exponents of two club systems—Lederer and Ingram—were able to try out their respective systems, for the teams led by them both qualified for the final. Actually Ingram’s team won by a margin of 2130 points after being behind at the sixtieth hand. (The final is of 100 hands.) As it was the first time Ingram had won this coveted trophy, though his team has always been very close up to the winner, the result seems to have been a most popular one with the bridge public at Home. The sixty-sixth hand was the turning point of the final match, as there was a change over of 2240 points in this hand. Lederer’s team was playing YZ position and Ingrams AB. YZ vulnerable, A dealt:—

4 srnctes no bid no bid 5 diamonds No bid no bid 5 spades No bid No bid double no bid no bid No .bid

A made his contract of 5 spades. At the other table, where the positions were reversed, the bidding went: —

A Y B Z 2 spades No bid 3 spades 4 dia. 4 spades 5 dia. No bid No bid Double No bid 5 spades 6 dia. Double No bid No bid No bid

Again the contract was made, so the same team won from AB and YZ positions. 750, -1-1490, points! In another hand, however, the positions were reversed, for Lederer’s team obtained a small slam contract, whereas Ingram’s only bid to game. YZ vulnerable, Y dealt;—

Lederer's team playing from YZ position.

Y. B. Z. A. No bid No bid 2 Spades No bid 2NoTmps. No bid 4 Hearts No bid 5 Hearts No bid 6 Hearts No bid No bid No bid

Ingram’s team playing from YZ position bid as follows:

Y. B. • Z. A. No bid No bid 1 Club No bid 1 Diamond No bid 1 Spade No bid INo Tmp. No bid 4 Hearts No bid No bid No bid

One of the highlights of this tournament was in the semi-flnal, where a player revoked three times during a doubled contract. His contract was four spades, doubled, and he ruffed diamonds twice, and discarded on a further round before he discovered the diamond ace in his hand. The Home papers call it “The Great Revoke.”