AFTER FORTY YEARS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 19

AFTER FORTY YEARS

ROMANCE OF LOST SON

A mother and; son iwere recently reunited at Bolton, Lancashire, after being separated more .than forty years. The mother is Mrs..V. E. Eaton, a seve'ntyrone-year-old widow, and her long-lost son is Mr. Charles Edward Eaton, of King's Lynn, Norfolk. / Mrs. Eaton; stated in an interview: "It is simply God's will,that my son Had to be restored to me, and I have been content'to wai^ His time. From the day my boy went with his father, to a fairgroupd. in Sunderland and did not comeback I have never lost faith of seeing him sootier or later. , Charles does not remember going to the fair, as he was only/six years of*age at the time. He is now: .nearly fifty, and ha? a family of-his. own. "I never ceased inquiry tor him, and, it was only recently that I?got in touch with him 'through the, Salvation Army in London. I knew him at once. His features had been- fixed in my memory since the day he went off." Mr. Eaton had grown up in the belief that he was an orphan^ and the names of his three sisters and a brother were all new to him. His father died in ;1921. His discovery was really brought about by a letter from an old school friend to the King's Lynn police-saying she remembered Mr. Eaton; as a youth when he worked'with a travelling showman,

TWO HANDS FROM THE 19

The Olympic hands, sixteen in number, are ' judged on the following basis:— „ There is a par result for every deal. Only pars arc scored; the number of points made does not count. A record has to be made for each hand on the scoring card, of the opening bid, the first defensive overcall, ix any, any double or redouble, the final contract, the opening lead, the de-clarers-first lead, and the total number of tricks made by the declarer. - On these particulars the hands are judged, and pars awarded when both bidding and play have been correctly carried out. A contract successfully made, but arrived at in spite of incorrect bidding or a wrong method of play, is not given a par. For instance, jn hands No.. 1 and No. 2 the declarer's first lead must be. correct in order to obtain a par on the hand. These two hands are set out below, with Culbert-

son's own analysis of the bidding and playt HAND No. I—TRYING TO STEAL THE NINTH TRICK. North-South, par: Three no-trump bid and made, or down one. (South must, after winning the opening spade lead, lead a low heart at Trick 2.) East-West par: Three no-trump by North-South, down one. North, dealer. Neither side vulnerable. 4 A.n. ' 9 Q. 9.8. •' 4 10.5.2. * 9.8.6.4.3. I— Kor th. | ♦ Q.J-10.T. • a.j.c. , -i v 9 10-3-4----49.7. £ & ♦«;"■ Jf, A.8.3. ■ I South. I £ 7.6. 9 X.7.3.2. 4 A.K.S.G. 4, K.Q.9. The bidding:— ""- North. ■ "East. South. West. Pass , Pass - 1 + Pass 2 Jff ' .Pass ' 2 N.T. Pai>s 3 N.T. . Pass Pass Pas* OFFICIAL COMMENT. I. The alternative response on this hand is one no-trump, and as a matter of fact in the 1935 Culbertson System this latter bid is considered slightly better. However, if North does bid one no-trump, South will raise to two, and North will then bid three. The Play.—No matter who is the declarer, .the natural opening from either the East or the West hand is.a spade. Assuming South is "the declarer, West will open the spade four and South will win the trick with the King in his own hand. By knocking out the Ace of clubs. South can win eight tricks'without again relinquishing the lead. However, if South 1 immediately proceeds to set up his clubs, his last spade stopper will be removed before he has provided ■-for the ninth trick.

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Moreover, the opponents will • subsequently be able to realise that to allow South to win a heart trick will mean the fulfilment of the contract. It will consequently be an easy matter for them to capture the first round, of hearts and then run the setting spade tricks. South must therefore try to steal his , ninth trick immediately before the I defence knows the club suit is solid, and before they can collect their resources. ' Souths correct lead at Trick 2 is a low heart. If West plays,low, the Queen will be played from dummy, and the contract is assured,' as South, will now shift to clubs until the Ace is knocked out. The defence, on the other-, hand, although unable to see the declarer's hand, should immediately sense what is about to occur, and West, with two Aces in his hand, must go up with his heart Ace at Trick 2, even though he knows that this play ■ will probably make an extra trick for-the declarer in the heart suit. West knows for- a certainty that at the most three heart tricks will be set up fot the declarer by this play, and that it is therefore important for him to win the heart Ace and knock out the declarer's other spade stopper while the club Ace'is still retained. 1 Thus correct defence will counter" act the declarer's daring line of play, and bring about the defeat of the contract. \ HAND No. 2—EARLY PREPARATION. East-West par: Four hearts bid and made. (The declarer must lead , • spade at the first opportunity.) East, dealer. \ North and South vulnerable. 4 X.6.5.3. 9 6.3. + E.J.7.5.2. "4 Q.J.9.8.3; TNotthT ♦ 10; 9 K.J.9, 3 ~ . 9 A.Q.10.5.i, '♦ A.8.8A I 3: ♦ 7.5.4. . +6. I South Ij, A.Q.9.i. . 4 A.7.4. + K.Q.J.9, Jf, 10.5.3. The' bidding:— East. South. 'West. , NortSi, 1 9 Pass 1 £ ' Pass 2,^ Pass 3 9 Pass 4 9 Pass Pass Pass* ' The Play.—South will'- make hi* natural opening of the diamond King, and nothing can be gained" by not playing the Ace from the dummy at the first trick. ■ ' The declarer now has ' only . one proper play to make at Trick 2, and \, that is to lead a low spade from dummy. This play prepares either for a cross-ruff or for the ■ establishment of the spade suit according -to what action is taken by the'defence.- If North jumps up with the spade King (an almost impossible play for North < to make, but • nevertheless the best defence), and then shifts to a trump, the declarer. can now win the hand by setting up the spades, since.Souths Ace drops on the third round. The club finesse, however, will'have to betaken. The more normal defence is for North to play low on the spade lead and for South to win with the Ace. Two diamonds will ' probably be cashed and then a trump shift is iii order. East can now either take the club finesse and • ruff two clubs - in dummy, or he can lead the spade Queen through North and set up three spade tricks for discards. - If the opponents do not lead trumps, the hand, of course, may be crossruffed. If the declarer does not play a spade at Trick 2, but, for example, immediately leads a club to his Ace andthea ruffs a club in-dummy, he will suddenly reach an impasse when he tries to get back to his own-hand, and at that point (when they get,in on the spade lead) the defence, by. leading.a trump, can surely bring about- the defeat of the contract. 'Lack of space forbids going \ into the different lines of attack " and counter-attack which can occur if ths declarer starts off incorrectly.