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KVS4 mLkiJtJr I rlVF i Irl il DENNIS THE MENACE THE NOW SOCIETY Brcfge A situation that's hard to handle Q. If you have no entry problems, how would you play this combination? Dummy Jxxxxx You A9 "Anything that feels this good can't be HERMAN By Charles H. Goren and Omar Sharif Q. How do you handle this situation? After an opening bid of one of a minor, you respond one of a major, and partner rebids one no trump. Vou have a five-card suit and about 13 high card Now what do you do? A sim-' Sile rcbid is an underbid; a ump in a broken five-card suit is distasteful; a rebid of a new suit, if is not forcing; and a jump to three no trump could land you in the wrong contract-Sylvia Brandon, Margate, Fla.

This question has been awarded the weekly prize. A. It is not easy to give a set of rules to cover this situation-each hand must be treated on its own merits. It is unlikely that, with 13 points' facing an opening bid, three no trump would be disastrous; but there are hands that might play better in a 5-3 major fit than at do trump. Let us consider a possible band: South KJ7 9AQ951' 84.

The bidding: North East South West 1 0 Pass 1 9 Pass INT Pass It is possible that North has a shaky club stopper and that there might be no play for three no trump on many hands where four hearts would be a laydown. A rebid-of two diamonds or two hearts could be passed, so' they can be eliminated. As you say. a jump to three hearts on this suit is unthinkable, for partner might raise with a doubhton; and partner would have every right to expect a better hand with longer diamonds if you were to jump to three diamonds. However, finding a forcing, bid on this hand is not im-possible.

You simply rebid two spades. A new suit by rcsponder higher-ranking than his first-bid suit is forcing. If partner persists with two no trump, raise to game in full confidence. However, with three-card heart support and not much strength in clubs, partner should give preference to three hearts, and you have an easy choice of which gamejo bid. Now switch the black-suit holdings on this hand, giving you a doubleton spade and three clubs to the king-jack Now you cannot rebid two clubs with the hand, for that is not forcing it is a lower- ranking suit after a simple no-trump rebid by partner.

You could try for a preference with a jump to three clubs, but that might get you, too high should partner raise. Here you just have to make the best of it by jumping to three no trump. However, you do have some security. If partner held three hearts and no spade stopper, he well might i have raised to two hearts rather than rebid one no trump. After all, he is fully aware that defenders like to.

lead an unbid major against' a no trump game. I. -A. Williams, F. Worth.

A It depends on how many tricks you need. If you need all seven tricks, try to drop the queen by cashing the ace and king. If you need only six tricks, there is a safety play. Lead low from dummy and, if second-hand follows, finesse the nine. That guards against the possibility of East holding all four missing cards.

Naturally, if East shows out, you' rise with the ace then take the marked finesse for the queen. "Take a good look. That's a 1977 tree in a 1969 "Pool ol' Mr, Wilson must be TUNE deaf he can't tell 'The Little Drummer Boy' from 'Silent Night, Holy (Herman appears in Sports Monday through Friday.).