Word: trumped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Supporting Kontos on the from line will be wings Carlos Williams and Ed Mills. Both men are new to the Terriers offensive. but Sigler is counting on their speed to penetvate the Crimson's defense. At midfield B.U. relies on center halfback. Bob Trump, named Most Valuable Player in the Greater Boston League last year...
Actually, there is a method which makes this contract icy. All south has to do is to take the first trick with the ace, and take out trumps in two rounds. He then cashes his two top Diamonds and ruffs a third on the board. Declarer then gets back into his hand with a trump trick and leads a heart, knowing West holds the queen, from his lead. West must come up with the queen, and, not able to exit with a red card which would give his opponent a ruff and discard is forced to return a club, giving...
Declarer took the club lead in his hand with the ace and proceeded to draw trump in two rounds. He next attacked the diamonds, cashing the ace and the king and ruffing a third in his hand. Declarer then went to the board with a trump trick and led back the last diamond which East covered with the jack. Here declarer made the key play and refused the trick, discarding the club from his hand upon which West discarded a spade...
Therefore, when East led back a small spade, declarer played low in his hand, and took the trick with the queen on the board. The spade return drew East's king and last spade upon which declarer cashed his ace. South then played out his last two trump, and when West discarded the jack of spades, happily laid down the good spade for the contract and the small slam...
...Ronald Reagan, whose 86 convention votes just might wind up in Rockefeller's column if Reagan's own dark-horse position blacks out completely and if a Rockefeller-Reagan ticket can then be constructed. A deal with Reagan would almost certainly devalue Rockefeller's ultimate trump card-his appeal to Democrats and independents in the general election-but in presidential politics the nomination comes first...