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THE HERALD Wednesday May Page 23 ARLO JAMS by Jimmy Johnson JAMES JACOBY EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider I ETT1M WTO A LOT OF TROUBLE ft IT HAS SOMETHING CO THE by Dick Cavalli BUGS BUNNY by Warner Bros AND I THINK J HAP FOR ore WSJ J FRANK ERNEST by Bob Thaves weve Youp on THIS IT-i- YOU MOpt THt I GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schorr You re likely to have an unbridled thirst or knowledge in the year ahead Those powerful desires will be triggered by a personal drive tor selfbetterment a well as a need tor material gratification TAURUS April 20May 20 Leadership ability Is likely to be your strong suit to day II those with whom you ra Involved are hesitant or Indecisive youll proba adhere to your inclinations to step In and take charge Trying to patch up broken romance The AstroGraph Matchmaker can help you to under stand what to do to make the relation ship work Mail to Matchmaker O Box Cleveland OH GEMINI May 20 A condition that has been retarding your progress has a good chance of being alleviated today Progress will be more rapid after you are free from this restriction CANCER June 22 Make an ef fort today to put something social to gether that includes you think ol as being the most exciting and unusual B James Jacob among your pals It should be fun NORTH AKJ7 A J 8 WEST EAST K J 3 8 K 10 4 7 SOUTH A762 Q2 K9S4 Vulnerable Neither Dealer West West Pass Pass North East Dbl Pass South 4 Pass Opening lead K Many angles LEO July 23Aug Focus your torts and energies today on things that you can do to enhance your career Try the untried nothing ventured ing gained VIRGO Aug Theres a chance you might be challenged today on a subject you know extremely well and about which you feel very strongly I wouldn t want to be your adversary LIBRA 23OcL 23 Friends who they are the victims of circum stances should took to you for Inspira tion today You be able to show them how to rebuild their phoenix from its own ashes SCORPIO Oct It looks like you will be at your best today If pres sured Into a corner and have to come up with quick answers The tougher the questions the better you are likely to perform SAGITTARIUS Nov 21 Moti vation to be the leader among your peers could be uppermost in your mind today You might even take some clever measures to escape being numbered among the rank and file CAPRICORN Dm 22Jan 19 If you dont take yourself or what you do too seriously today people with whom youll be involved will begin to emulate your behavior Instead of letting the whole project get too heavy AQUARIUS Jan 20fvb Youre likely to feel extremely protective of those under your guidance today and you may even go to unusual lengths to safeguard their Interests and security PISCES Feb 20March 20 Even though your emotions are likely to be very strong In defense what you be lieve today youre still not apt to be un reasonable when your concepts are challenged by others ARIES March 21April 19 You could have a aught touch of genius today per taining to things material If something opportune develops youD know how to use it to your maximum benefit There are two interesting aspects to this deal The first is the play in five clubs after West has opened with a weak two spade bid Today s declarer won the ace of spades shedding a heart from dummy and then of clubs He then played four rounds of diamonds shedding heart losers That would have been fine if East had ruffed In but East simply discarded on the fourth diamond Then when a heart was led Cast took the ace and cashed the queen of clubs shortening declarers trumps that were needed for ruffing dummy los hearts Best of course is for er to simply cash the club ace and then play on diamonds since South can af ford to allow the defense to make a trick with the queen of clubs but can not afford to let a defender draw a third round of his trumps with that club queen The second interesting aspect is that any chance for South to make a game in clubs would disappear if EastWest had a partnership agree ment that I heartily recommend If East could have bid three hearts as an artificial leaddirecting bid the de fenders would take the first three heart tricks against a club contract This agreement only applies when the opponents double your partners weak twobid for takeout If you adopt this method it is also sensible to agree that two notrump over an opposing take out double announces that you wish to play in your own long suit Partner bids three clubs by agreement and you pass with long clubs or bid your actual long suit James Jacobfs books Jacob on Bridge and Jacobyoo Curd Games written with his father the late Oswald are now available at bookstores Both are poblisbed by Pharos Books NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE CELEBRITY CIPHER r Each defer for anotMr rxtiacWKgualfP C WMOTU TF CVN ZUJJUL J X C V J X U FJAKTGUFJ RMYYURJUG TJ Meg 11 MUM l v