Judge — February 22, 1930 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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| | i i i Have a “Milk of | agnesia smile EXALL Milk of Magnesia Tooth Paste is R expressly made to counteract damaging mouth ocidity. Use it on the specially con- structed Klenzo brush that forces minute food porticles from between the teeth and effectively messages the gums. Milk of Magnesia Tooth Paste is sold only ot Rexall Stores. Liggett’s ore olso Rexall Stores. There is one near you. | should be more simple. HOV GwD I¢ Mr, Lenz he 1d, fourteen times, the Nation Those te department of Judge will under Lenz is un ly the most remarkable card player th i come correspondence fro related to Auction and Contract provided The rules governing the Challenge Bid, as adopted by the Knickerbocker Whist Club of New York, follow as nearly as possible the general pro- cedure that functions when the in- formatory doubles are employed. The principal objective is to do away entirely with the ambiguous meaning of the double and to disarm the uncthical player of his most of- fensive ammunition, The word “offensive” edly! Many players declare themselves as desiring their doubles, after they or their partners have bid, to be only for penalty purposes. A No Trump bid, overcalled by an adversary and doubled by the original bidder, can therefore have but one correct inter- pretation. Yet the player actually 's to the partner that his double extremely doubtful by prolonged Of course any player may exercise his best judgment and rescue the partner's business double or leave in a double that is meant to be infor- matory. Few players can refrain from being influenced by the part- ner’s mannerisms and the Challenge Bid appears to be the one fair way of making it equitable for all players. An objection has been made that the Knickerbocker Challenge is used advis- rules It might be pointed out that until this convention is formally adopted by the Whist Club of New York, whose laws are generally accepted in this country as the official laws, any club or set of players may agree to use the Chi lenge, in lieu of the informatory double, along the lines that appear best to them, Some players have suggested, more facetiously, that a better name F allenge” might be employed. I cannot see what difference the actual word used has to do with the lity of adopting this conven- tion in the interests of simplicity. If it is desirable that a player should be permitted to legally convey to the partner that some action is wanted from him, why not say so frankly instead of camouflaging the 26 Wilbur C as ever known ders and till give advice s send stamped adresse situation with a dual bid that causes more misunderstandings than all the of the conventions put to I have received many hundreds of letters from all over the world in ref erence to the Challenge Bid and am pleased to quote from a few of them: “In my opinion, the powers that be should use every effort to simplify the The double, is a bugbear to all beginners and causes endless confusion even in’ the good-player It has been said that ten mil lion are playing Bridge. I venture the assertion that nine million nine hundred thousand do not understand and fail to comprehend the present complex. system of doubles."—E. H. Barber, San Diego, “Your leadership in a movement to confine the term ‘double’ to its mean ing and to employ a descriptive tert for an informatory double will un- doubtedly be welcomed by the 1 of Bridge players. It would not only help to make conventions uniform, but would tell the adve what the bidder intends as distinctly as it tells the partner."—Sidney Schwab, New York City. “Before we play with a stranger, we must shout from the housetops whether the double of a suit bid after a No Trump has been called is posi tive or negative. As good sports, we use the negative double as a weapon and not as a means of misunderstand- ing. By our desire to improve this convention, we do not discredit the originator of the informatory double, but do him honor by elaborating fur- ther on his method. In my opinion. ‘I Challenge’ answers the purpose "—W. B. Ellett, Roa- st of all games. h its double meani class. asses. saries adinirably noke, V. “May I compliment you on the Challenge? That is certainly the most ingenious change that could pos- sibly have been thought up for the game. We are all playing Contract Bridge and everyone in Genoa uses the Challenge. “We appreciate the value of it more and more eve fa —Estelle Monfort, Genoa, It: comicbooks.com