Judge — August 2, 1930 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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| Mr hist Championships. Ler é ' and Cuntract provided correspondents send. stamped sed envelopes for reply. it10Ns of Bridye-players are de- belief a flash in the taken too seri- 4°! Juding themselves in’ the that Contract is merely pan and need not be ously. It won't be before long now and forced to learn the latest form of Bridge or re- vert back to a nice At quite a number of New York clubs Contract is the only card they are disillusioned snappy game solitaire. game that has been played for mo a year, It is really ab Auction-pl the argument against taking up Con- y many rs voice tract—‘too many conventions.” They would have the agree upon a set of conventions—a sort of socialistic Utopia—and so do awa ith all misunderstandings and arti ings th require a lengthy for intelligent comprehension of what is happening. Well, there i of having the authorities mes explanation about as much cha ‘prima-donnaish” ex- perts get together upon a universal system as there is of convincing the dub player that he is not the very Yes, the famous experts would be willing to worst card-holder in the world. gree upon one system, provided it was their very own. and authorities Instead of advocating arbitrary artificial conventions, the might try and find a method of play just as r The idea tural and simple as possible. one that system would be any good card-player could eas understand without any explanation whatever, The one vital difference between Auction and Contract is the necessity of bidding for game at Contract, when the partnership ca ds are capable of Hence, with certain types of hands, the partner must be directed to keep the bidding open so producing it. that a game declaration may be rived at. The most important inter- change of information would be to in- ar- kinds mum, good and excellent. dicate three of hands—mini- All this can be done simply, without resorting to legalized private conven- tions and trying to force the player to the pet idiosyn- crasies of everyone who is prepared to admit that he expert. The ONE strangely learn hobbies and is an authority and an TWO-THREE simple as it is, System, will ac- the gle and complish practically most s mu elaborate artificial si multiple Club bids. A one-bid of anything indicates a minimum declaration and the partner need not assist without real high- support. A two- ard id shows about three and a half quick-tricks and the partner may | keep the bidding open with one quick trick. A three-bid in suit contains at least five quick-tricks, or a two-suiter that will probably produce game at one of the suits. This is a demand-bid and the partner must bid. With a worthless hand the response is No Trumps, and one trick is suffi cient to support the bid suit or switch to another suit. Of course the three-bid must not be made unless the player is fully pared to bid for game. The re the game is not bid at once is to h. pre- g on the opportunity to show two suits or to gét into a slam contract if the part- ner has adequate support. Under this system of bidding, « pre-emptive dec laration must be for not than four, and I can see no hardship. in this, as lower pre-emption is of very less little value. It should be apparent that a pre-emptive bid has not a great deal of quick-trick values or the bid would have been started with two or the demand-bid of three. The ONE-TWO-THREE seems to me to be a“ System natural,” The New LAFAYETTE Decorated in l'art moderne as France Decrees the moment Salon Mixte of New “Lofayette” | Sonemins you have been waiting for...a cabin ship with de luxe comforts! » » Decorations by such artists as Guy Arnoux... rugs by Aubusson +++ great wide modern windows that flood every Salon with sunshine, daring modern lighting ... a lavish sweep of deck for sports and lounging . . . venti- lating system throughout the same as | that of the “Ile de France” » » Every | cabin with its both or shower... ad- justable heat control and plenty of trunk space » » English speaking stewards who anticipate every wish... French Line cuisine, known the world over» » The “De Grasse,” the “Rochambeau” ond | the new “Lafayette” manned by French seamen, whose ancestors tamed the At- lantic before Columbus, form the cabin service across the “longest gangplonk in the world” to Plymouth for London... a few hours later Le Havre, the port of Paris, down the gangplank to a covered | pier...a waiting express three | hours and the city Napoleon loved. Freneh Line Information from any authorized French Lino | Agent or write to 19 State Street, New York City comicbooks.com