Judge — August 1, 1931 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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The North Shore's foremost resort hotel. Ideal seaside and c environment salt sea breez feature... ++ private bathing beach. E accessible to all historical points. Booklet. % CLEMENT E. KENNEDY President. Winter Resort —Vinoy Park Hotel St. Petersburg, Florida They were out in his car. “You may go as far as you like,” she said, “but when you park, be sure it is at a Kent Garage." Located at 61st Street and Colum- bus Ave.—44th Street, just east of 3rd Ave.—and the Newark Garage, Washington and Warren Streets. Reasonable Rates ~ BACKGAMMON- A backgammon board that fits tj your card table. Made of walnut, with cork playing surface. Ivory daughtsmen, dice, doubler, leather cups and book of rules. Complete for $14.50 Irene Kaullainise INTERIORS 37 E. 49th St. New York City Telephone PLaza 3-6418 NEW» OCEAN « HOUSE & transition of Auction Bridge into Contract Bridge has practi- ly been accomplished. It would be | futile to discuss the comparative mer- its of the two games, as the eral public seems to have made up its col- lective mind that the newer form of the game is the more enjoyable, and merel} a question of time Il the auctioneers will be con- tractors. With millions of card-lovers | seeking information ay to the best and quickest metho | standable | be shan of playing an under: f Contract, it would allow the introduction | of numerous artificial conventions that could not be understood by all the players without an explanation. There are already over a dozen ar- | tificial, conventions being advocated, some of unquestionable merit, that tend to so confuse the opposing play- j ers as to cause the loss of the gan | entirely throtigh) tlaunderstanding: This is, in my opinion, regrettable and unsportsmanlike. | When a player makes a declaration | at which he has no intention of play- ing the contract, and his bid is under- stood by his partner but not by the adversaries, it is foul tactics and un- worthy of what we love to designate ntleman’s game. I can see little ficial conventions th r to arti- at be just | as readily obtained by natural sys- | tems, except that of fooling the oppo- nents by something that is, for the ment, merely a private understand- ing. Let us ss a player bids a Club on | the Club convention and eventu obtains the contract for three | Trumps. The opening player, hold- ing five Clubs and four Sy elects to lead a Spade, not knowing that the Club bid was artificial and thereby | loses the game. The success of the winner is not the result of his skill or of the cards held, but of ch Among the artific’ tems that have no mes rs anery. 1 bidding sys- ng, in regard Load EOD Ie meionshipe. head said questions pes for reply. to the lowing rclaration made, are the fol- The one Club. The two Club. The one Diamond, The big stick. The little joker. The one No Trump, The one under suit, It is too much to ask every player to learn the complicated procedure in all these systems and yet, unless the a player is virtually system is known, up against a private convention. With only a single artiticial conven- tion in use, it would not be objection- able if known to all the players, but how can one be admitted without opening the door to all of them? A player should not be permitted to make a bid unless he is prepared to play the deal at that declaration. Any meaning other than the natural one implied should be explained to the adversaries. t has been claimed by artificial bid- ders that the No Trump. response to the Demand bid is rtificial dec- laration, While this response is arbi- trary, it is not artificial, because the Demand bidder is ready to play the deal at No Trumps, unless the hand holds a sound rebid in the suit named or in another suit. The One, Two, Three System of Contract Biddi ng the three types of ha . ; the leadin, s of the country he Official System. With the intention of simplification and standardization an agreement to this effect was signed by Shepard Barclay, Sidney S. Lenz, Winfield Liggett, Jr., E. V. Shepard, Wilbur C. Whitehead, Milton C. Work of rw York, R. R. Richards of De- *. Wyman of Boston, i ago, Henry and Edward C, Wolfe of Cleveland. comicbooks.com