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London, March 18.
It is inevitable that there will be differences of opinion about the new Contract Bridge Laws Dub- lished today; but there can, I think, be none about the excellence. of their drafting and the success of their simplification, writes a correspondent.
Undertricks.
ARMY BOXING *
Huxham Wins 7th Title
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London, March 15 There was a welcome improve ment in several of the classes in the finals of the Army and Terri torial Army Championships, which were decided at the Albert Hall, Old London, Inst night. The standard
last year was, very moderate, but there were sigus in some of the bouts last night that boxing in the Army is very much improved,
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The Arat sign was forthcoming in the officers finals.Lt.-H. G.-D. Huxham, the welter-weight chain- pion, boxed with some skill to beat Lt W. P. Sweetman, and set 200 up a record. He has now won an 500 Army title seven times.
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In short, the bad drafting, the verboseness, and the obscurity of the old Laws have been corrected. Contract Bridge how has a Code presented in a manner worthy of h·
game which claims to be one of the most intellectual of modern pastimes,
The Laws have been rearranged into Ave "Periods," beginning with "Preliminaries to the Rubber," and ending with "Scoring.".The "Pro- prieties are now grouped into their appropriate "periods."
CARD-SHOWING BIDS
But the simplication goes fur. ther than words and arrangement The penalties for infringements of the Laws contain a less bewilder ing choice of alternatives. In con- sequence, they will be easier to re- member, and their enforcement will occasion less discussion at the
| table.
In the controversy about card- stowing bida the "conventional- Ists have won. The new Laws says definitely that no bid 'may be perialised on the ground that it discloses a card" to the bidder's
partner.
What the Laws have to say about conventions is given among the
Proprieties" as follows:
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1,300 1,750
"NO-TRUMPS" ANOMALIES
The change in the No-Trumps scoring meets the difficulty that under the old Jaws the winning of three separate contracts of Ofe No-Trumps did not yield game. remaina the scoring still But woefully logical
If I win a contract of Two No- Trumps I score 70 points, and one in a minor suit will not give me game next time: but that is just what it will do if I win two separate contracts of One No Trumps for then I shall have scored 80.
Then the winning of a contract of One No-Trumps means that Two in a major sult will yield game, while under the old scoring
it required Three in a major suit. This change may well have a con- siderable effect on the tactics of bidding.
on
Powell boxed better than he 1033 and hit very hard. did in He put his man down twice in the last round. Drought lacked nothing as regards courage, how over, and was aggressive to the last punch.
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BAILEY LOSES TITLE
Outstanding among the fuuls, of! the Other Ranks was the defent of Bdr.. Builey, the featherweight champion, by Private March, of the 1st Batt, K.O.Y.L.I. March boxed right foot foremost. looked younger and considerably style compelled lighter, and his him to take a great deal of punish- ment. He was splendidly fit, how- ever, and his grand enthusiasm and willingness to make a light of it kept the crowd in a continual roar of applause.
It was quite the best fight of the evening, and the judges must have had some difficulty in select- Young March, ing the winner. however, should go a long way, even though he has adopted the The laws themselves include right foot","stance. After all, several other important altera-Freddie Miller has won. and holds, the world's featherweight title with tops.
the same stance.
If a player looks at any of his cards while they are being dealt to him a new deal is compulsory, This is one of the few "new deal" penalties left; for the most part they have been abolished,
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P. & O. S.S. “CATHAY"
The following passengers left the Colony by the P. & O. 5.5. "Cathay." for London via Darts on Baturday:
The famous statue of Walther von der Vogelwelde, the celebrat- ed 'mediaeval German lyric poet Mr. and Mrs. D., H. Blake, Lt. who died in 1230, has been, at the Comdr. R. C. Beckett, RN, Mr.
Prefect of
and Mrs. W. J. Brown, Miss O. order of the removed from the site where it Brown, Miss J. M. Brown, Dr. and was originally erected in the chief Mrs. W. A. Busby, Mr. G. L. square of the town of Bazen and Bolden,
Police,
"It is improper to use in cali- ing a convention the significance of which has not beeri an- nounced. The term convention'
REST OF THE TOURNAMENT covers a call designed to convey an arbitrary or artificial mean--
As is usual, the "Territorials' ing or used by a player with the
boxing way patahy. Some of it assurance that his partner will
was little better than the novice not accept it in its natural sense.
rating. But "Private T, Worton, "It is necessary that a 'con-
The penalty for an insufficient the flyweight bolder, was the best vention so used should be fully understood by the other side, and bid was a one-round pass by the hoxer of the tournament. He is a
but his contest last night within the modern part of the city. Miss L. U. Clark, Mrs. W. W. Cole. players using convention calls partner after the bld had been man of considerable experience, put up Instead in Rosegger Fark R.N., Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cox,
rendered Sapper Athersych" was
The place will be taken by one Mr. O. W. L. Cole, Mr. H. Cox, should be ready to reply fully to made good. Now the penalty is a a proper inquiry by an opponent. one-round" pass it the bid is made difficult because Worton had to Fuero Claudius Drusus, a Roman Miss Cochrane, Miss 8. H. Currie,
good in the same denomination: enter the ring with three stitches but if it is made good in any other in n wound near the left eye, general chiedy known for his con- Mr. J. A. Clere, Miss I A. "Chenal-
Germanic tribes | loy. questa against
Lieut. B. R. H. Davenport.."
as to their meaning or
use.
Should it be necessary to make
THE INSUFFICIENT BID
Lieut. E. K. U. Clark,
such an inquiry during the auc- denomination the partner is de- which was cut during a preliminary along the Rhine just prior to theR.N., S.B. C. P. O./A. K. Dingley,
tion, the partner of the player who has made the convention call should reply.
"The committee of any asso ciation, tournament or club, or
COU-
groups of persons playing Con- träct Bridge, may prohibit vention' calling as above, or re- strict the calling to such permis- sible conventions as they may decide."
SCORING CHANGES
The alterations that will most affect play are, of course, the scor- ing changes. These are:
Grand Slam bonuses reduced to 1,000 points, non-vulnerable, and to 1,500 points, vulnerable.
Vulnerable undertricks when not doubled to be penalised at 100 points a trick: "Doubled
dertricks to carry penalties of 100 points for the first undertrick and 200 points for each subse quent
while the vulnerable, penalties for doubled vulnerable undertricks to be 200 for the first undertrick and 300 for each sub- sequent undertrick;
non-vulnerable u
At No Trumps the first odd trick, to score 40 points and each subsequent odd trick 30 points.
barred from any further participa
on in the bidding.
The new law: about a bid out of tunis:
fight..
stubborn was
Athersych plucky, just the type to bring out the best of Worton. He was knocked down twice in the third round front very hard punches, but
"A call made out of rotation is cancelled, the auction reverts to the player whose turn it was tostayed the full distance. call, and, if it was-
(a) a pass made before the first bid: the offender must pass when next it is his turn to
call:
(b) another call: the offender's, partner must pass whenever it is his turn to call.. · The penalty for a lead out of turn by a defender is also considerably amplified. The law now reads:
The declarer may either treat turn as a the card led out of penalty card; or may require the lead of a specified suit from the cther defender if he won the previous trick, otherwise from the defender who next wins a trick."
The expression penalty card"] is a new term used in the Laws for what has hitherto been called an "exposed card."
era the Christian and beginning of
This step is another of the many that have taken place since the Treaty of Versailles obliged Aus- tria to cede Tyrol, the object of the present policy being to make the German character of the city less apparent. Transocean Kuo Min.
This bout was fought at uncom mon spesi; yet it was not so next Territorial exciting as the fight, between Canner Garrett and Private Ramsey in the bantam- weight class.
finish,
The two were like a pair of Kid Bergs, and the fight was one lusty slog from start to Garrett WŁA i slightly better condition and won on points only because he was able to last out the gruelling pace slightly better than bis opponent
C.F.O. Wtr./S.F. Drake, L/Bergt. and Mrs. W. Denton and two infants, Miss D. Denton, Miss K Denton, Master D. Denton. Mrs. ⠀⠀ Dibden, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dunne. Mrs. E R. Falla, Pilot Officer F Gray, RAF., Mr. and Mrs. D. M Goodall, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Hamer, Miss L. M. S. Hamer, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Harris, Miss V. N. Harris, Mr. J. M.. Hood, EA/HG. Ham- mett, Mr. C. A. K. Jaffery, Mr. L. 3. THE KONGO MARI
H. King, Miss M. King. Mrs. S. W. Kirby, Mrs. G. C. Moxon, Mr. H. The Kokusan Kisen Kalaha of Milton. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. May, Tokyo, of which the N.Z.K are Miss E. M. Moody, Miss F. Mar- local Agents, have recently decided golotti, Mr. W. C. McGavin, Mr. to extend their regular New York E. McCandlish, "Mrs. D L Nolloth, Freight Service to Hong Kong, em Mr. H. C. Owen, Mr. Oẹl Gk ploying new motor vessels capable Tianw, Mra J. W. Platt (two of doing high speed on this line. children. two infts and Governess M.V. "Kongo Maru," the first ship-Miss K. May), Mr. and Mrs. 8. to call here on her maiden voyage Randle and Infant,C,P,O. Wtr./ ̈ is due this morning, and is expect- GF. Roberts, Miss J. Russell, Mr. ed to sail to-morrow noon tor Los Le Roy, Miss B. F. Sutton, Angeles, Panama Canal Zone and C.P.O./LJ.M. Stark, CFO/EJ London, April 5)
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DUMMY'S NEW PRIVILEGE Under the old laws a declarer had a choice of four. alternative penalties if one of the defenders played to a trick before his turn. BONUSES AND PENALTIES
These four are reduced to one: In reducing the Grand Slam The declarer may call on the British Wireless. bonuses back to their pre-1932 level offender's partner to play his high- the makers of the Laws have yield-est or lowest card in the sult led, ed to an overwhelming force of and, should he be unable to follow popular opinion,
sult, to play from a specified sult."
That, however, does not alter the
Dummy figures in the new Laws a revoke, is an extension of as declarer's partner," His rights my's rights. The rights under are laid down as follows. He may (b) and (c) are not new
(a) reply to a player's proper «question;
(b) when requested, discuss questions of fact or law:
(c) question the declarer re- garding his possible revoke;».
(d) draw attention to a de- fender's regularity and ask the declarer whether he knows his Tights:
дет.
The New Life Movement is to be 3.8. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON" dum-supplemented by another move-
(a),
LOOKING AT QUITTED TRICKS
augurated in a speech in Kwelyng
ment that has already been in-
The following passengers. & by the Generalissimo. This is to rived in the Colony by the 5.5. be known as the Peoples, Economic
Construction Movement and it is to President Jefferson on Saturday: trisch and seek to ameliorate the Mrs. G. C. Anderson, Dr. FE A penalty card must be played at agricultural conditions and pre- Bates, Mr. J. 8. Burn, Mr. M
the first opportunity. The declar-serve and develop the mineral re- David Lieut. R. L Denig, Mr. and
er has no option to call it or not sources of the country, capital to call it
ward springs of thought; memory, fact that the large bonuses were and emotion which govern human mathematically balanced, and that. actions Her novels were there the present bonises are not. Stil tore marked by the absence of the majority of players wish to dramatic or external crises and, by play with reduced bonuses-and intimate revelation of what pass; ; they do it was not for the Port- ed in the minds of the persons and Club and the Whist Club to try Introduced.
to dictate in so democratic a game Where other contemporary move as Bridge.
The virtual abolition of the priu- lista, such as James Joyce, at tempted to make their revelations ciple of graduation in penalties for. by statement Virginia, Woolf's undertricks is something novel.
The old law under which the sympathetic insight and her ex- Here judgment must be suspend Dummy has these rights only, tremely delicate handling of words ed. It may be useful, however, to and he forfeits them if ho inten- player claiming a wrong penalty
is abolished, The opinion was expressed that enabled her to suggest them display the contrast between the tionally looks at the face of a card forfeited the right to any penalty, Contrary to expectation there is Virginia Woolf- regarded the novel She was one of the most sendtiya, old and the new penalties. The held.by his opponents or his part, as a medium for the portrayal of reporters of unspoken thought and following table shows the under-uerto character, and by character she feeling among present-day Eng- trick penalties, undoubled, vulner. The right to draw attention to no alteration in the revoke rule or
"an opponent's irregularity, such as in the scoring for hor the complexity of the in-lish writers.
London, March 18. The novels of Virginia Woolf were discussed at a meeting of the Glasgow Centre of the English Asociation held last night at the University. The discussion was Introduced by Mr. W. M. Brown.
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There is a Density of 50 points of looking at a quitted, trick.
and labour and harmonize cur rency dumculties. The first step he said, would be the abolition of illegal taxation
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Lieut. Col. M. J. Williams, of ver
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to the Police that on Friday About Hong Kong Club, which was 7 pm, when he was driving car No. travelling in the same
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