The sun., 1916-04-23
new USE OF DOUBLE
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Much Interest and Discussion
Caused by the Latest
Convention.
MISTAKES IN TACTICS

The following rather interesting point
was submitted to the committee on laws
OF Tho Whist Club recently for decision.
BIS right TO reenier the bidding
Case The dealer bids one no trump
A. second hand. passes. and before Y,
third hand. can say anything, the fourtl,
hand. r. bids two spades. The dealer
at once says: 'Ycu are out of turn and
that bid Is void whcreupon the third
hand. Y. declares two diamonds u then
bids two spades.
''Cucs,ion: Docs tho bid out of turn
by the fourth hand dcbar him from again
participating in the bidding"
Decision: Law ~ provides N a
player make a declaration out of turn,
either adversary may demand q new
deal. treat such declaration as void or
allow II to stand
I'm this case the adversarics desired,
as WAS absolutely within their rights. to
treat the declaration out of turn. as
void. and the proper player then declared
1.-TWO diamonds) in his turn.
THE situation therefore Is that the
declaration out of turn is closed in
cident and has nothing to do with any
subsequent declarations. The player
guilty of the offence may bid in his
proper turn just as II his bid had never
been made"
II often happens that an exposed card
Is left OH the table and no action is taken
on II. In many instances 1t Is taken
back into the hand without protest. Here
is a ruling by the committee upon this
situation.
Case: \ card is exposed ard il is
the turn Of the offending player to lead.
The declarer does not call that card and
the offending player leads another card
which wins the trick. The declarcr then
calls the exposed card. The offending
player declines to recognize the legality
Of the call upon two alleged grounds
First, because an exposed card cam
not he called when IL is the turn OF a
player 10 lead only when II is his turn
to follow to "A trick.
second. because even iS such card
could he called 20 lead. the declare +
lost his right to- do 80 when he failed
to make the call on the previous trick.
Decision: II is hard to- understand
how there can he any difference Of opiu-
ion concerning the Interpretation Of the
laws covering the points IN this case.
Law 81 expressly provides that after the
original lead all cards opposed by tho
dcclarer's adversaries are liable to bc
called. II /, had been the intent of the
trainers OF the laws to limit this priv
ilege to certain case or cases they
would certainly have so stated. When
provision is broadly made IL must be
broadly interpreted
ut ts quite true that the additional
wording. An exposed card may no called
whenever II is the turn Of the offending
player TO lead or play would have elm
mated the possibility Of the question
being raised. but the Trainers of the laws
have made every EFFORT to draft them in
as concise form as possible ana the
wording In ques'ion-which at ono time
appeared in code Of whist laws
seemed totally unnecessary. and there
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