The sun., 1916-10-01
new CODE OUT FOR
DUPLICATE AUCTION
Official Laws for the Game
Adopted by knickcrbocker
Whist Club.
BY r. r. FOSTER.

BY r. r. FOSTER.
The open season for duplicate whls, IN
New York begins ON Thursday, october
~. AZ !. NJ. In the rooms Of the knick-
erbocker Whist Ci,'b. West Fort!eth
street. and all lovers of the game arc
| invited to avail themselves of al oppcr-
tunity to test their .kili against the
crack players and the >ffien,bcrs of tho
championship team. all % whom will
he on hand. All that IL necessary Cor
I admission Is q card from some member
OF the club. or Omission tickets may he
, had from the secretary.
All matters concerning tho laws OF
auction as applied TO duplicate have been
turned over to the committee or TIL.
club. as The Wh's, Club declines TO icg-
cien' experience with that form OF the
game.
Accordingly. on August 90 last mo
committee on laws oe the X, 'c;,er-
booker Whis, club adopted the follow
ing code for all club games n he played
this winter In which there are more than
two tables engaged Ono table. or
memory" duplicate. n not recognized
| as game worth serious consideration.
The principal points In the new code
are the adoption Of the rule 80 long In.
sisted upon by THE SrN making each
deal n separate entity and the abolition
Of .hc bonus for unfinished games
Thc following code is ~ course. sup
Elementary to the complete code 81
ofhcial laws. which still governs all such
matters rs leading out OF turn. correct.
ing rc,ohes. calling exposed cards &c
TIL" principal penalties IN th- laws ~
auction arc designed To take the place
, OF demands sor new deals. and other
matters that cannot be applied to pre-
determined holdings and an unalterahle
position of the dca'
Laws OF Auction bridge IN Duplt.
cate Authorised by the X nick.
erborker whist Club, New
York.
The laws Of auction bridge govern
the play except AZ modified by the fol.
lowing special laws.
81. The arrow on the board in play
mus; p"in. north before a card IL re-
moved therefrom. The boards must bc
olayed In regular order at each table
BEGINNING with the lowest number
-. Count the cards In each hand. botn
hefore and after playing each board.
II II any time any hand contains moro
or less than thirteen cards ,h~ course
TO he pursued - as follows:
"a. When the irreguiari,y II discov-
cred during the original deal. the hand
mus. bc redealt.
II. When the irreguarity is discovered
subsequent TO tic first round and before
'he dummy hand is laid on ,hc 'allc. the
hand must he sent back 10 the preceding
table and there rertifed under the d.rcc-
ton os the card committee Each nair
~ the prercd nr table whose I'm nds con.
tn'n IN incorrect number Of cards shall
bc pera'ized 30 points
&c. When the .rrrcularity IL discovered
subsequent 10 the first round and after
or during the play OF the hand. the hand
must he rectif,ed a. provided above and
'assed to the next table without further
nlsy AZ the table where the cr>or was
discovered. In such case. n both pairs
held hands that contained - incorrect
number OF cards. they shall take average
score for that hand ~. however. the IN
correct hands were hold by one pair
only. that pair shall take the loves.
score and their opponents the highest
score for that innd
~. Each\p,ayer. when II Is his tur, 20
play. mus. place his card fa.~ upward on
tie table before him. The cards must he
allowed to remain face upward on the
'Hble until all have PLAYED 10 the trick
V he or his partrer win .hc trick, tho
cards should he turned over and point
'o MS partner: otherwise they should
pothN lbWdrt t'le luNetSIrieS.
y. trick u turned and quilted when
all four players have turned and quilted
'h"'r respective cards.
70 The cards must ne left In the order
in which they are played until the score
or the particular deal has been recorded
"6. Check each score with your oppo-
ncnis at the completion os each round
and II correct. initial samA Scores 80
'n!tialed as correct cannc, be changed
.arH A.. v~.Fs
both pairs IN case on incorrec, score
or any round IL recorded and initiated
both pairs shall be pcnalized 100 points.
-. \ penalty for bid out OF turn,
other than passing. shall! be ffty points
In the adverse honor score This In
r'udes n double or redoublc out OF turn
bid out Of turn. however. Ia void and
does not afect the correct order OF bid.
ding.
IS. A revoke may be claimed at any
time before the first bid OF the following
board is made or II there II no other
board, before the score OF the dea. IN
which the revoke occurred has been
made up and agreed upon. Only one re-
woke may he claimed In any one hand
"s. Each deal shall be considered
complete In Itself. and all points shall
be scored us in straight auction. No
rubbers shall be played, but any pair
winning game in a single deal without
the assistance OF = previous score shall
Add 100 points to their honor score
40. No pair shall score over 800
points penalty Oh any one board Any
excess over 900 points shall he placed
by the winning pair IN their excess ro.-
umn, The losing pair. however must
bear their total losF This limitation
does not include tho oenal'y for
revoke.
''l!. AZ tne completion Of each round
the scores OF each pair shall be added
and the difference between them OBJ
tared. The pair having the higher
score shall take plus the difference
50 obtained. and the other pair minus
that amount. Al the end os the game
each pair shall add UP their scores of
each round and record tho net total
A mistake OF addition or sub:ra ction In
recording the net total shall be penal-
ized fifty points.
"i2. The score OF any pair IL COM
pared only with that OF tho other pairs
who have played the same hands A
pair obtains n plus score for tho con-
ties, when their net total IL more than
tine average a minus score for the con-
test when their net totul Is less than
tho average. The pairs having the
largest net plus win the contest each
way Of the table,
'iS. Any dispute arising as 10 the
interpretation of these rules shall he
referred 70 the card committee and their
decision shall he fina.'
on GOING GAME.
A correspondent sends 10 THE Sun
two rather interesting hands which are
apropos of the recent article on tho inn