The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
PREMIUM PLAN FOR
DUPLICATE AUCTION
Philadelphia Clubs Scheme of
Scoring Works Well A.
ter Long Test.
PLAYING FOR PENALTIES
BY r. r. FOSTER.

the rev Monmouth Hotel. Spring Lake
Beach. y. y. during the weck OF June
:s. will see q decided movement IN favor
OF the leagues taking up the official
Management of auction bridge.
~ the congress last year = committee
was appointed to report upon the feast
hiity OF such "A plan. but the Iignt men
do not seem 10 have been picked for tne
Job. rs they were no, all bridge players.
The consequence was that no report was
ever forthcoming
This year 1t j. likely 10 bc different
aud 10y newt fall We may expect 70
have the most popular game OF cards
In The world under the direct supervision
OF the same governing body tuGt has
held the whist players together for more
than a quarter Of a century. and which
is composed Of an the leading clubs in
the United states that play cards.
one Of the first steps will probably
r. to appoiui a commit,"e on laws. whose
duties will he similar 20 those Of the
committee that drew up the laws OF
whist in 1891. Jae hardest task 1t will
have before 1t viii undoubtedly he to
formulate a suitable code Cor duplicate
auction. a game that is steadily growing
IN popularity and bias fair TO sweep the
country next winter
Suggestions as to rules Tor the man
sscmen OF duplicate auction should be
sent 10 THE SrN. as all IDEAS on the
subject Will be classified and put In
shape 20 he submitted to the new com.
mit'ee rs soon ne u 10 appointed. Sus-
ecstions from clubs that have expert
nicnted with duplicate will be particu-
larry welcome II they will briefly explain
their methods and the results.
Since THE T. started 10 discuss the
matter of bonus scores at duplicate, a
largo fund OF valuable Information with
regard 20 various experiments in scoring
In different parts % the country has ac-
cumulated. 1t Is remarkable now many
clubs have come 10 the same conclusion
with regard to the game score in dupii-
cate. and how many plans the nav,
tried with a ,isw 70 finding some salts
factory balance between the value OF a
contract wner It * fulhlicd and the
penalties for defeating II.
Auong the most Interesting = the 70
Cort from th.e Hamilton Gu OF IVES:
philadelphia. the club tina, made itself
famous in TIC Old whist days by giving
IT. name 10 the Hamilton trophy aad by
Travelling ali over the countr 80 play
matches for tn" \. W. l.. frog =. wIich
ard r 4. MoGridge won 50 often that
trcN could not keep count o. the nIm-
her Of victories and there was no longer
any soom for their names on the up.
Tnc Hamilton club Nas been paying
duplicate auction for the last three years
and long ago abandoned the IL points
bonus for winning the gan, and for
the precise Ic,,sou given III ih, article
printed IN The H. on Apl.l 50. namely.
thai the results Obtained by that method
OF scoring we're TOO much a matter OF
luck.
In a big ctrnc II, NV York ,uree
weeks a-u o.'s 'a. found the.IsclNcs
s12 points behind another pair IN tin
fna, accounting, although they weTt
supposed to he very nearly edui. IN poiu'
o. skin. and the losers could nor -,
where they had dropped SO many points
Upon a~naly2.Ig the scores In detail 81
Nds found that the difference was d.,
entirely 10 the bonus scores for game
Had these been eliminated pair A. who
were Az ahead OF pair T.. would have
b'cn > points behind. the actual scores
made being 1907 and leo. which shows
INV close tie play really was.
The system devised by the Hamilton
Cub ms been adopted by several other
organizations ard has been found NOR,
satisfactory than any other "a f.. suE,
ccsted. but the secretary, W. X. Barclay
Informs THE Sun hat the members ar,
or opinion 1t can be still further i'm
proved. He says;
I'VE found a. YOU have. that III,
FCorcs for winning ruJlcrs. or parts o
iubhcrs, would not do. as the compare
ron of scores proved, 30 Ne experiments,
along ,hc lines Of allowing each hand I,
sand by itself. as at whist. and addia,
q premium 10 tho successful contrac
&C. compensate 70" the possible uena'tv
".\ttsr three months experimenting
w. placed a premium Of twice thu
Pr1ouut scored I'm the trick column t'
oofct the risk Of penalties, which wy.
If as ~ present W. found the game
al bidding as c,osc 10 tn Old game Al
~ hoped for.
we have now played this system foi
three wears. held three Il
S4,erWiue the champion pair: had eish
~tt"llrs with other clubs, and used !
~cor'iuuallv for the compass night games
'"rhc premium is not altered by tn,
hodhlo, For examine: The contract Il