Evening star., 1928-12-11
BRIDGE TALKS
BIZ MRS. JOHN MUNcE, JR.


The score is divided into two parts:
First, the so-called honor score. which
| Is made up of the bonuses for cards
held and other bonuses for doubling and
redoubling and the bonus for rubber
, as well as the scores for penalties.
The second part of the score Is count
ed for the tricks won. On prepared
score sheets horizontal line Is always
printed, and on informal sheets 1t should
be drawn. This Is to divide the two
classes of scores. Ia
The honor score, which IS put above
the horizontal line, Is more or less in
terwoven with the trick score, which
is recorded below the line, and there
fore 1t is customary to score the trick
score first.
Arbitrary values per trick are given
to the different SuitS-spades count 8,
hearts 8, diamonds 2. clubs 6 and no
trump 10. These values count only for
the declarer when he fulfills his con-
tract. The penalty for not fulfilling
his contract Is so points in the honor
score, to the adversary, for each trick
lost.
A game is 80 points. made with the
trick scores only For trick scores the
number of tricks over the book Cor in
other words, over Six) are counted,
provided the amount of the contract,
whatever 1t may be, has been fulfilled.
If a declarer- bid one no trump and
made seven tricks Zone over his book
he would fulfill his contract and count
10 (the value of one no trump on his
trick score. II he had made more than
one, he would count 10 on his trick
score for each "odd" trick he made.
but If he bid two no trumps and made
o,1na ta uuO,1II NOT coiInf ANYTHING on
his trick score because he failed to make
his contract. p
When a contract is doubled and made,
the declarer counts on his trick score
the amount that he makes at its dou-
bled value. For example, should "twe
hearts be doubled and four odd 90
tricks) made, the deolarer would count
16 (tWice 81 for each trick, or a total
Of "a. This would be scored below the
horizontal line on the score sheet. De-
clarer also scores q bonus Of SO points
for making the contract. II he makes
more than his contract, he scores SO
points for each extra trick, which, in
the example given, would be two extra
tricks, 100 points, making bonus OF
$50 to be scored in the honor score,
above the horizontal line.
When contract is redoubled and
made the declarer counts four times
the value of each odd trick won. Two
hearts doubled and redoubled, and
four-odd won (lQ tricks, which IS two
tricks more than the bid, hearts count
ing 8, doubled would be 16 for each
trick, and redoubled would be 80. This
| would give O total of 1873 to be scored
below the horizontal line on the score
| sheet. The bonus to be scored IN the
honor score above the line would be 100
points for fulfilling his contract. and
! 100 for each extra trick. making total
| in the honor score OF 300.
a, When adversarieS via trick or
tricks in addition to their book, such
| tricks are called under tricks or set
tricks" and are scored in the homer
score as follows: SO points for each
for each Set-trick when doubled ano
200 points when redoubled.
Game go trick points, can be made
in one or more hands, when playing
the standard rubber game. If South
should bid and make one no trump or
the first hand, on the second hanI
| West should make score which to.
tailed less than 80 for tricks, on the
third hand South should fail to make
his contract, and on the fourth hanC
North should bid one Spade and make
three, North and South's trick totals O
10 for the first hand and 27 for tn,
fourth, would be added together, ans
as they would aggregate 81, the gam,
being 80, they would then have woI
their game.
When playing duplicate or progressiv
J different rule prevails; game (3
!, points or more) must be made in on
| hand If the game bonus Is to b
counted.