Evening star., 1928-11-13
BRIDGE TALKS
BY MRS. JOHN MuNcE, JR.

Continuing the discussion Of the
auction, we will now take up the COM
pletion of the bidding and the naming
of the declarer.
After the first bid has been made,
the next player on the left may pass,
double or over-call. To over-call a bid
that has been previously made, 1t Is
necessary to do one of two things-bid
a larger number of tricks, or bid an
equal number of tricks in a higher
valued suit. Supposing the dealer,
whose position is called South, opens
the auction by bidding one heart; West
on the left of the dealer and the second
hand in the bidding, could then pass,
double the one heart or make higher
bid. A higher bid would be one or more
Of the higher-valued declaration. For
instance, one no trump, one spade or
two of a lower-valued declaration,
namely, two diamonds or two clubs.
Now supposing West to bid one spade,
North being the partner Of South and
third hand in the auction. North would
have the privilege Of passing, doubling
Vests one spade or of making higher
declaration. One no trump, two
diamonds, two clubs or two hearts
would be a higher declaration than
Vests bid of one spade. Now suppose
North should bid two diamonds, it
would then be East'S turn to bid, and
he, in the same way, would have the
privilege Of passing, doubling North's
bid Of two diamonds or Of making a
higher bid. The last bid made is the
only one which may be double; player
cannot double his partners bid.
If East should pass, it would be
South's second turn, and he could pass
or make any higher bid. He could not
double because his partner made the
last bid.
The bidding continues in this way,
each players turn coming after that of
his adversary on the right, until three
successive passes are made; that ends
the auction and the last bid becomes
the contract
The player who first for his side
named the suit or no trump of the con-
tract becomes the declarer: his partner
is the dummy. It does not matter what
bids have intervened, or who makes
the last bid; the declarer is that one
of the pair which gets the contract, who
first called the declaration that is
finally selected.
The question, who is declarerp" SO
frequently puzzles beginners that the
following Illustrations are given:
First-Dealer bids one heart, second
hand passes, third hand bids two hearts.
fourth hand passes; dealer passes,
second hand passes. You will see by
this that dealer becomes declarer be-
cause he first bid one heart. Being
raised by his partner does not make
the partner the declarer.
Here is another Illustration: Dealer
bids one spade, second hand passes,
third hand passes, fourth hand bids
two diamonds: dealer bids two hearts.
second hand passes third hand (partncr
Of dealer) bids two spades, fourth hand
bids three diamonds, dealer passes;
second hand passes, and third hand
dealers partner) bids three spades,
fourth hand passes, dealer passes and
second hand passes thereby coming
back to third hand, who was the last
bidder, thus ending the auction, and
the dealer becomes declarer because he
first bid one spade.
This third illustration is very in
teresting, and want you to read 1t
very carefully. Dealer bids one no
trump, second hand two no trump,
third hand dealers partner) bids
three spades (thereby over-calling
second hands bid). Fourth hand bids
three no trump, dealer passes, second
hand passes, third hand passes, and
the second hand becomes declarer at
three no trump as he was the first one
Of the pair that won the auction to
declare no trump. This is an example
Of where he over-called dealers one bid
by making two bid of the same
declaration