The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
How NelD Contract Bridge
 Code WiH Affect The Play
No Difficulties Expected from Scoring Change

revoke, is subject to a penalty of one trick, payable in the same
 manner.
 A revoke to the 18th trick is
 no longer subject to a penalty.
 Card committee chairmen will
 have to learn Q number of new
 penalties for infringements. Un-.
 fortunately few bridge players
 knew the old penalties, so the new
 ones should work no hardship
 upon them as they generally de- pend upon the rule book for the proper decision.
 | A new deal may be demanded for a number of infringements, such as bids out of turn, bids when barred, naming wrong suits when
 doubling, or using unrecognized
 calls or declarations. In the fu- ture, if you look at your cards during the deal, an opponent may demand a new deal.
 Five important changes have been made in the scoring. No trump trick values have been changed to 30 for the first, third, fifth and seventh odd trick, and increased to 40 for the sec- ond, fourth and sixth odd trick. Whether or not this will prove popular or confusing will be hard to say until the public has tried it out. For tournament play this should prove beneficial as five of a minor and three no trump now receive the same score.
 When you make contract
 doubled or redoubled the trick values will be scofed doubled or redoubled as in the past, but the extra premium formerly given for making your contract has been eliminated and just so, as the odds in the past were too much
 in favor of the declarer.
 The new code adopts the prin- ciple used in tournament play that of scoring undoubled over tricks at the regular odd-trick
 value. For example, if you bid one heart and make three, you will score 30 below the line, but instead of 50 each above the line for the two extra tricks, you will
 now receive only 30 points each,
 while if 1t were clubs or dia-
 monds, it would be 20 fdr each
 overtrick.
 A change long awaited by con- tract players have been made In the undertrick penalties. These penalties have been completely out of proportion in the past, but the jump is now only 50 points per trick. The doubled not vulnerable penalties and the undoubled vul- nerable penalties are now the same.
 Grand slam premiums have been equalized by increasing the value | to 15OO not vulnerable and 2260 vulnerable. In the past vulner- able small slam, with its game
 bonus was worth about 1,bO0 | points.
 This remains the same. Former | ly the grand slam bidder risked | this 1900 points to gain only 750
 points, but this risk is now equal
 lzed by adding 750 points to the grand slam bonus, so the declarer
 now risks his 1900 points to gain an additional 1500 points. This increase in the grand slam l bonuses may not work out ! SO we'll for tournament play, as 1t | offers too much of an induoement | to the sacrifice bidder. but of course. grand slams are seldom bid
 in tournament play.
 You may still make a physic bid when not vulnerable and profit by 1t if your opponents fail to double, as the undertrick undoubled not l vulnerable penalty remains at 50 points per tricks. The weapon against a psychic bid is the double and the law makers did not feel that any additional weapon was necessary. l (Copyright 1882 NEA Service Incl