The Washington times., 1932-12-01
Contract
Bridge
By E. v. SHEPARD
Customs and COurtesieS

The laws OF contract br1oge
can be obtained in practically
every book store. Every club
and every private player should
have a copy Of these interna-
tional rules Of play.
Players unfailingly should OBJ
serve both the letter and the
spirit of the laws, and insist
that other players do the same.
A good sportsman uncomplain-
ingly pays the penalty for any
error which he may make.
No law requires a player to
sort or arrange his cards, but
courtesy to other players re-
quires you to sort your cards
into suits, alternating the suits
by color, to prevent revoking.
Also arrange each suit with its
cards in sequence, so that
dummy may be spread quickly
and neatly upon the table, il
your partner becomes the de-
clarer. In spreading your cards
Tor dummy, run each suit out
in a line from your edge of the
table. toward your partner,
and have the smallest card
nearest your partner. Fan out
the cards of each suit, so that
every player may obtain a clear
view of all your hand.
The Laws Decree
The laws specify that each
player may shuttle the cards.
The dealer has the last shuttle.
AS the dealer may shuttle the
cards last, when starting a rub
Der do not ask your opponent
upon your left to shuttle the
cards for you. He may do so
II he wishes, but club players !.
do not ask such a thing to be
done. AS the dealers partner
Shuffles while the dealer dis
tributes the other pack, shut.
fling for each deal except the
first one is automatically cared
for.
There have been so many
changes in the laws that old
players, as well as new ones,
should read through the new
code. Readers will note that
practically every former right, :
except to inquire whether the
declarer is void of a suit when :.
he fails to follow, has been
taken from dummy. Back ,
tricks cannot be viewed, ex-
cept under the provisions of
Law "a; to settle any argument
concerning who won a trick:
to correct the number Of cards
played to a trick; to substitute
correct card for an incorrect
card played to a trick; to note
whether player revoked. If
player requests permission to
look at a turned and quilted
trick, to discover whether he .
revoked, opponents may refuse
permission for him to look,
but this refusal deprives the
objectorS from claiming a re-
woke, if made.
Time Limits
Of course an onlooker has
no right to call attention to
any happening. Any errors in
score must be corrected within
certain time limits. An error
in the trick score must be made
before the next deal is com.
pleted, or if made on the final
hand of a rubber, before the i.
score has been made up and
accepted. An error in premium
score may be corrected at any
time before the final score Of
the rubber has been made up
and accepted. Errors in addi-
tion or subtraction may be,
made whenever discovered.
A player is prohibited from
looking at any cards during the
deal. If he does so, and there
by causes a card to be faced
before the completion of the,
deal, the player at the offend
er's left may look over his own
cards, and then he may decide
whether or not a new deal
shall be made; by the same
dealer.
If you make an insufficient
bid Gas 2-Hearts, over 2-Spades),
If you correct the error before
an opponent calls attention to
it. your corrected bid must be
the same suit Cor no-trump)
as the incorrect bid. If an op-
ponent calls attention to the in
sufficiency of your bid, you may
make it sufficient in any make
you like, but the offenders
partner cannot bid on his next