Evening star., 1937-03-28

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We HAVE received so many
a letters asking us how to
wv arrange party bridge"
that We feel an article on
the subject would be very approprl-
ate. There are several forms. The
first is a progressive game in which
the idea is for a player to play with
q different partner each round. This
Is handled as follows:
The tables are numbered consecu-
lively, starting with /, and before be-
ginning play the director or COM
nnittee prepares individual tally cards,
one for each player. Each tally card
bears a table number and designates
a position-North, South, East or
West-at the table. The tally card
may be drawn at random or assigned
by the Game Committee of hoStesses
as desired When the play is called
each player takes the position as
signed by his tally card.
Note: At mixed parties it is Gus
tomary to arrange the tallies and
seat assignments 50 that gentleman
will always have lady as partner
and vice versa This is accomplished
by having tallies of two different COL
ors or kinds, one for the ladies and
one for the gentlemen.
A round" consists of four deals,
passed-out hands being included as
deals At the conclusion Of each
round the movement is as follows:
At table No. l, the winning pair re-
main and the losing pair move to the
fighest-numbered table. At all other
tables the losers remain, the winning
pair move up one table toward table
No. l. If it is desirous that a player
retain the same partner all evening,
the pairs that do not move remain
seated. Otherwise, one of the players
who remain shifts his seat so that
at the next round he will be playing
against his former partner, and the
new players arriving at the table
pair of so that each has new part
ner. At mixed parties where it is
desired to have lady always play
with gentleman the newcomers to
the table take their seats auto
matically. Otherwise the newcomers
cut to see which partner they will
have.
IT is desirable to use modified form
of duplicate bridge scoring, which is
as follows: In the first deal of each
round no player is vulnerable; on the
second and third deals the dealer and
his partner are vulnerable and the op-
ponents are not, while on the fourth
deal both sides are vulnerable. Accord
tngly, in scoring, each deal is counted
separately. A side making partial score
receives the actual points plus So
point bonus. For q non-vulnerable
game 300 points is given, for vul-
nerable game, 500 points, while slam
premiums (Which, of course, are given
only when the slams are bid) are the
same as in either rubber or duplicate
bridge.
In order to restrict players proflting
from large penalties or from promis-
cuous redoubles, it is customary to al
low winning side to score no more
than 1000 points on any one hand
except in the case of fulfilled slam
contract, but the losing side should
be charged with the full loss.
At the end OF each four hands the
players enter their net score, for in
stance, If in four hands you have
scored 800 points and the opponents
400, you enter plus. Whereas if you
have scored 1000 points. and the OPP
ponents 1000, you enter minus 1000.
Note.-At many parties it is GUS
tomsry to give each side the actual
points scored. We consider this very