PENCIL BRIDGE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 169, 12 April 1930, Page 26

PENCIL BRIDGE

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•PwidlßtW H “Auetlen BrMg®" playcrf without oar do or partner*. You play it alone, anywhere. AH yon need Is a penell and this diagram.

See How Geoffrey Mott-Smith Describes Each Play on Tuesday And His Reasons Why

DIRECTIONS FOR PLAY. The partners are the famous teams __________ of North and ■■■ . _ yH . B, '- rX]C<a Y South and East IJ! W| a" g and West. South K|/> I is always the ■ -I- -I dealer. First examine the holding of South. When you have decided what he should bid. mark this hid in the bidding box. If it is one Spade, put "Is." as indicated in the first diagram. Now consider West’s holding and see what he can say. If he can bid two hearts, mark •’2h,’’ as Indicated . — In the second dia- 1— .... a gram. 1 I n I JLJ Go around each |k|/> I X/4 I I hand in turn and ■ I a nW

record all the bids In the same way, using one column for each round; and finally mark the declaration. Now begin playing. . ■ SAs each card of the first round is played, write the figure 1 (one) in the lower half of the card, as indicated in the third diagram. Then, as each round is played continue marking the cards in succession 2,3, 4, etc., and corresponding crosses for tricks in the trick box as indicated in the diagram. The figures with which you check off the cards as they are T”™ played will enable Ig, jJwgtwrcl von to identify them IBTaurrjj w-aal with the round they if IX I I were played in. L 1 ■ I n I After the thirteenth trick, add the total for each side and note the winner.