PENCIL- BRIDGE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 219, 12 June 1930, Page 5

PENCIL- BRIDGE

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“Pencil B rMBe" Is “Auction Bridge” played without cards or partners. You play It alone, anywhere. All you need Is a pen* oil 1 and this diagram.

DIRECTIONS FOR PLAi'

The p. rtners are the famous teams of North and South and East and West South la always the dealer.

*wnlna the holding of South, when you have decided what he .hould bld. mark this bld 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 bld two Hearts. mark

•2h." as Indicated in the second diagram Go around each hand In turn and

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

record all the blds In the same way, using one column for each round; and finally mark the declaration Now begin nlaying ■raw As each card of the first round fjf’V ts played, write the figure I (one) LJy In the lower half of the card, as [ / | Indicated In the third diagram. t-t-J Then, as each round is played continue marking the cards In succession f S «. 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 played will enable ou to identify them with the round they were played In After the thirteenth

trick, add the total for each dde and note the winner.