BRIGHTER BRIDGE
DELAYED BIDDING RULE
LONDON, June «. Owing toplayers' dilatoriness in bid. ding—an Austrian took fifteen minute* to decide —the director of the International .Contract Bridge match at-Groi-venor Honse was forced to make a new rule. This was that if a player took more than five minutes to bid his tide would be penalised 300 point*. - The adnjonition so upset the Aus-t trians that they lost' their match' against England by the record margin of 2520 points.
To enable those who like sluing to practice the sport in summer, a German engineer has invented what looks like! a croc* between skis and a pair of roller skates. They are equipped with large wheel*, and the rolling-«ki ridern shove themMlvee along with sticks similar to thoae used byskiers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 8
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