AUCTION BRIDGE
~ ■ i • i Sir,—Will you give me a ruling upon . I the following calls in a game of auction bridge? A deals and calls two spades, B calls two " hearts, C immediately doubles, when A mentions that he had already called two spades and that hia bid w.as not sufficient. C then says hs" has to go three hearts, which he refuses,' as he claims that C has acknowledged tho bid by doubling him. Will you kindly give me your ruling on this ft dispute? L.J.,.jsli Under law 40 of the InternationalLaws of Auction Bridge, "if the player on the offender's left makes a call be- fs. fore attention has been drawn to the irregularity, the insufficient bid ranks as a sufficient bid." The "offender" in this clause is, of course, the player who makes an, insufficient bid. A double is a call. Consequently C, having doubled the insufficient bid had no right to call upon B to increase his bid.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21494, 18 May 1933, Page 12
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162AUCTION BRIDGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21494, 18 May 1933, Page 12
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