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/leans. j6 There is no score for chicane and none for honors except 4 in one hand or over ( i.e., 5 in one hand, or 4 in one hand and 1 in a partner’s.^)6. For each game 100 points are scored, and for the rubber 300 points are scored.7. Grand Blam counts 200 and little slam 100.8. Doubling and redoubling have the same effect as in auction.Now on the face of it this method of scoring is open to many objections. It puts a very high premium on good card.*, and the lucky holders of them make a score out of all proportion to their skill. It is quite bad enough now when your opponents make a grand slam in no trumps arid hold 100 aces.But consider the position in contract bridge where the partners contract to make 3 no trumps and actually obtain grand slam and hold 100 aces. They score 30 below the line, and above they take 100 for game, 200 for grand slam. 50 for contract, 100 for four aces, and 200 for overtricks 680 points in a single hand without a double!Grand slams, no doubt, are rare, and they are the fortune of wur, Cards equalise themselves in the long run, and why, it may be argued, should not the holders of big hands get their chance of a big score? Granted, if it is desired to make auction bridge more of a gamble than it is at present. Why not go further and let the holder of the ace of hearts score 100 points or so each time it is in hand You can get to a reductio ad absurdum in these matters.Contract bridge does, no doubt, encourage clever calling, and it has several points in its favor. In an average rubber, where the cards are fairly evenly divi4ed, it gives great opportunities for skill. It is worth a trial. But play it for points at least one-third lower than you are accustomed to play “auction.'' Even then I think you will find it will work out higher. Aud if it is to supersede “auction, I hope that the scoring will be arranged on a more equit '*le basis.
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Fri, Jan 30, 1920
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