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Show Judge Rule Mah-Jongg Calle for Proficiency MANILA, ffept. 2$ Py A. P.)' Mah-Jongg. tha rreat Chtnraa fame of domlYioea, la nnt a ram a of cbanc. ' A compriant court of tha land hum ruled thua, and It la ao orvlerad. Tha abova dfelalon waa ianucrad In a caaa airalnat Tao Tons. Lao Jxy, 8n Che and Kuonir Chaiiit. M Chi-nesa. Chi-nesa. arrvnted on tl'a eharfe of rim-Ming, rim-Ming, Tha cana cama bfnr Judva Manuel V, Moran. who bal hi dlvlon on tha caa or thj United Stat err va. Llontt-Mn. In nu (Iwl-ton,' (Iwl-ton,' however, Juilae Morflii rr rv l a the fart that local author.:! h-tva not approved any Ttieaaura regulat Ihk the same, a ha bellevt-a that Mah-Jongg la a frnma ln whka for 1 tu.iest may ba won and loat. Judo Morane make a lenathy, : anatyata of tha tuns In whlcli he aaya that while tha clamen: of luck I plays an Important part to tha win I ring of tha hand, the gum.? in Jtaelf lip ona of ability rather than luck. H concludes that tha element if luck la limited, anil aa h game advance thl element la more and mora reduced by tha proftctatit-y of I tii- player. , I Hla conclusion that In Mah-Jongg Mah-Jongg fortune may ba won or lost la bafied on a atory In which It U diluted that four wealthy, Chlneae once played tha lime, watering a rratn of rlca for each ttti. The ! player playing Kaat Wind," the I atory run, put over a master stroke i by virtue of which htn three- option erls and their descendants for three generations had to cultivate I'-OO hectares 21M acres) of land tlnmHl ' to rice In order to pay Wiial ivast Wflnd bad won. |