Evening star., 1933-12-11
C|NC|NNAT|ANS WIN
OPEN BRIDGE TITLE
HalI.WiIdberg Steiner-S Stein
er Team Vanquishes Sims
and !acoby Quartets.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, December IL
Four Cincinnati players became tht
national open contract team-o -foul
bridge champions in the wee. small
system whose chief injunction they
described as Don't bid on lousy hands
when sitting third or fourth"
The team, consisting of Charles A
Hall, R. M Wildberg and Albert and
Phil Steiner, in acquiring the title van
quished quartets led by P. Hal Sims
and Oswald Jacoby, which finished sec
ond and third. respectively.
Shortly before the tournament con-
Quoted by the American Bridge League
ended, Sims team had chance to take
the title by winning the last four
games of the session, which would have
given them a score of Y against 81
for Hall and his companions. But the
best Sims group could do in the f1nal
exciting rush was to get four ties. and
the tourney ended with 81 score for
the Hall team at the top, while Sims
S. G. Churchill, Waldemar con Zedt-
witz, all of New York, and B. ]. Bicker
of Philadelphia, followed with 4912.
Winners Last Week.
Earlier last week Hall and Wildberg
had won the open contract pair cham
pionship. major title at, stake during
the week; Maurice Maschke and G. w
Parratt of Cleveland won the auction
pair event. a Cincinnati team won the
Women's contract team-of-four title
and Mrs Humphrey Wagar OF Atlanta
Ga, and Fred Levy of Montgomery
Ala, romped away with the mixed pair
contract honors.
Sims dismissed his defeats with 6
smile and wave of the hand.
That's all right" he said.
Hall, leader of two teams winning
championships, entered national rank.
ing for the first time. He and his team
mates, though, rather looked upon 1t a:
victory for the system OF play Hal
devised, a modified one-over-one. Il
includes, though, jump-forcing bids II
the suit already named by a partner
and Wildberg's favorite weak no-truml
declarations that sorely puzzled the Wis
iting experts. These permit one-bid:
with two and a half and three homo
tricks regardless of distribution.
Winners of the team-of-four even
for women were Mrs. Charlton Wallace
Mrs. j. w. Friedlander, Mrs. Green
Fenley and Mrs. Richard P. Field.
The week-long tournament endet
after seeing more than 10 hours o
championship play, still not enough TO
some of the players, who put in tn
little spare time they had by playln
more bridge. eating a little and sleepin
even less. 1t closed with an award o
silver trophies to the victors and an
| nouncement tnat the Summer session
bringing more American Bridge League
national championships into jeopardy
| will be held IN Asbury Park, N. j., th'
week of August 5. 1884.
Final Ranking Of Players.
Final rankings in the open team o
| four we're:
Charles A. Hall, R. M. Wildberg, A
and Phil Steiner, Cincinnati, 81; P. Ha
Sims, S. G. Churchill, Waldemar Vol
Zedtwitz of New York and B. j. Becke
of Philadelphia, 49k; Ed Hymes. jr:
Oswald Jacoby, L. w. Watson, and San
Fry, jr., New York, 431a; Sir Derricl
j. Wernher, George Urger. Mrs. R. 3
Fuller and DR. H. j. Vogel New York
401s; A. ]. Frank, j. Click, o. S. EN-
rick, j. E. Meisel, Cleveland, 401a; E.
| Tobin, A. Glatt, c. Killing of Chicag
and A. Walton of Atlanta, 40; Mr. an,
Mrs. R. P, Fields, j. w. Friedlander. 7
A. Heron. Cincinnati, 391a; Mr.. an,
Mrs. r. G. Fenley, jr., Charlton Wal
lace and w. P. Anderson, Cincin
natl, 80.
v. F. Boland, John A. Law, Mauric
Maschke, G. W. Parratt. Cleveland, 80
J Mrs. G. A H Gardner, Mrs. Ann
Rosenfeld, W. E. McKenney, H. F
Jaeger, Cleveland, 80; Mrs. A. c. Hoff
meier, Mrs H. j. White, Miss Florenc