Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28
National Bridge Tournament
Opens Here Tomorrow Night
D.C.Leogue to Be Host to Many Visitors.
Amateurs to Get Chance to Shine
as Well as Master Players.

the amateur game with well-known
local player tomorrow evening" while
Mrs. Culbertson, regarded by large
number of those who know their
bridge. as superior 10 her husband, will
play with A. H. Morehead, bridge edi-
tor OF the New York Times No less
concern is manifest in the expectant
play OF such super-eXperts as Oswald
Jacoby and his famous Four Aces
team. and in the exhibitions of skill
shown by equally brilliant masters of
the game such as M. D. Maier, B. Jay
Becker of Philadelphia. Baron Waldo
mar Won zedtwitz. Sir Derrick J.
Wernher, Mrs. Dorothy M. Healy and
Wingate Bixby OF Chicago, and many
others.
Pairs to Play Four Sessions.
The classic event OF the tournament
will be the open pair championship,
which will be played in four sessions
beginning at 2 pm. Saturday. This
will be the first qualifying session,
followed by second qualifying session
at $50 pm. the same day. The semi
finals OF this contest will be played at
ll:30 am. next Sunday and the finals
will be played at pm. that day. This
event will be open to any pair of play
ers, men, women, or mixed.
All contestants will play in at least
two sessions and a suitable number of
pairs will be qualified for the semi
finals and the finals. The winners in
addition to being awarded the famous
Cavendish Club trophy for one year,
Will also receive so master points. the
runners-up IS points and the third
pair 10 master points. Each of the
three pairs will therefore be declared
to be masters, which is the goal of all
bridge players, if they have not previ-
ously won that honor.
Second in Importance to the open
pair championship is the match
point team-of-four championship con-
test which begins at 9 pm. Thursday
and continues at 2 pm. Friday and
concludes with the game at $50 pm
Friday. This event is open to any
team of four or five players, men,
women or mixed, the fifth player
being entered merely as a substitute,
or plnch-hitter. All teams will play
through at least two sessions, and a
suitable number of teams will be
eliminated for the final session. The
winning team will hold the Chicago
trophy for one year and In addition
receive IS master points, while the
second team will receive Is master
points.
Defending Champions.
The open pair championship was
won last year by Walter Jacobs and
Ralph Kempner of Chicago. Mr..
Kempner. business man, new from
New York to Chicago and contested
with George Unger. also of New York,
who boasted of having hitch linked to
Chicago to combat Mr. Kempner, who
will this year defend his title with
Mr.. Jacobs
| The team of four winners last'year
/ were the Toronto foursome compris-
ing Mrs. j. A. Faulkner, P. E. Shear
down, Mrs. w. A. Anderson and G. G.
Farquharson. Their success marked
the first time the Chicago trophy had
been taken out Of the United States.
They will defend their right to keep
1t this year.
The mixed pair championships event
will be played in three sessions at $50
pm. on Tuesday and Wednesday and
at pm. Thursday. Pairs must con-
sist Of one man and one woman and
all contestants will play in two ses-
sions at which point there will be an
elimination for the third session. VIM
ners last year were Dorothy M. Healy
and Wingate Bixby of Chicago. They
! hold the Olga j. Hilliard trophy. VIM
ners this year also will get 20 master
points and runners-up Is.
The women's team-of -four cham
pionship contest will hold the boards
on Tuesday and Wednesday after
moons. A fifth player may be en-
tered as q substitute Scoring will
be by the match point system, each
board . match. The winner will re-
ceive the Charles E. Cofin Trophy
and 10 master points. while the run
ners up will receive four match points
The team holding this trophy con-
sists of Mrs. Robert B. Fuller of New