Evening star., 1937-12-02
BRIDGE TITLE WON
BY LEMON TEAM
Women's Team-of-F our
Championship Decided
on Last Board.
By FRANK b. LORD.

There are new champions IN the
world Of bridge today, and they are
washingtonians. The women's team
of-four championship, one of the
feature events of the llth annual
national bridge championships, being
played at the Hotel Shoreham under
the auspices of the newly formed
American Contract Bridge League,
was won yesterday by the team COM
prising Mrs. J. H. Lemon, Mrs R. C.
Young, Mrs. M. R. West and Mrs.
A. P. Stockvis. All of the members
Of the team except Mrs. Young, whose
home is in Bywood. Pa, are residents
Of Washington.
It Is the first time that Washing
ton team has brought a national con-
tract trophy to the Capital, although
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemon two years ago
shared honors in winning q team-of-
four championship with a New York
pair, and once before, when auction
bridge was played by experts, they
also won the auction bridge pair
championship.
The contest was a battle royal
throughout, with the result between
the two leading teams undecided until
the last board was played and the
final score was computed. This showed
that Mrs. Lemons team had won by
score of 80 boards, each board match,
against 38 boards accredited to the
defending team comprising Mrs. r. B.
Fuller and Mrs. A. NJ Sobel, both of
Arc Nt,ip rf
Evanston, Ill, and Miss Florence j.
Stratford, Cleveland. The latter team
had won the womeA's team-of-four
contest in two previous successive
years and fought hard to make it
three winnings in row. They played
what was characterized as a remark
able game in the final session yester-
day, winning % out of 80 boards
against 1914 won by the Lemon team
Winners Play Conservatively.
They came from behind in fifth
place. where they were recorded in
the first session, with score of 16,
which brought their total up to 38,
but were unable to overcome the lead
of 81 boards held by the local play
ers, who played a safe, conservative
game, winning 1912 boards in the final
session, the same as they had won
in the first session, and bringing their
total up to 80.
The Pittsburgh team, comprising
Mrs. H. D. Stahl, Miss Margaret
Beech, Miss Janet Hardie and Miss
Clara Morris, won 171a boards in the
first session, but the best they could
do in the final session was 1612 boards,
making their total "a boards.
The team consisting of Mrs A. j.
Steinberg, Mrs. Clarence thinner,
Mrs. Rose Robbins and Mrs. Fannie
Samuel, all of Washington, won Sec
ond place with score of l9 boards
in the first session, but also fell be-
hind in the final session, winning only
141a boards and hung up score of
33hz, which placed them in fourth
place.
Other Team Scores.
The following is the final score of
the remaining teams:
Mrs. Anne Rosenfeld, Cleveland; Mrs.
s.n.r R pea n TFeps0a and n mrs IS Nm NJ God
dard, Asbury Park: N: j., 33 boards;
Mrs MIS-. william &c CHEEKS Mrs ,,r coqTtland NJ
j. A Faulkner, Belleville Ontario, 3lla.
Peck aeW Yorf Div. NeT Phs
delphia; and nd Mrs. H. E. Latter Whining
Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys, washington;
Mrs. Ruth Kayenansh, Washington and and
Neu
Mrs. A. Rockwell, Warren, Pa; Mrs Allan
Rutherford. Baltimore, and Mrs. Edith
Mrs: Virginia Athey,. washington; Mrs.
lsin: New York; and Mrs. Mrs. B. Teichman'
Mrs. C.. S. Davis, stoneleish, Md; Mrs.
Charles A; Wooley, Towson, Md; Mrs
Eda sehrsad ead.hfI saltimorel s and MRS
Bertha Thompson. New York; Mrs 2.
Mrs: Pat Mccarran, Mrs, Lillian Leddy,
MiSs Shirley schwaIt5 INV and MIS- Paul
The prize is the Charles E. Coffin
Trophy, which will be held for one
year by the winning Washington team.
Canadian Mixed Pair Leads.
Indications last night were that the
mixed pair championship may go to
Canada, although two New York pairs,
one Washington pair and one pair
with player from New York and one
from Wilmington, Del, are struggling
stubbornly to make the grade. When
the second session of the contest
closed late last night, Mrs j. A. Faulk-
ner Of Belleville. Ontario, and P. E.
Of inn
al of their competitors with score
of Alb points, which was 80 points
more than were accredited to Lillian
Peck and Morris Ellis of New York,
who had $50 points H. j. Fishbein
and Mrs. Sam Rush of New York
were third with 377 points, while Mrs.
A. P. Stockvis and AL Roth OF WASH
ington with 374 points were tied for
fourth place with Jesse SLUT of New
York and Mrs. H. E. Latter of Will
mington, Del.
The second session resulted in the
elimination of II pairs from each of
the three sections, the others having
failed to qualify for the finals, which
are being played this afternoon.
Hand Proves Troublesome.
In the play of this match last night
one hand gave most Of the players
. great deal Of trouble in the bidding,
with the result that only one pair,
Phil Abramsohn and Mrs Helen Sobel
Of New York succeeded in getting its
maximum value, which was a grand
slam in no-trumps. Several other
pairs reached a small slam in spades,
but the most Of them stopped at four
spades. In every instance seven was
made, either in no-trump or in spades
In either contract, played by either
member of the North and South pair,
seven in possible against any defense.
The following is the deal:
North, dealer; both sides nom
vulnerable.
4 K 10 . S32