Evening star., 1937-12-01
Capital Bridge Team Battles
To Maintain Tournament Lead
Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Vest and
Mrs. StOckuis Ruled Leaders
after First Session..

/ Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. chappell. 3r.. Rich
| mond, 12S1a.
Canadians Top Scorers.
1t was pointed out that the high
score of 2301a made by Mrs. Young
and Mr.. Goren Of Philadelphia In the
| third section does not necessarily
mean that they were winners in the
evenings play. The fact that there
were three more boards played in
their section than in the other two
enabled them to pile up 4 high score.
On the percentage basis, which Is the
procedure followed by the tournament,
the distinction of making top score
went to Mrs. J. A. Faulkner of Belle
vile, Ontario, and P. E. Sheardown
OF Toronto, who recorded 1873 points
in the first session. Other adjustments
on this basis will be made after the
final sessions
In the women's team of four cham
pionship, the tentative score posted
at the conclusion Of the session showed
the Washington team captained by
Mrs. Steinberg to have won with 10
boards to their credit against l81a
won by the team captained by Mrs.
Lemon. A preliminary survey OF the
tabulation prompted a protest on the
part of Mrs. Lemon.
1t developed that on board No. 80
Mrs. Lemons teammates, Mrs. M. r.
West and Mrs. A. P. Stockvis, had
made score of 200 plus while Mrs.
Lemon and Mrs. Young, playing the
same board with pair of another
team, had lost only 100 points. The
score slip, however, showed that both
pairs of the Lemon team had lost, and
therefore the record gave their team a
zero score. Examination Of the score
slip revealed that the 200 score had
been placed in the wrong column, in
dlcating a minus instead Of a plus.
When the error was corrected the
Lemon team was accredited with hav-
ing won a board more than the tabu-
lation showed. Their score was thus
brought up to 1914 boards. The score
OF Mrs. Steinberg's team, however,
was not affected as the disputed board
had not been played by them against
the Lemon team.
Mistake Rectified.
The Executive Committee Of the
tournament accordingly rectified the
mistake, and its decision was grace
fully accepted by the Steinberg team,
A hand that aroused special interest
was the following played in the north
by Mrs. Faulkner:
North.
v764
YAK QJ1o732
West. East,
AJs72 AKQ8e4
v102 vO95
<98 <64
4 K Qlos2 %J94
South.
eAKJ83
IS
%7653
Mrs. Faulkner opened with a bid
OF three diamonds, East passed and
Mrs. w. M. Anderson, sitting South,
bid three hearts: West passed and
Mrs. Faulkner bid five diamonds; East
passed and Mrs. Anderson then bid
five spades to show her ace of spades;
West passed and Mrs. Faulkner then
bid grand slam in diamonds.
The contract was assured when,
after drawing adverse trumps. Mrs.
Faulkner finessed q heart through
East's queen, winning the trick with
the jack. Bridge players figure that
generally at least one finesse must be
made to win a grand slam contract.
1t proved successful in this instance.
Most other pairs stopped at six dia-
monds, and while several OF them
made seven, they got credit only for
small slam, and Mrs. Faulkner's
score thus was the highest in the
section.
Revised StandinE
The following is the revised standing OF