Evening star., 1937-08-07
[IGHTNER, BECKER
NEAR BRIDGE TITLE
Hold 25H2 Point Margin
jacoby and Burnstine
Far Behind.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ASBURY PARK, N. j., August T.
A new championship team of two IN
national masters contract bridge
loomed today as Theodore A. Lghtner
Of New York and D. J. Becker Of
Philadelphia awaited the call for the
flnal round.
Lightner and Becker finished the
second round last night In the blue
ribbon event Of the eleventh annual
American Bridge League tournament
with 4 margin Of 25h points over
their nearest rivals and IA points
over Oswald Jacoby and David Burn
stine, defending champions.
The leaders finished the second ses-
sion with = total OF 8s41 points.
while the team OF Charles IOckridRe
New York, and B. Carton Churchill,
Great Neck. Long Island, held second
place with $40. Jacoby and Burnstine,
with 740h points. climbed from
thirty-seventh TO twenty -seventh po-
sition, but their hopes OF retaining
the crown won here year ago
seemed dashed
In Striking Distance.
Mrs. r. c. Young and c. H. Goren
OF Philadelphia were In third place
and still within striking distance
with 827 points. And the Boston
team OF c. c. Harvey and E. N. Mar
Gus was fourth with 8l3 points.
John c. Bunkel Of Harrisburg, Pa,
and DR.. L. w. Lord of Baltimore were
tenth with 779l1 points.
Eight teams will compete tonight
in the quarter-final round Of the
knockout teAm-of-four championship.
The team-of- -four, led by Mrs.
Anne Leary Of New York. gained the
Quarter-fnals after protest had
been decided in their favor by the
Tourn- -mtnt Committee The hand
involved was played by Mrs. Edith
Russell and Miss Ruth Chase, East
West, against Robert Appleyard and
Harold Ziman. The protest arose
when Appleyard spread his hand on
six diamond bid with = spade queen
fuesse yet to b completed.
The committee upheld the conten-
ton OF Mrs. Russell and Miss Chase
that failure OF the illnesses would set
the hand for 100 minus score.
II the contract had been completed
Appleyard and Ziman would have
scored 1870. The victors' winning
margin WAS $50 points And with
their triumph came the right to meet
the defending champions in the
quarter finals.
Causes Ma jor Upset.
The Harvey team caused the ma jor
upset Of the first knockout round as
1t eliminated the team composed Of
Lightner. Becker, Samuel Fry, jr.,
and Edward Hymes, jr. New York
Andy Casner and Abe Rosen, New
York, held the lead At the end OF the
first round in the Presidents pair
event, limited to players having less
than 10 master points. They topped
section A with Miss Olga Ross, Asbury
Park and Vinton Hammek. Phoenix,
Arix, second. william J. Huske, pub
licity director Of the league. WAS first
In the Newspaper mems tournament.
Registered from the Cleveland Press.
Huske. who edits the leagues monthly
bulletin, scored - points to nose out
by one point, John Z. Tyne, Atlanta,
Ga. Miss Ross WAS third with 87l2
points and Max Fisher. Waterloo,
Iowa. fourth with Sli2 points.
Mrs. H. D. Rothschild and Mrs
Butler Thompson. New York, won the
open duplicate games with 81 points
In second place was the team of c.
Sweeney. Pittsburgh. and A. j. Ferres,
Ridgewood. N. j., with 93l. points.