Evening star., 1937-10-11
LOCAL TEAM Wins
+ T|TLESAT BRIDGE
Master Team-of-4 Cham.
pionship Taken After
Close Fight.

Washington completed virtually a
clean sweep Of the District bridge
championships last night when the
team of Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Lemon. Mrs. NJ r. West and Lewis
r. Watson, jr., won the master-team-
of-four championship for the Eynon
bowl in the closest finish ever record
ed in the event.
BY the proverbial whisker. the VIC
torious quartet nosed out another local
team by the scant margin of 210
points, thus returning to the Ma
tional Capital the trophy won last
year by a Philadelphia team.
The winners and runners-up were
so evenly matched that 1t was nee
essary to play IL extra duplicate
boards. During the afternoon and
evening total Of 81 duplicate boards
were played and, at the end, it was
found the ultimately victorious team
was tied with the team composed of
Mrs. Van A. Clarke, Mrs. H. c. White.
LIE Roy Thurtell and William H. Nc
Intyre, both having won 81 matches
Each Team Wins Six.
Because of the lateness of the hour
1t was agreed IL more duplicate
boards would be played. At the fin
Ism OF these 1T was found each team
had won six boards. Addition of the
aggregate scores, however, showed the
Lemon team had won by a margin of
2lO points. The teams were so evenlv
matched that the lead changed sew
eral times during the play.
Third place in the event went to
the Harrisburg Baltimore team of T.
4. Wickersham, ]. C. Kunkel and DR..
and Mrs. L. w. Lord, which won "a
matches. In fourth place, with 32la
matches, was the team of C. B. Pen
nebaker, Al Roth, Julius TILES and
Oscar Brotman. Twenty teams In all
competed.
DR.. E. B. Conolly and Lieut.. Thomas
Hamlin won the honor of being the
nrst pair to repeat victory when
they topped the field in the District
open pair championships, an event
they won last year. Play was started
Saturday night, but was not COM
pleted until early yesterday morning.
Total Score, 1885 Points.
Scoring total Of 1885 points. the
winning combination topped the run
ners-up-Mrs. James H. Lemon and
Watson-by a wide margin. The
Lemon-Watson team had led at the
halfway mark, but finished with 261.2
points.
Mrs. A. P. Stockvis and Mrs. M. r.
West were third with 2499 points. and
the team OF Pennebaker and Brotman
was fourth with 2485 points.
The only event in which a strictly
local team was not victorious was the
mixed pair championship. Even here
however, Washington could claim part
OF the victory since the event was won
by Mrs. Charles w. Boyce of this
city and Vic D. Zeve of Chicago.
The finals Of the national tourna-
ment entry game found Mrs. Eugene
Nolan and George A. Neeves In first
place, with 81 match points. Paul
Golden and James Sourilas were Sec
ond, with SO match points. and DR..
and Mrs. c. w. thinner, third, with
8411 points.
This was the. qualifying event for
the national bridge tourney to be held
at the Shoreham Hotel November 20
to December S.
The tournament just completed was
considered one Of the most successful
ever held here. Those in charge said
little friction was evident throughout
the play, one Of the chief reasons be-
ing kibitzers were not allowed to 60
between tables, but were kept to the
sidelines.