Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
In Local Bridge Circles
New Contract Game Arouses Interest Here.

Two hy-lo sets offered by F.. Dud-
ley Courtney as additional prizes
have been on exhibition during the
last three days at the tournament
Of the Washington Bridge League
and average players found no diff
ficulty in accommodating themselves
to the game, which they played
with much interest and thrill of
enthusiasm.
The Columbia Country Club in
augurated its winter series of du-
plicate bridge games on Halloween
night. The winners were Ray Gar
rett and Samuel Groves, first; Mrs.
R. A. Ridgeway and Mrs. Floyd
Toomey, second; Comdr. and Mrs.
c. B. Hatch and Mr.. and Mrs. H. T.
Peters were tied for third place.
Eleven games will be played dur
ing the winter on the following
dates: November IA, December IA,
January and %, February IS and
n, March Is and n, April 10 and
"a. Roy Ashford acts as director
OF the play and as scorekeeper.
Every post of the American Legion
represented in the Department of
the District of Columbia has &C
cepted the invitation to send players
to the Legion tournament which
begins on November.26 and continues
weekly through December II. The
tournament will have the support
Of the Washington Bridge League,
the Federal Bridge League, the Agri-
culture Bridge Club and various
other local bridge organizations, as
we'll as Of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, the Spanish American War
Veterans, the Women's Auxiliary and
various other patriotic bodies.
Julius Peyser, past department
commander of Costello Post; Mrs.
D. E. Stephen and Maxwell T. John
son have been added to the Tourna-
ment Committee. Mr.. johnson will
conduct the progressive game in
connection with William Cheeks.
The committee in charge has made
a special effort to obtain useful
prizes for winners. as well as the
permanent trophies.
The Federal Bridge League re-
sumed its schedule of winter games
last Tuesday night at the Wardman
Park Hotel. A break in the regular
series occurred the week before in
order to qualify pairs for entry in
the intermediate event of the WASH
ington Bridge League. The Airing
ton team, which passed the Allies
two weeks ago, retained it's leader
ship Tuesday night. winning IL
out of Is boards. The Allies won ii
and the G's 10 in section A.
The Plans were winners in section
B with 1lia boards, while the Fed
eral Reserves and Justice tied for
second place with 1912 boards each.
The Stays were next with 9I2 boards.
In section C the Crackers were
first with 1912 boards, Dr.. F.. C.
Blanck'S team, new entry and
hence in the third section. were sec
ond with IL boards, and the P. w. A.
team third with II boards.
Additional master points to WASH
ington players have been announced
by the American Contract Bridge
League as follows: Mrs. Charles
Kavanaugh and Mrs N. T. N. Rob-
inson, points each; Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Stockvis, points each, Mrs.
Eugene Nolan, point: Mrs. N. T. N.
Robinson, 2 more points for mixed
pair winning at Annapolis Roads;
James G. Stone, points; Mrs M r.
West and Mrs. C. H. White, / point
each, and A. r. Roth and Oscar
Brotman. points each, in the
Maryland State masters pair game
at Baltimore. Mrs. N. T. N Robin
son was also awarded an additional
point for the mixed pair event at
Uniontown, Pa.
The Cumberland Valley Tourna-
ment will be held at the Alexander
Hotel in Hagerstown, Md, November
| 10 and 10. The women's pair and the
mixed pair events will take place on
the 18th, and the open pair games
will be played in two sessions on the
18th.
The Norfolk championships will
take place at the Monticello Hotel
in Norfolk on November IL and Is.
Here is an example of the squeeze
| play so often necessary in the max
ing of difficult contract 1t was
manipulated by r. M. Stearns of the
! Post Office Department team in a