Evening star., 1938-08-14
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE POINTER-If you can
- make a game and adversaries
are not vulnerable a penalty
- double Is the more desirable
when you can set them three tricks,
or two tricks when they are vulnerable.
When you are vulnerable and can
make a game do not double unless
the penalty is likely to be more than
three tricks. When adversaries can
make a partial score you can afford
to be set 100 points to prevent it.
To prevent them from winning the
first game you can take set of not
more than 800 points. or a set of
500 to prevent them from making a
game when they are vulnerable.
EOR the third time In as many
years the Four Aces, Oswald
Jacoby, David Burnstine. M. D. Maier
and B. Jay Becker. and Howard E.
Schenken, alternate tifth player,
whose daily bridge articles appear
in The Star, won the masters team
of four championship OF the American
Contract Bridge League at the Asbury
Park, N. j., national tournament last
week. This event, together with the
masters pair championship. won by
Sherman StearnS and Morris Ellis of
New York, were the blue ribbon fea-
lures of the big meet. the largest
in the history of the league.
1t was only by an unfortunate bid.
however, on the part of Mrs. A. M.
Sobel, a recognized expert and fire.
quent winner, that they were able
to qualify for the final knockout
round. Mrs. Sobel, playing in team
composed of Mrs. Josephine Culbert-
son. A. H. Morehead and Charles
Vogelhofer, made a bid of seven no.
trumps In one deal and was set one
trick. giving her team a bottom on
the board The -Four Ace players
contented themselves with a small
slam bid and made it. thus enabling
them to defeat the Culbertson team
l40 points in the third session.
The Four Aces team was then pitted
in the final knockout against the
team comprising Sherman Stearns,
Morris Ellis, Fred Kapian, A. Mitchell
Barnes and Charles Lockridge, alter
nate player. and succeeded in winning
an overwhelming victory against them
by making a score of 5000 points.
The Washington players. Of whom
there was large representation. did
not fare we'll in the finals of the
major events, although they succeeded
in making fairly good showing in
several OF the session games. William
Cheeks was the only Washington
player who captured first prize in
any Of the scheduled contests. He
won the newspaper mems match with
the top percentage score Of 10, which
was the largest made in any OF the
events, against SO per cent registered
by William j. Huske, who had won
the contest in three previous years.
Charles J. Solomon and John r..
Crawford, the 21-year-old player of
Philadelphia. were second in the mas
ter pairs championship an done-half
a point ahead Of the third pair, Sey-
mour and Sidney Silodor. brothers. OF
Newark. N. J. In the same event
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon Of
Washington were seventh in the first
session. goth in the combined first
and second session and 22d in the
finals. DR.. and Mrs. L. w. Lord
of Baltimore finished 10th. Louis New
man OF Washington and A. Liebowitz
of New York were 18th and DR.. E. B.
Conolly playing with H. Loomis Muir
ray of Syracuse, N. Y, was 18th.
Sterns and Ellis had a so per cent
plus game in this match.
In the Presidents Cup event Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cheeks of Washington
were third in the first session, top in
the second and finished 18th in the
finals. Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Swanson OF
Washington were 18th and Mrs. Dora
Schwartz of Washington and Arthur
Jarmel of New York were 18th.
In the mixed team of four the Lem
ons were fourth. In one session of this
event DR.. E. B. Connolly and Miss Shir-
ley Schwartz and DR.. and Mrs. A. ].
Steinberg, all of Washington, were
tied for third place.
Louis Newman and DR.. A. j. Stein
berg qualified for the mems pair event
and finished 26th. DR.. Connolly and
Louis Newman were 18th. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cheeks were top in the
first session of the Monmouth County