Evening star., 1938-05-29
In Local Bridge Circles
League Rating Point Schedule Revised.

Of spades and trumped with the ace
Of hearts; next she led the four Of
hearts and won with the nine in
dummy. The queen OF spades was re-
turned and trumped with the king, but
still the ace of spades did not fall
She next led the ten Of hearts and
played the seven from dummy: then
the six of hearts to be taken by the
queen in dummy. That exhausted ad-
versely held trumps and also the five
trumps in her own hand, but it left the
jack of trumps in dummy. When this
card was played the losing diamond
was discarded. Then the queen Of
clubs and low club to her own hand
enabled her to win all 13 Of the tricks.
THE Cavalier Bridge Tournament at
Virginia Beach, Va, which opened
three-day session yesterday, is in
progress today and will be concluded
tomorrow. A large delegation Of WASH
ington players took advantage of the
Memorial holiday to attend the
matches at the popular resort. Among
those in attendance are Mr.. and Mrs
E. B. Swanson, DR.. E. B. Connolly,
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinherg, James
Stone, John D. MotherShed, DR.. c. C.
Mcdonnell, 1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Kavanaugh,
Mrs. Ralph Woodside. Miss Alice Rob-
inson, LIE Roy Thurtell, H. r. King,
Col. E. B. Gray and others. The team
of-four championship Of the Cavalier
tournament is now held by the Wash
ington foursome of DR.. A. ]. Stein
berg, DR.. E. B. Connolly, DR.. M. ia
cobs and LIE Roy Thurtell. This team,
with the substitution of H. r. King
for DR.. Jacobs, who is i'll, will defend
title to the cup now in its possession.
The event will occur in two sessions
tomorrow.
PAIR ratings in the two sessions
of the May games of the Washing
ton Bridge League resulted as follows:
First section, North and South, DR.. E.
B. Connolly and E. A. Perkins, first;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Pennebaker, sec
ond, and A. !. Westrich and H. r.
King, third; East and West, Mrs. Da-
vid E. Stephan and Mrs. G. G. Brad
ley, first; Mrs. M. r. West and Lewis
R. Watson. jr., second, and Mrs.
Ralph Woodside and Mrs Charles r.
Kavanaugh, third.
Second section-North and South,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rossen, first,
Capt. j. M. Lazard and Mrs. Jere
Crane. second; Mrs. A. r. Hodgkins
and H. G.. Torbert, third; East and
West. Mrs. Alma Byrne and r. Aux
schun, first; Mrs. Pat McCarren and
Mrs. John NJ. Evans. second; A. NJ.
Sheppard and Mrs. Menne B. Barry,
third.
THE closing game of the series
played at the University Club on
Sunday night proved to be a field
day for the novices. Mrs. Leslie Coyle
and w. W. Robbins were winners for
the first time. The game, in fact, was
the first duplicate that Mr.. Robbins
had attempted. Moreover, John Allen.
who was runner-up with 1t. Comdr
w. A. Corley, took his first cup. 1t
was night for new talent. Mrs.
Coyle and Mr.. Robbins had a 1876
game, a very good percentage even
for experts. The University Club
games will be resumed in the fall
THE National Press Club brought its
spring series of games to a close
on Monday with grab-bag duplicate,
in which the players drew their part
ners by lot Men and women were
scrambled in the makeup of pairs,
and many of the players had not
been seated opposite each other at any
time during the previous matches.
Only one club member drew his wife
for a partner. The resulting mix-up
produced the following winners: c. E.
Stewart and Mrs. M. A. Fischer of
Buffalo, first: Mrs. Arthur We'll and
Phelps Adams. second. and Mrs. Louis
Rothchild and Ned Brooks. third.
The major trophies, which are the
gifts of Ely Culbertson. Victor r.
Smith, Hall Downs and Col. Marvin
H. Mcintyre, were awarded to the
various winners in previous scheduled
games. and pair champions through
out the season were also the recipients
of club prizes. Each woman who had
won no prizes was presented with a
bouquet of flowers with the compli-
mentS of the club.
Prior to the play, which was accord
ing to the Howell movement, dinner
was served, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Guest, who have directed and scored