Evening star., 1938-11-13
By Frank B. Lord.

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Talk of the recent tournaments
and discussion Of the hands held
and played is still the chief topic of
conversation whenever Washington
bridge fans meet, and will continue
to be so for several weeks to come
As was fitting and proper, as well
as highly pleasing in local affair
OF this character, Washington play
ers won all of the trophies and top
prizes Of the event. This was true
Notwithstanding the fact that there
were strong contenders for honors,
from Richmond, Norfolk and other
Virginia towns, and also from Bal
timore, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
The fact is that some member Of
the group headed by Mrs. A. J.
Rosenbloom of Richmond was "in
the money" so to speak, in every
match in which they played except
in the women's pair game, and the
same was the case in slightly lesser
degree with respect to DR.. L. w.
Lord and his associates from the
Monumental City. Although they
sometimes won session match, in
no instance did they reach top in the
finals.
For example, in the first session
of the mixed pair event Mrs. l.. w.
| Lord and her partner, H. B. Karp OF
Baltimore, were winners, but they
dropped to seventh place in the
finals. while top score was made by
John D. Mothershed and Mrs. Ruth
Kavanaugh by the narrowest margin
OF the tournament. They were less
than quarter of a point ahead OF
Mrs. Rosenbloom and jeff Click of
Richmond.
AS is usual in tournaments of this
character. the open pair match drew
the largest number of out-of town
players as well as the greatest num-
Der OF experts. 1t was won by DR..
A. j. Steinberg and E. A. Perkins.
While these two players are easily
classed as experts, the contest was
In no small measure a test of physi-
cal endurance as well as of bridge
skill. 1t lasted nearly 10 hours, with
81 boards in play, and while some of
the capable players were well-nigh
exhausted at the close, these two
"huskies," DR.. Steinberg and Mr..
Perkins, were as fresh and alert at
midnight as they were at the start
IN the afternoon. BraWn as we'll as
brain helped them to win the event.
Here again the two out-of town
pairs, DR.. Lord and Mrs. Bowie of
Baltimore and Mrs. RoSenhloom and
jeff Click of Richmond, were close
up. the former ranking second and
the latter third. They. too, had been
able to stand up against the long,
nerve-racking ordeal.
The intermediate event for The
Evening Star Cup afforded an excit-
ing match because it presented a
contest within contest. Not only
was The Star Trophy in play, but
James H. Lemon. local player and
vice president of the American Con-
tract Bridge League, had offered a
plaque to the group of club players
whose three pairs should have the
highest average scores in two ses-
sions, provided none of them should
have won the cup before and held
no master points. This made the
play interesting for those who had
not attained the masters degree.
The winners in this event were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfrid de st. Aubin,
a couple of young Hoosiers from
Hammond, of whom much more will
be heard in the bridge world. They
were really good, as. indeed. they
had to be in order to defeat Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren A. Gardner. who had
won in the first session and finished
second in the finals. These two pairs,
together with Karl Green and j. T.
Darby, all of the Federal Bridge
League, constituted the three VIM
ming pairs, which gave the Lemon
plaque to the Government players,
who are banded together in the Fed
eral Bridge League. P. Henson and
F, Munchmeyer, representing the
Agriculture Bridge Club. were fourth
highest and next in the group con-
test.
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Successful as the tournament was,
there was one aspect of it, accord
ing to the opinion Of many OBJ
servers, which should hereafter be
changed. unless the promoters of
such events desire to eliminate
large body of competent players and
limit activities to the young and Wig
orous ones. Bridge is a social game
and it is greatly enjoyed by the
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