Evening star., 1938-04-10

- Clifford Challenge Cup, which
bridge teams have sought to
L establish for the past two and
half year. remains undetermined as
a result Of the most recent match, and
the probabilities are that several ad-
dltional contests running over q period
OF two or three months more will be
necessary before final ownership is de-
cided. The condition OF ultimate DOS
session is that one team must win 1t
Is times before it is awarded for keeps.
Last month, when the foursome con-
s1Sting OF Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Lemon, Mrs. M. r. West and Lewis
r. Watson, jr., which had won the cup
IA times. were challenged by. the team
comprising w. H. Mcintyre, LIE Roy
Thurtell, Tom Hamlin and DR.. E. B.
Connolly, it was believed that it might
at last 60 to them. The Mcintyre
team, however, which had IL wins to
It's credit, succeeded in winning again
and thus throwing the cup into further
play.
Now other challangers have arisen,
and last Wednesday at the semi
monthly meeting of the Washington
Bridge League at the Shoreham Hotel
four rival teams were entered for the
right to become challengers. The
Lemon team met in challenge the
foursome consisting of 1t. Comdr. w.
A. Corley, D. c. Elliott, Jack David
son and M. F. Lake and won. Another
team comprising Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Stockvis, Al Roth and j. D. Mothers
ned met team composed of DR.. A. j.
Steinberg, Joe Granger. H. r. King
ana A. I. WeStrich and won. These
Two winning teams will now play each
other for the right to challenge the
Mcintyre defending team. The match
will be played Some time this month.
and If the Lemon team is successful
II Will have another opportunity to
gain final possession of the Gun.
Should it lose or if it should win the
preliminary match and then again lose
to the Mcintyre foursome, the strug-
gle will go to more extra rounds.
The cup was first placed in plav
under the auspices Of the Washington
Bridge League in December, 1885, by
Its donor, Col. Edward Clifford, who
Is himself an enthusiastic bridge
player and has several times contested
for the trophy Only once has he
been on winning team.
Inc toursome consisting of MIR. and
MRS. Lemon, Mr.. Stockvis and Mr..
Hamlln originally had temporary DOS
session Of the cup as an award for
winning Washington Bridge League
team OF four match. The first chal-
lengers were team composed of S. F.
Gerber, w. NJ Mcintyre. Herbert
Shepard and DR.. E. B. Conolly. Later
Mr.. Shepard removed to New York
and LIE Roy Thurtell was substituted.
and a later shift in this team brought
IN Tom Hamlin in place of Mr.. Ger
Der. While Mrs. M. R. West and Lewis
n. watson, jr., went to the Lemon
team. A team consisting of w. NJ.
Mcintyre, j. G. Stone, Benton Brook
and LIE Roy Thurtell won the c,lp in
seven consecutive matches. Then the
Lemon team came to the front and in
the series of challenges that followed
for the next year and half succeeded
IN winning the cup IA times while
the Mcintyre team was winning it II
tunes. In the play that has been in
progress since the trophy was offered
Mr.. Mcintyre has played in II sue
cessful matches. although his own
team has won only - times.
Other winners have been the teams
comprising O. L. Veerhoff, Benton
Brooks, F. c. Brown and F. S. Smith
this team won from the Lemon
team) the team comprising Col. Ed
ward Clifford, w. E. Corley. D. c.
Elliott and F. NJ Lake, which won
from the Veerhof team, and the
team composed Of DR. A. j. Steinberg.
A. I. Westrich, H. R. King and Mar
tin May, which won the cup from the
Lemon team.
AS the contest now stands the
Lemon team has IA winnings to its
credit and the Mcintyre team II WIN
nings. No other team has won more
than once.
THE American Contract Bridge
Leagues announced list of master
players, compiled under its recently
adopted national rating plan, con-
tams the name of IA Washington
players who are classed as masters and
20 others who have gained master
players points but who have not a