Evening star., 1938-01-30
In Local Bridge Circles
Autobridge Player Exhibited at Club.

Tuesday nights winners were Sec
ton A, Rangers, II boards: section
B, Coast Survey, 1914 boards, and
section G, Plants, II boards.
THE Washington Whist Club will
hold q round-robbin inWtational
game az its Twenty-first street home
tomorrow night.
THE Maryland State contract bridge
championships for 1888 will be
held at the Belvedere Hotel in Balti-
more during the first week in Febru-
ary. The woman's pair and mixed pair
events, in single sessions, will be
played, respectively, Friday afternoon
and evening; the open pair champion
ship, in two sessions, on the follow
ing day. and the team event, in two
sessions, next Sunday. This will be
an A. c. B. L. event, sponsored by the
Maryland Bridge League and Women's
Bridge League. Russell j. Baldwin
will direct the tournament. A large
delegation from Washington will at
tend.
THE Delaware State contract bridge
y championship games last week
were big events for the Lemons of
Washington. Jim and Martha cap
tured the open-pair event one day
and the next, in company with DR..
E. B. Conolly and AL Roth Of Wash
ington. took the team-of- four cham
pionship. The tournament was held
at the Hotel Darling. in Wilmington,
under the auspices of the American
Contract Bridge League, which award
ed master points to winners in addi-
tion to the Du Pont- -Biltmore and
Du Pone Bridge Club trophies.
The women's pair championship
was won by the Misses Basher and
Finkel OF Philadelphia, and the mixed
pair event by John Crawford and
Miss Marie Washington Of Phila-
delphia. Richard Skinner Of WASH
ington and Miss Francis Jacoby OF
Wilmington were third.
Among those who attended the
tournament from the National Capt.
tai were Mrs Frederick Van Nuys
and Mrs. Willis Van Devanter. who
made the best showing Of any WASH
ington pair in the women's pair con-
test; Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon,
Al Roth. DR.. E. B. Conolly, Mrs.
C. r. Pennebaker, Mrs. Charles w.
Boyce, Richard Skinner and P. H.
TillotSon.
THERE were IS tables OF a Mitchell
movement last Monday night at
the Columbia Country Club. The win
ners were:
North and south: l. Mr. and Mrs
Martin r. West 2. Comdr. and Mrs.
Dunham. 3. E. w. Rounds and Depue
Falck.
East and west: !. w. r. Garnett
and S. Groves. 3 Mrs. F. E. Toomey
and Mrs. R. A. Ridgeway. 3. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. T Peters w Roy Astleford
was director
Other games:
At the Fairfax Hotel, Friday eve
ning-l. Elliott Gordon and J. L.
Lippsette. 2. DR.. and Mrs. A. J. Stein
berg. Saturday evening". Dr. and
Mrs. A. j. Steinberg. Q John Dom
nelly and Carrie Turner. Tuesday aft
ernoon-1. Mrs Charles Kavanaugh
and Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson 2. Mrs.
Dixie T. Wright and VESSEL Stewart.
Wednesday morning-Mrs. Charles
Boyce and Arch Kepner. 2. Mrs.
Ralph Woodside and Col. E. B. Gray.
At the Shoreham Monday after
noon-l. Mrs. Oliver Hoyem and j. A.
Dearing. 2. Mrs. Tidball and Col. E.
B. Gray.
National Press Club, Monday eve
ning-1. c. B. Pennebaker and r. o.
Skinner 2. Mr.. and Mrs. Holland
Huntington. 3. Mrs. John d. Mothers
he'd and Mrs. Bessie Power.
At the La Sale. Monday evening
/. Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Koch. 2. Arch
Kepner and A. NJ. Shepard. 8. Mr..
and Mrs. L. v. Crane
At the Shoreham, Tuesday evening
Mrs NJ. R. West and L. R. Watson,
jr. 2. Mrs. Ruth kavanaugh and c.
M. Hall. 8. Mrs. c. B Pennebaker and
Mrs Menne Barr.
THE Washington Bridge League and
the Agricultural Department
League played joint duplicate game
Wednesday evening at the Hotel
Shoreham and donated the proceeds to
the Presidents Birthday party for the
benefit of the Warm Springs Infantile
Paralysis Foundation.
The winners were: Section A-Laura