Evening star., 1938-10-16
By Frank B. Lord.

BRIDGE POINTER. When you
hold q minimum biddable suit do not
rebid 1t unless your partner indicates
by raising 1t that he holds strength
in that suit. Moreover, do not re-
bid any four card suit, even If 1t con-
tains four honors, until after your
partner has raised it. Any suit that
is strong enough to bid and then bid
second time without support from
partner is rebiddable suit. Any suit
that may be bid three times without
support from partner is very strong
rebiddable suit. The longer the trump
suit Is, the more powerful is the play
ing strength OF your entire hand and
the more freely you can rebid.
The Executive Committee of the
Washington Bridge League decided at
its most recent meeting that the in
termediate event of the District cham
pionship matches, to be held the first
week in November, will be open to any
1938-39 member who has not won a
national master point nor ever been
a winner or runner-up in this event.
The intermediate event will be for the
trophy offered by The Star. The group
whose highest three pairs have the
best aggregate score will gain possess
sion of this trophy for the coming
year. 1t was first placed in compe-
tition last year and won by the Agri-
culture Bridge Club. This year sew
eral pairs from the National Press
Club will enter the competition and
endeavor to gain the newspaper trophy
for their own craft.
Two 7-table and one 11-table games
marked the opening fall and winter
series of duplicates of the Washington
Bridge League at the Shoreham Hotel.
In section North and South
winners were Mrs. Alma Byrne and
Mrs. Katherine P. Priest, first; Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Gardner, second; G.
M. Richards and Miss L. A. Ehringer.
third; East and West, Mrs. Lillian M.
Leddy and Mrs. T. M. Boyle, first; Mrs.
M E. Myers and r. H. Higgins, Sec
ond: Col. E. c. Wellington and Mrs.
w. L. Clark, third
Section 2. North and South Martin
Stark and P. w. Shepard. first; Mrs.
Tom Hamlin and Mrs. M. r. Reddy,
second; Miss Paris Keener and DR..
Emily Grewe, third East and West.
Mrs. John Seward and Mrs. Jere
Crane, first; Miss Ellen NJ Brown and
N. r. Shepard, second; Miss Cecillee
G. Jacoby and Miss Antoinette M.
Rudolph, third.
Section 3. North and South, Mrs.
T. Tidball and Col E. B. Gray. first;
Fred Hayden and H. Stearman. sec
ond; C. w. Zimmer and DR.. F. c.
Blanck. third; East and West, Mrs B.
Robins and Mrs Dixie T. Wright, first;
Mrs. Ralph Woodside and Tom Hamlin,
second; Mrs. Lester D. johnson and
Mrs. j. r. Belt and J. c. McAlwee and
Dr. e. B. Conolly, tied for third place.
At the same meeting the team COM
posed OF 1t. Comdr w. A. Corley, Dr.
c. c. Mcdonnell, F. Mark Lake and
D. c. Elliott defeated the team COM
prising Mrs Katherine j. Fenton, Miles
e. IVY 1NlloS It1dDCl 4ODAl dIlu w. e,
Kelly for the Clifford Challenge Cup
The team composed of Al Roth. ].
Brotman. Sam Stamboul and John D.
Mothershed defeated the team Of Lewis
Watson, jr.; L. Newman and James H.
Lemon. The two winning teams in this
match will play next week at the
Shoreham for the right to challenge
the present holders of the cup.
The second game OF the National
Press series on Monday night was
won by Mrs. c. B. Pennebaker and
Mrs. Oliver Hoyem with a score of
561a match points. Mrs. Houston
Harper and Mrs. c. Eager were second
with SO match points and c. E. Stewart
and Mrs. William Mylander were third
with 81 match points. The rule an
nounced by Arthur T. We'll. chairman
Of the Games Committee, that winners
would be handicapped one point in
order to equalize to some extent the
chance of winning between the better
and the less skillful players. did not in
this instance affect the three leading
pairs.
The Arlington team took the eve
ning's lead in section A of the Federal
Bridge League series last Tuesday
night by winning IL out Of 81 boards.
The Red Skins we're second with II
out of 81 boards. The Allies. who
have led on two previous nights. won
only out of 81 boards. In section B