Evening star., 1938-09-25
By Frank B. Lord.

- WOOD, whose 4-o nO-CTump
convention was explained in
- this column several weeks ago
and which Is now being used by ad-
vanced players in Washington, gives
the following mechanics of the bid:
Using the convention. whenever a
player bids four no-trump he is asking
partner how many aces he holds. The
partner responds according to the fol-
lowing table
II he holds no aces he bids five
clubs.
II he holds one ace he bids five
diamonds.
If he holds two aces he bids five
hearts.
If he holds three aces he bids five
spades.
If he holds four aces he bids five
no-trump.
Whenever the four no-trump bidder
bids five no-trump he asks dis partner
how many kings he holds. The re-
sponse Is exactly the same as the re-
sponse for four no-trump, depending
upon the number of kings held. except
that the response is at the six level.
THE Federal Bridge League COM
posed of Federal and District Gov
ernment employees and members of the
Army. Navy or Marine Corps opened
its sixth annual series of team games
last Tuesday night in its new head
quarters at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Twenty-Five and one-half teams reg
istered for the play, which will COM
prise two sessions of II games each,
the first ending in December and the
second in May of next year. At a
short business meeting 1t was voted
to admit to the play certain relatives
of members, which it is expected will
increase the number of teams by 8
or 10 and bring the total up to
about 30.
Prior to the opening of the play a
league dinner was served at the hotel
President Miles E. Myers officiated as
toastmaster and the special guests Of
the evening were Mr.. and Mrs. James
H. Lemon. the former being vice presi-
dent for Washington of the American
Contract Bridge League. and Mr.. and
Mrs E. B. Swanson, the latter being
president of the Washington Bridge
League.
The following is the list of teams
registered for the match, together with
their respective personnel:
Allies-Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Myers,
Mrs. P. E. Golden and R. H. Higgins.
Arlington-Isaac York, Lewis Tubbs,
Miss Maize Buie, ]. A. Dawkins. The
"G's"-Capt. and Mrs. w. A. Gardner,
F. r. Garner, H. E. Garner. Rangers
DR.. c. C. Mcdonnell. 1t. Comdr. w. A.
Corley, r. E. Marsh and j. L. Wilson.
Justice-Karl Green. r. j. Darby,
Mr.. and Mrs Howard G. Campbell. J.
w. Hussey, L. E. Rubins. 4-W's-Mps.
Karle Green, Mrs. Lewis Tubbs, Mrs.
Ruth Foye, Mrs. Helen Glascott, Agri-
Marines-L. D. johnson, Miss Marian
Egli, Charles Lyons, j. F. McDonough.
Unnamed-W. Roy Astleford, Mr..
and Mrs w. de ST. Aubin. Sam Groves.
Joseph Granger Coast Survey-Wil-
liam Shofnos. Leslie E. Shmidl. c. A.
Whitten. L. B. Macurdy, Charles E.
McCombs. Miss Keener's team-Miss
Paris Keener. Grace Eaton Margaret
Hobbs, Emily Grewe. Mixed party
G.. M. Richards. Miss L. A. Ehringer.
Rush Buckley, Rudolph Aukschun, E.
H. Holmes Red Skins-J. L. Roster,
Louis Fruitman, G. D. Literman, r. E.
Mullen, Al Levine. Federal Reserve
Joseph Silverman, L. " Bessie, r. B.
Chamberlain, L. B. Demlitz, T. M.
Parsons, Roland Robinson, Wendell
Thorne John R. Van Fossen. P. r.
O.-Mr. and Mrs. Lotta and Mr.. and
Mrs Miller. Interior Ladies-Mrs.
Emily GLEN, Mrs. L. Moffett, Mrs.
Edna Schwarz. Mrs. Matte Maye Nc
Kenzie. Mrs. Grace l.. Upton, Mrs.
Kathleen Brown. w. P. All. S.
Gray. H. M. Brown, H. c. Mack. r. B.
Morris. Plants-Laura T. Griffith, o.
L. Simpson. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy de
Spain. No name-Mr and Mrs J. V.
Thelford, Mrs. K. j. Fenton, Miss Sarah
K. Van Dien. Just Us-W M. Barron,
George F. Kneip, Mr. and Mrs. Dan o.
Omet. Temporary-P. A. Pournaros,
Mrs. A. r. Hodgkin, L. P. Hertley,
William LAUDER. Not named-Mr. and
Mrs. D. R. Shambell, George c. Hill,
William c. Fewell, K S. Gibson, r. K.
Bole, Mr.. and Mrs r. B. Scott. Invi-
rational Team-Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Lemon and Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Swanson Ghosts-Mrs. Virginia Peck