Evening star., 1938-06-05
By Frank B. Lord

RH1D0E POINTER. There are sew.
eral instances when the lead of a
singleton may be justifiable. Among
them are when partner has bid that
suit; when holding ace and one small
trump; when holding king and two
small trumps: when holding four
small trumps and hand has no other
desirable opening. especially against
. pre-emptive bid; avoid such lead
when holding only three small trumps.
Again, singleton may be led with
good result when the player at your
left has bid suit which has been de-
MED by declarer. A singleton of that
suit may then be led. 1t is not re-
garded as good bridge to lead SINGLE
ton when you have desirable suit OF
your own to open.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY of
Washington's leading bridge play
ers qualified for the first session of the
big June game Of the Washington
Bridge League, held last Wednesday
night at the Hotel Shoreham. The
game was divided into three sections,
two Of which were played under the
Mckinney Baldwin movement, and
the third and an added open game
for players who had not qualified for
the major event were played under
the. Howell movement.
The contest was spirited throughout
and marked by many exhibitions OF
skill. Slams were not frequent, but
were rarely missed when opportunity
was presented for making them.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon, the
leagues premier players. were in fine
form and overlooked no chance for
getting the maximum out Of their
hands, with the result that they were
again winners in the first section with
score Of 104. Next to them were
DR.. e. B. Connolly and Leroy Thurtell,
Ia points behind with q score Of 96k.
Closely following the Conolly- -Thur.ell
pair and only one-half a point below
them were j. w. Hussey and e. A.
Perkins with score Of 90.
In the second section Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem and her sister, Miss Edna Mer-
tons. ran away from their competitors
with score of Sl1a points. which was
10 points ahead Of their nearest rivals,
Mrs. Rose Robins and Mrs. Fannie
Samuel. VINO hung up score Of 811a.
Third in this section we're J. L. Daw-
kins and Mrs. Lester D. johnson with
score Of 80.
In the Howell section, which was
No. 8, the winners were Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren A. Gardner, whose total was
6S12 points, followed by H. G. Toll
bert and Mrs. A. r. Hodgkins with
66l2, while J. F. Fenwick and o. L.
Simpson tied with Mrs. T. D. Sheldon
and Mrs. Robert Du Bois for third
place with score of 81.
Leadership in the open pair game,
also played under the Howell move
ment, went to James Sourilas and Mrs.
John Coffee with score Of 37h,
which was three and one-haH points
ahead of DR.. c. G. Mcdonnell and w.
L. Frisbie, who scored 341s. Roy
Astelford and Sam Groves acted as
scorekeepers.
The second session of the June
game will be played at the Shoreham
on June 20 and will determine the
championship and the disposition of
the prizes to be awarded, together with
the master players points in accord
ance with the schedule of the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League.
THE masters pair game, which is
to be the last big event of the
bridge year for the Washington Bridge
League, will be played in two sessions,
at the Hotel Shorehan. the first on
Wednesday evening, July 6, and the
second on Wednesday evening, July 20.
Qualifications for this game will be
that players must be residents Of
Washington or vinicity holding master
points or convertible master point
certificates issued by the American
Contract Bridge League, of which the
local organization is an affiliate. Per-
sons holding only convertible master
point certificates are required to ar
range with Lewis r. Watson, IT., q
member of the Executive Committee
Of the league, for their right to play,
but those having master points are
already recorded as eligible. Those
holding 100 or more national rating
points are asked to forward them to
the American Contract Bridge League
in order that they may be converted
into convertible master points. which