Evening star., 1938-08-28
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE POINTER. In making
- q takeout double the doubler
~ should have certain minimum
IL limits in strength and distri-
button, and he should always be pre-.
pared for any forced response made
by partner who may have nothing
but weak four-card suit. The dou-
bier must be prepared to stand that
suit, to raise it, or he must have Z
good suit Of his own that he can
show. A takeout double In one ma
jor should mean support for the other
major. If the minimum response of
partner must be made at the level of
two the double should be stronger
than one to which q response can be
made at the one level. That is, a double
Of one spade or one no-trump must
be stronger than q double Of one dia-
mond on one club, since the partner
must respond with q two bid.
MILES E. MYERS, president of the
A'A Federal Bridge League, announced
at the meeting Of the league on Tues
day that only one more game will be
played at the Hotel Grafton. That
will be = pair game on Tuesday.
August 30. Thereafter the league will
be established in its new quarters at
the Wardman Park Hotel, where the
fnal two-pair games Of the season
will be played on September 6 and l3.
On September 20 the league will
start its team Of four games, which
are open to employees Of the Federal
and District governments and men,
bers Of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. From that time on to and in
Guiding December IL there will be
weekly team games as follows: Sep
tember 20 and n; October 4, II. lS,
rs: November 8, Is. %. 20; Decem-
ber and IL. This series will con-
stitute the first half Of the leagues
tournament. There will then be
hiatus of a month during the holiday
season, and the second half Of the
tournament is scheduled for the fol-
lowing games: January 10, II. "a,
81; February I, IA, 81, %; March 7,
IA, 81 and 28-24 games in all. The
pair games will then be resumed,
and these are open to any players re-
gardless OF their Government en-
ployment. They will continue weekly
throughout the summer season and
will comprise % games. The annual
meeting will be held on May 80.
A proposal has been made that the
league terminate its winter series Of
team games with banquet. Plans for
this event will be worked out in the
meantime.
1t Is already indicated that the
league will have 80 or more teams of
four in its winter series. The contest
will be for the trophy presented by
Luther Stewart, president Of the Fed
Grafton of Government Employees. The
present holders are Lewis and Lloyd
Tubbs of Arlington and Isaac R. York
and Sam Groves, who won in both
sessions of the most recent annual
match.
The choice Of suits when game
in either of two suits is indicated,
responding partner must weight with
care. A game in four spades is better
than a game in five diamonds: like
wise small slam in spades is better
than q small slam in diamonds, and
II the bidding indicates that the slam
can be made in spades as well as in
diamonds, the former should be tn.
contract.
The following deal played by Mrs.
Dixie T. Wright with Mrs Rose Robins
at the Federal Bridge is . case In
point.
East and West vulnerable: North
dealer.
~ North.
AK
vQxxx
Xxx
@Qxxx
West. East.
Al 10 9xxx AAQ
vAKx vx
<AKxx % ] loxx
4 Nome +KJ loxx
South.
Axxx
VI 10 XXX
Xxx
,&Axx
North passed and Mrs. Robins in
the East bid one diamond. South
passed and Mrs. Wright in the West
jumped to two spades. East raised
this bid to three, whereupon Mrs.