Evening star., 1938-07-10
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE pointer. The greatest
- thrill that bridge player gets
Is from bidding and making p
- slam. either small or grand.
Do not attempt . slam when there Is
less than . $3.50 chance Of making
1t. especially when vulnerable. The
probabilities Of making Q small slam
are five times IS frequent as Of max
ing . grand slam. Whether q grand
slam Is bid or not, the winning OF
seven odd tricks Is Is often the re-
suit Of improper defense a. Of skill In
playing. It is better in the long run
to stop at game under slam than to
risk bidding one. where all things con-
sidered, including skill Of adversaries,
indicate less than so per cent chance
Of making 1t.
GEVENTY-TWO master bridge play
ers-masters because they are 30
recorded in the listings Of the Amer
ican Contract Bridge League-were
entered last Wednesday night in the
master players contest which was
staged by the Washington Bridge
League ut the Hotel Shoreham. The
match was the first Of two sessions.
the second Of which Is to be played
July 20. The competition was in two
sections, and oil players with the ex-
ception of two pairs In each section
qualified for the final round.
Those who qualified in section one
and their respective scores were: o. J..
Brotman and H. B. Karp. 90: DR.. c. C..
Mcdonnell and 1t. Comdr. w. A. Cor
ley. 81; Mrs. D. E. Stephan and Mrs
Ruth Kavanaugh, 06; Mrs. NJ r.
Reddy and Mrs. Kitty Boyle. 92l2;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Lemon. %; DR.. and
Mrs. A. J. Steinberg, 90; H. r. King
and A. T. Westrich, 50; Col. E. B.
Gray and Gen. E. F. McGlachlin,
S6la; James g. Stone and DR.. e. B.
Connolly. 86: AL Roth and Mrs. A. P.
Stockvis, IS; Mr. and Mrs w. A.
Gardner, IS; Mrs. Ralph Woodside and
Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson, 1917; D. c.
Elliott and Mark Lake. 80l2; James
Sourilas and o. L. Veerhof1, 80l2; Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Bosom, 70: Mrs
Robert Du Bois and Mrs. Anne O.
Grimes. 7o1a.
In Section No. W. M. Mcintyre
and Roy Thurtell. l48l2; Lewis and
Lloyd Tubbs, 1856; A. P. Stockvis and
Lewis r. Watson. jr.. 1924: Mrs. NJ
r. West and Mrs. Eugene Nolan. 12l y; /;
John d. Mothershed and Louis New
man. l2l: Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Penne-
baker. l19: E. A. Perkins and Dick
Skinner, llS; Sam Groves and w. de
st. Aubin. l19: Rush Buckley and
Mrs. Mattye Maye Mckenzie. 105;
Mrs. r. Robins and Lewis Dodson,
los: Mrs. Dora Schwartz and Joe
Granger, 101; Mrs. Marian Barre and
6. H. Warthen. l0l: Mr.. and Mrs E.
B. Swanson. 95. and Mrs. c. w. Zim-
mer and Mrs. James Athey. IS.
All OF the players are members Of
the Washington Bridge League except
Mr. Brotman and Mr. Karp. who re-
side In Baltimore. These scores are
subject to revision by the score keepers
and several close scores in the second
section may be protested because of
possible inaccuracies in the computa-
tions.
The game is the first to be played
in Washington by the master players
since the ratings were established sew
eral months ago by the American Con-
tract Bridge League and some par
ticipants are much higher in this list
than others, but all have achieved
master players degrees because Of their
previous winnings.
WASHINGTON players are still
talking about the success
achieved by Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson
in the holiday tournament of the An
napolis Roads Club. rlaying with dif-
ferent partners each time, Mrs Robin
son won two of the three major events
OF the tournament, but did not partici-
pate in the third. She was the winner
both in the mixed pair test and in the
open pair match.
Mrs. Robinson has sometimes been
winner in the local duplicate games,
but this is the first instance where she
has been the victor in a major tourna-
ment in competition with experts from
other cities. The tournament, which
was the first the club has held has
been declared to have been big sue
cess and will be continued as an an
nual affair.
Mrs. M R. REDDY and Mrs. Mary
johnson have the distinction OF
achieving a record which no other pair