Evening star., 1938-06-19
By Frank B. Lord.

RIDGE POINTER. II you are
* ever 90 unfortunate as to make
an insufficient bid (and they
are always inadvertently
madc), particularly after you have
once passed. It is generally better to
make 1t SUFFICIENT. by continuing the
bid made by your partner, II he has
made one. This bars your partner for
one round only. but II you change the
suit your partner Is barred from the
bidding for the remainder Of that deal.
The rule provides that an insufficient
bid, unless overcalled, must be made
suficient In the same or any other
denomination. II the offender selects
the lowest sufficient bid In the same
denomination his partner must pass
for one round Of bidding. II the
offender makes any other bid than as
above, his partner Is barred from fur
ther participation in the bidding.
A disasterous example Of this con-
dition happened in prominent local
club last week. The dealer, whose side
was vulnerable and had . part score
of 80, passed and his partner bid one
spade which was overcalled by two
hearts. Dealer then made an insufii-
cient bid of two diamonds, and in
making the bid suficient called three
diamonds because he had only one
spade. Had he bid two spades his
partner would have gone to three
spades after one forced pass and made
game, for what he needed was those
diamond tricks. Instead the adver-
saries who could have made three
hearts allowed the contract to remain
at three diamonds. and, while the de-
clarer made four. 1t was not enough
for game, and on the next deal his
opponents made game and rubber.
MR.. AND MRS. JAMES H. LEMON
A again demonstrated their bridge
superiority on Wednesday night when
they won the second session Of the
Big June game Of the Washington
Bridge League at the Hotel Shoreham.
Their cumulative score for the two
sessions was 240la points. They also
won the first session, played two
weeks before. when their total was 104
points. Second In the match were DR..
E. B. Conolly and Leroy Thurtell, who
registered ZIG points. Their total in
the first session, In which they also
were second, was 96 points.
O. L. Veerhoff and Miss Amy Veer-
hoff, who were comparatively low in
the first session, came in with rush
in the second session and took third
place with a cumulative score Of 2l0.
H. r. King and A. l. Westrich. who
had 91i2 points In the first session,
were fourth in the cumulative score
with 209 points Mrs. c. B. Penne-
baker and Mrs. NJ r. West, who had
90 points in the initial match, tied
for fifth place with J. w. Hussey and
A. E. Perkins. who originally had 96
points. The cumulative score of each
pair was 205l2.
In the second section the winners
were Mrs Lester D. johnson and j. A.
Dawkins. who came up from 80 points
in the first session to 173ls in the
second Martin May and John DON
molly, who we're near bottom in the
first match. finished second in the
game last Wednesday night with 4
total of 169 Mrs. Rose Robins and
Mrs. Fannie Samuel, who were 8l1a in
the first session, made third place in
the finals with 1884,, while Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem and Miss Edna Mortons, who
were first in the first session. dropped
to fourth place with total Of 1914.
In the open pair game. played at
the same time, the winners were DR..
and Mrs. A. ]. Steinberg. first, with a
score Of 27ia: Mrs. j. w. Hussey and
H. c. Campbell we're second. with 23ia.
and Mrs. John Coffee and James Sou-
rilas were third with %.
pLANS for the big holiday tourna-
ment at the Annapolis Roads
Club. to be held July 2, and 4, are
being rapidly perfected. On the first
day there will be a woman's pair
championship in the afternoon and O
mixed pair championship in the eve
ming; on the second day will occur the
open pair championship in two ses-
sions, afternoon and evening, and on
July 4. the team-of-four championship
in two sessions, afternoon and eve
ming.
The master points awarded by the
American Contract Bridge League
will depend upon the number of mas
ter players. If IL master players par
ticipate the award will be according to