Evening star., 1938-02-13
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE PoINTTR-when In
K honor u led from dummy With
the next lower honor showing
In dummy. cover the second
lead OF the suit, but not the first.
Example: Queen. jack and one in
dummy; queen Il led and hand at the
right holds king. four, three Of the
suit: play four on the queen and king
on the Jack. That Is, don't cover the
queen with the king.
WASHINGTON contract PLAYERS in
large numbers invaded Baltimore
last week to contest for the MARYLAND
State championships and came home
laden with trophies and master points.
The tournament. which was held at
the Hotel Belvedere. under the aus
pices Of the Baltimore Bridge Leasue
and the Women's Bridge Club, was the
largest ever staged In the Monumental
City.
In addition to the competitors from
the National Capital there were repre-
sentative delegations from Philsdel-
phia. Wilmington, New York, Annapo-
lis, Richmond and elsewhere which
made the contest close and interestins
throughout the several events. In the
mixed pair game the winners were
Mrs. Herbert Z. Latter Of Wilmington
and Joseph Grinsfelder Of Baltimore.
With 653 points. Just below them were
Mrs Freda Boyce and Louis Newman
OF Washington, with a score of 6ls,
the margin being very narrow in view
OF the large number Of players, and
involving less than one and one.half
boards. The Baltimore paif of Mr..
and Mrs. c. Stanley Davis were fourth.
with 502.87, q mere fraction above
Mrs. J. j. Mitchell. Sd, and E. q.
Ellenbogen Of Baltimore, who scored
5s2.72 points.
In addition to the trophies three
master points went to the winners.
two to the runners-up, one convertible
point to the third pair and so rating
points to the fourth contestants.
In the open pair championship
games the Washington players made
a clean sweep. the members OF the
three leading teams each hailine from
washington. AL Roth and Louis
Newman topped all other players with
score OF 279.l. A. J. Westrich and
H. r. King were second, with 4 score
OF 1853, while F. M. Lake and d. C.
Elliott finished third. with 1855.
In the women's pair game the win
ners were Mrs. Z. A. Koether and
Mrs. E. Behrend Of Baltimore. Mrs.
N. T. N. Robinson and Mrs. Menne
Barry Of Washington finished two and
one-half points behind them, with 23l
points. while Mrs. M. r. West and
Mrs. j. H. Lemon, also Of Washineton.
were third, with ali points.
The prize in the team-of-four eame
went to the Philadelphia team Of c.
H. Goren. Mrs. Sally Young, c. J.
Solomon and John Crawford. Second
to them were the Washington team.
representing the Washington Whist
Club, consisting of w. M. McIntyre.
DR.! E. B. Conolly. Simon Gerber and
Leroy Thurtell. Third in the compe.
tition were John c. Kunkel, jr, Of
Harrisonburg, S. G. Churchill of New
York and DR.. and Mrs. Llewellyn Lord
Of Baltimore.
Among the Washingtonians attend
ing the tournament, In addition to
those above mentioned, were Mrs.
Frederick Van Nuys, the wife of the
senior Senator from Indiana; Mrs.
Willis Van Deventer. Mrs. Rose Robins.
Mrs. Fannie Samuel, Mrs. T. M. Boyle,
Mrs. M. r. Reddy. Mrs. Ruth Kava-
naugh, Mrs. Ralph Woodside, Mrs. E.
B. Swanson, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
thinner, James Souralis. Mrs. Dora
Schwartz, DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Stein
berg. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bailey,
Mr.. and Mrs william Cheeks, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank 8. Smith. Judge and
Mrs. ]. w. Hussey, Col. E. B. Gray,
Arch Kepner. Mr.. and Mrs. c. B.
Pennebaker. 1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley,
Miss Frances skelly. Harry Woodard,
Sam Groves. earle Turner. Lewis
Tubbs, c. H. Shaw, Lester D. johnson,
F. H. Tllotson and Mrs. Ralph Wood
side.
Russell ]. Baldwin directed the
tournament ana George Bishop was
scorekeeper.
WINNERS at the most recent meet
ing Of the Washington Bridge
League at the Shoreham were:
Section 1-seven tables. North and
so,1th 1-Maj and NJ. N1,a~1>. q
Brice tied with Mrs. D. Z. Stephan