Evening star., 1938-07-17
In Local Bridge Circles
Hershey Tournament Begins Next Friday.

American COntracG brldge League,
have been invited, and many have
accepted, the invitation OF the league
to participate In its projected chill
dren's bridge party on the afternoon
and evening of November 3s. This
Is not to be, as its name might imply,
. bridge game in which children will
be the participants, but rather 1t is
to be q game by adults for the benefit
OF youngsters.
The arrangements are being per-
fected by William e. McKenney, the
secretary Of the league and chairman
OF its Sunshine Committee, which has
set q goal Of half 4 million dollars to
be raised on that day by this event
for the welfare of the boys and girls
OF the country. The party is to be q
Nationwide event.
What has been called the main
party" will be held in Cleveland, Ohio,
contemporaneous with the 12th an
nual fall championships. In that city
elaborate preparations are already
being made for one Of the biggest card
parties ever held anywhere. Other
cities have manifested keen activity
In staging the children's bridge party,
as the money raised is to be expended
In communities where it is contributed
for whatever purpose Of beneft to
children its local sponsors may under
take. Various organizations are in
teresting themselves in the movement,
which contemplates furnishing Christ
mas gifts and dinners to needy chill
dren or similar expenditure for any
worthy object Of like character.
In addition to the games played in
clubs and bridge organizations it Ia
suggested that those who are willing to
advance the project organize bridge
parties in their own homes and help
to swell the total number of partici-
pants to the half-million mark.
>HE Hershey tournament. conducted
under the auspices Of the Amer
ican Contract Bridge League and the
keystone Bridge Association, will be
held at the Hershey Community Inn,
Hershey, Pa, beginning Friday after
noon and continuing through the fol-
lowing Sunday. There viii be four
major events. beginning with
woman's pair game on the frst day,
mixed pair event coming next, an
open pair event on Saturday ard a
team-of-four match in two sessions on
Sunday. The prizes will comprise The
Mrs. A. S. Kreider Trophy for the
women's event, the Blair-Claybough
Trophy for the mixed pair event, the
Hotel Hershey Trophy for the open
pair match and the L. H. Dou5rich
Trophy for the team-of-four winners.
There will also be a special GENE on
Saturday afternoon open to those
players who shall hav. been eiimi-
mated from the open pair Champion
ship matches.
Master points will be awarded for
the major events in accordance with
the standard schedule Of :he Aner;-
can Contract Bridge League. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p Stockvis and Leroy Thur
tell OF Washington are members of
the Tournament Committee.
THE concluding game of the second
series started at the National
Democratic Club by William Cheeks
will be played tomorrow night at the
bridge studio, 264l Connecticut avenue.
The present holder of the series cup
Is Mrs. Edith Swanson.
7 EWIS DODSON has esta ablished
studio for duplicate games at 1904
r street NV. Games are scheduled
for Wednesday and Sunday evenings.
A MOVEMENT in which Washing
ton bridge teachers are invited
to participate has been initiated by
F. e. Bruelheide of Minneapolis for
teachers association. Mr.. Bruelheide
is known to many Of the prominent
players in Washington and his idea
is being received with no small de-
gree of favor Several years ago the
Washington bridge teachers formu-
lated their own local association and
the thought spread to Baltimore and
to some other cities where strictly
home bodies were organized with sue
cess, but no effort has been made
heretofore to combine the bridge in
structors nationally.
Mr.. Bruelheide's suggestion is that
such an organization would not only
be beneficial to teachers professionally,
but that it would mean 4 long stride
toward standardizing the funda-