Evening star., 1938-04-17
By Frank Lord.
\HE World Bridge Olympic, the
game played all over the world

NaE WOTlO bIlQHe O1ymQiC, the
game played all over the world
at the same time, with the
4 same set Of hands, will take
place on Wednesday of this week
with q half dozen or more units in
Washington participating. The event,
originally started by Ely Culbertson,
will be conducted this year for the
first time under the sponsorship of
the American Contract Bridge League.
Sixteen hands, which have been in
actual play, have been selected out
of many thousands by a committee
Of go Of the country's leading bridge
players. A par has been set for each
hand and the play will be to make
contract in that established valuation.
The games will be held in 2,70O
cities and towns, in IS different coun-
tries. There will be approximately
5000 games and upward of 10000
players. Twelve thousand five hun
dred prizes will be awarded the win.
ners. ranging all the way from the
international winners down through
national. State. provincial and NUM-
cipal winners to winners in local
units. The prepared hands are dis
tributed by the World Olympic Com
mittee. In addition to the trophies.
national master points, convertible
master points and national rating
points will be awarded by the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League.
MUCH interest prevails over the
outcome of the election of Off
GERS Of the Washington Bridge League
which is to take place tomorrow
night at the Hotel Shoreham. 1t.
Comdr. W. A. Corley. who has been
president of the league for several
terms. announces his positive refusal
to serve for another year. Prior to
the last election Mr.. Corley made
similar announcement, but was per-
suaded to withdraw his decision upon
the assurance that If he would serve
for another term the American Con-
tract Bridge League, the national or
ganization for bridge, would consider
Washington as place for holding its
annual tournament.
The tournament was held here and
proved to be the most successful in
the history Of that body. Now Mr..
Corley declares that his decision will
stick. Among those mentioned for
the office are James H. Lemon. vice
president of the American Contract
Bridge League: LAWS R. Watson, jr.;
pr. F. c. Blanck and Dr. c. c. Nc
Donnell. 1t is likely that other can
didates will be placed in nomination.
The prediction is that Mrs. Edith
Swanson will be continued as secre-
tary-treasurer of the league.
The league now has In excess OF
800 members.
SINCE last months report the fol-
lowing Washington players have
been accredited with these additional
master point ratings: At the Mary
land State championships in Balti-
more. Al Roth and Louis Newman, six
points each. and H. r. King and A. I.
Westrich, three each, in open pairs:
w. NJ Mcintyre. S F. Gerber. lie Roy
Thurtell and DR.. E. B. Conolly. two
each in open team of four games;
Mrs. Frieda Boyce and Louis New
man, two each in mixed pair games;
Mrs. N T. N. Robinson and Mrs.
Menne Barry, one each in women S
pair games.
In the open team of four games at
Steel Center tournament, in Pitts
burg. Beverly G. Hatch. five points: in
the open pair championships at Rich
mond, Va. Mrs. Eugene Nolan and
Mrs. M r. West, five each; j. G..
Stone and J. D. Mothershed. three
each; in the mixed pair champion
ships at Richmond, Col. E. B. GRAY
and Mrs. Clarence thinner. two each.
and in the washington Bridge League
feeder to the Southeastern tourna-
ment at Hollywood, Fla. w. M. Nc
1ntyre and LIE Roy Thurtell, three
each. and Mrs. v. A. Clarke and Mrs
NJ. R. West, two each.
NONE of the group of Washington
bridge players who attended the
Southeastern Pennsylvania tourna-
ment held last week at York, Pa,
succeeded IN getting in the list Of
winners. 1t is the first time this
year that Washington has not scored
heavily in the various tournaments
that have been held within the area
in the neighborhood of the National
Capital
In the team of four games the win