Evening star., 1938-03-06
In Local Bridge Circles
Blackwood Convention Finds Favor Here.

occurring generally not more than two
or three times in q session, yet average
players use the latter more or less
successfully when there is occasion
for 1t.
w M. MCINTYRE and lie Roy
W. Thurtell, winners in the special
duplicate held under the auspices of
the Washington Bridge League, which
qualified them to represent Washing
ton in the Southeastern championship
games at Hollywood, Fla, to be held
March 10 to 13, inclusive. left here by
automobile yesterday for the Florida
resort, to participate in the bridge
events. They expect to make arrange
ments for partners in the mixed-pair
game on Thursday night. On Friday
afternoon will occur the women's pair
game and on Friday night and Satur-
day afternoon the two preliminary
sessions of the open-pair contest in
which they hope to qualify for the
finals on Saturday night. Besides the
prizes, master points will be awarded,
IS to the winners, 8 to the runner-up
pair and 3 to the third pair.
The team Of four match will be
played on Sunday afternoon and eve
ming. All teams will play in both
sessions. Mr.. Mcintyre and Mr.. Thur
tell expect to team up with John C.
Kunkel, jr.. of Harrisburg, Pa, and
a partner whom he will select. Mr.
Kunkel is now spending several weeks
at ST. Petersburg, Fla. Master points
in this event will be to the winners
and S to members of the runner-up
team. AS special awards to those sue
cessful in this match there will be
entrance fees and perhaps a part of
expenses to the annual summer tour
nament of the American Contract
Bridge League at Asbury Park.
After the Hollywood tournament Mr..
Mcintyre, who formerly lived at Clear
water, Fla, will spend two weeks visit
ing his old home. and perhaps teach
ing some Of the natives a few of the
things he has learned about contract
during his residence and successful
bridge playing in Washington.
A THOUGH suffering the biggest
slump they have had, the Ranger
team playing in the second half OF the
season tournament Of the Federal
Bridge at Wardman Park Hotel on
Tuesday night, still retained leader
ship with total of 94I2 boards. They
won only eight boards at this session
against 11l2 won by the Lions and
l0l2 won by the Arlington team. The
latter team. winners in the first half
of the tournament, after dropping
badly behind have now recovered from
their slump and are in second place
with 8912 boards. The Lions, who fell
to sixth place a week ago, recovered
somewhat by winning 11l2 boards, a
top for the section, and are now in
third place. Secag, in second place a
week ago. by winning only boards
fell to 87l2, three way tie for fourth
place with the Just Us team and the
Post Office team. Just Us won 10
boards and Post Office eight, making
the total of each of these three 8712
boards.
In section B the Coast Survey team
won 1112 boards for top in that Sec
tion The Ladies P. w. A. team, play
ing in section C, introduced male
substitute last Tuesday evening, Maj
Schultz, and succeeded not only in
making top in their section but their
score Of 1872 boards was the highest
in any section. Mrs. Schware. Mrs.
Glenn and Miss Connerton were the
other members Of the team.
Three more games remain to be
played before the close Of the tourna-
ment.
IN THE Fairfax Hotel game on Tues
day afternoon the winners were:
North and south, Mrs. Charles KAY
anaugh and Mrs NJ T. N. Robinson,
first; Mrs. c. w. thinner and Mrs.
Harold Young, second; Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem and Mrs. Robert Du Bois,
third; east and west, Mrs. w. L.
Clark and Mrs. G. G. Bradley, first;
Mrs. w. T. Tisdell and Mrs. E. P.
Walton, second; Mrs. Lester D.
johnson and H. G. Au, third.
Wednesday morning-Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem and Mrs. T. D. Sheldon, first:
Mrs. Menne Barry and Mrs. j. R.
Belt, second: Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson
and Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh, third.
Friday evening-Dr. A. j. Steinberg
and ]. D. Granger, first; Miss H. G.
Byers and G. H. Warthen, second;