Evening star., 1938-11-30
Few Married Couples
Teamed in Cleveland
Bridge Tourney
Mrs. Pennebuker and
H. S. Woodward of
b. c. Among Leaders
=? the Associated Press.


woman without a night-long argu-
ment. If so, you have good COM
pany.
Five of the married couples par
ticipating today in the mixed pair
national championships Of the
American Contract Bridge League
aren't playing together. But eight
are.
Most of the others on the 81
teams are married, but their spouses
weren't in evidence when the first
of the mixed pair sessions ended
early today.
The New York City team of Fred
d. Kaplan and Mrs. Sam Rush
pushed through with 234la points to
lead in section A, and Florence
Stratford of Cleveland and Lewis
H. Fremont of Detroit, Mich, topped
section B with 22l points.
Finals Tomorrow.
In section A-l6 pairs will qualify
In each section today for tomorrow
second with 2l8l2 points, Mrs. DON
aid B. Tansill and Albert H. More
head. The Philadelphia combina
ton Of Mrs. Olive Peterson and r.
A. McPherran was second in the
otner section with 2O8 points.
Oswald Jacoby, popularity ranked
the Nations No. l player. plays
only friendly bridge with his wife
and says tournament competition is
too tiresome for her. Mr.. Jocoby of
Dallas Tex, and Mrs. r. B. Fuller of
New York didn't do so we'll in the
first mixed pair session, finishing
22d in q field of 81 in their section
Other Leaders Listed.
They had company, however.
Morrie Ellis and Mrs. Lillian Peck
both of New York, were 25th in a
field of 30 in their section.
Leaders in section A included:
Third, Mrs C. L. Davenport and
Sam Rockwell, Cleveland. 217
points; fourth. Mrs William E. Nc
Kenney, New York, and E. J. Babin.
Cleveland, 207, and fifth, Mrs. r. c.
Young and C. H. Goren, Phila-
delphia, 205.
In the other section leaders in
cluded: Third Mrs. A. NJ Sobel,
New York, and Phil Abramsohn,
New York and Hollywood Beach,
Fla, 1877 points; fourth, Mrs. C. B.
Pennebaker and Harry S. Woodard,
Washington, D. c., 1862 points, and
fifth, Mr. and Mrs j. Edwin Riggs,
Columbus, Ohio, 1912 points.
A new women's team-of -four
champion will be crowned today. At
the half way mark the leaders were
a comparatively unknown Cleveland
team. Mrs. G. A. Gardner, Mrs. c.
w. Aldrich, Mrs. Marvin Cleaton
and Mrs. Glenn Wick. Several other
teams we're close behind.
Mrs. Pennebaker Scores.
OF 28 women's teams of four COM
peting only two made a top on one
Of the unusual hands played yester-
day.
One of the two players who made
six no trump was Mrs. Pennebaker,
who was playing with Mrs. Glenn
Taylor of Cleveland.
The hand, with neither side vul-
nerable:
North.
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Mrs. Pennebaker said she, sitting
in the East position, opened the bid
ding with two diamonds. Her part
ner responded with three diamonds
and she jumped to six no trump.
South opened the jack of spades,
whereas a more normal lead would
be the Jack of hearts. Mrs. Penne-
baker took it with the queen. cashed
her ace and king of clubs and
finessed diamonds, giving up only
one diamond. After North took the
diamond, the only lead which could
be embarrassing-a heart through
the ace-queen-would avail nothing