Evening star., 1938-02-27

x ner has opened . king, third
hand should not play the
higher Of only two cards in
that suit in order to show that he can
ruff the third lead. II he has a sure
trump trick that would be lost by ruff
ing. Example. spades are trump.
South declarer, West leads king Of
diamonds from ace. king and East
holds seven. two Of diamonds and king,
queen Of trumps. Play two on king
and seven on ace leads.
w M. MCINTYRE and lie Roy
W. Thurtell Of the Que Street
Bridge Club will represent Washington
in the eighth annual Southeastern
championship games at Hollywood
Fla, March 10 to 13. The Mcintyre
Thurtell pair gained this distinction by
winning top score in highly COM
petitive special duplicate contest held
under the auspices Of the Washington
Bridge League at the Shoreham Hotel.
The honor carries with 1t bonus of
500 for travelling expenses to and
from Hollywood, together with free
accommodations, rooms and meals at
the Hollywood Beach Hotel during the
tournament.
The competition was the keenest
that has ever been held in Washington
with the exception of that witnessed
here in the annual championship
games Of the American Contract
Bridge League last year. The qualify
ing round was played in two sections
and at one session, the minimum
number Of points for entrance in the
finals being 1O5.
The following was the preliminary
score:
Section /, north and and south
Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh and Lester
D. johnson, 1921; w. M. Mcintyre
and lie Roy Thurtell. 1873; DR.. c. c.
Donnell and 1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley,
l2l: A. P. Stockvis and Col. Edward
Clifford, 1l61s Mrs. Monte Given and
Mrs. l.. M. Leddy, 1851: DR.. E. B.
Conolly and Tom Hamlin, 1O81a; Mrs.
Fannie Samuel and Mrs Rose Robins,
l07; Mrs. D. E. Stephan and Mrs. w.
L. Clark, 1851; Col. E. B. Gray and
Mrs. Ralph Woodside. 1921; H. r.
King and A. T. Westrich. 96: Mrs.
Anne Grimes and Mrs Katherine Fen
ton, 87h.
East and west-V. Lewis Bessie and
Joseph Silverman. 134lh: Mrs. M. R.
Reddy and Mrs. Kitty Boyle. 1876: Al
Roth and Joe Brotman, 120la; Mai.
and Mrs. c. s. Price, 1l51z: d. c.
Elliott and F. M. Lake, 108h; Mrs
Jack Bennett and Mrs. w. w. Tar
play. l07la; w. r. Baucom and Her
bert Hodges, los: Mrs. Dora Schwartz
and Miss Dora Schwartz, 1921: Mrs. j.
D. Cairns and Mrs. Allan Rutherford,
100; A. L. Scott and r. H. Higgins, SO:
Martin May and S. F. Gerber, 81.
Section 2, north and south-Mrs.
Menne Barry and w. T. Fontein,
14119; w. G. Esmond and Mrs. George
King. jr.. 1874; Mrs NJ r. West and
Mrs. Vann A. Clarke, 1871; Mrs. Alma
Byrne and E. A. Perkins, 1870: Mrs. A.
P. Stockvis and F. T. Tillotson, l29;
Judge and Mrs. J. w. Hussey, 1875: Mr..
and Mrs. William Cheeks, 1922; Mrs. c.
w. Boyce and Wayne Evans, 1872; R.
E. Marsh and G. H. Warthen, 1o9A;
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Gardner, 1O71k;
Mrs Elizabeth Brown and Miss Anne
Stull, 67la.
East and west-Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Hardman, 14015; c. 3. Pennebaker and
John D. Mothershead, 1873: Lewis New
man and Jack Shore, 1241s; Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Lemon, 115h: A. M.
Sheppard and Joe Granger, 113; Mrs.
c. w. thinner and John Donnolly, Ill:
Dorothy Knox and r. B Gore, 110la;
H. r. F. Brett and v. de Sveshnikoff,
1o8; Mrs. Nell w. Steiner and jeanette
Blech, 107la; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Rossen, 1ol1s; Mrs. Mattye Maye Nc
Kenzie and Miss Lylia Cook, 88la;
Donald Knox and Henry H. Mauls-
by. II.
In the finals there were many upsets
among those who were leaders in the
preliminary round. Both the North
and South and the East and West win
ners in section 2 fell far behind and
finished well toward the bottom. The
West-Clarke pair, North and South
IN section 2, however, not only held
their own, but moved up in the finals
and finished in second place with q
score Of 292 against 304 for the win
ming Mc1ntyre-Thurtell pair. The
Pennebaker- -Mothershed pair, which