Evening star., 1939-09-17


Washington Bridge League, at the
Shoreham Hotel, for the Clifford
Challenge Cup, the team of Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Lemon, Mrs. Willis
Van Devanter and Lewis r. Watson
jr., defeated the team of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Gardner, Rush Buckley
and Rudolph Aukschun.
The following is the coming sched-
ule of Clifford Cup macthes:
The team of Tom Hamlin, DR.. E
B. Connolly, Gene Herman and w. M
Mcintyre will play Wednesday night
against the team of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Payne and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin May.
On the same evening a team cap
tanned by Mrs. Hamlin will play
against the team of DR.. C. C. Nc
Donnell, Comdr. w. A. Corley, D. C.
Elliott and F. M. Lake.
On the evening of October the
present holders of the cup will de-
fend title to it against the winners
of sthe Hamlin- -Conolly- Payne May
match. Also the winners of the
Hamlin team and the Mcdonnell
Corley team match will play against
the Lemon team.
In the leagues open pair game,
first section, seven tables, North and
South winners were Mrs. Anne O.
Grimes and Mrs. L. Browning, first;
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and Miss Kath-
leen McNutt, second; Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger B. Payne, third; East and
West, Mrs c. w. thinner and Mrs.
Hazel Loftin, first; Mrs. Lucelle Lau-
pin and partner, second. and Mrs.
Katherine Fenton and Mrs. E. M.
Jackson, third.
Second section, nine tables, North
and South; Mrs. J. A. Long and Mrs.
D. E. Stephan, first: Mrs. Lester D.
johnson and Mrs. Ralph Woodside,
second; Mrs. Marian Barre and DR..
c. c. Mcdonnell, third; East and
West, Mrs. c. M. Hall and w. H.
kerhan, first; DR.. A. J, Steinberg and
DR.. E. B. Connolly, second; H. R..
King and Bernard Rossen, third.
Efforts are being put forth to work
up a Washington representation at
the annual All-American contract
bridge championships to be held in
Chicago October II to Is, inclusive.
1t was 49 years ago that the Amer
ican Whist League was formed, and
the play was the old form of whist.
About IS years later the league
started to conduct auction cham
plonships, and soon after contract
championships. When the rival
bridge associations were merged. the
American Contract Bridge League
took over the management of the
championships. The
coming event, however, will be un-
der the immediate direction of A. j.
Mouat, secretary of the American
Whist League, while Russell J. Bald
win of the A. C. B. l.. will act as
tournament manager.
Not only will the all-American
championships give players an op-
portunity to gather in large num-
ber Of master points, but also
chance to have their names engraved
along with those of the early title
holders on the oldest trophies in
bridge competition.
The Chicago Contract Bridge As
sociation is especially desirous of
building up the individual masters
championship, hoping that the game
will provide Western players with
an individual championship second
only to the national masters event
which is held each spring in New
York.
The Federal Bridge League brought
its summer season OF pair games to
a close last Tuesday night at the
Wardman Park Hotel. The team
games will start next Tuesday night
at the same place and continue
until April 10, with a team recess
during the Christmas holidays, when
there will be several pair games.
The leagues campaign for new
members is meeting with favorable
response and an increased number
of team players is anticipated. The
new feature which have been added
to the schedule are proving at
tractive to new players and novices,
as well as to the old timers.
In the game on Tuesday night
the winners were w. R. Garrett
and Mrs. Daisy H. Mott, first; Max
Kessler and L. Fruitman, second,