Evening star., 1939-08-13

witness the playing of some of the
experts. A series of elevated seats
were placed in tiers about selected
tables and onlookers occupying
them were privileged to observe the
strategy and the tactics as we'll as
to hear the bidding of some of the
masters of the game. The plan
worked with success and was highly
commended. 1t was the first time
that such demonstration was ever
attempted by any tournament COM
mittee, and 1t is likely to be used at
regional and local Journeys.
Probably the greatest interest of
the tournament centered in the
masters pair event for world cham
pionship and the beautiful gold cup
offered by Baron Waldemar Won
zedtwitz, the Austrian nobleman
who abandoned his native land to
come to America and play bridge.
Leadership changed several times
during the four sessions of the
match. At the end of the first round
it looked as if the honors might go
to two women, Miss Ruth Sherman
and Miss Helen Bonwit, who led by
a commanding score. Then M. D.
Maier and Howard Schenken took
the lead by a margin of only %
points. In the final round, however,
they, too, were overtaken by Harry
Fishbein and Robert Appleyard, who
came off victorious, capturing the
prize by score of 1,754 match
points in 1l2 deals. Oswald Jacoby
and the trophy donor, Baron Won
zedtwitz, were runners-up, raving
made a great squirt in the final
round which brought them up from
ninth to second place Their score
was 1,733 match points. Maier and
Schenken fell to their place with
1,727l2 points. Robert McPherran,
only "a years of age, but a player
who has developed rapidly within
the past two years, playing with the
veteran Theodore A. Lightner, won
fourth place with score of l,72612.
B. Jay Becker and Myron Fuchs
were fifth with l,706, and Edward
Hymes and Charles Lockridge were
sixth with 1912. Then came Mrs.
Olive Peterson of Philadelphia, who
was the first woman among the
leaders in the final session. Her
partner was Henry Chanin of At
lanta. Their score was 1854.
Next were Edward N. Marcus of
Boston and Herman Goldberg of
New York. Score l679i2. In ninth
place were the two women who had
led originally, Miss Sherman and
Miss Bonwit with 1862 for the
four sessions. Charles Goren and
John r. Crawford of Philadelphia
finished 10th with 1887.
The contest was the first i'm
portant title won by Appleyard, al
though he was runner-up in the
same match in 1886. Fishbein has
several important titles to his credit,
including the Vanderbilt team cham
pionship and championship won
in the national winter tournament
held in Washington.
The Four Aces whose bridge
articles appear in The Evening Star
won the masters team match and
the Nate B. Dpingold Trophy along
with the world title Their team
consisting of five men, Oswald
Jacoby, Howard Schenken, M. D,
Maier, Theodore A. Lightner and
Robert McPherran came from 1900
points behind at the end of the first
session to win by $500 points in the
final against the Philadelphia team
of Charles Goren. Mrs. R. c. Young,
John R. Crawford. Charles j. Solo,
mon, all of Philadelphia, and Myron
Fuchs of New York
The victory of the Four Aces makes
them the winners of the most i'm
portant team of four championship
in the country with the possible ex-
ception of the Vanderbilt. They
played a particularly strong game
during the finals and enabled Oswald
Jacoby to prove himself the out
standing player of the seven days
tournament.
The first two sessions of the mixed
team event resulted in tie between
the two teams comprising Miss