Evening star., 1939-05-28

berS other than the officers, ex-
ofncio, was chosen, consisting of Rush
Buckley and Roy Astleford elected
for two years and Howard H. Camp
bell, elected for one year.
1t was voted to hold q regular
meeting next Tuesday, notwith-
standing the fact that the day is q
holiday. After the meeting the usual
game was played in two sections,
the winners being North and South,
j. A. Dawkins and Sam Groves, first;
L. P. Smith and M Kurtz, second;
East and West, G. B. de Spain and
w. B. Golfer, first; Mrs. M. Good
stein and Mrs. M. Mayer, second.
Paul E. Golden was selected by the
Executive Committee to continue as
official scorer Of the league.
The question of what rights. If
any, foursome may have in a tour
nament or duplicate game when
one pair quits the play before the
event is finished, has been referred
to the Laws and Rules Committee
Of the American Contract Bridge
League by the Washington Bridge
League. The issue came up in the
second session of the local leagues
big team game at the Hotel Shore
ham.
The match in the second section
was quite close. the leading con-
tenders being team composed of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rossen, A. I.
Westrich and S. o. Austin, an
other comprising Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Gardner, Rush Buckley and Mrs.
A. R. Hodgkins, and a third four
some Of A. M. Sheppard, Mrs. Men,
ne Barry, j. H. Savage. Three
boards were played at round and
when all had been played except
the last round the Savages left the
game without completing it. There
was no controversy or i'll feeling,
but the two players thought the
series had been finished and de-
parted inadvertently. Their action
did not seriously affect the adver-
saries against whom they were to
have played, because their score
was not sufficiently high to place
them among the leaders, even If
they had won, but it did affect their
team mates, Mr.. Sheppard and Mrs.
Barry. Had they won two of the
three boards they would have won
the prize for the second section; had
they split even on them they would
have tied for top. A suggestion was
made that they take an average on
the three boards but this was
ruled out as unwarranted, and in
any event an average score would
mean an average minus a penalty,
which would still leave them Slight
ly below the Rossen team.
The directors Of the game, Paul
E. Golden and Roy Astelford held
the team had disqualified itself and
that the Rossen foursome had won
and the Gardner team was ac-
credited with second place. They
were willing, however, that the de-
cision should be tentative and that
the question should be submitted
to the Laws Committee of the parent
league for final decision. The issue
was one which has not heretofore
arisen in local games, and it was
therefore thought best to have the
proper authority of the American
Contract Bridge League pass upon it.
In the first section the winners
were the team composed of James
H. Lemon, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ham
lin and Lewis r. Watson, jr., the
latter playing as a substitute for
Mrs. Lemon, who participated only
in the first session. Second were
]. D. Mothershed, Louis Newman,
O. Brotman and Al Roth. Lewis
Tubbs, Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. De st. Aubin
were third.
The first session of the leagues
Big June pair game will be played
at the Shoreham on the first
Wednesday evening in June.
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