Evening star., 1939-12-24

The teams were arranged in Il
cording to their respective PERCENT
ages made in the first half of the
series which began last September.
In Section A. the Rajahs, who had
the top score by a wide margin
throughout the first half, met their
match in the Coast Survey team
which held them to a dead heat.
Each team won 141a boards and lost
9h.
The Justice team trailed in third
place with 13 winning boards and II
lost. In this section the highest
pair rating went to DR.. and Mrs. A.
j. Steinberg of the Rajahs, North
and South, with 110 match points for
an average of .655. The East and
West pair winners were c. B. Aus
tin and E. o. Matthews of the Agri-
Trade team with 1001a match points,
percentage of .598.
In Section B, the Redskins topped
their rivals with 151a boards won
and 81 lost. Three teams were tied
for second, each with IA boards won
and 10 lost. They were the Allies.
the Federal Reserve and the Archi-
tects. In the pair rating. Harry and
Frank Garner of the G's were first
North and South with 1O6 match
points for percentage of .63l. r.
E. Mullen and Mark Roster of the
Redskins were tied in pair ratings,
East and West, with r. H. Higgins
and M. E. Myers, each having 99H
match points and a percentage of
.592.
In Section c, the Tubbs- -Astleford
team won liz and lost 81a boards.
The I. D. r. A. women were second,
having won IL boards and lost 9.
Mrs. Roy Astleford and j. P. Lowell
were the top pairs North and South
with "a match points and a per-
centage of .566 while Mrs. F.. Mord-
hurst and Mrs. Brie of I. D. r. A.
were first East and West with "a
match points and percentage OF
.566.
The game percentages made last
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the percentages made in the second
game for the determination of the
prizes in each of the three sections
At the beginning of the second
half, the teams will start at scratch
in the sections where they finished
in the first half. The team making
the highest percentage will enter a
play-of with the Rajahs who won
the first half.
The National Press Club concluded
| the first half of its season series
of duplicate games last Monday
night with members selecting their
own partners. At the next meeting
on January 8, when the second half
begins. club members will play
against invited guests, all of whom
will be women. At that time the
individual percentages previously
made both by men and women will
be announced.
At Monday nights session the
leaders were Walter Kilbourne
Providence, formerly of Washing
ton, playing with Mrs. C. B. Penne-
baker, first: Frank B. Lord and Mrs.
Catherine Callan. second, and c. E
Stewart and S. Brashears, jr.. third
The squeeze play is one of the
most exciting in bridge. 1t is a
source of anguish and embarrass-
ment to a defender when he finds
himself on the spot and of corre7
spending delight and ecstacy to the
declarer. Often it becomes neces-
sary when the contract is slam
and ability to make it marks dis
tinction between the expert and the
average player. The grand coup
denotes skill, but opportunity to
execute it is less frequent than is
a squeeze" play. If it is properly
done. and, of course, it is not a
squeeze play unless it is. its ac-
complishment is to be admired even
by those who are its victims.
Here is an excellent example
brought from Pittsburgh by William
Cheeks. whose duty it was to COM
pile and record all of the unusual
hands and interesting plays of the
! annual tournament.