Evening star., 1939-03-19
By Frank B. Lord.


AS Grant took Richmond back
IN the closing days Of the War Be-
tween the States, so the WASH
ington contract bridge forces took
the Virginia capital last week In
the annual open championship
games held at the Hotel John Mar
shall. At least they won three Of
the four major events-the women's
pair match, the mixed pair contest
and the team of four game, leav-
Ing only the open pair event, not
to Richmond but to a pair from
Roanoke, r. E. Jennell and Miss
Vivian Owen.
The women's pair championship
was captured by Mrs. Freda Boyce
and Mrs. Irene Surguy. 1t carried
with 1t the possession for one year
Of the Old Dominion Bridge Club
plate, which was surrendered by
Mrs. John R. Chappell jr., and Mrs.
Robert G. Bayliss of Richmond, who
won 1t last spring. Twenty y-eight
pairs participated. Mrs. Violet Zim-
mer and Mrs. Harold Young finished
IN tenth place.
The mixed pair event drew a much
larger group Of competitors, for 56
pairs played for the Salasky trophy,
which last year was won by Mrs.
Violet thinner and Col. E. B. Gray
OF Washington. The winners last
week were E. A. Perkins and Miss
Mabel Tobin of Washington. P. c.
Elicit and Mrs. Sorry L. Davis of
Richmond were second, Mrs. Irene
Surguy and Ed Jaffee of Washing
ton were third and another Wash
ington pair, lie Roy Thurtell and
Mrs. w. S. Athey. were fourth.
Mrs. Boyce and Louis Newman fin
ished in ninth place.
LIE Roy Thurtell and Gene Her.
man were third in the open pair,
which was won by the Roanoke play
ers, Mr.. Jennell and Miss Owen, with
Mrs. Leonard Meyer and Mrs. Frank
Meyer OF Richmond second.
The team of four match was the
most exciting event Of the tourna-
ment, resulting in a tie between
Washington foursome and one from
Cleveland. In the play-off, however,
the Washington quartet far out
played their adversaries, winning
five boards and dividing two while
their opponents took only one board,
so that the final score was WASH
ington six boards, Cleveland two.
The Washington team comprised DR..
E. B. Connolly, E. A. Perkins, lie Roy
Thurtell and Gene Herman. The
Cleveland foursome was made up
OF Harry Feinberg. A. S. Goldsmith,
Alvin Landy and George F. Ball.
Fifty-Seven boards were played by
% teams and each of the leaders
won 40. In the eigh-board play of
the Connolly team was a three-to-one
winner.
Third in this competition was the
Richmond team of Mrs. S. L. Davis,
P. c. Elicit, Mrs. j. E. Folline and DR..
A. J. Salasky, which won 1914
boards.
Russell j. Baldwin, representing
the American Contract Bridge
League, which sponsored the cham
pionships and awarded master
points, directed the tournament. The
meeting was the largest of its kind
ever held in Richmond.
One of the deals which helped Mr..
Perkins and Miss Tobin to win TOP
score in the mixed part contest was
the following grand slam heart bid
played by Miss Tobin:
East dealer: both sides vulnerable.
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Miss Tobin was playing South
with Mr.. Perkins in the North.
William Cheeks was East and Mrs.
Anne o. Grimes West.
The bidding went:
South. West. North. East.
~ Pass 80 Pass
3A Pass a Pass
Ant Pass 50 Pass
5NT Pass Ga Pass
~ Pass Pass Pass