Evening star., 1939-06-25


pard and Mrs. Menne Barry who led
by a wide margin In the first session,
were able to hold their advantage
and won with a score of 268l2. Mrs.
c. F. Shaffer and Mrs. T. D. Sheldon
won top score in the finals, but were
unable to overcome the lead which
Mr.. Sheppard and Mrs. Barry had
gained in the previous session. Their
total score was 25l12. Ellen McB.
Brown and N. B. Sheppard were
third with score of 23lla and Mrs.
Jack Bennett and Mrs. ]. r. Belt
fourth with total of 228.
The American Contract Bridge
League lists 527 contract players as
National Masters" with 10 or more
points, according to its rating yard
stick. One of these % are WASH
ingtonians with Mrs. Martha Lemon
leading the local fans with l02
points. Mrs. Lemon is also fourth
among the woman national masters,
being surpassed only by Mrs. r. c..
Young of Bywood, Pa, who is given
270 points; Mrs. Elinor Murdock
Birmingham, Ala, 100, and Mrs.
Josephine Culbertson, 154 points.
The Washington masters following
Mrs. Lemon are LIE Roy Thurtell,
l0l; James H. Lemon, 70; DR.. E. B.
Connolly, IA; A. R. Roth, 81; w. M
Mcintyre, As; E. A. Perkins, 81; Dick
Skinner washington and Chestnut
Hill, MassJ, So; Louis Newman, 35;
o. ]. Brotman, 33; Mrs. A. P. Stock
Wis, 80; Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh, 26;
DR.. A. J. Steinberg, 26; James G..
Stone, 26; Lewis r. Watson, jr., %;
John D. Mothershed, %; Mrs c. w.
Boyce, IL; E. M. Jaffe, l3; Lewis G..
Tubbs of Arlington, 13; Lloyd l..
Tubbs of Arlington, IL; H. r. King
IL; Mrs. N. T. Robinson, 10 and Maj
C. w. Dietz. formerly of Washing
ton and now of New Cumberland,
Pa, II.
The Maryland list comprises only
Dr. L. w. Lord, IS; Mrs. L. w. Lord,
Al; Harold B. Karp, Al, and Clagett
Bowie, 81, all of Baltimore, and 1t.
R. A. Cook. 10, and 1t. C. w.
Humphreys, 10. both of Annapolis.
Mrs. Lemons rating of % points
above her husband, who is third in
the local list, is due to the fact that
although she usually plays in part
nership with Mr.. Lemon, she has
upon several occasions won in wom-
ems pair matches for which Jimmy"
was not eligible. Mrs. CulbertSon is
rated 10 points above her former
husband. Fourteen of the masters
are carried as Life Masters and their
numerical rating is not given. They
are A. NJ Barnes, B. J. Becker. David
Burnstone, r. L. Frey, Sam Fry, jr.:
c. H. Goren, M. T. Gottlieb, Oswald
Jacoby. T. A. Lightner, C. S. Loch-
ridge, M. D. Maier. Howard Scheme
ken, P. Hal .Simms and Waldemar
Won ZedtwitZ, all of New York City,
except Frey of Great Neck, N. Y,
and Goren of Philadelphia F. D.
Kaplan of New York, with 270, is the
first given a numerical rating.
OF the leagues own officers the
following are classified as national
masters: James H. Lemon, president;
Elmer J. Babin. second vice presi-
dent; Gordon NJ Gibbs, treasurer;
William M. McKenney, secretary:
Olive Peterson and Mrs. Donald B..
Tansill. respectively first and third
vice presidents of the Women's Aux
iliary. The others have not earned
the rating The list does not include
the master points which have been
won in tournaments held since May
l, 1899.
There are times when the bidding
has been a bit unorthodox that the
declarer will discover after the
dummy is spread that she is in
the wrong contract. That is, that
the declaration would be much
easier to fulfill in another contract
than in the one made In such in
stances it is necessary to employ
the utmost skill and also to take