Evening star., 1939-04-30

Inere Will DC 1OuT HdJOr cVcuIS
and in addition two special games,
one on Saturday night for the pairs
eliminated from open pair contest
and the other a Northern Virginia
amateur game. The latter will be
open only to players who have no
master points, with a further re-
striction that each pair must include
one person who is a resident OF
Northern Virginia. Master points,
according to the published schedules
of the American Contract Bridge
League, will be awarded to winners
and runnersup in the major events
and convertible master points and
individual prizes to those making
top scores In the amateur games.
Mrs. Edith Swanson is chairman
Of the Executive Committee and
Mrs. P. E. Henninger heads the
Tournament Committee. The lat
ter has associated with her the fol-
lowing players: Roy Astleford,
Washington; Mrs.. Marian Barre,
Washington; Mrs. Edward H. Bry-
ant, Richmond; Horace M. Byrnes,
Harrisburg: John R. Crawford
Philadelphia; Maj. C. w. Dietz
New Cumberland, Pa; Mrs. Fred
Fletcher, Green Castle, Pa; Herbert
Gerst, Norfolk; Charles Goren
Philadelphia; Miss Frances Jacoby
Wilmington. Del; Mrs. Calder Kirk
Baltimore; E. B. Krebbs, Lynch
burg; Mrs. Eva Latter, Wilmington
Del; George Livingston, York, Pa;
Frank B. Lord. Washington: j. B
Lowell. Arlington: DR.. C. c. Nc
Donnell, Washington: Hawley Quier
Reading; Mrs. A. j. Rosenbloom
Richmond; AL Roth. Washington;
Col. Allan Rutherford. Baltimore
DR.. Arthur Salasky, Richmond. and
Mrs. Clarence Wyatt. Richmond. C
F. Waltman Is to be tournament
director and A. P. Stockvis official
scorer.
Last years winners were: Wom-
ems pair, Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and
Mrs. Rose Robins: mixed pair, DR.
F. c. Blanck and Mrs. Rose Robins
open pair, 1t. Comdr. w. A. Cor
ley and DR.. C. C. McDonnell; team
of four, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Stockvis
and Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs.
Into the sometimes changing form
of contract bridge DR.. Fred w. Buck
has introduced new idea which
gives promise of keen interest anC
high degree of amusement ir
playing. He has taken the abortive
five-suit game with its basket full
of IS cards and combined it with
Col. Logan Golsan's Thirteen Sys-
tenn of playing. which has enjoyed
popularity in Washington, and pro-
duced what he calls SiX-TrumI
Pyramid Contract.
In doing so he has eliminated
many of the Objectionable features
of five-suit bridge and maintained
the normal deck of So cards. There
are, however, five suits in DR.. Bucks
game and the added denomination
he terms the pyramids" This /:
accomplished by stripping the club.
and the diamonds of the ordinary
deck of their twos and threes anc
the hearts and spades of the twos
threes and fours and adding II
pyramid cards, thus making PACK
of 81 cards. The trick valuation
remains the same as in the present
game of contract, with the clubs
and the diamonds having a trick
valuation Of 20, the hearts. spades
and pyramids each 30 the first trick
in no trump 40 and the remainder
20. There is. therefore, no change
from the present count and the
honors also continue to be the same
as do the bonuses and penalties.
Announcing his new game, DR.
Buck shows himself to possess 6
keen sense of humor. as well a:
skill at contract. Answering the
question, What is Six-Trump Pyra.
mid Contract" he says:
"Outside of holy matrimony, con.
tract bridge for the past 10 years
has been the happiest partnership
ever invented. No one is worthy