Evening star., 1939-09-03

regular meeting on April /, 1910.
Following that date, there will be q
series of games, both for pairs and
teams of four, for the several silver
cups and prizes which have been
donated by club members and 9TH
ers and which are played for an
nually. These trophies will remain
in the possession of the club, and
the winners will receive replicas
and have their names engraved
upon the cups, together with the
year in which they gained title to
them.
The games are to be purely social
affairs, and the statement is made
that some surprises await those who
participate, as several innovations
are promised in the scheme Of play
The games will be held in the
spacious auditorium of the Press
Club, under the supervision Of
competent directors. The schedule
stipulates the following dates: Sep
tember Is, october 9 and %. No
vember and 20, December and
18. There will then be a hiatus for
the holiday season, after which the
play will begin again and continue
on these dates: January 8 and %,
February 5 and 10, March 4 and 18
and Auril l. During April and May
will occur the games for the capital
prizes. Club prizes will be awarded
to the winners at the bi-Weekly
duplicates.
The games will be open to sel
members of the club and to the
guests and families of members un-
der these rules:
That one player of each pair and
two players of each team of four
shall be a member of the club or of
a members immediate family; that
any guest who shall have won
masters points under the plan of
the American Contract Bridge
League. or shall hold teachers
certificate, shall be disqualified from
winning any press club prize; that
members playing with non-qualifled
guests will not have the score OF
that game counted toward any press
club prize.
Three out-of-toWn regional tour
naments to which Washington play
ers have been invited are scheduled
for this month. The first Is to be
the Atlantic City Tournament spon-
sored by the Philadelphia Whist
Association and the New Jersey
Bridge League and conducted by
the American Contract Bridge
League. 1t will be held at the
President Hotel. The agenda calls
for a woman's pair event in one
session for the Wissahickon Club
Trophy next Friday afternoon (Mrs.
E. J. Frankel and Miss Beatrice
Jacoby were 1888 winners; a mixed
pair event in one session Friday
evening MRS. J. w. Lance and Willis
K. Glauser were 1888 winners an
open pair event for the Haddon Hall
Trophy, in two sessions, Saturday
afternoon and evening; team-of-
four event, in two sessions, Sunday
afternoon and evening (Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Hagy and Mrs. w. F.
Endy and c. Paul Ray, jr., were 1888
winners). There also will be spe-
cial pair game Saturday evening,
played concurrently with the open
pair match. A. M. Sobel, represent
ing the A. C. B. L., will act as tour
nament director. Lewis L. Bucks is
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee and Mrs. E. B. Swanson will rep
resent Washington on the COM
mittee.
The 11th annual Pennsylvania
State championships tournament
will be held at Scranton, Pa, on
September Is to IT, inclusive, and
will be conducted by the American
Contract Bridge League and the
Anthracite Bridge Association. The
schedule provides for a women's
pair championship, in one session,
Friday afternoon. September Is, for
the Olive A. Peterson Trophy (de-
Tending champions. Mrs. E. w. At
kinson and Mrs. J. E. Waldlich):
mixed pair championship, in one
session, Friday evening, September
Is, for the American Contract Bridge
League Trophy defending cham
pions, Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Waltman);