Evening star., 1939-06-04

AN enthusiastic group OF wash
ington players went down to the
Virginia resort to participate, but
actually their principal delight was
in seeing Connolly crash through
the defense of his opponents who
came from surrounding cities as far
North as Philadelphia. Some of the
local fans" such as Bill Cheeks
and Louis Newman, left an early
morning game here to drive to the
beach, where they had time only
for brief dip in the ocean before
entering the mixed pair event,
which was played in two sessions on
Saturday. There were "a pairs and
DR.. Connolly was in partnership
with Miss Thelma Goodstein, also
of Washington.
1t was the young lady's first big
tournament, for she began playing
duplicate only six months ago at
the Hotel Roosevelt, although pre-
viously she had played some rubber
bridge at her home in Uniontown
Pa. In the first session the Conolly-
Goodstein pair finished in 17th place,
but they were not discouraged. The
second session was the home stretch
to them and they came through
with flying colors to win first place
over Miss Estelle Laudauer of Nor
folk and Roy Thurtell of Washing
ton, who were second and had been
third in the first session. Mrs. j
E. Falline and DR.. A. J. Salasky of
Richmond, who led in the first ses-
sion, were third in the finals. Dr.
and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg and Mrs
Freda Boyce and w. M Mcintyre,
all of Washington, finished fifth and
seventh, respectively.
In the open pair event, played in
two sections, and in two sessions DR..
Connolly was paired with W. NJ Nc
Intyre. Fourteen pairs from each
section qualified for the finals, in
cluding the Washington pairs of
Connolly and Mcintyre, Mothershed
and Newman, William Cheeks and
DR.. Charles Duffy of New Bern, DR.
A. j. Steinberg and E. A. Perkins
and Thomas Flood and Mrs Charles
Duffy. In this match as in the
finals of the mixed pair game DR.
Connolly and his partner took lead
that could not be overcome and
they won handily, with John D.
Mothershed and Louis Newman sec
ond and Harry Fivel and Mrs Allan
Roodling of Norfolk third.
In the consolation game for those
eliminated from the major event
the North and South winners were
Mrs Freida Boyce and Mrs. N. T
N. Robinson and E. S. Harlow of
Richmond and Roy Thurtell of
Washington, East and West.
Then came the classic event of
the meet, the team. of four games
also played in two sessions. Here
as in the other matches. DR.
Conolly's team took the lead and
maintained it throughout. Associ-
ated with him were Roy Thurtell
DR.. A. J. Steinberg and w. NJ Nc
Intyre 1t was the fourth time in
succession that this foursome had
captured the team of four trophy
except that Mr. Mcintyre played in
place of H. R. King, who last year
substituted for Moe Jacobs, since
deceased.
Two teams were tied for second
place, one captained by Herbert
Gerst of Norfolk and the other by
Ralph Margolus, also of Norfolk
Last years winners in the mixed
pair event were Mrs. j. R. Chappell,
jr, and George Bayliss of Rich
mond and in the open pair event
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon of
Washington.
The Annapolis Roads tournament
which was inaugurated last year by
William Cheeks has been transferred
to Annapolis. where it will be held
at Carvel Hall and hereafter known
as the Carvel Indianapolis tour
nament. 1t will occuur on July /
and 3, inclusive, sponsored by the
American Contract Bridge League
which will award master points to
winners and runners-up in the sew
eral events.
An innovation in the meet will
be the holding of a Women's pair
game and mems pair game con-
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