Evening star., 1939-12-31

the same place.
The Northern Virginia meet is a
popular one and 1t Is expected that
a large bloc of the local fans will
participate, as well as many from
Baltimore, Richmond, Philadelphia
and Norfolk. The program will in
clude a women's pair game in one
session on the afternoon of the open
ing day, January IL. The Defend
ing champions will be Mrs. Cairnes
and Mrs. Malloy of Baltimore.
On the evening of the same day
the mixed-pair match will be held.
The championship will be defended
by Mrs. Frieda Boyce and Louis
Newman. both of Washington. The
open pair championship contest will
be in two sessions on Saturday aft
ernoon and night. James H. Lemon
and John D. Mothershed will defend
the trophy they won last year.
The team match will be in two ses-
sions, one beginning at II am. Sum-
day and the other at S pm. The
winning team last year was Joseph
Grinsfelder. Charles Shiparo, Irwin
Fisher and Claggett Bowie, all of
Baltimore.
The tournament will feature the
intermediate event, which will be
played in one session simultaneous
with the second session of the team
game. This will be similar to the
intermediate event of the Washing
ton Bridge League, for which the
prize is The Evening Star Trophy.
In the Alexandria match the prize
will be trophy offered this year for
the first time by the Alexandria
Gazette. Residential qualifications
which have prevailed heretofore will
be lifted. but none will be eligible for
the trophy who has heretofore par
ticipated in the match or who has
any master points to his or her
credit in the lists of the American
Contract Bridge League. Last years
winners were Mr.. and Mrs. Grottum.
Arrangements for the tournament
are being made by Lewis G. Tubbs,
Arlington, and will be under the
sponsorship of the American Con-
tract Bridge League. which will
award master points to winners in
addition to the prizes which they
may win. Tom Hamlin, president of
the Washington Bridge League, will
be chairman of the Tournament
Committee.
Mrs. C. B. Pennebaker, who di-
rected the duplicate games at the
National Press Club. has announced
the averages made by players in the
first-half series, which ended with
the close of the year. Only those
are included who played at least five
games and whose percentages were
above As.
In the mems list the winner was
c. E. Stewart, whose average was
.620o Among the women, all of
whom were guests of the individual
members of the club, the winner was
Mrs. Oliver Hoyem with an average
of .59O8.
Other men listed we're C. B. Pen
nebaker, .5808; Frank B. Lord, .5487;
w. j. Hogan, jr, 5435; Ned Brooks,
1886: S. Brashears, 534l; S. G.
Kent, .5301; j. C. Atchison, .5191: T.
F. Robinson, .5o79. Women, Mrs.
Kard Standish, .5748; Mrs. Robert
jackson, 5355; Mrs. John D. Moth
ershed. 5140; Mrs. Edna Mertons,
.5025; Mrs. w. ]. Hogan, 1896; Mrs.
Jean Henry. .4581. Other players
did not meet the requirements either
as to number of games played or
percentage.
For the fourth consecutive time
COL Edward Clifford's team of him
self. o. L. Veerhof, C. w. Stark and
P. w. Shepard won the Clifford
Challenge Cup, for which compe-
tition was held under auspices of
the Washington Bridge League at
the Shoreham Hotel. They defeated
the foursome of 1t. Comdr. w. A.
Corley, DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell, D. c.
Elliott and Mark Lake.
The team of Louis Newman, DR..
A. j. Steinberg. Al Roth and o. j.
Brotman, by defeating Tom Hamlin.
Leroy Thurtell, DR.. E. B. Conolly
and Gene Herman, won the right
to challenge the present cup holders.
In the first priority Mrs. Tom Ham