Evening star., 1940-11-17
BRIDGE
The Game and
Its Players
Rv Fraxk B. Lord.

Nrs. II. q. Campbell and Mrs.
Frederick Emerson ssved. In part,
the reputation Of Warrington bridge
players when they captured the
Women's Pair Championship for the
District in the 10th annual tour
nament Of the Warrington Bridge
held last week ct the ShorehaW
Hotel. Roy Thurtell, playing with
Mrs. Leon Laudauer, Norfolk, was
. co-winner Of the Mixed Pair game.
but otherwise al the championships
went to visiting players and in sew
eral instances the second and third
positions.
The open pair championship. Won
last year by DR.. G. G. Mcdonnell
and Roy Astleford. went to Nrs. P.
H. Woods, Philadelphia, and Joseph
Grindsfelder, with DR.. A. J. Stein
berg and Louis Newman Of Waah-
ington. second. and Nrs. J. J. Eolnne
and Jen Click, Miami. third. The
trophy was the woodward Cup.
Hopes Of regaining the Eynon
Bowl, the prize in the team-of- -four
contest which was held by q Balti-
more f0ursome, were entertained
when the local team of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. de st. Aubin. James q. Stone and
Evelyn Woodside won the flrst ses-
sion of the match. but they faded
in the second round and dropped to
third place in tie with Mr.. and Mrs.
A. p. Stockvis, L. g. Tubbs and 8.
@. Churchill. The bowl will remain
In Baltimore for another year ut
least. in the possession Of M. I.
Strouse, Ed Pierson, ]. 8. Surrock,
Ira Haygooni and DR.. Frank di
Paula, who acted "a. the teams
alternate. The quartet who won 1t
last year was composed Of Claggett
Bowie, Irwin Fisher. Mr.. Grindsfeller
and Charles Shapiro. They strug-
gled hard to retain 1t but were un-
successful. They did, however, come
from behind in the first round and
were second in the finals.
Mrs. ]. E. Folline, Richmond,
proved to be the outstanding player
Of the tournament. While she won
no top scores. she was second in one
event and third in two others. No
other player was 30 many times
among the leaders. In the women's
pair match, she was the cup de-
fender with her partner, Mrs. A. j.
Rosenbloom, also of the Virginia
city, and finished second. In the
mixed pair she was third with DR..
A. j. Salasky. Last year she won
the same contest when she played
with DR.. Salasky as her partner. s.
G. Churchill and Miss Mabel Tobin
were second this year.
In the popular intermediate event
for The Evening Star Trophy, which
was not clasSed as q championship
match, . Washington pair was vic
torious, but only local players par
ticipated. The winners M. L. Kess-
Ter and Leo Joel, nosed out Capt.
V. Sveshnikon and E. H. Roohr-
bach by the narrow margin of .04l
Of one point. 1t Is said to have
been the closest match in the rec
ords Of local bridge. The Sveshni-
kon -Roohrbach pair lost the game
when they allowed Mrs. Vosburgh,
playing with Russell Belt as her
partner, to make q doubled one
heart contract when they could
themselves have made two spades.
The Four Jacks retained leader
ship in the team game Of the Fed
eral Bridge League on Tuesday night
at the Wardman Park Hotel. There
was little change In the relati
standings Of other foursomes, except
that the Allies and the Redskins tied
for second place and the Eddies
made another big jump which placed
them at the head Of the second Sec
ton.
In the first section, the Fairchance
and Redskin teams each won 1917
boards out of "a. The formers
North and South pair. Miss Laura
Grtfnth and o. L. Simpson, were
high as was also its East and West
pair, Frank B. Lord and Mrs. Kath-
crime j. Fenton. Each had ssh
match points.
In section two. the w. p. A. team
won 16h boards out Of "A. DR.. N.
B. Eddy and DR.. Daft of the Eddies
were high pair North and South
with 81 match points, and DR.. Emily
Grewe and Miss Doris. v. A. I. N.
team, were high pair East and West
with 721s match points.
In section three, the Army team
won 15h boards out Of "A. Miss
Lillian Regan and Mrs. Alsten, new
team, were high North and South
with 73 match points. and J. R. Van
Fossen and j. Dembitz, Army team,
were high pair East and West.
The team standings follow: