Evening star., 1940-03-17

the third round Of bidding, when
North saw that his partner could
not support hearts and realized
that he had some help for spades,
he called three spades and South
went to four. Vests opening lead
was q small spade which declarer
won In dummy with the ace and
then played two rounds Of hearts,
discarding two small diamonds. He
next played from dummy the two
Of diamonds and won with his ace
and trumped the next diamond In
dummy with the ten. When East
cid not cover his next lead Of the
ten Of clubs, South won with the
queen. Then came his clever play
which gave him an extra trick. He
laid down a small spade, West COW
cred with the nine and East was
obliged to win with his ling. Had
South played the queen of spades
to force the king, West would
then have had the winning jack OF
trumps and South would have been
held to his contract of four, and
even set one trick if East upon win
ming with the king of trumps had
led anything but the ace of clubs.
A heart or a diamond lead would
have forced South to trump and
finally to lead away from his king
and seven Of clubs. Instead, de-
clarer made five-odd on a bid OF
four and top on the board.
The Athletic Association OF the
United States Railroad Retirement
Board has formed a bridge club
which has inaugur1ted series Of
games to be played on Wednes-
day evenings at the Cheeks Studio,
2010 r street NV.
Representative Kunkel's' foursome
consisting Of himself, S. G. Churchill
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Stockvis,
holders of the Clifford Challenge
Cup being played for in a series Of
matches under the auspices of the
Washington Bridge League, suffered
defeat in its latest contest. They
lost the coveted trophy to the team
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon,
Al Roth and Lewis R. Watson. The
victors will next be called upon to
defend 1t against the team of Louis
Newman. DR.. A. j. Steinberg, Mr..
Flood and w. M. Mcintyre, who in
the priority match for the right Of
challenge defeated the foursome Of
Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Hall, John Dom
nelly and Carle w. Turner.
In the next priority round, Tom
Hamlin, Paul Kibler, Mr.. Herman
and Mr.. Thurtell defeated Col. Gray,
Mrs. Tidball and Mr.. and Mrs. c. w.
thinner.
In another priority event, Mr..
Tubbs, Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. de st. Aubin de-
feated w. A. Gardner, John Evans,
Howard Campbell and Karl w.
Greene.
In the leagues regular pair game
played at the same time, the first
section winners, where there were
nine tables, were North and South,
Robert Young and George Kathan.
first; Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer j. Koch.
second: Mrs. Jessie Walters and Mrs.
Alma Byrne. third; East and West,
DR.. Emily Grewe and Mrs. Margaret
Hobbs, first; Charles A. Lyons and
Sam Groves, second: Miss Charlotte
Worcester and Miss Paris Keener,
third.
Section 2 had nine tables and the
winners North and South were Mrs.
Katherine Fenton and A. L. Scott
and P. E. Henninger and J. T. Onley,
tied for first place, with Miss Lucille
Maupin and NJ. Kurtz, third.
In section 3, where there were 10
tables, the North and South win
ners were Mr.. Mothershed and Mrs.
N. T. N. Robinson and A. I. West
rich and Joe Granger in a tie for
first place; Mrs. D. Skinner and F.
H. Tillotson, third; East and West
H. r. King and A. I. Fratkin, first;
Mrs. Oliver Hoyem and Mrs. Menne
Barry, second; Mrs. Frederick Van
Nuys and Mrs. Pat McCarran, third.
Among other leaders last week
were:
Roosevelt Hotel-Mrs. Jean Rohleder
Norfolk. and M. Portugal. first; Mrs Helen
Roouchaux and M: r. Winters. BROOKLYN
T. Y. second; Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
OAS1sn Ms. piaie 5hste T Wright. La Sail. Apart.
Gordon. first; Mrs. Mary johnson and Tom
Stevenson. second; James A. Dearing and
c. H: Parkman. third; Thursday afternoon,
Frank B. Lord and John Donnelly first:
Mrs. Jean Rohleder and W. M. Peterson
second; MIS-, Ellen dlidden and James A.
Mrs. D. Z. stephan's studio-Tuesday
Mcintyre 1rst: Col and Mrs. Gray, sec
ond; Mrs. Alma Byrne and Thelma Good
stein. third; Tuesday evening, Mrs J. r.
Belt and 8. H Warthem. frst: Miss Mau-
reen Murphy and Alphonse De Soto, Sec
ond; Mrs. Haines and Mr.. Catsher, third
y Wsdnesday; t.s,.s,1 Mrs ;x j. A Kaiser and Mrs
snsSgh snsIyn wndd!s1 end Ms Van Nuys second Mrs
Friday, DR.. and Mrs. 4. j. steinberx. nrst;
Mrs: Stephan and Joe Granger, second
A. M. Shepard and John Donneliy, third
Saturday. DR.. Wolsey and DR.. Eddy. frst
Miss Sarah Dougherty and Hazel Ryman
second; Mr.. and Mrs Granger, third