Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10
Three Tournament
Events Are Held
By Bridge League
Results of Matches
Will Be Announced
Tomorrow

Tomorrow
Three events of the tenth annual
tournament of the washington
Bridge League were held yesterday
afternoon and night. Matches were
still in progress at an early hour
this morning, with the result that
winners names will not be printed
until tomorrow.
In the afternoon there was the
first session of the open pair cham
pionship games featuring the tour
ney, and in the evening the open pair
championship was concluded, as was
also the intermediate match for the
Evening Star Trophy.
Philadelphians victors.
In the first session of the open pair
game. the North and South winners
in Section A were Mrs. j. j. Mitchell,
Sd. and E. G. Ellenbogen, both OF
Philadelphia, whose score was 1862.
Second were DR.. A. j. Steinberg and
Louis Newman, score 1897; third,
Tom Hamlin, president of the
league. and Mrs. Hanlin, score 181.
East and West winners: LIE Roy
Thurtell and w. G.. Jones, jr., score
l941a. first: Mrs P H. Wood and
Joseph Grinsfelder. both of Balti-
more. second. score 1856, and Mrs.
j. E. Folline and jeff Click, both OF
Richmond, third, score 1874.
In section B, North and South,
first were L. E. Shmild and c. A.
Written. score 1872: second, Ira Hay
good and J. S. Surrock, both of Balti-
more, score l76, and third, S. G.
Churchill and Mrs. w. S. Athey,
score l74h; East and West winners
In the same section were Mrs. Irene
Surguy and Gene Herman, first,
score 1861 Mrs. Violet thinner and
Mrs. Frederick Eberson, second, score
179lt. and j. G., Stone and Mrs
Evelyn Woodside, third, score ITO.
The afternoon match was an elm
nation game and those who failed
to reach a given score were disquali-
fed for the final round. Those who
qualified were: Mrs. J. j. Mitchell, Sd,
and E. G.. Ellenbogen, DR.. A. j. Stein
berg and Louis Newman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Hamlin, Mrs. N. T. N
Robinson and N. G. Wilson, J. H
Lemon and John D. Mothershed, Al
Roth and o. j. Brotman, Ira Haygood
and S. R. Surrock, L. E. Shmild and
c. A. Written, Mrs. c. w. Boyce and
Arch Kepner, Mrs H. c. White and
S. F. Gerber, Miss Mabel Tobin and
Sam Groves, Mrs. w. S. Athey and
S. G. Churchill.
Also Col r. j. Gill and Clagett
Bowie, both of Baltimore, Mrs. Irene
Surguy and Gene Herman, Mrs.
Evelyn Woodside and j. G. Stone,
N. j. McHugh and Ruch Buckley,
Mr.. and Mrs George F. Pfitzner,
Mrs. Jack Bennett and Isaac H.
York, Mrs. Violet thinner and Mrs.
Frederick Everson, H. R. King and
A. I. Westrich, Mrs. j. E. Folline and
jeff Click, Mrs. Edward Behrends
and Mrs. Allan Rutherford, both
of Baltimore; Karl Itkin and Paul
E. Neff, Mrs. L. D. johnson and
Mrs. Robert Du Bots, LIE Roy Thur
tell and w. G. Jones, jr.; Mrs. Lii
liam Harrison of Richmond and Paul
Kibler and Mr.. and Mrs. R. G.
Bayliss. -
Feature Deal of Afternoon.
The deal that featured the after
noon game in the open pair match
contained a distribution of cards as
follows:
North.
4 10 So
Je432
8 SIS
4 1915
West. East.
Ak @ jos \ A 4
= @ OAKS
Q KJ4 Q @ 10 8 8
&AO4 &953
South.
A753
Y 765
8 98
= < 80
Here was an opportunity for East
and West to make a grand slam but
only two pairs bid it. The most Of
the others stopped at small slam
and two or three couples we're in
game only.
Where the maximum score was
reached the bidding was opened by
West with one spade, East responded
with two diamonds, West bid three
clubs, East four no-trump, West five
hearts and East bid six no-trump
and West seven The hand was a
lay-down for seven no-trump, re-
CARELESS of the lead.
The team of four match for the
District championship will be held
In two sessions today and will con-
clude the tournament.