Evening star., 1940-09-22
BRIDGE
The Game and
Its Players

The National Press Club will In
augurate its season Of winter and
spring bridge games tomorrow night
in the club auditorium, There will
be a series of seven games between
that time and the Christmas holi-
days Seven more will start in
January and continue each alter
nate Monday night until April, when
there will be five games on success
sive Monday nights for the various
major trophies donated by persons
prominent in the bridge world, by
the club itself and some Of its indi-
vidual members.
These prizes INCLUDE the Ely Gull
bertson Cup. the Victor Smith Cup,
the Mcintyre Cup. presented by Col.
M. H. Mcintyre. one of the Presi-
dents secretaries ano member of
the club, and the Mexican Ambas-
sador's Cup. given by DR.. Don Fran
cisco Castillo NaJera. a frequent
player at the club. In addition, there
will be the John H. Edwards silver
gift which is always presented for
the permanent possession OF the
winners. Mr.. Edwards is a member
Of the club. All other major trophies
are played for annually.
The schedule calls for games as
follows: September %. october 7
and 81, November and 18, Decem-
Der and l6, in the first half of the
series. and on January 6 and 20,
February 3 and II, March 3, II and
81, in the second half. Each will be
a pair game The rlay for the Ely
Culbertson Cup will be the only team
game OF the series.
At a meeting of the Games Com
mittee last week Chairman Ned
Brooks announced the rules which
will govern the play. All members
Of the club, whether active, nom
active or associate, are eligible They
may invite as partners woman guests,
who will be privileged to play for all
prizes except the Mcintyre Cup, for
which the contestants will be limited
to club members. The only other
women excluded are professional
teachers and those holding master
point ratings in the Hstings Of the
American Contract Bridge League
Members of the club who hold such
rating are not TO be excluded.
F. H. Tillotson will act as director
and official scorer.
The team -of-four event Of the
third annual Cumberland Valley
Tournament is being played today
at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in
Frederick, Nd, with several WASH
ington foursomes participating. The
tournament has been in progress
since Friday and has included
women's pair matcn, mixed pair
contest and an open pair play, the
last Of these being held in two ses-
sions yesterday. The other two
events were in one session each.
Washington members of the Tourna-
ment Committee are Roy Astleford,
Tom Hamlin, president Of the Wash
ington Bridge League; P. E. Hen
ninger, ,.Dr. c. c. Mcdonnell, DR.. A.
OOC4llOCl b, bC W 10 w o tSOil dllu lt1l D.
c. w. thinner and Mrs. Wilfred de
st. Aubin of Bethesda. C. F. Walt
man is the director representing the
American Contract Bridge League,
under whose auspices the event is
being held.
Announcement has been made of
the following events in which local
players have been invited to partici-
pate: Penn State championships at
Pittsburgh, September 26-29. inclu-
sive; Eastern Pennsylvania Tourna-
ment at Reading, october As, and
the Central Virginia Tournament at
Lynchburg, Va, October 1920.
Club opened its fall series Of games
Wednesday night at the Cheeks
Studio, 2010 r street NV. The re-
suit was a tie for first place between
Mrs. F. r. Raskin and Miss M.
Keller and Mrs. c. L. Earle and Har-
old R. Young. Mrs. M F. Gordova
and Harry Boody were third.
The Roosevelt Hotel duplicate
game. which has been in recess dur
ing the summer, will be resumed the
first week in October. Games will
be played on each Thursday evening
as heretofore. William Cheeks will
be the director.
1t was "get-together" night for the
Federal Bridge League at the Ward
man Park Hotel Tuesday. The ses-
sion was the last of the summer
series Of games which began in May
and the prelude to the opening Of
the regular season Of team-of-four
competition, which will continue for
the next eight months. The summer
games were pair matches open to
the public. The team Of -four games
are limited to league members, who
are Federal or District Govern
ment employees or belong to the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps and
their immediate omilies.
The Federal boasts that 1t pro-
.vides for bridge lovers . game every
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