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games 20 frequent In other places
that most players do not find 1t con-
venient to spend nine days ut the
Eastern In New York. Another
reason may be that the Knicker-
booker Whist Club no longer con-
ducts the tournament, and Q third
cause is that the Vanderbilt contest
and the masters individual games
are now held In the spring, whereas
IN other years the Eastern was the
only major tournament In the win
ter and spring season.
The open pair match, which Is the
classic Of the tourney, attracted SO
pairs, whereas its peak was l74 In
one year and the average has been
from 120 to 140 pairs. Twenty-Five
teams participated In the mixed
team -of-four event, which Is about
the average for the past five years.
About . half dozen Washington
players attended and none of them
finished among the leaders in any
Of the events.
This week end the local players
IN much larger numbers are at
tending the Richmond open con-
tract championships, where they
Will defend title to three trophies
won In the four major events Of the
series held last year. These are
the women's pair event, won last
year by Mrs. Frieda Boyce and Mrs.
Irene Surguy; the mixed-pair event,
won by E. A. Perkins and Miss Mabel
Tobin, and the team -four event,
won by DR.. E. B. Conolly, E. A.
Perkins, Leroy Thurteu and Gene
Herman.
The most recent game to attract
the leading Washington players was
the contest held at the Wardman
Park Hotel to determine Washing.
toms representation at the Holly.
wood Beach Hotel Southeastern
championships, to take place at the
Florida resort from Thursday
through Sunday. It will be only the
second time that local experts have
attended this meet, the former
occasion being when w. M. Nc.
1ntyre and Mr. Thurtell were chosen
In contest held by the Washington
Bridge League. This year the win
ming pair was determined by a con-
test conducted independent of any
organization, so that the victors will
represent the city at large rather
than any bridge club.
The competition was in two ses-
sions. and DR.. Conolly and Tom
Flood we're the final winners with
a score of 5541a. Next in order were
John D. Mothershed and Mrs.
N. T. N. Robinson, $751;: d. c.
Elliott and F. M. Lake. 5321a: Mr..
Mcintyre and Mr.. Thurtell, 5291a;
Alfred Schlesinger and James
Hunter, Baltimore, 518h, and
Representative John G. Kunkel and
s. G. Churchill, 5llh.
At the end of the first session 1t
appeared that two women might
be chosen, because Mrs. Ruth
Kavanaugh and Mrs. w. S. Athey
led all the others. They had
reversal of form in the finals, how
ever. and did not finish among the
leaders. The Baltimore pair was
second and Mr.. Mothershed and
Mrs. Robinson were third. In the
finals they managed to move up to
second place, but finished nine
points behind Dr.. Conolly and Mr..
Flood. The prize will be free trip
to Florida with accommodations for
five days at the Hollywood Beach
Hotel and free entry in all the
tournament events.
The next event on the bridge cal
endar Of special interest to local
players is the Old Dominion cham
tournament scheduled for
March 20, 80 and 81 at the George
Mason Hotel in Alexandria. It has
always been a well patronized meet
and this year probably will be more
so because of the fact that Richard
E. Needham, who is to conduct 1t,
has returned to the American Con-
tract Bridge League, under whose
auspices it will be held.
j. E. OD.: This is in answer to
your inquiry as to what is meant
by match point scoring and how is
1t done?" It may interest others,
too.
Match point scoring is a method
of determining the winner and the
ranking Of other players in dupn-
cate bridge. In pair play where
two partners play against another
pair, the pair which makes the
highest point score on q hand is
given the maximum match points
on that deal.
For example, five tables are at
play in a duplicate game. A GER
tain deal will make four spades or
four no-trump. One pair plays it
at q contract Of three no-trump
and makes four-odd. This is the
best score, and the pair making 1t