Evening star., 1940-12-15
BRIDGE
The Game and
Its Players
By Frank B. Lord.

DJ TTOUR ID. LOTUs
Local bridge players will start their
program for the new year with the
Northern Virginia Tournament at
the George Mason Hotel in Alex
andria on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, January 8, and 5. This
event was inaugurated by Lewis G.
Tubbs of Arlington, and always has
been very popular with Washington
players. In fact, 1t ranks as Wash
ington tournament, although 1t
draws entrants from Virginia and
Maryland as well as from the Cap
ital.
The meet has been scheduled
earlier than usual because dates
originally selected fall within inaug-
uration week, and the following week
was regarded as too close to the
Maryland State tournament in
Baltimore. There will be the usual
women's pair, mixed pair, open pair
and team-o -four games, the first
two in one session each on Friday
afternoon and evening, respectively,
with the open pair contest in two
sessions on Saturday and the team
of-four match in two sessions on
Sunday.
The tournament also will feature
the amateur game which probably
will be played. on Sunday for the
cup presented by the Alexandria
Gazette, won last year by Miss E.
Myers and j. B. Latta, who will be
defending their title. An American
Contract Bridge League event, the
tournament will be directed by A. M.
Sobel and Mrs. F. C. Waltman.
Washington players did not figure
conspicuously among the winners in
the recent national championship
games of the 14th annual tourna-
ment Of the American Contract
Bridge League held in Philadelphia.
Louis Newman was the only local
winner, playing in the team -four
championship with Morris j. Click
and Harry Feinberg, Cleveland, and
jeff Click, Miami In the classic
open pair championship, however.
AL Roth and o. j. Brotman CO.
winners of the worlds team-of- -four
championship at Asbury Park, N j.,
last summer, and S. G. Churchill
and Paul Kibler, local players, fought
through three rounds to qualify for
the finals in which they lost to Mrs.
A. M. Sobel, New York. and Charles
H. Goren, Philadelphia. Mr..
Churchill played with Cecil Head,
New York, and Mr.. Kiblers partner
was Mrs. L. Mayer, New York.
Following the final session of the
open pair contest, the league held
its annual election of officers while
players awaited determination of
the score. The Executive Commit
tee, which acts as a nominating
committee, presented a list of can
didates selected at its meeting on
November TO- Elected without op-
position they were: Chairman of
the Executive Committee, Waldemar
Won Zedtwitz. New York: president,
Col. Robert J. Gill, Baltimore; vice
presidents, Morgan Howard, Pasa-
dena, and Oswald Jacoby, Dallas;
treasurer, J. Horace Block, New
York, and executive secretary, Will
liam E. Kenney, New York, re-
elected. Nominations for the Wom-
mems National Committee, which
were approved, were: President,
Mrs. Oliver Peterson, Philadelphia;
vice presidents, Mrs. Allan Ruther-
ford, Baltimore: Mrs. Donald B.
Tansill, New York, and Miss Flor
ence j. Stratford, Cleveland.
The National Press Club will hold
the last game of the first half of
It's season play in the club audi
torium tomorrow night. The sec
ond half of the series will begin
the first Monday in January.
The American Contract Bridge
League has added the following
Washington players to its list of
junior masters:
Mrs. R. S. Dubois. DR.. Nathan B. Ed
fs' Gerbe1 Mr and coI MRS W A. gardner Simon
Hatch Dr. Emily g arewe. 9eaS' MIS-, SeVefls a r. E.
IndgE Hodgkins Mrs: Annie 8, Grimes, M E.
Miss Kathleen % McMutt Nut and MRS. MFshn.hse5' q B
Pennebaker, one each.
M mrs; Mary Goodstein,. j. W. Hussey,
Mrs eugene Nolan and Mrs. L. D. John
aoodstein and Mrs.. o j. % W Hussey Mlss Ihfme thpee
each; each e; B: Pennebaker and Mrs. G. M,
Hamlin; Ave; II. K King M and and c. M N. Hail, am
..IDa Tom .ls Hamlin and m Mrs. Daisy H. Mott.
Baltimore players: Mr.. and Mrs q. L.
eSa2es essh Ms s Hue4 nSe M4: Eoo:sS
VERT, Annapolis. one.
The Federal Bridge League be-
gan on Tuesday night its three
playoff games for the first half
season prizes to be awarded in
each of the three sessions of the
team game. There will be two more
sessions of play in the present half,
one next Tuesday and the other
January 7. No meeting will be held
on Christmas Eve nor New Years
Eve.
The play up to last Tuesday night
was to determine the sections in
which the several teams partici-
pate in the playoff series. The
scores made in these games, how
ever, will count in the general av-
erage Of the half season, and the
foursome having the highest per-
centage will contest with the team
winning the highest percentage in
the second half of the series for the
trophy given by Luther Steward
upon behalf of the Federation of
Government Employees. If the win
ner of the first half also wins the
second half, there will be no fur
ther match.
Sectional prizes will be awarded
to the three teams making the high
est aggregate score in the three
playof games in each of the three
sections. In the first section on
Tuesday evening the teams were
fairly well matched, there being
spread only of four boards between