Evening star., 1940-02-11

eight spot. Mr.. Flood in South
studied moment and then, figur-
ing that West must have the single
ton ace, did not cover with his
king. This was the key to the
play of the whole hand, as it con-
fused the declarer and was the
cause of his going in the hole for
q set Of 800 points A spade was
led to the queen In dummy and
taken with the ace by South, who
returned diamond on which North
placed the 10, thus forcing the
ace IN dummy. Next a small club
was led. and South showed out,
discarding a spade. After winning
with the ace. West played and won
three rounds of spades. North,
being pressed for discards, decided
that since his partner had not dis
carded the heart 10 on the clun
and had failed to cover the eight
spot Of hearts on the first lead, he
must have the king, 10 and Z
of hearts. so he pitched away two
hearts and a club. Declarer then
led small club, and Mr.. Jones
played the jack. which declarer
allowed to hold the trick, thinking
that North held the king of hearts
and after leading it would be obliged
to throw dummy in with the queen
Of that suit Mr.. Flood discarded
a small diamond. and when North
led the jack Of hearts. which was
covered by the queen, Mr.. Flood
had these cards, SIX, H-K-10, D
OK. all Of which we're good.
The result was that declarer was
set three tricks for vulnerable loss
of 800 points.
Plans are being developed already
for the Annapolis tournament, al
though 1t will not be held until the
| first week in July. Because July 4
falls on Thursday, it will be for the
first time four-day event con-
tinuing through Friday. Saturday
and Sunday There will be special
interest in the mems and women's
pair matches which will be run
simultaneously on the first day of
the meet. The pairs will play the
same boards and thus there will be
an opportunity to determine superb
ority between the two sets of
players.
On the second day there will be
an amateur match in which those
who hold master points according
to the schedule of the American
Contract Bridge League will be in
eligible to play. On the evening of
the same day will occur the mixed
pair match, with the open pair con-
test on Saturday and the team-of-
four game on Sunday. Russell j.
Baldwin has been selected as direc-
tor of the tournament which will be
held at Carvell Hall. William
Cheeks will be manager.
The Virginia State Bridge Asso-
ciation announces the second an
nual Virginia Master Championship
games will be held at the Monticello
Hotel. Norfolk, next Saturday and
Sunday. There will be two sessions
Saturday and one Sunday with no
eliminations. All players will COM
pete throughout the event. Only
those who hold at least one master
point or one convertible master
point will be eligible. The winners
will receive a special prize in the
form of rooms and meals for five
days at the Hollywood Beach Hotel,
Holly, Fla, and entries to all events
in the Southeastern Championships
to be held there March 14-17. If
the winners cannot make the trip,
suitable trophies will be given them
and the trip privileges will go to the
runners-up.
The Rajah team won back its old
place at the head of section A in
the Federal Bridge League game at
the Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday
evening. This team led the league
during all the first-half series and
then dropped into the second divi-
sion at the beginning of the second
half. Since then it has been climb
ing steadily and at last has regained
its former position. In doing so the
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