Evening star., 1940-06-09

'4Ae AoeoA Adilo LII pIcllnlnary game
at the Hotel Mason in Alexandria,
did not finish among the leaders in
any of the matches.
The De st. Aubin victory was won
over two Norfolk players, Herbert
Gerst and Mrs. Allen Nordlinger,
who were second. Third place in
the contest went to LIE Roy Thur
tell, Washington, and Mrs. Leon
Landauer, Norfolk. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. H. Make, Richmond, took the
honors in the open pair event.
The feature of the tournament
was the team -of-four contest which
was lost by the previous champions,
the Washington foursome of Mr..
Thurtell, DR.. E. B. Conolly, DR.. A. j.
Steinberg and Louis Newman. They
yielded, however, to another Wash
ington team whose members were
Gene Herman and Mrs. Irene Sur
guy. John D. Mothershed and Mrs.
N. T. NJ Robinson. So close was the
competition that the victors finished
only one-half a match point ahead
of the former champions, while one
point further down the list was the
team of Mr.. and Mrs. Allan J. Hof-
heimer, Herbert Gerst and Ralph J.
Margolius, Norfolk.
In the open pair match, Tom
Flood and Mr.. Mothershed took sec
ond place, while DR.. Steinberg and
Mr.. Newman were third. Both of
these pairs are also from Washing
ton.
The tournament, which marked
an annual meeting of the Virginia
State Bridge Association, under
whose auspices the events were held.
was the largest in the history of the
State. The officers elected at the
annual meeting were John L. Roper,
I'd, Norfolk, president; c. B. White,
Norfolk, vice president: Henry Fock-
Ter, Norfolk, treasurer; Ellis Butt,
Portsmouth. secretary, and r. r.
Owen, Lynchburg; Herbert Gerst.
j. Frank East and N. c. Wilson. jr..
Norfolk. and G.. G. Blair, Suffolk,
directors.
The outstanding event for all
bridge players during the hot
weather season will be the summer
tournament of the American Con-
tract Bridge League at Asbury Park.
Scores of Washington players are
planning to attend and combine
their favorite pastime with their
annual vacation. The Tournament
Committee of the league has an
nounced the following schedule of
events:
World championship master pairs,
four sessions, August 8-1l, inclusive;
world championship master teams.
five sessions, August TIL. inclusive;
national championship mems pairs,
and national championship, wom-
ems pairs, both in three sessions,
August ST. inclusive; national
championship mixed team, two ses-
sions, August and s; national
championship non-master pairs,
two sessions, August 7 and 8; ma
tional non-masters presidents pairs,
three sessions, August Gil, inclus-
i've.
There will be two games a day,
each a separate contest for prizes.
A special prize will be awarded to
the player making the best average
in five selected scores. A kibitzer's
gallery will again feature the tourn-
ament.
The celebrated big three of East
ern intercollegiate sports-Prince-
ton, Harvard and Yale-finished in
that order behind two young women
from Radcliffe College in the first
annual invitation intercollegiate
bridge championships recently held
in New York.
Winners in the tournament, which
attracted campus contract cham
pions from five women's colleges
and seven Ivy League universities,
were Miss Mary Ashley. 10, junior
at Radcliffe from Perrysburg, Ohio,
and Miss Muriel Goldberg, 21, senior
from Calgary, Canada. William M.
Jennings, 40, and r. Glen Maitland,
Al of Princeton were runners-up.
Other contestants entered were from
Sarah Lawrence, Brown, Pennsyl-
vania, Columbia, Smith, Cornell,
Wellesley and Mount Holyoke and
finished in the order named.
The "a undergraduate players
from IA States and Canada received
an all-expense trip to New York in
connection with the tournament, the