Evening star., 1940-02-18
In Local Bridge Circles
Kunkel Team Wins Game in Cup Series
By Frank B. Lord.

DV AtWWS
Representative John @. Kunkel Of
Pennsylvania is recognized by
Washington bridge players as the
ace among national legislators who
play the game. His team. consist
Ing Of himself, s. q. Churchill, A. p.
Stockvis and Herbert Shepard won
its first leg in the most recent series
of contests for the 1 Clifford Chal-
lenge Cup conducted by the WASH
ington Bridge League at the Shore
ham Hotel.
The match will be continued until
one team has captured the cup Is
times. Thus far, Col. Edward Clif-
ford, donor of the cup, playing with
o. L. Veerhoff, G. w. Stark and p.
w. Shepard has won four times, the
foursome Of Tom Hamlin, DR.. e. B
Connolly, Gene Herman and Leroy
Thurtell has won twice, and four
other teams each have won once
These teams are Louis Newman
O. J. Brotman, AL Roth and John
D. Mothershed; Louis Newman, o. j
Brotman, AL Roth and DR.. A. j
Steinberg, with Paul Kibler as al.
ternate; Lewis Tubbs, w. de st
Aubin, James q. Stone, Mrs. C.. r
Kavanaugh and Mrs. Evelyn Wood
side, alternate; and the Kunkel
team. Mr.. Kunkel's team defeated
the .Tubbs foursome.
In the priority contests for the
right to challenge the cup holders,
Mr.. Mothershed, Mrs. N. T. N. Rob-
inson, Mrs. w. S. Athey and Mr..
Kibler defeated Mr.. Hamlin, Dr.
Conolly, LIE Roy Thurtell and Gene
Herman. Their victory entities
them to play the Kunkel team on
Wednesday. In the two other
matches the team of Mr.. and Mrs
James H. Lemon, Lewis r. Watson
and Mrs. Roth defeated the team OF
Mrs. Tom Hamlin, Mrs. Irene Sur
guy, Mrs. Rose Robins and Mrs. M.
r. Reddy, and the Clifford team de-
feated the team of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Gradner and Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Campbell.
The leagues most recent pair
game was played in three sections
In the first section with nine ta-
bles, the North and South leaders
were:
Mrs. Alma Byrne and Charles Lyons,
drst: Miss Georgia Armistead and Mrs.
Teresa Summeran. second; Mark Kurtz
and l. P, Smith. third: East and West,
mss s Miss MssR' ssS cosp.f saa and Ears E.
Mrs: 4; R. Hodskins, third.
e,s Section 2-Nins tables North and
George Kathan and Robert Young. sec
ond; Mrs. Oliver Hoyem and Mrs. Mary
Pi1m' P.lI tn third d. East and West: Mrs r.
and Mrs Lawrence Davern. second Miss
Bernice Kleebatt and Oscar Baum, 1r..
Section 3-ren tables North and South,
Mrs. J, A. Long and Mrs j. W Hussey.
first; Mrs. Marian Barre and G. H.. War
then; second; Mrs. e; W. Boyce and Mrs.
u e comar 81 AV'n thrG eorey East sna fnd pr yes;
Mcdonnell: nrst: Mrs. Peyton Blamire and
Mrs. C. Z. Meissner,. second: DR.. A. j.
Steinberg and Louis Newman. third.
The following members of the
league already have qualified for the
big May pair game:
Mrs, Jack Bennett. Mrs r. M. Boyle. Rush
Buckley. Mrs. John M. Evans. Miss Thel-
ma dcodstein; Mrs Mary Goods.ein. Col
and Mrs. Thomas Hamlin. r. H. Hie-
Hoyen;. Georse Kath.n, Marx Kurtz Mrs
Redds. MIS- rff s. shsidon: reat'aa " shepsld ara
4. M. Sheppard. Mrs D. Z. Stephan. Mrs
sursuy; Mrs G $: Tidball, I: II Tillot-
Veerhoff and Robert Young
These players have qualified for
the big June team game:
Ms sos. Msfan Ms nsErf E:n .'' MeByde r se
Mrs Lena sroynins. Mrs. Alma Byrne,
ford; m Mrs John M,,sa n Evans Mrs Paul Gold,
Mrs. Anne q Grimes Mrs Hanhlin. P, E
Hennineer. Gene Herman. cR. H. Higgins.
N Mrs; N N: Hobbs. Mrs A; +. Hodekins, J.
sic Jones. Miss Paris Keener. DR.. C. F.
Kendall. Mrs G. F. Kendall. Mark Kurtz
G; A. Lyons. Miles E. Myers. Mrs, NJ: E
Sheldon. p W. Shepard, A. M Sheppard.
n. 3. Sheppard. L. P. Smith. c. W, Stark
Mrs. D. E. Stephan. Mrs. c. s. Tidball. F
hon.
Three more games remain to be
played in which opportunity will be
afforded for qualification.
The slow approach to the proper
contract In which a hand should be
played generally brings the best re-
suits. Sometimes when a Jump is
made too quickly it proves to be a
jump in the wrong direction. The