Evening star., 1940-02-25

made q grand slam in hearts for q
score Of 2,210, which proved to be
top on the board, as no other pair
had been forced into the seven
heart contract.
!, North, who had overcalled on four
diamonds to the nine, opened
small spade, which suit had not been
bid. Declarer allowed 1t to ride to
his nine spot. He next laid down
three high hearts, which exhausted
adversely held trumps and then fol-
lowed with the ace Of spades, the
king Of diamonds and the ace Of
clubs from his own hand. Next he
trumped his jack Of clubs In dummy
and returned with the king of spades,
on which he discarded small dia-
mond and the queen Of spades fell
from North. The jack Of that suit
from dummy enabled him to dis
pose Of another diamond. He was
determined to avoid a diamond
f1nesse as long as possible.
The opportunity for disposing Of
q second diamond came when the
play Of the spade queen by North
made the jack of that suit good in
dummy. A diamond finesse then
became unnecessary, and this was
fortunate for him because South
held the queen which would have
won the finesse and set the hand
OF course. the flnesse could have
been taken the other way success
fully, but 1t did not seem reasonable
that North would. have overcalled
with two diamonds when she held
nothing in that suit higher than
the nine.
Members of the Washington Bridge
League and other local players have
been invited to attend the Rich
mond open contract bridge cham
pionship games to be conducted by
the Richmond Bridge Association in
the Old Dominion capital March
$40, inclusive. They are going, too,
in representative numbers. for they
already hold title to three of the
major trophies which they won last
year in the Richmond tournament.
Mrs. Frieda Boyce and Mrs. Irene
Surguy will defend the Old Domin-
ion Bridge Club plate in the women's
pair event. which they captured last
year. E. A. Perkins and Miss Mabel
Tobin will play to retain title to the
Salasky Trophy in the mixed pair
event, and the Washington four
some of DR.. Connolly. E. A. Perkins,
Mr.. Thurtell and Gene Herman want
to keep the News Leader bowl
which has been in their possession
for the past year.
One other event in two sessions,
the open pair match for the Times
Dispatch Trophy. got away from
Washington players last year and
was worf by Mrs. R. E. Jennen and
Mrs. Vivian Owen (Roanoke). This
will be an elimination game and
those who do not qualify in the
first session on Saturday afternoon
will play consolation game on Sat-
urdaY night for individual prizes.
Russell j. Baldwin will direct the
tournament. 1t. Comdr. w. A. Cor
ley is local representative on. the
Executive Committee. 1.1 gr ,a1,
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The Allies team made big
squirt in the Tuesday evening team
of-four game of the Federal Bridge
League and reached second place
in the first division, only slightly
below the Rajahs, who continue to
head the list. The. Allies won 141a
out of "a, boards, and both pairs
of their team were high match
points winners. Mrs. Paul E. Golden
and Mrs Miles Myers were high
North and South with 72 points, and
M. E. Myers and r. H. Higgins,
East and West, were high with 70h
match points. The Architects in
the same division also won 141a out
of "a boards and reached fourth
place.
In the second division, the Excess
Reserves won 17la out of "a boards
In match points, H. T. Wensel and
w. Brombacher of the Stays were
high with IT points and Miss Vir-
ginia Pierce and John Thornton
of the st. Aubins were high East
and West.
Tn the third division the Acri.