Evening star., 1941-10-17
Men S Teams Beqin
Bridge Championship
Quest This Afternoon
Women's Contest Is Led
BY Mrs. Robinson
And Mrs. Rutherford

The men of the Washington
Bridge League have their innings
this afternoon in the 18th annual
tournament at the Shoreham Hotel.
Departing from it's usual custom,
the League arranged a special event
exclusively for them. Its popularity
was attested by the fact that "a
pairs are entered.
In another part OF the ballroom
the women are playing the second
session of their own championship
pair match.
In the first session of the womenS
game yesterday there were 81 IN
competition for the Presidents Cup
and the contest was spirited one
with % boards in play. Mrs. N. T.
N. Robinson of Washington and
Mrs. Allan Rutherford of Baltimore
led with 239 points. Second were
Mrs. C. w. Boyce and Mrs. w. S.
Athey with 226. Mrs. L. l.. Gibson
and Mrs. Harold Young were third
with 221, Mrs. Mary Plum and Miss
Thelma Goodstein fourth with 2l7
and Mrs. James H. Lemon and Mrs.
w. B. Van Devanter fifth with 2l2.
Less than one board separated the
first and second pairs, but then the
totals ran down as low as III points.
Last Years Winners Falter.
Last years winners, Mrs. Camp
bell and Mrs. EberSon, only reached
11th place in the first round.
Entered in the championship
Campbell, Mrs. A. J. Steinberg and
Mrs. Dora Schwartz, Mrs. N. A.
Olmstead and Mrs. Henry Fischer,
Mrs. Stanley H. BeaSley and Mrs.
Fitzhugh Donnelly. Mrs. John
Thornton and Mrs. Burton E. Pal
mer, Mrs. w. Frank Sunny and
Mrs. J. C. Seabourne, Mrs. Weyland
Tarpley and Mrs. F. H. Vosburgn,
Mrs. Anne o. Grimes and Mrs.
Catherine Tidball, Mrs. Van Devan-
ter and Mrs. Lemon Mrs. Plum and
Miss Goodstein, Mrs. Edward Cotter
and Mrs. j. A. Long, Mrs. R. +.
Dubois and Mrs. L. D. johnson, Mrs.
Boyce and Mrs. Athey, Mrs. D. H.
Skinner and Mrs. Irene Surguy, Mrs.
Roy Hackett and Mrs. Marian Barre,
Miss Kathleen McNutt and Mrs. d.
E. Stephen, Mrs. S. P. Coplentz and
Mrs. T. D. Sheldon, Mrs. Peyton
Blamire and Mrs. c. E. MelsSner,
Mrs. j. R. Belt and Mrs. Jack Ben
nett, Mrs. John NJ. Evans and Mrs.
J.B. Gregg Gusts, Mrs. Gibson and
Mrs. Young, Miss Helen WEIGH and
Mrs. Albert Buckler. Mrs. Katherine
J, Fenton and Mrs. E. R. Walton, u;
Mrs. T. M. Boyle and Mrs. M, R.
Reddv. Mrs. Rose Robins and Mrs.
II. R. Martin. Mrs. E. B. Swanson
and Mrs. J. R. Mills. jr.; Mrs. John
Coffee and Mrs. John Seward, Mrs.
H. Hoogewerft and Mrs. E. r.
Shepard. Miss Ruth R. Lamb ana
Mrs. M. C. Bradley, DR.. Emily GreWe
and Mrs. June Hodgkins, Nine.
Camille Chantemps and Nine. Pom
left, all of Washington.
Others in Contest.
Also Mrs. Kay Davitt of Scranton
and Mrs. Paul Golden, Mrs. w. 5.
Rohleder and Mrs. Leon Landauer
of Norfolk. Mrs. Rutherford and Mrs.
Robinson, Mrs. Stanley Newman OF
Baltimore and Mrs. c. V. Tenny,
Mrs. Peggy Lord of Baltimore and
Mrs. P. H. Woods Of Philadelphia,
Mrs. Vincent B. Fuller Of Upper
Darby. Pa. and Mrs. Violet thinner,
Mrs. Edward Behrend of Baltimore
and Mrs. Daisy H. Mott, Mrs. j. P.
Dagger and Mrs. Isadore zerkins of
Baltimore, Mrs. Winston Gravely OF
Richmond and Mrs. Paul j. Myatt
of Arlington, Mrs. R. c. Bayiss and
Mrs. Alma Byrne and Mrs. j. E.
Folline of Richmond and Mrs. w. o.
st. Aubin.
Players complained that the hands
were ordinary and offered almost no
opportunity for spectacular bidding
or slam contracts. A casual survey
disclosed only one slam hand. Board
No. II was an exception and North
and South in most instances reached
a slam either in no trump or in
hearts. Several others stopped with
a game bid, and two declarers went
down on a small slam and one on
q bid of grand slam.
In one instance a grand slam was
made on a small slam bid, and this
was top on the board.
The cards were distributed as
follows:
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