Evening star., 1941-09-21
In Local Bridge Circles
By Frank B. Lord

The Federal Bridge League, an
organization of Government play
ers, opened its fall-spring series of
contract team-of-four games last
Tuesday night at the Waroman
Park Hotel. Paul z. Golden cffi-
ciated as director and scorekeeper
with II teams competing A half
dozen other foursomes are listed
for future participation. The play
was in two sections with the fol-
lowing teams enrolled:
Union-Mrs. June Hodgkins, R H Hig-
gins, Mrs. Katherine Fenton, Frank B.
RobeT Yoans otto an so
V A. I. N.-Mrs Paul Golden, Dr.. Emily
Glenn ti D. Albert Il aE Stone. h Ai'ennai'' MIS- D
cornelia PTather, Mrs: Louise Damor. Mrs
Karl W. Greene; alternate Mrs. Aileen
Psases wldMMiss IN Paris 5s.Is KssnsIT: IDA G
| E. Eaton.
The LiOnsmc A LySps' R p1I;n's F. Marsh 81
Ter tsrnsfes Dr. MsnGnRf aad Mrs. Ef6erson Il soe al
The Four Ms-Mrs; Margaret RuekeIT'
Miss Pearl Murray MEs Florence Mord
Eugene Ditto and Mrs. Mary Ditto. :,
The volunteers--Mrs. L. Stein. Mrs. M.
n Good Ruth bGyd stevepson
Mrs Margaret Stetson,. Miss. Doris Will
liams. Mrs. W. B. Fuchs; alternate Ed
Justice-Karl W. Greene, John ]. Barry,
N Rush@Rush Buckley, Rudolph Aukshun.
The GnstsNFranE Garner, Harry darn-
The FedeTaIsE.L. z. shmidI;, C.. A, Whit
Unnamed-Miss Woodson, Miss Bledsoe.
Mr.. and Mrs: Snyder.
DR.. K S. Gibson, George c. Hill; alternates,
Mrs Daniel shankle, H. J. Wensel. W. G.
Redskins-J. L. Roster, Lou Fruitman.
r. E. Mullen, G. D. Rivermore.
The play was in two sections and
the teams were divided in each
without respect to any previous rat
ings. In the first section, the Lions
won the largest number of boards,
Justice was second and the v. A.
I. N. team was tied with the Gnats
for third place.
In the second section, the I. D.
r. A. team was first Eastern Teach
ers second and the Union team third.
Hereafter the teams will be di-
vided into sections according to the
percentage ratings made at the
opening session. Subsequently, the
positions of the various teams will
change, going up or down, according
to the percentages made in the pre-
! yio,lS session.
Team games will be played every
Tuesday night with the exception
of the last Tuesday evening in each
month when there will be a pair
game, in which master points, con-
vertible points and national rating
points will be awarded the first, sec
ond and third pair, respectively, in
accordance with the schedule of the
American Contract Bridge League.
This form of play was adopted last
summer when the league played
only pair games and will be con-
tinued at one session each month
throughout the fall and spring sea-
son. When any pair has acquired a
sufficient number of convertible and
national rating points they may be
converted into master points. Those
winning master points will be al
lowed to have them stand as such in
the A. C. B. Leagues rating. The
master point pair games will run in
series of six, and those which were
won in the summer games will be
accredited and added to any others
that may be won hereafter.
The Agriculture Bridge Club,
which was forced to abandon its
headquarters at the Grafton Hotel
when that hestelry, was taken over
by the British Purchasing Mission,