Evening star., 1942-03-15
In Local Bridge Circles
BY Frank B. Lord

Dick" Needham. who directed
the first mortgage tournament ever
held III Washington, will be back
here as the representative of the
American Contract Bridge League
to conduct the ninth annual Old
Dominion Championship Tourna-
ment which is scheduled to take
place in Alexandria March 27 TO %.
inclusive.
This event is quite as popular with
Washington players as any tourna-
ment that is staged at the National
Capital, not only because of Mr..
Needham's personal following here.
but also because in the past most of
the trophies offered have been won
by local contestants.
Last year in the women'S pair
game for the Edith Swanson Cup.
named in honor of a former presi-
dent of the Washington Bridge
League, Mrs. J. E. Folline, Richmond
expert. and her partner, Mrs. J. S.
Meyer. were the only winners not
residents of Washington. This year
DR.. and Mrs A. J. Steinberg will de-
fend the mixed pair title which
carries with it the Stockvis Trophy.
and Al Roth and James H. Lemon
will endeavor to retain the Rich
mond NeWs-Leader Trophy which is
the prize they won in the open pair
match in 1941.
Oscar Brotman, who was one of
the members of the winning team
of-four championship. will not be
able to take part in that match this
year as he is with the Army at
Camp Lee. His place will probably
be taken by Lewis H. Watson. The
other members of the team are eX-
pected to be Mr.. and Mrs. James
H. Lemon and Al Roth.
The event will be held at the
George Mason Hotel.
Local players were pleased to
learn that Mrs. A. M. Sobel, who
has played here many times, was
one of the winners of the mixed
pair contest which was the final
event of the nine-day Eastern tour
nament held last week in New York.
Her partner was Edward Hymes,
They scored 27l points in play OF
54 boards. At the end of the first
session they were in seventh place
but came strongly to the front in
the finals.
Mrs. w. S. Athey was the only
Washington player to show III the
Richmond tournament of last week.
She was second with Mrs. j. E.
Folline of Richmond in the wom-
ems pair game, third with William
Cheeks in the mixed-pair event and
a member of the fourSome which
was third in the team-of-four
match.
Because Of the fact that war
work keeps many players late at
their desks, and particularly the
director, announcement is made
that hereafter the first section OF
the Washington Bridge League
games at the Shoreham Hotel Will
start at 7:30 instead OF 7 O'Clock
as heretofore.
The w. P. A. team retained Its
lead last Tuesday night in the
series of team m-of -four games of the
Federal Bridge League at the
Wardman Park Hotel notwith-
standing the fact that the Capltols
team won 14Is out Of "a boards.
Harry and Frank Garner OF that
team were tied for high north and
south pair with L. E. Shmidl and
C. A. Whitten, Federals. each hav-
ing 66Iz match points. George
Kathan and Isaac York were hlgh
east and west with 741a points.
In the second section the Com
pensation Board team won l5la out
of "a boards. w. w. Barron and
G. F.. Kneip of the Justice team
were high pair north and south
with 70Ia points. Gene Hermann
and Mr.. Kiser, Compensation Board
team, we're high east and west.
The v. A. I. N. team won l5h
boards out of Is in the third sec
ton. Mr.. Barrows and Mr.. Moore
of the War-Navy team were high
north and south, with 81 points,
and Miss Anna Charest and Mrs.
Lucy Calm, Easy Aces. were high
east and west, with 6417 points.
When the adversary sitting at the
right of the declarer doubles slam
bid. it becomes the duty OF the other
to make an unusual lead. The de-
clarer In bidding his slam expects