Evening star., 1942-05-03

Mr.. Andrews sat South and opened
with a bid Of two diamonds. To
show his ace his partner called two
spades; South bid three hearts;
North rebid his spades and South
went to five diamonds; North then
called six diamonds. Only the ap-
parent necessity of taking a flnesse
in hearts prevented South from a
grand slam bid. East with a nor
NAL two and one-half trick hand,
doubled.
West led with his fourth club and
declarer trumped when East played
the ace of that suit. The three ad-
versely held trumps were drawn
and dummy was reached, the three
to the ace. Declarer played the
| five of hearts and finessed, winning
with the queen, then led the ace
of hearts and trumped a small
heart in dummy which dropped the
king. All of his cards were then
good and he claimed a small slam
doubled with an extra trick. Al
though the result would not have
been different regardless of the
original lead, West should have led
with a spade, through North's
strength up to declarer's admitted
weakness and because of East's
double. Then If declarer had held
two spades the contract could have
been held to six. A popularity of
the deal was the fact that three of
the hands each held a singleton.
The Mcintyre Cup, one of the
major trophies of the National Press
Club in its post-season series, was
in play at the club on Monday night
and was won for the third time by
Frank B. Lord playing in partner
ship with Oliver Hoyem, whose VIC
tory gave him a second win. Sec
ond were William j. Hogan, jr., and
j. P. Snyder. The cup is one that
is played for each year and was do
mated by Col. M. H. Mcintyre, one
of the presidential secretaries who
is also member of the club. He
was unable to play last Monday
night and thus lost an opportunity
to win his own gift.
Under the rules governing the
play for this cup only members
were permitted to participate. A
special game was arranged for the
women guests of the club and they
played by themselves for a club
prize. The winner was Mrs. Oliver
Hoyem, the wife of the winner of the
Mcintyre Trophy. Her partner was
Mrs. Jack Bennett.
Tomorrow night the handsome
silver cup presented by the Mexican
Ambassador, who has often played
at the club, will be the prize. The
Ambassador has been invited to be
the clubs guest on that occasion.
He is known as one of the most
skillful players among the diplomats
in Washington, and it would not be
surprising if he were to capture his
own cup.
The monthly master point game
of the Federal Bridge League on
Tuesday night at the Wardman
Park Hotel was a close contest for
the three leading pairs. DR.. and
Mrs. A. j. Steinberg were pitted
against each other with different
partners. At the close Mrs. Stein
berg, playing with Mrs. Mabel
Du Bois, led her husband by a
margin of a little more than three
points. Her score was 1926, against
1927 for DR.. Steinberg, whose part
ner was Louis Newman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Hamlin were second with
a score of 16075.
Beginning on Tuesday night Of
this week there will be a three-game
playoff for sectional prizes in the
three divisions of the league.
The first of the big May team
games of the Washington Bridge
League will be played at the Shore
ham Hotel on May 6, and the sec
ond two weeks later on May 20.
There will be an open game on
each night for those who did not
qualify during the past season for
participation in these team events.