Evening star., 1942-02-15

and to make his contract it was
necessary to win five more without
a trump in either hand, before his
adversaries could get in with their
diamonds. He played the queen of
spades and south did not cover.
Next the six of spades was played,
the king fell and the ace won.
Then a return to the jack dummy
and club lead through south's
king enabled him to win both the
ace and queen of clubs for the
necessary ninth and tenth tricks.
The blood bank benefit game of
the Federal Bridge League played on
Tuesday evening at the Wardman
Park Hotel proved a financial sue
cess and a tidy sum was turned over
to the fund for the Children's Hos
pltal. The match was StubbOrnly
contested but J. w. Mills, jr., and
A. l.. Scott won north and south
by a comfortable margin. Their
score was 164 points against 149 for
R. H. Higgins and his partner who
had 149. Rush Buckley and Mrs.
Stein were half point behind the
second pair with 1887.
On the east and west side the
score of the winners was the same
as that made north and south, Mrs.
Katherine Fenton and M. Strana-
han having 164 to 158 for Miss Paris
Keener and Miss Grace Eaton who
made l58. Mrs. Mary Williams and
Miss Doris Rockwell were tied for
third place with j. P. Snyder and
Mrs. Ida Terrant, each having a
score of $50
The regular team series game will
be resumed next Tuesday.
The members of the Columbia
Country Club played a handicap
game at the clubhouse on Monday.
Previous winners were handicapped
2 points. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j.
Hickey lead with 1917 points over
Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ Wingfield who
had 101, north and south. E. E.
Krewan and Donald Kneessi who
played with the handicap were win
ners east and west and DR.. c. c.
Mcdonald and Ray Garrett were
second
Washington players who attended
the Maryland State championship
games in Baltimore in goodly num-
bers last week did not distinguish
themselves. A timely grand slam
made by Mrs. Peggy Lord and Mrs.
G. Stanley Davis of Baltimore
enabled them to win the women's
pair championship, defeating the
title defenders, Mrs. E. Ellsworth
Ragland and Mrs. Stanley Newman,
also of Baltimore.
In the mixed pair contest, Mrs,
Benjamin Colder and Charles Solo,
mon of Philadelphia, won for the
third consecutive time, making a
score Of 3281z points out of pos
sible SAG. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hall
of Richmond were second and Mrs.
John Iago and william w. Garthe
of Baltimore were third.
The BehrendsPearson pair of Bal
timore won the open pair game. The
CVoOidtAUll 6dIllC HlduC up Ol ulO6n
who failed to qualify in the open
pair game was won by Mrs. Kitty
Boyle and Mrs. M. r. Reddy Of
Washington. They were the only
local winners
The Grinsfelder Behrend Pear
SON. -Clagget foursome won the team
game against the Washington team
of Lewis Tubbs, Mr. and Mrs. w.
de st. Aubin and Mrs. F. Eberson.
The Washington Bridge Leagues
most recent Corley Cup match was
won by the Lemon team playing
against the Kunkel-C team.
The Boyle-Reddy team won by de-
fault the right to challenge the cup
holders at the next meeting. Fol-
lowing that, the cup defenders will
play against the Clifford team.
The next game of the National
Press Club pair series will be played
tomorrow night in the club au-
ditorium.