Evening star., 1942-12-06
Bv Frank B. Lord.

Reports concerning the fall tour
nament Of the American Contract
Bridge League which has been in
progress at Syracuse during the past
week and is being concluded today
are meager and incomplete as this
is written. 1t is known, however,
that the attendance because of war;
time conditions, is somewhat smaller
than it has been on similar occa-
sions in the past, although some of
the old-time regulars are present.
They are chiefly from New York
City and Philadelphia and have
something at stake in defending the
championship titles they have won
in previous events.
To deny them the privilege Of
participating in national bridge
tournament would be like denial
of the right of life, liberty and pur-
suit of happiness. Somehow they
seem to have the idea that ma
tional bridge meet would not be
success without them, and perhaps
it would not. The tournament man
ayers, however, have made strong
efforts to bring into the present
tourney some heretofore unrecog-
nized talent.
Practically Washington's only rep
resentative at the gathering is Mrs.
Emily Folline, and she is from Rich
mond. Mrs. Folline has played so
much bridge in Washington that she
is quite as we'll known among the
bridge players of the National Capt.
tai as by those in the Virginia capi-
tai, and local players are willing
that she should speak and act for
them.
She was one of those who had a
large part in the conduct of the
national tournament which was held
in Richmond last year at which
there was large delegation from
Syracuse. She therefore, felt called
upon to pay return visit to Syra-
cuse, to say nothing of her desire
to play in the events since during
the past two or three years she has
become one of the recognized ex-
perts of the East.
This year she played in the mixed
pair match with Waldemar Won
ZedtWitz, the Austrian nobleman-
expert. She was also a member of
Mrs. A. M. Sobel's Women's team
playing for the women,s team of
fcur championships.
Information is to the effect that
the mixed pair match was a par
ticularly keen one between two of
the 40 pairs taking part, the two
pairs being Mrs. A. M. Sobal and
Charles Goren and Mrs. Folline and
Baron Won ZedtWitz, for the Olga j.
Hilliard Trophy.
The first round Of the womens
team of four match also produced
an exciting contest between the
Peterson-Golder foursome and the
Sobel-Folline team with the former
having SO per cent game while
the latter were less than l per cent
behind them, This percentage left
the remaining teams below average
Results In the Federal Bridge
League team of four series on Tues
day night at Wardman Park Hotel
were: Section /. Skyrockets won Is
out of "a boards. DR.. and Mrs.
Steinberg, Skyrockets, were high
pair north and south with 11l1z
points. and R. H. Higgins and O.
Mathews, Allies, were high east and
west with 98l2 points.
In Section 2. Justice team won IA
out Of "a boards. H. G. Campbell
and G. F. Kneip, Justice, were high
pair north and south, with 1O5
points, and F. C. Ivey and Capt.
Whitney. 4 Kings, were high east
and west, with 103 points.
In Section 3, Saints won 141a out
Of "a boards. Catherine Hoffman
and w. D. ST Aubin. Saints, were
high pair, north and south. with
72l2 points. and Mrs. Braumfield
and Mr.. Standiford. Scotties, were
high east and west, with 721a points
The following is the percentage
standing of the several teams: