Evening star., 1943-03-14

The contract bridge laws of 1943
are not yet generally operative in
Washington. Officially, they do not
become effective until April l al
though they may be enforced by
agreement among players at any
time before that date The first
tournament in Washington to be
governed by them will be the North
ern Virginia Tournament which has
been transferred from Alexandria to
Washington and will be held at the
Wardman Park Hotel on March Is
to %. -
Although the changes from the
1885 rules are few and simple there
is still some confusion as to the ex-
tent to which they will be applicable
to duplicate bridge. AS explained by
the National Laws Commission of
the American Contract Bridge
League and the Whist Club of New
York which promulgated them, they
are the laws of contract bridge, and
like the 1885 International Code. ap-
ply only to rubber bridge Pending
the publication of the 1943 laws of
Duplicate Bridge which has been de-
ferred because of the war, they will,
however, affect certain rulings in
tournament and duplicate games
To that end duplicate players and
directors have been asked to follow
them so far as they are compatible
with the nature of duplicate.
That means that the premium of
so points given for making a doubled
contract, the right to require or for
bid the lead of specified suit in
certain we'll defined circumstances,
and the rules governing the revoke
and lead out of turn will be the same
in duplicate bridge as in rubber
bridge under the new laws. Also the
proprieties of the auction and of the
play as set forth in the rules are eX-
pected to be observed in both forms
of the game.
The Eastern tournament which is
one of the classic events of the
bridge world produced the follow
ing winners:
Open pair, Abraham Goldstein
and Jules TILES of New York; nom
master pairs, Pvt. N. J. Dupraw of
New York and Louis Kelner of
Scarsdale; women's pair, Mrs. A. M.
Sobel and Ruth Sherman, both of
New York, Reisinger team of four,
Mrs. Sobel, Peter Leventritt, Howard
Schenken Of New York, Sidney Sill
vador of Philadelphia and Charles
H. Goren. also of Philadelphia, al
ternate: commercial team of four,
the foursome representing the Com
mander Dyeing Corp, whose play
ers were Mr.. and Mrs Harry Cohen,
r. l.. Chatkin and Jacob Berson, all
of Brooklyn. The last named was
new event and proved to be very
popular.
The only Washingtonians to make
a showing were DR.. and Mrs. A. J.
Steinberg who were second in the
first round of the open-pairs' match,
and Al Roth and Tobias Stone, who
were third in the same event.
Washington was represented at
the Richmond tournament last
week by DR. w. H. Gorton and DR..
N. J. McHugh, the two Federal
Bridge League players, who have
been popularizing the Schenken
weak-two-opening bid with much
success. In the first round of the.
open-pair match they won second
position, but fell to twelfth place in
the finals. Other local players who
attended the meet included Roy
Thurtell and Henry Johnson.
The Colonial Village duplicate
which has been resumed at the Vir-
ginia suburb had an eight-table
game on Monday night at which "a
boards were played. North and
south winners were Mrs. William
J. Allen and w. H. Chadwick, 81
points, and east and west, Mrs
H. w. Tallman and George Dick
inson, 106 points
M. E. Myers, former president of
the Federal Bridge League and now
commissioned in the Army Air
Corps at Baton Rouge, La. re-
turned to Washington last week to
take his family to his new post
He did not have an opportunity to
attend the leagues sessions of'Tues-
day night. but sent the players his
best wishes for their success.