Evening star., 1943-05-30
In Bridge
Circles
Notes on Clubs
And Tournaments
BY Frank B. Lord.

Mrs. Helen Golden, playing with
Sergt. Dingle as her partner, won
the Federal Bridge Leagues master
point game last Tuesday night at
the Wardman Park Hotel. Their
score was 311 points. Capt. Rich
mond Skinner and Capt. Russell j.
Baldwin were runnersup with 30l
and Mrs. Breckenridge Long, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of State,
and Nine. Georges Poulieff were
third with 290 points. Nineteen
and one-half tables were in play.
The first of two playoff games for
the season championship of the
team of four series of the Federal
League was held last week at the
home of Paul E. Golden, the di-
rector of the league. Three teams
comprising George Kathan, presi-
dent of the league, and Isaac York
and Capt. Richmond Skinner and
Capt. Russell j. Baldwin; No. 2,
the Jay Wees, whose members are
Cy Austin, J. C. Darsey, James G.
Stone and Mrs. Violet thinner, and
No. 3, the Yankee Clippers, COM
posed of DR.. w. H. Gorton. Dr. N.
J. McHugh and Col. E. B. Gray and
Mrs. Catharine Tidball.
The Skyrockets won the first
round with II boards The Jay
Wees were next with Is boards and
the Yankee Clippers scored II
boards. Each foursome played 80
boards and 30 more remain to be
played to complete the playoff.
The second round will be held on
Tuesday night at the Wardman
Park Hotel while other members of
the league will take part in a round
robin, match in which each con-
testant plays once with every other
player and is accredited with an
individual score. Players will be
assigned seats in the game in &C
cordance with the time of their
arrival.
The Skyrocket team comprises
five members and Robert Thurrell
will play in the second round in
place of Isaac York. The prize is
the Luther Stewart Cup, presented
by the Federal Employees Union.
The Washington Bridge League
will open its big June pair game at
the Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday,
June 2. The second session will be
held two weeks later on June 16.
In past years the leagues June
pair game has been limited TO those
members of the league who qualified
by playing in prescribed number
of games. This year, however, due
to unusual conditions, the Executive
Committee of the league has de-
clded to play the June game as an
open event.
AS usual the game will be con-
ducte, in two sections and master
points will be awarded to winners
in the first section and convertible
mast," points to those having top
score In the second section. A dis
tlnctive feature of the game this
year will be the award of special
prizes in both sections to those
among the regularly qualifying
players who achieve the highest
scores. This is in line with the pol
Icy of the league to reward regular
| attendance of its members through
out the season preceding the May
and June games.
The games will start at 8.15 in
stead of pm.
Below is given an interesting two
way hand played in a recent dupli-
cate game at the Capitay City Chess
Club. BY skillfully handling the
cards East has nine clubs in the
combined hands can make a small
slam in that suit, and by equally
clever manipulation West can make
a slx-diamond contract, although
the East and West hands together
have only seven trumps.
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