Evening star., 1944-03-05
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord.

been popular With washington play
ers, is now more so by reason Of
the fact that one Of their number
was a co-winner of the pair cham
pionship which was the initial event
Of the 18th annual Eastern meet.
Eugene r. Smith and his partner,
Mrs. Kenneth Beghold Of Scranton,
Pa, were the victors in hard
fought contest. In the opening
round, which provided 81 pairs, they
were fifth, but in the second session.
they showed remarkable speed, and
came to the front, leading the New
York experts, who thus saw the
coveted trophy leave the metropolis
for the second time in its history.
Jules Titles and A. E. Goldstein, who
were last years winners, started OH
with q substantial advantage in the
first session, but later fell to nth
place. The Smith-Beghold score was
540h against Ralph Hirschberg and
Pvt. Jack Shore, who were second
with $40. Messrs. TILES and Gold
stein ended with . score Of SIS.
Mr.. Smith Is comparatively q
newcomer to Washington, where he
is employed as secretary to Repre-
sentative Murphy of Pennsylvania
His former home Is Scranton, where
he was active in bridge circles and
directed many tournaments. Mrs,
Beghold was frequently his partner
He Is now a player in the Federal
Bridge League, where his Zillah
team is making q fine record. II
comprises, besides himself, Mrs
Helen Golden, Mrs. Catharine It'd
ball and Mrs. Katherine Moorman
Col. e. B. Gray is an alternate.
Local observers OF the Eastern
games have noted an unusual Incl
dent in connection with one of Its
leading events. It was not only
unprecedented In the Eastern, but
there is no record of its occurrence
in any major bridge tournament
On one set Of two boards, Nos. n
and 20 East and West were able to
make two grand slams in no-trumr
bids. No defense could have de-
feated either Of them. Not all oi
the East and West players, however
achieved this accomplishment, a
several stopped at . small slam on
one Of the boards, and there were
others who bid only game. Mr.
Smith and his partner made one
grand slam and a small slam, which
aided them materially in their
victory.
Friends Of Louis Newman, former
Washington expert, are receiving re-
ports Of his success at the bridge
table in San Francisco, where he
went several months ago to engage
in war work. He has recently won
several important duplicate events.
Karl Greene, former captain OF
the Alien Property team in the Fed
eral Bridge League and one Of the
co-winners Of the league champion
ship and the Luther Stewart Grand
Trophy several years ago. is In
Honolulu, longing for q bridge game
He was detailed there several
months ago for war work with the
Post once Department.
Blind bridge players, Of whom
there are hundred or more
throughout the country, seem tc
possess an uncanny sense of care
values and an ability to determine
the holding of their adversaries
This comes first from closely follow.
ing the bidding and their we'll.
developed faculty Of concentration
Distractions which sometimes dis.
turb ordinary players do not bottle,
them.
Some Of these sightless player,
are very skillful and able to con-
test successfully against opponent
whose vision Is In no way impaired
Not infrequently, they have wol
prizes In hard-fought matches. On,
Of these Is Lawrence Herringhaul
of Cleveland. Local players VIII,
have come In contact with him hav,
found him a worthy adversary. HI
recently won the mems pair cham
pionship at the annual meeting O
the Cleveland Whist Club usinf
Braille cards.
| Former Senator Gore of Okla.
homa, in addition to his many tai
ents, although totally blind, enjoyed
the reputation Of being an excellent
bridge player.
National Press Club winners In thu
duplicate game Monday night wer.
Miss Kathleen McNutt and Mrs
Helen Golden. They were followed
in order, by J. p. Snyder and Mrs
Ida Terrant, Jay Sourwine and Ray
Kerr, and Mrs. c. j. Carlstrand anc
Mrs. Mildred Linderman.
The Federal Bridge League viii
return to its team-of- -four serie.
Tuesday night, after having giver
over its last two sessions to pail
play, one for the Red Cross benefir
in which $40 was realized for tn.
CHARITY an dthe other to its month.