Evening star., 1944-05-21

playoff Tuesday night at the Ward
man Park Hotel. The capital prize
in the first division went to the
Westerners after a stubborn figh'
in which they won by one-half 9
board in the last game over the
Jeep foursome. The latter team
had entered the finals board anc
half in the lead, but lost the prize
when they won only II boards while
the Westerners we're taking IA.
The winning team comprises Will
liam Cheeks, captain; John Moore
R. F. Johnson, w. E. Benedict ano
1t. Calm and 1t. Arnauld, alter
mates. The score in the section was
Westerners, 40 boards won, 20 lost;
Jeeps, 391a won and 291a lost; Gov
ernment, 38Ha won, 301a lost; Bees
35h won, 33a lost; Cascades, s.
won, "a lost: Army, "a won, IS lost;
Segas, 20 won, 40 lost; Parto, 27lz
won, 411a lost, and Skyrockets, 81
won, q lost.
In the second section the Rangers
had an easy victory, winning nine
and one-half more boards than
any other team in the league in
any division. They lost only 2212
boards. The members of the team
are r. E. Mullen, Royal c. Kiser
Capt Harold X. Cooper and Mrs
Harold K. Cooper. They won 16
boards in the final session. The
ScareS were. Rangers. 49h won,
22h lost; Queen High, Al won, 81
lost; Clippers, 36h won, 35ha lost;
Co-Ops, IS won, 81 lost; Cakes,
34R won, 371a lost; Zillahs, 33E
won, 381a lost; Ms, 321a won, 39Ha
lost; Wildcats, 81 won, Al lost, and
Mixed. Party, 301a won, 411a lost.
The third section victors were the
Allies, although the evening win
ners were the Stays, with 14K
boards. Those on the Allies team
are Mrs. A. R. Hodgkins, r. H. Hig-
gins, o. R. Mathews, DR.. Lynn r.
Edminster and G. B. Graham, alter
nate. The score: Allies, 80 won, 80
lost; Wild Deuces, 1872 won, 331a
lost; Stays, 38 won, "a lost; Duals,
38 won, "a lost; Scotties, 371a won,
341a lost; War Orphans, 3612 won,
351a lost, and Rebels, 241a won, 471a
lost.
The Gators won in the fourth
division, their team comprising Ray
Loughton, Gerge O'Rourke, Hazel
M. Alvord and A. D. Mayf1eld. The
scores: Gators, AZ won, 80 lost:
Question Mark, Al won, 81 lost;
Caps, 4o1a won, 311a lost; Nicenes,
40 won, 80 lost; Ofon, 40 won, 80
lost; Lucky Strike, 281a won, 43h
lost, and Tuesdays, II won, 81 lost.
An interesting feature of the play
off was the fact that some of the
teams in the lower sections actually
won more boards than some in the
higher brackets, but the contest was
decided on the basis of the sections
in which the games were played, the
foursomes having been frozen in the
sections where their percentages
in the second half of the season
placed them. All prizes are War
Stamps.
The playof match for the grand
prize of the season, the Luther
Stewart Cup, presented by the Fed
Grafton of Government Employees,
will start Tuesday. There will be
two sessions of the play, the second
occurring on the first Tuesday in
June. In this event there will be
three teams engaged, the Army,
winners of the first half of the sea-
son; the Westerners, winners of the
second half, and the Government
foursome, which had the highest
average for the combined sessions.
The leagues master point game
will be played this Tuesday and
on the last Tuesday of each month
throughout the year. On other
Tuesday evenings for the remainder
OF the summer the league will hold
pair games, in which invited guests
who may not be Government en-
ployes nor members of the league
will be permitted to play. It has
been decided not to undertake team
matches this summer. These will
De QelerreQ until the fall season
opens in September.
The Old Dominion tournament.
from Alexandria to the
Wardman Park Hotel, drew many
players from out of town, but local
experts, for the most part, were
successful in capturing the trophies.
The principal event of the meet,
the open-pair match, was won by
Capt. j. E. Fegan and Mrs. w. S.
Athey with a score of 1888. Tom
Wallace of Arlington and Mrs. STAN
ley Newman, Baltimore, were Sec
ond, with 23l.l, and ]. R. Chappell
and E. M. Dewey, Baltimore, third,
with 221.4. H. R. King and A. I.