Evening star., 1945-10-21
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

The Washington Bridge League is
preparing the program for its an
nual tournament to be held at the
Shoreham Hotel November 8, 10 and
IL. President N. J. McHugh has an
nounced that the team-of- -four
match which was eliminated during
the war will not be revived, as many
had hoped, because IL would require
a four-day schedule instead OF three
There will be the usual mems and
women's pair game played stimuli
taneously on the opening night, a
mixed pair game In one session Sat-
urday night and an open-pair game
In two sessions on Sunday. The
latter will be an elimination game
A consolation game win also be held
Sunday evening for those who dc
not qualify for the finals in the
open pair.
Players from neighboring cities
will be invited. Paul e. Golden will
direct the events and act as score
keeper.
The Jeeps team, which was at the
head Of the first section of the Fed
eral Bridge League for a week
dropped to fourth position Tuesday
night and the Victory foursome
jumped to the top by winning 1874
out of "a boards. The same num-
Der of boards was won by the Army
team, but 1t had been at the bot
tom of the section and ended the
nights session several boards be-
hind the leaders.
In section B, Mixed Party won 16
out of "a boards and gained a favor
able position in the first section
The Atomic team, which was at the
top of section C, made the best
showing of the session, winning 16E
boards out of "a, and went into
section B. In section D, the Scoops
and the Splashers tied, each taking
13 out of 20 boards.
A new team comprising John T.
Griffith, Oscar w. Rackle, DR.. Naum
Jasny and 1t. H. L. Arnold was
added to the Federal's list and the
Tubbs Stone changed its name to
the Cascades. The Federals month
ly master point game will be held on
October 20.
The National Press Clubs fall
season of games for duplicate bridge
players will start at pm. Thurs
day. The series will continue on
alternate Thursday evenings until
next May, when there will be week.
ly contests for the clubs major
trophies. Each member will be per-
mitted to invite one guest from q
bridge organization which grants a
similar privilege to members of the
National Press Club. The games
will be in charge of j. c. Atchison.
Paul E. Golden will act as director
and score keeper.
Advanced Washington bridge
players are experimenting with a
new extension of the Blackwood
slam convention which Is credited
to william Cheeks. Successfully
by Mrs. Allan Rutherford
in a recent tournament, 1t enabled
her to bid and make a grand slam
in diamonds.
The convention provides that when
the opening bidder invites a slam
by bidding four no-trump, a suit
having been agreed upon, the re-
sponder holding one ace and a
blank suit shall cali six clubs. A re-
ply of six diamonds would indicate
two aces and a blank suit. Other
wise the four -no-trump query for
aces follows theanormal Blackwood
Lacking a blank suit,
The reply would be five clubs for
no aces, five diamonds for one ace,
i've hearts for two aces and five
spades for three aces.
Mrs. Rutherford, as dealer, held:
5pades-ace, queen, jack, five, two;
iianionds-ace, king, queen, jack;
;lubs-nine, seven, three. She
opened a vulnerable bid with two
hearts.
Her partner held: Spades-king,
queen, jack, seven; hearts-none;
liamonds-nine, seven, five, three,
wo; clubs-ace, ten, five, four. He
with three clubs, showing
the ace of that suit.
Mrs. Rutherford switched to three
and her partner then
howed his spades. Mrs. Rutherford
allied four no-trump and the re-
ponse was six clubs, indicating an
zee and a blank suit. Then followed
The openers rebid Of six hearts.
Being blank in hearts and having
which was the openers
second bid, the responder went to
even diamonds.
The ten of spades was led and
AIKEN by declarer's ace. She then
ook two rounds of diamonds, ex-
the adversely held trumps,
md on her ace of hearts discarded
! club. Trumping the queen of
hearts in dummy, she discarded two
lubs and a heart on dummy's
pades. Then, winning with the ace
# clubs and trumping the second
cad of that suit, she trumped her
wo losing hearts in dummy and
laimed a grand slam against which
here was no defense. But she had
'een able to bid it only by using