Evening star., 1945-05-27
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

By Frank B. Lord
There was battle royal in the
Federal Bridge League Tuesday
night at the Wardman Park Hotel
for the honor of winning the Luther
G. Stewart Cup, which is the
Leagues grand prize Of the team
of-four season. It was presented by
the Federation Of Government EN-
ployes and has been In play an
nualy since the bridge organization
was formed, and 1t bears the name
of many Of Washington's we'll
known players.
Three teams were in competition.
the Government foursome, the
Gruesomes and the Cascades, and
the result of the first round was a
tie, each team winning IL out of
"a boards. The Government team
won both halves of the season
series, the Gruesomes were second
in the second half and the Cas-
cades had the next best average
for the two halves, which, under
the rules, allowed them to compete
for the major trophy. The team
memberships comprise: Govern
ment, Gene Hermann, Mrs. Irene
Surguy, Earl w. Myers and 1t. Col.
Thomas H. Sternberg; Gruesomes,
Charles johnson, Mrs. Catherine
Norman, Ed. Lloyd and Eugene
Smith; Cascades, James G. Stone,
John Darsey, j. T. Onley and
George L. Dickerman.
The play showed the contestants
to be evenly matched, and when
the last board was played, it was
found that each of the teams had
won the same number Of boards.
A second round of similar num-
Der of boards will be played June S.
Tuesday nights game was played
Simultaneous with the opening of
the leagues summer pair series,
which will continue every Tuesday
night until September. when the
annual team-of-f series starts.
The winners of the first of the sum-
mer season pair games were: Sec
ton A, north and south, George l..
Kathan, president of the league,
and Mrs. Helen Golden, 18TH
points; east and west, David Muir
ray and Miller Roberts, 1872. Sec
ton B. Ralph Webber and Sergt.
D. Brown, first, north and south,
1922 points, and L. Kershenbaum
and r. H. Wood, first, east and
west, 1924.
The leagues monthly master
point game will be played Tuesday
night. Nonmembers are eligible to
play, as they are at all the summer
pair games.
The master point game at the
Stephan Studio last week was won
by Nine. Poulieff and Mrs. Jack
Bennett, north and south, and DR..
c. c. Mcdonnell and Mrs. Dora
Schwartz. east and west. In Mrs.
Stephan's Wednesday game, the
winners were Mrs. Agnes Young and
Mrs. Breckenridge Long, and on
Friday, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Dearing
The big June pair games of the
Washington Bridge League will be
played at the Shoreham on the first
and third Wednesdays of the month.
Next to the annual tournament
held late in the fall. these games are
the high points of the leagues
bridge season.
Tomorrow night, the duplicate
players Of the National Press Club
will play for the Mexican Ambas-
sailors Cup, which is the fourth and
last of the clubs annual major
trophies. IT was presented by
Senor DR.. Don Francisco Castillo
Najera several years ago, and he
has been asked to compete for it,
but owing to his absence from the
city, will not be able to accept the
invitation. He has frequently dem
his skill in duplicate games
at the club when opportunity af-
forded, and is counted one of the
best players in the diplomatic set
Ill washington.
A delegation of Washington play
ers went to Virginia Beach to take
part in the Cavalier Tournament,
which concludes today. -Four times,
different local experts have won
the major trophy in this tourney,
but they lost it two years ago and
are now trying to recapture it.
These are the awards which will
go to the winners in the four Sec
tional playoff games of the Fed
eral Bridge League: Group A-frst,
$22; second, $12; third, Sc. Group B
$40; second, $40; third, S.
Group C-First, $40; second, $40;
third, S.. Group D-First, $1s;
second, 50; third, 81. All awards
will be in war savings stamps.