Evening star., 1945-12-16
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

The Federal Bridge League held
the first of its three sectional playoff
games in it's team -of-four series
Tuesday evening at the Wardman
Rark Hotel, with 80 teams in play
In four divisions. The various four
spmes were assigned to the sections
in accordance with the percentage
ratings they had made during the
10 previous sessions. They were:
Section A-vietory, Cascades. Western
erS, Coasters. Jeeps, Grlpers, Gruesomes,
Section B-Mixed Party. Atomics, 8
6pots, Bees, Stass, Allies, Wild Deuces and
Section c-Fighters Easy Aces, Splash
ers fasteners, 4 Ms, Fairebance and
s'ssnaf seetion HfS fpS-suesess, Treasury. Scoops
ofemiins, L. A. P. e and Pick-Ups.
The Cascades won 16 out Of "a
boards, the Army, Is out OF "a; the
Fighters, l5la out OF "a, and the
Scoops, 1879 out 5of "a.
Two more games are to be held
In the playoff. the second on Janu-
airy and the final one on January
Is. That will conclude the first half
of the season series, and the second
half will start January %. A series
of three prizes awaits the successful
teams in each of the four sections
The leagues master point game
will be played Tuesday evening,
having been advanced a week be-
cause the last Tuesday of the month
when it usually occurs, will be
Christmas. On New Year Day there
will be an open-pair game in which
nonmemberS will be allowed to par
ticipate.
In response to the growing de-
mand OF the increasing number of
social ard unorganized bridge play
ers of Washington for an oppor-
tunity to indulge in their favorite
pastime, the Bridge Studio of Wash
ington will be opened this week at
TITS N street NV. The studio is
sponsored by a group of players who
desire a place where they can play
quiet afternoon and evening games
with congenial companions in a re-
fined atmosphere and with pleasant
surroundings. Rubber bridge will be
played exclusively.
There has been complaint that,
while there are numerous duplicate
games in Washington, there Is a
lack of places where rubber bridge
can be played at any time, and the
establishment of the studio is in
tended to meet that requirement.
Although the annual winter tour
nament of the American Contract
Bridge League at Atlantic City was
well attended by Washington play
ers, only few of them succeeded in
making more than a fair showing
and none won trophies. The most
notable achievement of any of the
local participants was that of DR..
and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Rossan, in the
first session of the team-of -four
championship, in which they were
leaders with 20 out of the % boards.
The final match was won by the
foursome of Lee Hazen, George
Rapee, Sam Stayman and Walde-
mar Won zedtwitz.
The winners in the womens team
of four were Mrs Wilkinson Wager,
Mrs. J. E. Folline, Helen Sobel and
Mrs. Sally Young. Mrs. Wager and
Mr.. Crawford took the mixed pair
championship, and George Rapee
was the successful contestant among
the 1874 entrants for the individual
championship.
The classic event of the tourna-
ment, the open pair match, was cap
tured by Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M.
Jaeger of Brooklyn Forty-two pairs
qualified in the finals out of an orig
tnal field of 1874. The Jaegars
amassed 657.8 match points in four
sessions to overcome Leo Roet and
William D. Levin of New York, who
had 653.7 and were second. H. H.
Harkovy and DR.. William Upton Of
New York were third, with CAT.
In the amateur field, Jack Bonny
and Bernard R. Lampert of New
York led a field of A pairs and
Charles L. Wood and Ralph Woolley
of Philadelphia were second.
The tournament, in attendance,
was one of the largest ever held by