Evening star., 1945-08-26
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

BY FfanR Is. LOfd
The organized bridge players Of
the Capital will inaugurate the fall
winter season of contract with the
opening game of the Washington
Bridge League on September 5.
Thereafter, at the Shoreham Hotel,
they will play pair game on the
first and third Wednesday evenings
of each month. The leagues an
nual tournament will be held either
the latter part of october or the
first part of November. DR.. N. j.
McHugh is president and Paul E.
Golden will continue as director
of the play.
The Board of Governors of the
Federal Bridge League, having pre-
proved the tentative program pre-
pared by President George L.
Kathan for the first half of its
season team-of-four games, will
start the activities of the series on
September /. The schedule calls
for a team-of-four games every
Tuesday evening, with the excep-
ton of the last Tuesday OF each
month and Christmas Day. The
last Tuesday of each month, as
heretofore, is to be set apart for a
master point pair game in which
the winners will be accredited with
master points in accordance with
the ratings fixed by the American
Contract Bridge League, of which
the Federal is an affiliate. Only
one more regular pair game remains
to be played in the summer series.
That will be played on September
4, and the monthly master point
pair game will be held next Tues
day evening.
Teams are already being made up
for the season series, and emphasis
has been placed on the necessity for
filing the names of the personnel
with as little delay as possible in
order to insure an opportunity OF
playing. The leagues quarters at
the Wardman Park Hotel are linn
tied and cannot accommodate more
than IS or 36 tables. Since the
addition of a fourth section two
years ago, it has been found i'm
practicable to increase the number
of teams both from the standpoint
of space and the the ability Of the
director and scorekeeper to handle
them. Already, Director Golden has
been obliged to have assistance
which has been provided by a junior
member of the league, who is learn
ing the tricks of the game. Even
then, 1t has been difficult for him to
complete the score and advise the
players of their standing until the
next day.
The leagues Tuesday night pail
game was played in two sections
with the following results:
Section A-North and South, Da-
vid Murray and John Price, first
1917 points: Mrs. Sybil Newlands
and 1t. j. J. Parish. second, las; DR.
Emily Grewe and Mrs. June Hodg.
kins, third, l41k. East and West
r. E. johnson and Ralph H. Web
Der, first, 1873; Miss Paris Keenel
and Rush Buckley, second. 129; S
Grossman and H. herman, third
126.
Section B-North and south, Mrs
w. H. Gorton and A. I. Helm, first
155: DR.. w. H. Gorton and DR.
N. j. McHugh, second. 15412; Mrs
w. S. Athey and Miss Kathleen
McNutt, third, l54. East and West
Mrs. Violet thinner and H. R. King
first, 1881; o. w. Rackle and 1t
T. M. Smith, second, 1907; w. S
Athey and Miller Roberts. third
151h.
The Agriculture Bridge Club, after
a brief summer vacation, will soou
resume play, alternating with the
Washington Bridge League by hold
ing its meetings on the second and
fourth Wednesday evenings of each
month, with master point game
on the fifth Wednesday when such
occurs. 1t will continue its head
quarters at the Stephan Studio.
The Capital City Chess Club die
not suspend any of its bridge
matches during the summer, anc
will continue its popular THURSDAY
and Saturday evening games, as
usual.
The seventh annual Cumberland
Valley championship games will be
held at the Wardman Park Hotel
on September IA, Is and l6. They
Willsbe the last of the transferred
regional events to be held this year
and probably the last to take place
in Washington. Unless something
happens that is not now anticipated
this tourney will next year return
to Frederick, Md, where it origi-
mated. 1t is also expected that the
two Virginia tournaments and the
Annapolis meet will go back to their
home grounds in 1916. They have
all been successful here, but there
is desire to have them held where
they started, as the interest in
bridge thereby becomes more wide
spread, and opportunity is afforded
for participation of larger num-
Der of players.
The Cumberland Valley tourna-
ment will conform in most respects
to the programs that have hereto
fore been followed. On the opening
day, there will be a dual event in
one session, women's pair and a
mems pair. In the former, last
years winners were Mrs. Edward
Cotter and Mrs. Burton Palmer, and
Capt. Jacques L. Ach and 1t. John
j. Parish were the victors in the
mems match. The mixed-pair con-
test will be in one session on Satur-
day. Tom Wallace and Mrs. Violet
thinner were winners last year. The
open pair match will be played in
two sessions on Sunday, the first OF
which will be a qualifying round
with a carryover. The defending
champions are Mrs. H. c. White
OF Washington and Charles H
Goren of Philadelphia. For those
who are eliminated from the uuali-
tying round, there will be a special
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