Evening star., 1945-01-21

COuJll WOl anu returned LIE ace,
which West trumped and played the
king of diamonds, which South won
and returned the two of hearts; East
won with the king and played the
three, which was taken by declarer.
who next laid down the five of dia-
monds to the jack in dummy; then
followed the ten of diamonds to the
declarer's queen. The suit did not
break, and South was left with the
nine of diamonds. West played his
king of spades, and up popped north
with the ace and led the queen of
clubs, upon which South craftily
played the jack to clear the suit so
that North could make both her ten
and seven. She next played the
seven Of spades, which South took
with the remaining trump, and was
forced to lead the ten of hearts,
which declarer won.
The declarer thus won only seven
tricks on a bid of six diamonds
doubled and redoubled for a set Of
six, or 3,400 points. When the play
was over, the defeated side sug-
gested that, inasmuch as their ad-
versaries had won the board over
whelmingly, they compromise in
order to save the embarrassment
Of having such debacle entered on
the score. and accept total Of one
half the set. This Mr.. Cheeks re-
fused to do. recalling that he had
once In big tournament seen a
match lost by such action. Re
therefore insisted that the total set
Of 3,40o be recorded, which was
done.
The only satisfaction the defeated
pair got was the fact that Mr..
Cheeks and Mrs. Bennett did not
win the event. The leaders in the
finals were: Mrs. w. H. Tallman
Of Alexandria and Mrs. Frederick Eb-
erSon of Pittsburgh. first; Mrs. M.
R. Reddy and Mrs. Sibyl Newlands,
second, and Mrs. w. S. Athey and
Isaac York, third. Those who quail
fed in section A, North and South,
we're: Mrs. G. H. Whitfield of Rich
mond and 1t. J. j. Parrish, first;
G. F. Ball and r. G. Bayliss of Rich
mond, second; East and West, Harry
Rau and Capt. J. L. Ach of Cincin-
natl, first. and Mrs. P. E. Henninger
of Arlington and H. 8. Hendel of
York, Pa, second. In section B,
North and South, Mrs. w. Vande-
vanter and Nine. G. N. Paulieff
were first, and Mrs. M. r. Reddy and
Mrs. Sibyl Newlands, second; East
and West, Comdr. and Mrs. o. H.
Palmer of Jackson, Miss, first, and
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Rossan, second.
In the consolt game North
and South, Mrs. Florence Thompson
and Otto A. Fibel, were first, and
Mrs. Tom Hamlin and Meta Davis
second: East and West winners were
Miss Jean Ellis and Roy Marks,
first, and Mrs. L. P. Nelson and
Mrs. James Seward, second
Other tournament winners were
in the women pair game, Mrs. Ellis
Butts and Mrs. Wayne Barker of
Norfolk, first; Mrs. Mabel Du Bois
and Mrs. Violet zimmer, second,
and Mrs. Edith Fink and Mrs.
Catharine Tidball, third. In the
mems pair game william Cheeks
and 1t. r. A. Ashton, first: G.. L.
Dickerman and H. w. Tallman, Sec
ond, and Col. Edward Clifford and
Col. E. B. Gray, third.
In the mixed pair game the lead
ers were A. E. Lane and Mrs. E. r.
Shepard, first; Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
May, second, and J. D. Boyd and
Mrs. Dora Schwartz, third.
The Federal Bridge League start
ed the second half of its season
team of four series Tuesday night
at the Wardman Park Hotel. A new
leader developed in a foursome
designating itself as the New
Team" and took first place at the
top of the section A, displacing the
Government quartet, which held
the commanding position through
out nearly all of the first half of
the season.
The New Team won 1872 boards
and lost 71a in section A, the Pick
Ups won Is and lost in section
B, the Government won 16 and lost
in section C, and Fairchance won
16 and lost 8 in section D.
Thirty-two teams participated in
the play.
Martin May, one of the outstand-
ing local bridge players after cam
paigning with the Army in North
Africa and in Italy for year, has
been honorably discharged and re-
turned to Washington. With Mrs.
May he won second place in the
mixed pair game of the Northern
Virginia Tournament last week.
Jobs Daughters
Bethel No. 3 will meet at pm.
Thursday. 1t will be "neighborly
night" and there will be q COM
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