Evening star., 1945-02-18
By Frank B. Lord

By Frank B. Lord
The Government foursome estab-
lshed q fairly substantial lead Tues
day night in the Federal Bridge
League, and their score now stands
81 winnings and IS losses. The
Gruesome team, however, won the
evenings session with 14111 boards
out OF "a, which enabled them to
gain second place in section A,
three and one-half boards behind
the leaders.
The Mixed Party team went to
the head of section B by winning
14,z boards out of "a. The Stays
advanced from section c to section
B by winning 16 Of their "a boards.
The best score of the session was
made by the Warriors, who won is
boards and played "a in section D.
Their success enabled them to jump
from section. D to a three-way tie
with the Cascades and Fairchance
in section B. The Rough Riders
are now at the top of section G,
and the Co-Ops lead in section D.
All the teams In the first section are
above average, and four in the sec
ond section have won more than
so per cent of the boards played
The remainder in the second Sec
ton and all of the teams in the
third and fourth sections are below
average.
Under the rating point and mas
ter point plan of the American
Contract Bridge League recently
put into effect, Mrs. D. E. Stephan
will conduct master point game
at the Euclid Street Studio on the
third Wednesday evening of each
month.
In the past, master points could
be awarded only in tournaments or
duplicates in which every partici-
pant was member of the league.
BY the new method, local clubs
may conduct monthly master
point game without that require
ment under certain conditions. The
winners of such games will be
given one master point, the run
ners-up rs rating points and, in
some cases, third place will receive
SO rating points. With eight tables
or less, the game must be conducted
SO as to provide one set of winners
either by using the Howell move
ment or the official A. C. B. l..
movement cards. With nine tables
Or more, the tournament director
may use Mitchell or Howell.
The awards are: When there are
six tables or less, winners, one mas
ter point each, and runners-up, rs
rating points; seven or eight tables,
Howell, the same awards for first
and second as with six tables and
SO rating points each for third
place; for nine tables or more,
Mitchell, winners in both direc-
tions. one master point each, run
ners-up in both directions, rs rat
ing points each; Is tables or more,
Mitchell, the same awards except
that third-place players in each di-
rection receive SO rating points each.
Master point award for club
championship will be two master
points each to the winning pair, one
to each of the runner-up pair and
SO rating points each to the third
place pair. Top-score winners in
each session will receive so rating
points and runners-up IS rating
points. Rating points are actually
fractional master points and 100
may be converted to master point,
provided the holder is a member
Of the league.
The Richmond tournament, in
which Washington players will par
ticipate, is scheduled for the first
week end in March. The program
is slightly different from that which
has been followed in most tourna-
ments held since the beginning of
the war. There will be a women's-
pair game on Friday afternoon and
a mixed-pair game on Friday eve
ming, each in one session. An OPEN
pair game will be played in two
sessions on Saturday. On Sunday
there will be a return to the old
team -four contest which has
been eliminated in nearly all the
tournaments. This will be a two
session event.
The Old Dominion tournament
formerly held In Alexandria is set
for the first week end in April. 1t
will be played at the Wardman
Park Hotel, under the auspices of
the American Contract Bridge
League, with William Cheeks as
manager and Maj. Russell j. Bald
win, tournament director.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Washington Bridge League is an
ticipating a big success with its
benefit game which will be held on
next Sunday at the Wardman Park
Hotel. The proceeds will be donated
to the War Orphans Scholarship
Fund, (which is being maintained
by the ACBL, of which the auxiliary
Is unit.
KniohtS Of Co1,,rohuS