Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

Richmond last week to participate
in the Virginia State Tournament
came home with the biggest bag
of master points they have ever won
in any event outside of Washing
ton since the American Contract
Bridge League, under whose aus
pices the tourney was played, in
augurated It's system Of awards.
The games were held at the John
Marshall Hotel.
OF 1913 master points involved in
the four major contests, the women's
pair, the mixed pair, the open pair
and the team of-four, the Washing
ton players captured 76, which was
much more than one-half, while 80
went to Richmond players and 9 to
Norfolk competitors. The team-of-
four games, the blue ribbon match,
resulted in a tie between two of the
foursomes from Washington, one
made up of 1t. r. A. Ashton,
William Cheeks, Gene Hermann and
Mrs. Irene Surguy, and the other
comprising Charles Johnson, Henry
DR.. w. H. Gorton and
DR.. N. J. McHugh. Instead of divid-
ing the master points, the full num-
Der accredited to winners was
awarded to each member of the
two teams. In the first round, there
was a three-way tie between the
foursome and a quartet
from Richmond, but the latter
dropped to third place in the finals.
There were II teams competing.
In the open-pair game, there were
% tables, the winners being Mrs.
George Whitfield and George Bell
Of Richmond, with score of 20l.9.
There was very close race for
second place between Mrs. C. T.
Bell and E. B. White of Norfolk, and
Mr.. Cheeks and 1t. Ashton. The
former had score of 1878 and the
latter 1878, difference of only
two-tenths of a point. Cheeks and
Ashton were top at the halfway
mark, but dropped to third place in
the finals. Mrs. w. S. Athey and
1t. John Parrish of Washington
were also top in one direction in the
qualifying round Mr.. Hermann
and Mrs. Surguy showed second
in the mixed-pair event, where there
were % tables.
OF the total number of master
points won by Washington players,
II went to Mr.. Cheeks and a similar
to 1t. Ashton. Mr.. Surguy
and Mr.. Hermann also won nine
and one-half points each, and
Charles Johnson, Henry Stearman,
DR.. Gorton and DR.. McHugh, eight
and one-half each. AS a result of
the tournament, Dr. Gorton, DR..
and 1t. Ashton became ma
tlonal masters, which now requires
30 master points.
Other Washingtonians who at
tended the tournament included
James G. Stone, John Darsey, Mrs.
Cotter, Mrs. Peyton
Blamire, Mrs. Kitty Boyle, Mrs.
Harold Young, Mrs. L. Gibson and
MIR. and Mrs. Paul E. Golden.
The Old Dominion Tournament
from Alexandria, is
scheduled to be held at the Ward
nan Park Hotel the first weekend
Of April. It's trophies are regarded
rs the best offered by any local
organization except the Washington
Bridge League, and there will be
spirited contest to win them.
The Government foursome made a
SmalHncrease in it's lead in the team
of-four series of the Federal, Bridge
League on Tuesday night by winning
l5R boards out of "a played. They
are now 81 boards ahead of the
Army team and have l01a more than
the Gruesomes.
In section B, the Bees won 10
boards and advanced to the first
division, leaving the Pick-Ups in the
lead IN the second division. The
Stays, playing in section c, made
the best showing of the session,
1917 out of "A boards, and
also jumped to the first division. In
section D. the Jeeps won Is boards
out of 81. which enabled them to
move up to the second section. The
Warriors lead in section C and the
Oaks in section D.
The Federals current team-of-
four series will be interrupted March
20, when its members will play a
benefit game and donate the pro-
ceeds to the Red Cross. The ex-
pense of the game will be paid by
the league and the card fee will be
IS cents per person. 1t will be a
pair game and open to guests who
are not league members. The 8
o'clock starting rule will be invoked.
The duplicate games of the Ma
tional Press Club, which were
because of war conditions
after the Christmas holidays last
year, will be resumed in the club
looms tomorrow night. The sched-
lie calls for another game the fol-
owing Monday night, and there
after on alternate Mondays there
will be plays for the four major
trophies which the club has had for
several years. These include the
cups presented by Ely Culbertson,
Victor Smith, the late Col. M. H.
Mcintyre and the Mexican Ambas-
Sador. The game for the Culbertson
Trophy will be a team-of -four con-
test, but all of the others will be
pair games.
The Washington Bridge League
held its annual Red Cross benefit
game at the Shoreham Hotel We'd
nesday evening, with more than so
pairs participating.
In section l, the winners were:
Mrs. Sybil Newlands and Mrs. Sue
first, north and south, 1917
points: 1t. and Mrs. w. H. Rowan,
second, 100; east and west, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. D. Boyd, first, 1871; Mrs.
Helen Golden and John Peterson of
Milwaukee, second, 1872. Section q:
North and south, r. H. Weber and
Tom Wallace, first, 1917; Mrs. A. j.
and Mrs. Bernard Rosson,
second. 1903; east and west, Mrs.
Dora Schwartz and Mrs. P. E. Hen
ninger tied for first place with DR.