Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Bridge
BY Frank B. Lord

The japanese surrender came near
causing the Federal Bridge League
to break the rule it has maintained
for the past 10 years of holding a
game every Tuesday evening in the
year unless Tuesday happens to fall
on Christmas. The faithful were
slow in gathering at the Wardman
Park Hotel, and those who came
decided that the best way they
could celebrate the triumph over
the Japs, which others were noisily
acclaiming elsewhere, was by play
ing a quiet game of bridge. The
number who participated was less
than usual, and the results were as
follows:
Section A-North and South, Mrs
Boschan and George L. Kathan,
first; Mrs Jack Bennett and Mrs
M. Hall, second; DR.. j. G. Wooley
and DR.. Nathan Eddy, third. East
and West, Mrs. Frederick Eberson
and Mrs. Lucille Gibson, first; S. j.
Grossman and H. N. Herman, sec
ond; H. j. Horn and O. w. Rackle,
third.
Section B-North and south, Mrs
John Coffee and James Sourilas.
first; A. I. Westrich and DR.. A. j.
Steinburg, second; Mrs. Katherine
j. Fenton and Mrs. c. w. Peterson,
third. East and west, Pearl Murray
and D. Murray, first; r. w. Weber
and Maj. Byrnes, second; J. D. Boyd
and George L. Dickerman, third.
In the Saturday night game of
the Capital City Chess Club, the
north and south winners were James
G. Stone and Mrs. Catherine Carter
east and west, Mrs. w. S. Athey and
Dick" Johnson.
The master point game at the
Georgetown Bridge Club resulted in
a victory for Mrs. Jack Bennett,
president of the Womens' Auxiliary
of the Washington Bridge League,
and her partner. Mrs. Breckenridge
Long, who had a 10 per cent game,
which is regarded as an unusually
high rating.
The Cumberland Valley Tourna-
ment, which originated in Frederick,
Md, and was later transferred to
Washington because of war condi-
tons, will be held again this year at
the Wardman Park Hotel, under the
direction of William Cheeks, acting
for the American Contract Bridge
League. The tentative dates are the
last three days of the second week
of September, but are subject to
change 1t will be the last of the
regional tournaments conducted in
Washington this year, and prob
ably the last of the series. 1t is
expected that, with the war over,
the next of these events, which
would be one of the Alexandra
tournaments, usually held the first
week of January, will be returned to
that city. The players hope that
transportation and hotel restric-
tions will be eased enough to enable
them to restore the several Journeys
which have been held here during
the war, to the cities where they
were first started.
While the Executive Committee
of the American Contract Bridge
League has not yet decided where
the winter tournament of the or
ganization will be held this year, the
suggestion has been made by some
players that it should be returned
to Richmond, in recognition of the
end of the war, because war has
more or less interfered with the
holding of bridge conventions. A
national tournament was in prog
ress at the Virginia capital in De-
cember, 1941, when the Japs made
their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
The Virginians want to celebrate
the ending of the war by return
of the bridge engagement.
When the Pacific Coast League
became an affiliate of the American
Contract Bridge League, there was
an implied promise that the annual
tournament to be held the next
year or the year after would occur
in California, either at Los Angeles
or San Francisco, both of which are
strong bridge centers. Then came
the war with the difficulties of travel
and it was necessary to hold the
tournaments in the East.
Now the WesternerS are remind
ing the League officials of theil
pledge to bring big tournament tc
the West Coast, and if conditions
are favorable, they want it held
there this year. 1t is thought to be
probable, however, that with the
great number of troops returning
home through San Francisco at the
time when the tournament would
ordinarily be held, it may be neces-
sary to postpone the event for an
other year at least.
There are few Irregularities that
can happen in game of bridge that
involve more Ifs" in applying the
rules to correct them than where
there is misdeal. Miss Mary c. B
of Alexandria writes:
In private rubber bridge game
my partner and l were vulnerable
So were our opponents. One of oul
adversarieS dealt, and in the auction
1 contracted to make four hearts
1 lost the first trick, but won the
next nine, and still had a gooo
trump with which to make the con.
tract and thus win the game and 6
sizeable rubber, as our opponent!
had once been set 300. 1t was ther
discovered that, while I held two re.
naming cards, as did the adversary
on my left, the dealer had only ont
and my dummy three. They claim
ed there had been misdeal and de.
manded new one. On the mex
hand they made a game and wor
the rubber. Were they warrentee
in doing so? What would be YOU
decision?"
Each player is, of course, entitled
to have Is cards. If it is decided
that the cards were properly dealt
the deal must stand and the play
restored to normal insofar as is pos.
sible. If it is decided that the card.
were improperly dealt, the hane
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