Evening star., 1946-03-24
bridge
By Fronk B. Lord

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team of, four series of bridge games
of the Federal Bridge League, the
Bees have regained first place In
the first section which they for
feited several weeks ago. Their
nearest rival is the Vets team.
Three other foursomes each have
won more games than the leading
Bees because they have played
more, but they have also lost q
greater number.
The Atomics team has won the
largest number of games, having
96h to its credit but it has lost 1914
while the Bees have won 81 games
and lost only "a. The Jeeps and the
Victory foursome each have won q
game more than the Bees but each
also has lost II games. Last Tues
day night the Victory team won
15iz boards out Of "a, which was a
flrst-section record for the session.
The Cascades have now dropped
to Section B where they are leading
with 86 games won and so lost
against 80 won and 80 lost by the
Allies. In this section. teams are
more evenly matched than in any
other and are separated only by
small margins. The Army team
took top place in the section on
Tuesday night, and by winning is
out of "a boards, advanced to Sec
ton A.
In Section c, Mixed Party won
1871 out of 20 boards and moved up
to the next higher section. The
Senoras lead Section c with 821k
games won and 891z lost.
The monthly master point game
OF the A. c. B. League of the Capital
City Chess Club with 16 tables in
play resulted as follows: North and
South, j. C. Fletcher and David
Murray, first, score, 2221z; Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. Boyd. second, score. 215;
j. r. Belt and Mrs. G. Fletcher,
third, score, 1991a; East and West,
w. R. Garrett and C. w. Stark,
first, score, 210; Mrs. Edith Fink and
Mrs. Theresa Pestell, second, score,
203l2. Comdr. and Mrs. w. A. Pois-
SAINT and A. G. Stone and c. w.
thinner tied for third place, each
with sscore of 203. The Mitchell
movement was used.
At the annual meeting of the
duplicate players of the club, held
March Is, the following officers were
chosen: C. w. Stark, president; DR..
j. B. Gregg Custis. vice president;
T. j. Buford, secretary-treasurer
DR.. j. V. Waits, bridge director, and
r. H. Weber, j. D. Boyd and T. B.
Westman, directors at large.
In the La Sale Studio game
Monday night, with Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright directing, the results were:
Miss Virginia Kinnard and Clarence
thinner, first; Gen. Robert Odic and
Francis Drake, second.
A small group of Washington
players is planning to take an early
vacation next month and attend
the Southeastern tournament which
is to be held in Hollywood, Fla,
April 5-12. The program will in
clude women's, mems, mixed and
open pair games as well as the re-
vlved team of four contest.
Every bridge player knows what q
Marlborough is and while it is often
referred to, it is seldom seen in
actual play. 1t is hand that con-
tains no card higher than a nine
spot. Such holding is SO infre-
quent that the Duke of Marlborough,
a great bridge player for whom it is
named, offered to wager 1000 to l
against any player being dealt such
a hand, and is said never to have
lost a bet.
Imagine therefore, the conserna-
ton of Charles Geier playing at the
Bridge Studio of Washington, IT'S
N street, when he picked up a Var
borough and after he had passed,
heard his partner call six hearts on
his first bid following the adver-
saries' bid of three spades. His
surprise was even greater when he
saw him make the contract.
The distribution of the cards was: