Evening star., 1946-05-26
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

The first p.aycf game for the
1876 championship of the Federal
Bridge Leagre resulted in a tic
between the Victory team and the
foursome at the Ward
man Park Hotel Each team won
13 boards viii e the third competitor,
the Cascades, was successful only
on 10 boards. The Cascades won
the first half of the season series
and the Victory team the second.
which concluded a month ago. The
Westerners were permitted to COM
pete for the championship as they
were the third team having high
average in the series. The second
game of the playof will be held
May % instead of next Tuesday
evening. The grand prize is the
Luther Stewart Cup presented by
the Federal Employees Union.
In the weekly pair game of the
league last Tuesday night, North
and South winners were Mrs. Marie
Boschan and Comdr. J. j. Parish,
first, 1907 points; Miss Maize Buie
and Edward Caven. second, ia p
points. East and West - Mrs.
Katherine Moormen and Ralph
Weber, first, 127 points; w. F.
Million and J. G.. Fletcher. second,
95 points. The remaining weekly
pair games throughout the summer
will be open to non-members.
DR.. N. J. McHugh was reelected
president of the Washington Bridge
League at its annual meeting last
week at the Hotel Shoreham. Dr.
w. H. Gorton was chosen to succeed
himself as vice president and Paul
E. Golden was again made secre-
tary New members on the EXecu-
tive Committee are Tom Hamlin
Louis Tubbs and Ralph Weber
Following the meeting. there was a
team of four games in which DR.
and Mrs A. j. Steinberg and Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Rossan were the
winners They won 39l , boards
The annual big June pair game
of the LEAGUE will be held in two
sessions on the first and third
Wednesdays of next month. The
players have been qualifying fol
this event throughout the past
season by playing in the semi
monthly games,
Last weeks game at the Stephan
Studio in Euclid street resulted as
follows: Wednesday afternoon. Mrs
J. A. Long and Mrs. George Kathan
North and South. first; Mrs. T. D
Sheldon and Mrs. J. Sheedy. second
East and West. Nj, and Mrs. John
Dever of Philadelphia, first, and
Mrs. S. H Beasley and Ray Shepard
second.
FRIDAY night. North and South
Col. E. B. Gray and Ms. Katharine
Tidball. first; Mrs. Dora Schwartz
and Leon Kershenbaum. second
East and West. Mrs. A. J. Steinberg
and Ben Rossan. first: Charles
Lyons and Margaret Myrtle. second
In the master point game Satur-
day leaders were: North and South.
Mrs. Jack Bennett and J. r. Belt.
first; Mrs. Mary Goodstein and Mrs
w. H. Beaver. second. East and
West. David Murray and w. S.
Benedict, first; Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Rossan, second. The master
point game of the Agriculture
Bridge Club will be played at the
co mo ,,1oce WeSneSSay
The National Press Club concluded
its duplicate bridge season Nay Is
with round robin Wherin each
player had every other player as a
partner or an opponent at least
once during the contest. The match
was won by Mrs. Jean Henry. the
wife of Thomas r. Henry. CORE
Spondent on The Star. A new series
will be started in September.
Miss r. V. j. asks when a trick
is quilted.
A trick is quilted when it has been
turned and the second hand has
played to the next lead.
Fourteen and one-half tables were
in play at the May master-point
game at the Capital City Chess
Club. The leaders were: North and
South-Mrs. J. r. Belt and Mrs.
Sybil Newlands .6494 per cent. first;
Mrs. Marie Boschan and Miss Kath-
leen McNutt .6243. second, and Dr.
J. V. Waits and Mrs. Violet Zim-
mer. third, 5340. East and West
Comdr. J. J. Parish and L. G.. Tubbs,
first. 6003: Miss Paris Keener and
Mrs. June Hodekins, second. .597l;
1t. A. NJ. Gleason and David Mur-
rsy, tied for third place with Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Shepard, .5344.