Evening star., 1946-04-07
Bridge
By Fronk B. Lord

| loAAOSC bCdSuC Was d lcdtuTG Ol ldSt
Tuesday nights play at the Ward
man Park Hotel. At the head oi
the second division, with a little
better than an average score, they
hurdled eight other teams and land.
ed at the head of section A, by win.
ming 20 out of "A boards. Theii
accomplishment established a rec.
ord in the series which began last
September. 1t has not been ap.
preached by any other foursome
They displaced the Bees and sent
them to third place while the Vic
tory team advanced from fourth te
second position. The latter four
some has actually won two more
boards than the Cascades but have
also lost two more.
Bridge players of the Continental
Hotel have completed a series OF
nine weekly progressive games con-
Quoted by r. C. Jones, secretary to
Representative E. P. Scrivner OF
Kansas. The tournament was
started by hotel guests and later
broadened to include congressional
employees. Under the progressive
method, each participant was en-
abled to establish an individual
score. The result in points was:
D. A. Smith, l6.l8o; J. A. Page, H.
100; Miss Elsie L. Gould, $50, and
C. j. Cook, hotel manager, 9,240.
Individual games will be continued
throughout the remainder of the
spring season.
The master point game of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Washing
ton Bridge League, played at the
Stephan Studio in Euclid street for
the Mrs. Jack Bennett Trophy. re-
suited in a victory for Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and Mrs. Rose Robins
Mrs. c. T. Moorman and Mrs. Eva
Klein were second and Mrs. Doris
Vosberg and Mrs. D. E. Stephan
third. The Mckinney Baldwin
movement was used.
Friday nights game at the Ste
phan Studio was won by Col John
Geddes and Col. Paul Mess. Mrs.
Dora Schwartz and Leo Kershen-
baum were second and Col. E. B.
Gray and Mrs. Catharine Tidball
third.
The game on the previous We'd
nesday was won by Mrs. Martha
Gilbert and Mrs. T. B. Purner with
Mrs. Alice Beardsley and Mrs. J. B.
Gregg Custis second, and Mrs. E.
r. Shepherd and Mrs. Alice Wilson
third. The Stephan Studios mas
ter point game will be played on
April 20.
A call that the experts designate
as sacrifice bid" is one that timid
players hesitate to make, yet it is
often necessary for success both in
duplicate and rubber play. 1t may
be made where the expected loss
Is not more than set of three
tricks If the side is not vulnerable
or two tricks, If vulnerable. In each
case the minus score would be 500
More than that is not recommended
A circumstance like this frequently
happens. North and South are
vulnerable on given board. Their
hands will produce four odd at
hearts and score of 620. East and
West are not vulnerable and their
hands are capable of making three
spades. If however, they make a
sacrifice bid Of four spades and are
doubled their loss will be only 100
while If they permit their opponents
to have the contract, the score
against them will be 620. A sacri-
flee bid may therefore mean top
on the board.
In rubber bridge, a sacrifice bic
Is sometimes more speculative. II
will prevent the opposition from
making a game or a rubber at the
time. Its profit or loss therefore
depends upon which side finally
wins the rubber.
H. w. Mobley is a past master o1
the sacrifice bid at rubber bridge
Playing the hand given herewith al
the Bridge Studio of Washington
ITS N street, he deliberately took
a loss Of 800 points to prevent his
adversaries from making a vulner.
able small slam. This was the deal
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