Evening star., 1946-02-24

| Inc league Will play 1CS mOntnly
master point game next Tuesday
night.
Winners in the game at the La
Sale Studio on Monday night were
Mrs. Frederick Eberson and Mrs
Jack Bennett, first, and Mrs. Louis
Salvatorel and Mr.. w. Wurzer
second.
Local college men were interested
in the annual tournament of the
College Clubs Bridge League held
last week in New York. The Cor
nell boys won the series, making LOT
points, while Columbia was second
The Dartmouth Club, last year s
champions, won only IS points. Har-
ward was third, followed by Prince
ton, Dartmouth. Pennsylvania and
Williams.
In the matter of attendance, the
ninth annual Northern Virginia
tournament was the largest in the
history Of the organization. 1t was
held last week at the Wardmar
Park Hotel, and a feature Of the
meet was the team of -four match
revived for the first time since the
beginning Of the war.
The summary of the variou:
events was as follows: Women's
pair, Mrs. Marie Boschan and Mis-.
Kathleen McNutt, first, score, 1853
Mrs. w. J. Allen and Mrs. P. E. Hen
ninger, both Of Arlington, second
1904, and Mrs. L. L. Gibson ane
Mrs. H. C. Young tied for third
place with Mrs. S. H. Beasley anc
Mrs. John Seward, 1874.
Mems pair, Capt. j. r. McGhee
jr., and w. F. Million, Arlington
first, 109la: Maj. John Fletcher and
1t. Comdr. J. j. Parrish, second
851a, and Gen. Robert Odic and
Tech. Sergt. Leon Soils Cohen
Philadelphia, third, 80. Mixed pair
DR.. N. j. McHugh and Mrs. Fred.
erick Eberson, Pittsburgh, formerly
of Washington, first, 1893; Mrs. j. A
Long and Miller Roberts, second
l8l, and Mrs. P. E. Henninger ano
r. L. Miles, Nine. Marie Boschar
and George L. Kathan, Mrs. F. w
Moorman and Joseph Weinberge
Richmond, and Mrs. Tom Hamlir
and Eugene s. Smith, tied with 176
Open pair, DR.. and Mrs. A. ]
Steinberg, first, 2504 points; Harolc
Stone and B. P. Steinberg, second
240; Mrs. Dora Schwartz and Capt
j. r. McGhee, jr., third, 219.6, ano
Mrs. w. S. Athey and 1t. Comdr
j. ]. Parrish, fourth, 2l79.
Consolation game: North anc
South, Mrs. M. r. Reddy and Mrs
Tom Hamlin, first. and Mr.. anc
Mrs. James Lazard, second; Easl
and West, Mrs. r. S. Du Bois anc
Mrs. w. H. Gorton, first, and Mrs
c. B. Chanz and Mrs. H. Aubrey
Ross, second.
Team-of-four, Col. H. j. Wander.
slius, 1t. Comdr. j. J. Parrish. Mrs
w. S. Athey and Eugene Smith
first, 80 out of 48 boards; Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bernard Rossan, DR.. and Mrs
A. ]. Steinberg and Miller Roberts
flve-member team, second. 2S1s
boards, and Mrs. William Cheeks
w. M. Mcintyre, LIE Roy Thurtel
and r. L. Miles, jr., third, % boards
A controversy exists between TOP
flight bridge players in Washington
over the question of the proper re
sponse to an original two bid in ,
suit declaration. All agree tina
such bidder should hold at leas
five and one-half high honor trick
and that the call is a game demans
in any circumstances.
One group insists that partne
should show an ace II he has one
II he doesn't, he should keep tn,
bidding open at the two level b,
calling two no-trump. Thereafter
the responsibility lies with tn,
opener on his way to game
Another group says that responde
may show four-card suit, par
ticularly if it is major and headet
by as good as a queen, which i'm
plies that he also has a side trick
either an ace or king-queen.
The result on the hand give1
herewith and played by Sergt. j. H
Levy at the Bridge Studio of Wash
ington, ITS N street, tends to sup.
port the contention of the &C,
showers. The distribution of tn,
cards was as follows:
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