Evening star., 1946-06-16
Bridge
By Fronk B. Lord

nament in Annapolis over indie
pendence Day week end. there will
be no team games until next fall
There will be a two session team
game the last day of the meet, ac-
cording to the program now being
arranged by William Cheeks, man
ager. All other matches will be
pair games in which non members
of regular bridge organizations will
be permitted to play.
The Fe deral Leagues play
throughout the remainder of June.
July and August and part OF
September will be pair games and
those who are not Federal or District
employees will be eligible to play.
The Agriculture Bridge Club also
will be open to players the second
and fourth Wednesdays of each
month at the Stephan Studio in
Euclid street. On the first and
third Wednesdays, the pair games
played in the Washington Bridge
League at the Hotel Shoreham will
also be open to the public. Some of
the other duplicate clubs have also
modified their invitational require
ments for the summer play.
The first of the big June pair
games OF the Washington Bridge
League was played in two sections
June 5. In the first section, winners
were A. I. Westrich and H. R. King.
first, score. 1885,; Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and Capt. j. r. McGhee,
second, score, 1870: w. S. Benedict
and J. r. Moore. third, score, 1867,
and Miller Roberts and Arthur
Helm, fourth. score, 1872. Second
section-C. A. johnson and Comdr
J. J. Parish, first, score. 206; Mr.. and
Mrs Bernard Rossan, second, score,
194la; Henry Steinbach and Capt.
r. A. Ashton, third. score, 1917, and
Mrs. Breckenridge Long and Mrs.
Lester Gibson, fourth, score, 189.
The second Big June pair game
will be played at the same places
June 10. Those who have no part
ners may have them assigned upon
application to the league president,
DR.. N. J. McHugh; the vice presi-
dent, DR.. w. H. Gorton, or the
secretary, Paul E. Golden There
will be a special pair game for those
who did not play in the first of
these two events.
The pair game Of the Federal
Bridge League on Tuesday night
was played in two sections. In the
first, leaders were Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Kathan, first. North and
South, score, 1854: Mrs. Jack Bennett
and Mrs. H. S. Klein, second, score.
1863. East and West-H. r. King
and Dr. A. J. Steinberg, first, score,
l69; Mrs. F. w. Norman and Col.
H. j. Vanderslius, second, score
1882. In section two, North and
South, Comdr. w. r. Poissant and
James G. Stone, first, score, 1863; j..
L. Thomas and J. l.. Thomas, jr.,
second. score. l52. East and West
Ralph Webber and Mrs. j. B. Gregg
Gusts, first. score. l5812 Mrs. Mari
anna Boschan and Comdr. J. J.
Parish, second, score, l54.
/ The American Contract Bridge
Leagues June master point game
at the Capital City Chess Club, with
IA tables in play resulted as follows:
North and South-Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. George L. Kathsn, first with
200 match points and percentage
of $40; Maj. H. v. Peterson and
Mrs. C. w. thinner, second, l74
match points and 1914 percentage;
DR.. j. v. Waits and Arthur I. Helm,
third, 173 match points and per-
Icentage of 1851. East and West
Comdr. w. R. Poissant and Mrs.
Doris Vosberg. first, 1991a match
points and 1894 percentage; Col.
and Mrs. H. j. Vanderslius, second,
191 match points and .6122 percent
age; E. R. Shepard and Mrs. j. ".
Waits, third, 173 match points and
1851 percentage.
In the Wednesday afternoon game
at the Stephan Studio, Mrs. John
Evans and Mrs. J. B. Gregg Gusts
were tied with Mrs. N. A. Olmstead
and Arthur Lane. Third were Mrs.
IT. D. Sheldon and Mrs. Alice Will
son. They played North and South.
The East and West leaders were
Mrs. Amy Ashmead and Col. Edward
Clifford, first, and Mrs. Martha Gill
bert and Mrs. j. A. Dearing, second.
In the Friday evening game, Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Itkin were first, Mrs.
Grace Buckley and Mrs. Helen
Walch were second and Mrs. D. E
Stephan and Howard Mayer, third.
The June master point game at
the Stephan Studio was won, North
and South, by Mrs. Breckenridge
Long and Mrs. Lester Gibson.
Comdr. j. j. Parish and A. I. West
rich were second and Mrs. D. E.
Stephen and Dr.. c. c. Mcdonnell
were third. East and West, Ralph
Webber and Arthur Helm were first,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Dearing, second,
and w. S. Benedict and j. r. Moore,
third.
In the season series of the Ag-
riculture Bridge Club for the DR..
c. c. Mcdonnell Cup, the victor was
Capt. James M. Lazzard who will
hold 1t for one year. A new series
for the trophy will be started in
September at the conclusion of the
open pair games of the club.
Miss Gladys Cummings of Chevy
Chase asks for a statement of the
right of condonement. The rule says
the right to condone an irregularity
is wholly independent Of, and addi-
tional to. other rights accorded by
the penalty sections of the laws. 1t
may operate as a right to cancel
or to validate. 1t may be exercised
inadvertently or from disinclination
to exact penalty or because con-
donement operates to the advantage
OF the nonoffending side. 1t is a
right which may be exercised only
by the left-hand opponent. In de-
Gliding whether or not to exercise it,
he may receive no assistance from
right-hand opponent except that
the latter may ask his partner II