Evening star., 1947-09-21
bridge
By Frank B. Lord

first place In section A at Pierce
Hall. In doing so they displaced the
Myers team which won the opening
round and is now third. The Mana
wahs took second place, two boards
behind the Victory foursome.
In section B, the Bees advanced to
the first division. The Empires lead
section B with Mixed Party second
and Second Guessers third. In Sec
ton O the Pentas lead with the
Allies second and the Senoras third
and the Bloopers fourth.
The Public Buildings Administra-
ton Bridge Club opened September
8 In the Penthouse of the Interior
Department. The winners were H.
K. Chapman and E. r. Koth, first;
Marjorie Range and Betty Mebs,
second; Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Over
man, third; James Range and E. H.
Hutsell first, j. F. Murphy and s. A.
Rosinki, second. and J. r. Harrison
and Ralph G. Bauer, third.
Walsh Club winners September
l3 were Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and
Catherine M. Murray, first, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. s. Ramsey, second;
Mrs. George King and Mrs. Myrtle
Stewart, first, and E. w. Land and
E. M. Kenison, second.
At Capitol City Chess Club, Sep
tember /, the winners were Mr.. and
Mrs. George L. Kathan, first: Miss
Kathleen McNutt and Rush Buckley
second, and DR.. j. v. Waits and P.
w. Shepard, third; Joe, White and
Catherine Cotter, first; Mrs. Fred
erick Eberson and j. R. Moore tied
with j. G. Fletcher and Comdr. j. ].
Parish for second. September 13
winners were Mr.. Fletcher and DR.. j.
G. Wooley, first; Lewis Tubbs and
George L. Dickerman. second; Mr..
and Mrs. Kathan. third; Comdr.
Parish and Mrs. Eberson, first;
David Murray and Larry Reynolds,
second, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
DarSey, third.
This department will gladly an
swer questions concerning rules and
procedure Of play.
Miss Thelma johnson Of Arlington
writes:
II. When q card is played out OF
the dummy by the declarer before
the player on the left has played
can the fourth hand play, or must
the fourth hand wait until the sec
ond hand has played"
Answer-Fourth hand may play
before his partner without penalty
If defender plays as fourth hand
before his partner has played and
declarer has not previously played
from both hands, he may be pen
allied. Declarer may require the
partner to play to the current trick
his highest or lowest card Of the
suit led, or to play a card. subject
to his duty to follow suit, of another
specified suit.
%. South has dealt and opened
the bidding with one spade. West
while considering what to do, drop!
card on the table and exposes it,
face. What Is the ruling?"
Answer-West's partner must pas.
whenever 1t Is his turn to call, and
If South becomes the declarer the
card becomes a penalty card ir
which case 1t must be opened; Il
North becomes the declarer he may
treat the card as an exposed caro-
or require or forbid East to oper
q specified suit. The penalty card
should remain on the table until
declarer selects his penalty and II
he selects the lead penalty the card
is picked up. There Is no penalty
however, If the card exposed is one
card lower than the jack and hot
prematurely led, and the card, II
detached, may be picked up.
"3. South is declarer at three no.
trump, but East wrongfully leads a
spade. Declarer protests and d.
rects West to lead a diamond. II
developed that West had no dia-
monds. whereupon declarer orders
him to lead heart. West protests
and insists that in the circum-
stances he may lead whatever he
wishes. Who is right?"
Answer-Declarer has no right te
direct West to lead a heart when
he discovers that his opponent has
no diamonds.
Alvin Roth, who began his bridge
career IN Washington and advanced
to a life member on the Master
Point Register Of the American