Evening star., 1948-09-26
Bridge
By Margaret l. Fisher

washington OllCc again WILL NC q
mecca for duplicate enthusiasts OF
neighboring States when the 18th
annual District of Columbia cham
p,onships get under way on October
14-i7. This year it will be held at
the Hotel Roosevelt, according to
Charles C. johnson, tourney chair
man, and the 1947 schedule Of events
will be repeated.
Excepting the mems pair match
on Friday afternoon, all contests
will be held in two sessions-women's
pair play Thursday and Friday at
pm; mixed pairs Thursday and
Friday at s:15 pm: open pairs
Saturday at and 8:15, and teams
of-four on Sunday at 1890 and
pm, concurrent with the Metro
politan pair event.
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Wednesday night the Mrs. Irene
Surguy Gene Herman Charles
Johnson-Vic Zeve foursome led the
field at the Washington Bridge
League, while top scores in the two
section open pair contest were
merited by Mrs. Ann Scruggs-Mrs
Ida Terrant, w. M. William
Million, DR.. and Mrs. A. J. Stein
berg and Mrs. Dixie T. Wright
John Luttrell.
The team of George Ksthan-
Miller Roberts Charles Johnson-Dr
A. J. Steinberg- G. Stone
scored its second victory Of the cur
rent season at the Federal Bridge
League last Monday, playing in sec
ton A. Ranking quartet in section e
was Lynn Carrier-M. Kyger, j
Grayhead and L. Field. Team play
off will yieldstomorrow night to an
open-pair master-point match.
Chess Club members and guests
have one more Thursday night
game, September 80. for improving
their six months cumulative aver
ages. The quarterly Sullivan series
will also be concluded the same
night.
Master point competition in two
sections was featured last Friday at
the F. Arthur Walker Club. leaders
in North-South positions being Mrs.
Dixie T. Wright-M Mrs. Wessal Stewart
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Kathan,
while their victorious East-West op-
ponents included Erna Fuhrer-Dave
Handel and Margaret Martinez
Sternacher. Second place went to
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Shepard. Dee
Folsom -Bess Noland, Mrs. Kather-
Inc Tidball-Mrs. Ida Terrant and
1t and Mrs. Russell B. Denham.
Top scores at the Stephan Studio
matinee match last Saturday boost
ed the national rating of Mrs. Mari
anne Boschan-Mrs. Dora Schwartz
and DR.. w. s. Benedict-John Moore.
Capt. and Mrs. Joseph L. Herlihy,
Dave Murray and Larry Reynolds
shared second awards. The Agri-
culture Club will hold its monthly
master award contest at the Stephan
Studio next Saturday afternoon.
The Buckingham Duplicate Club
held Its initial master-point match
of the new season September 81,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Richter and
Paul Blasangame-Jesse Duke, ir..
capturing the awards. Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Vetter and Mrs. Edna Evans
toIr tllo
Master points will be awarded to-
night at the Connecticut Avenue
Bridge Club, starting time 8 pm.
or major concern to local dupli-
cate bridge clubs is the recent rul-
ing by the American Contract Bridge
League that. hereafter, sanctions for
master-point games will be granted
only upon approval of the Wash
ington Bridge League, which is the
official local unit of the ACBL in
this area. Incidental to this ruling
is the reminder that no organization
may conduct more than two ma
tionally awarded contests in cal
endar month. The privileges OF
holding two master-point games
a month extend only to those groups
which sponsor more than one reg
ular match per week.
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Rubber bridge players are hasten
ing to appraise the newly revised
international laws of contract
bridge, effective October l. While
no change has been made in tht
e. scoring table. rules affecting ex
posed cards, leads out of turn, pen
atty cards, insufficient bids, revokes
condonement. etc. have been altered
and simplified.
A comparison of the new COD
with the old indicates that penaltle
for the most frequent irregularitle
have been largely mitigated. Fo
example. no longer is declarer givel
the tremendous advantage OF beinI
able to name a suit If oefenoe
leads out of turn. Declarer now ha
only the option of treating the IN
correct lead as a penalty card o
forbidding the lead of that suit D
the partner. Also, dummy, Wn
formerly was forced to remain silen
during the play of the hand with tn
exception of warning against re
woke, now has the right to cautlol
declarer against leading from tn
wrong hand or otherwise forestal
irregularities that he sees the play
ers about to commit.