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Daily Bulletin Page 5Paul Munafo (left), representing Auburn University, andFrank Stewart (in the "Alabama" shirt) met in the Alabama-Auburn bridge match Thursday night.AlabamaContinued from page 1The Tournament Committee and players came upwith another $500 for the runners-up who selected theFeed the Children, Birmingham chapter as its charity.Playing for Alabama were Stewart, Bob Teel, JoeGottler, Hugh Ogle and Mark Friedman. Auburn’srepresentatives were Doug Levene, Paul Munafo andBob and Cindy Bernstein.The biggest swing of the match came in the secondhalf:Dlr: South « 8Vul: N-S ª A Q 10 9 5 2© J¨ K J 8 7 3« Q J « 10 9 3ª 6 3 ª K J 4© 9 2 © K Q 10 6 5 4 3¨ Q 10 9 6 5 4 2 ¨ --« A K 7 6 5 4 2ª 8 7© A 8 7¨ AWest North East SouthLevene Teel Munafo Stewart1«Pass 2ª 3© 3«Pass 4« Pass 6«Pass Pass Dbl All PassA laughing Stewart recounted the story: “Ithought the double asked for a heart lead and I wasfeeling pretty good when a club was led -- then mystiff ace got ruffed and it was downhill from there.”Stewart went down two for minus 500. The contractat the other table was 4ª making five for plus650 and Auburn had a 15-IMP gain.Silent auctionA number of articles are on display near the registrationarea in the Civic Center. They are the subjectof a silent auction that ends at the close of playtomorrow evening. The top written bid on each itemwill win the item. A Joe Namath football, lots of artworkand gift certificates are among other items beingoffered.Child careChild care is available afternoons and eveningsonly in Room 1218 of the Sheraton. Drop-ins arewelcome. Donna Compton is in charge of child care.The Life Master Women’s Pairs begins competitiontoday for the Helen Sobel Smith Trophy.The event, restricted to Life Masters, is playedover four sessions with two qualifying sessions andtwo final sessions. Prior to 1963 it was restricted toNational Masters and players of higher rank.The trophy recognizes Helen Sobel Smith, thefirst woman elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame anduniversally considered the best woman player of alltime.She won 35 North American titles -- theVanderbilt twice, the Spingold five times and theReisinger four times -- and the McKenney Trophy(now the Barry Crane Top 500) three times: in 1941,1942 and 1944.When Smith died of cancer in 1969, the BridgeBulletin remembered her as a player “without a peeramong women and very few peers among men. Helenplayed like a man, it was true. But she also playedlike a lady.”Last year’s winners, Shawn Quinn and MildredBreed, scored 34.5 out of 38 matchpoints on this dealfrom the first final session.Dlr: East « K Q 8Vul: None ª J 8 7 6 4© A Q 10 7¨ 8« A « J 10 3ª K Q 9 5 3 2 ª A© J 5 4 © K 8 2¨ 9 5 2 ¨ A Q J 10 6 3« 9 7 6 5 4 2ª 10© 9 6 3¨ K 7 4West North East SouthQuinnBreed1¨ Pass1ª Dbl 3¨ 4«5¨ All PassSouth led the ª10 and Breed won her singletonace. She played a spade to the ace and called fordummy’s ¨2, playing the queen when North followedwith the ¨8. South won the ¨K and shifted to a diamond.North won the ©A. A spade exit would have allowedthe defense to prevail but North erred by returninga heart.Breed took full advantage. She ruffed the hearthigh and led the ¨3 toward dummy. When South followedwith the ¨4, Breed played dummy’s ¨5. Havingfinessed successfully against the ¨7, Breed nowhad the entries to establish the heart suit. Another heartwas ruffed high and a low club to dummy’s 9 drewthe outstanding trump.Breed ran the hearts, discarding her diamond andspade losers.South missed her chance to foil declarer’s plan.When Breed led the ¨3 at trick six, if South hadplayed the ¨7, Breed would not have had enoughentries to establish the heart suit and pick up South’slast trump, ending in dummy.Past winners:1961 Dorothy Hayden, Helen Portugal1962 Barbara Kachmar, Margaret Wagar1963 Anne Burnstein, Hermine Baron1964 Margaret Alcorn, Betty KaplanLM Women’s Pairs1965 Ann Sheaber, Jan Stone1966 Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden1967 Nancy Gruver, Sue Sachs1968 Dorothy Talmage, Rhoda Walsh1969 Gratian Goldstein, Sylvia Stein1970 Bette Cohn, Marietta Passell1971 Ruth Bloomfield, Della Levinson1972 Amalya Kearse, Rhoda Walsh1973 Frieda Arst, June Deutsch1974 Bernice Larson, Joan Stein1975 Dorothy Moore, Marion Weed1976 Barbara Furbeck, Barbara Herr1977 Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport1978 Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Truscott1979 Nancy Gruver, Edith Kemp1980 Kathie Cappelletti, Claire Tornay1981 Nancy Gruver, Edith Kemp1982 Dorothy Buchanan, Barbara Morris1983 Beth Palmer, Lynn Deas1984 Karen Singer, Sharon Soules1985 Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer1986 Mickie Kivel, Judi Cody1987 Jill Meyers, Gaye Herrington1988 Nancy Passell, Nell Cahn1989 Rhoda Walsh, Sabine Zenkel1990 Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy1991 Sue Weinstein, Tobi Deutsch1992 Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen1993 Janice Seamon, Sabine Zenkel1994 Lynn Deas, Rhoda Kratenstein1995 Flo Rotman, Susan Miller1996 Suzy Burger, Barbara Sion1997 Janice Seamon, Sylvia Moss1998 Sharon Hait, Barbara Sartorius1999 Mildred Breed, Shawn QuinnSchedule of entry feesper person per sessionLife Master Open Pairs,Life Master Women’s Pairs,Women’s Board-a-MatchTeams, Blue Ribbon Pairsand Reisinger Board-a- Members** OthersMatch Teams* $14.50 $15.50NA championships $13 $14Regional championships $12 $13All other events $11 $12*$1.50 per person per session to benefit the InternationalFund.**Members whose payment of dues is current andLife Masters whose service fee payment is current.Masterpoint disclaimerScores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are subjectto change because of score changes or corrections.Therefore, the masterpoint awards as shownare also subject to change.Discounted parkingGuests of the Sheraton Birmingham areentitled to discounted parking rates of $4 perday self-parking and $8 per day for valetparking. Please identify yourself as an ACBLmember to obtain the discounted rate.