Evening star., 1939-07-23

nnlShed with total OF 4Z3I2 pOlnLS
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Hall, who were
fifth in the first session, finished Sec
ond with total score of 40712. H. r.
King and A. 1. Westrich were third.
Mrs. Vann Clark and Mrs. H. c..
White, who were second in the first
session with 206, did not figure IN
the fnals, while Mrs. Robert S. Du
BoiS and Mrs. T. D. Sheldon, who
were third in the first session, fin
ished In fourth place. w. A. Gard
ner and r. AukShun, who won the
second session match with score OF
2l8l2, were fifth in the finals. Mr..
and Mrs. Hall won second place last
Wednesday night, the same place in
which they finished in the finals.
King and Westrich were third IN the
second session as we'll as in the finals.
In the second, or convertible, mas
ters section the winners were Miss L..
A. Ehringer and G. M. Richards,
whose score was 1929. Second were
DR.. Emily Grewe and Mrs. A. r.
Hodgkins with 1876 and Mrs. John
Coffee and James Sourelis were third
with 1875. Top score was made by
Sam Groves, whose total was 2Ol.
Mr.. Groves, however, was disqualified
by reason of the fact that he had
played with two different partners
on the two nights of the match. Miss
Virginia Pearce was his partner two
weeks ago, but was unable to attend
the final session and her place was
taken by Jack Dawkins.
The sensation of the second section
was the game played by John DON
nelly and Mrs. j. L. Terrant, who
led all the others in the final ses-
sion with score of 1882. They
were third from the bottom in the
first match, so that their second
game did not bring them up to
leadership in the finals. Mr.. Groves
and Mr.. Dawkins were second with
1T points in the second session, while
DR.. Grewe and Mrs. Hodgkins were
third with l13 They advanced one
place to attain second honors in
the finals. Mrs. Peyton Blamire and
Miss Kathleen McNutt, who were
first in the first session, were dis
qualified because of the absence of
Miss McNutt. Mrs. Blamire was
obliged to play with another part
ner. Miss Ehringer and Mr. Rich
ards, who won in the finals. were tied
In the first session with Miss Paris
Keener and Mrs. NJ Hobbs. each
having score of &C. r. H. Higgins
and Max KeSSler, who were second
with 88 in the first session, dropped
behind in the finals and were not
among the winners.
A score or more Washington play
ers attended the tournament last
week at Hershey, Pa. and met only
with scattering success. The only
Washington winners were Al Roth
and o. J. Brotman, who captured
the open pair championship. The
Ellenborger- Mitchell pair of Phila-
delphia was second. John Donnelly
and Mrs. Irene Surguy came second
in the mixed pair event. which was
won by Philadelphia pair. In the
women's pair match Mrs Freida
Boyce and Mrs Jimmie" Athey
were nosed out Of top score by 2i2
points. also losing to a Philadelphia
pair. The Washington team of Dr.
A. J. Steinberg. Louis Newman, DR.
E. B. Connolly and A. E. Perkins
made a good start in the team
match, but failed to come through
at the finish. First and second places
in the team game were won by four
somes from Philadelphia Players
from the City of Brotherly Love
succeeded in winning a majority of
the events.
Mrs. A. ]. Steinberg of Washing
ton and Mrs. Newman of Baltimore
won the consolation match, which
was the only game in which they
participated.
The Asheville IN. c. Chamber of
Commerce is cooperating with the
American Contract Bridge League
in sponsoring the Southern Appal-
achian Contract Tournament in the
Land of the Sky" on August II and
13. The Battery Park Hotel will be
the tournament headquarters. with
the Asheville- Biltmore aiding in the
entertainment of the players. To
make the tourney especially inviting