Evening star., 1939-02-12
By Frank B. Lord.

Unless Dick" Skinner, whose per-
manent abode is up around Boston,
is considered a Washington resident
instead of commercial weekend
visitor, the large delegation of local
bridge players who went to Balti-
more last week to participate in the
Maryland State championship
games did not achieve any marked
degree of success.
Mr.. Skinner and his partner, Mrs.
Eva Latter, were winners of the COW
eted open pair championship. Mrs.
Latter, however, resides in Will
mington, Del. so that her success
was only half a victory for Wash
ington even if Mr.. Skinner is ac-
credited to the Capital rather than
to Boston. In winning the prize in
this event with a score of 1898,
Mr.. Skinner experienced a remark
able change in form, for in the
mixed pair match which preceded
the open pair game, playing with a
partner other than Mrs. Latter, he
was 62d in f1ld of g..
DR.. L. w. Lord and Claggett Bowie
of Baltimore won second place in the
open pair event with a score of 1872 28,
while E. S. Harlow and p C. Elicit
of Richmond were third with a score
of 276,3. The best score by any of
the Washington pairs was made by
Mrs. Daisy H. Mott and G. j. Ken
nedy, formerly of Washington and
now of New York, who registered
278 points. Mrs. Ben Colder and
Joseph Davis of Philadelphia were
fifth with 269 and Mrs J. j. Mitchell
and f. G. Ellenbogen, also of Phila-
delphia, sixth with 264.
The only other Washington play
ers to gain place in any of the ma jor
events were Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and
Mrs. Robert S. Du Bois. who had
3lll2 points in the Women's pair
match against the winners, Mrs.
Charles A. Woolsey of ToWson, Md,
teacher, and her pupil Mrs. Isadore
Zeskind, with 317l2 points. Third
in this match were Mrs. j. F. Mo-
well and Mrs j. H. Purnell of Bal
timore with 298l2. The next best
showing of a Washington pair in
this event was made by Mrs Frieda
Boyce and Mrs. w. S. Athey.
Sixty-three pairs entered the mixed
event. in which the winners were
Mrs. S. Cunningham Of Baltimore
and Joseph Davis of Philadelphia
with a score of 399. Mrs. J. Folline
and DR.. Arthur Salasky of Rich
mond were second with $685., Mrs
Ben Colder and Charles j. Solomon
of Philadelphia were third with 394,
and Mrs. S. A. Herzog and Jack
Shore of New York fourth with
392l2. Mrs. Frieda Bovce and Louis
Newman were fifth with 389ls and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. de st. Aubin were
sixth with 1888. Both of the two pairs
last named are from Washington.
The open-pair championship was
played in two sessions and the
Washington pairs qualifying in the
first round were Mrs. Daisy H. Mott
and G.. j. Kennedy who had top
score, Mrs. P. E. Henninger and
C. NJ. Hall. Mrs. Charles Kavanaugh
and Mrs. w. S. Athey, Mrs. Frieda
Boyce and William Downs and DR..
A. J. Steinberg and E. A. Perkins,
but with the exception of Mrs. Mott
and Mr.. Kennedy. who were fourth,
none of them showed in the finals
Louis Newman and AL Roth of
Washington, who were winners of
this event last year. did not qualify
for the finals in the premliminary
round.
The team-o event in two
sessions was won by the New York
foursome of Jules TILES, AL Lie
boWitz, Seymour Salorson and Mil
ton Vernoff; second was the Phila-
delphia team of Mrs. r. C. Young,
Joseph Davis. Mrs. Ben Colder and
c. j. Solomon: third was another
New York group consisting of Mrs.
S. A. Herzog, Arch Kempner. for
merlv of Washington: Jack Shore
and P. L. Appleyard; fourth, Joseph
Grinsfeller, Irwin Fisher, Charles
Shiparo and Mr.. Lederman of Balti-
more. The Lemon team of Wash
ington was fifth.
Among the Washington players
who participated in the events other
than those herein mentioned were
John Donelly, Fred Hayden, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. E. Henninger, Mrs. w. C.
Esmond, c. E. Stewart, Mrs. Dora
Schwartz, Miss Shirley Schwartz,
Col. E. B. Gray, Mrs. Catharine
Tidball, Mrs. Irene Surguy, Gene