Evening star., 1940-08-25
BRIDGE
The Game and
Its Players
Bp Frank B. Lord.

Washington bridge players are
awaiting with interest the results in
the third annual South Appalachian
bridge championships, being held
over the week end at Asheville.
where some of them and their
friends have trophies at stake won
in former contests at the North
Carolina resort.
The principal event Is the team-of-
four match in two sessions today.
This championship was won last
year by Miss Maize Buie of Wash
ington and Isaac H. York of Ar
lington, playing as partners with
Mrs. A. R. Brown and Mrs S. r.
Young, Birmingham, Ala. Despite
the fact they had never played to-
gether before, they captured the
prize against a formidable field,
which also included several other
Washington players. They are now
defending their title
The open pair championship for
the Chamber of Commerce Trophy
was won last year by DR.. Arthur
Salasky and Mrs j.. E. Folline,
Richmond, who have played here
frequently. Other matches are the
women's pair championship for the
Pilot Club Trophy and the mixed
pair championship for the Land of
the Sky Trophy. in which local play
ers were entered as participants.
The tourney is sponsored by the
Al, &c 49,
is under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League, whose
secretary, William E McKenney, de-
livered a series of bridge lectures
preceding events. Sam D. Holt
is chairman of the Executive Com
mittee and John D. Mothershed and |
Miss Buie are local members Of the
Tournament Committee George w. |
Beynon is tournament director.
In announcing the official list of |
winners and runnersup at the re-
cent annual summer tournament at |
Asbury Park the A. C. c. L. empha-
sizes the fact thai seeded teams |
dropped by the wayside and defend
ing champions finished far down the
lists-which, 1t is declared, demon
strates that no one any longer holds |
a monopoly on good bridge and that
average" tournament play now
adayS is fully the equal of that Of |
the experts.
The biggest bridge upset of a
week of upsets came in the masters
team -four championship, which
saw three of the seeded teams elimi-
mated in the quarter-finals, and a
team of which Al Roth and Oscar
j. Brotman of Washington were
members capture the much-sought |
honor Only in the worlds cham
pionship masters pair game did a
defending champion repeat. He was
Harry j. Fishbein. Entries in this
event, as well as in five of the other
six world. national and amateur
competitions, broke all existing
records.
The announcement carries the
following results:
pionshipl pl-Defending champions, Okwald |
Jacoby T. A. Lightner, NJ. D. Maier, How
ard schenken and Robert A. McPherran,
Al ssh ssm fna Ksz o. and
5sDs Ton MsT Resfsa Ed%aTd
and Myron Fuchs, alternate.
Masters Pairs ,World chamTpihoSns;hip,Id TlohSH;
Rebept winners Hary rh
bein and Morris Ellis; runners-up, Myron
Fuchs and Sam Fry, jr
Pains ps ssrberl
stark; runners-up. Henry Batters and W.
:. amateur M Team vrsa Of ln2 Nd Defending ending
kien Mnneas n s0f Edsard ssH r. sn1 Thomas @ j.
Sheern jr.; A. r. Dick and C. D. Potts;
runners-up. BENJAMIN Hirschbere. Herbert
Apfelbaum: Edwin Apfelbaum and Joel L.
Mixed Team of Four national cham
pionship) - Defending champions Miss
nsrs. nststie MIS-: hse- Marie @ black Waidemar von
zedtwitz. Mrs Olive Peterson Peter "a and d, Henry
Colder. Charles j. solomon: Mrs. j. j.
Mitchell, Sd, and E, C. Ellenbosen.
Mems Pairs natons snnh1
John r. Crawford. Winners. M D. Maier
and Robert McPherran: runners-up, Harry
shipiwDefendinG champions. Mrs; a. NJ.
SODel ana MrS n. y. IOunR. WlHneIS,
Mrs John Laidch and Mrs. Edith W.
and Mrs. Gussie Pianco.
In honor of their victory, Mr.. Roth
and Mr.. Brotman were given testi-
monial dinner Tuesday evening at
the Cheeks Bridge Club, 20l0 r
street NV. Among those present
we're Paul Kibler, DR.. E. B. Connolly,
Mrs. Charles Boyce, Mrs. Eugene
Nolan, w. A. Bolinger, Louis New
man, Henry Stearman, James G.
Stone, Miss Thelma Goodstein, Tom
Hamin, Leroy Thurtell, Mrs. Grace
Kane, Sol Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cheeks and Mrs. Roth.
The ninth annual Atlantic City
tournament is scheduled for Sep
tember 6, 7 and 8. 1t is to be
conducted by the American Contract
Bridge League, and is sponsored by
the Philadelphia Whist Association
and the New Jersey Bridge League.
1t will be held at the President
Hotel. 1t. Comdr. w. A. Corley,
Tom Hamlin, president Of the Wash
ington Bridge League; James H.
Lemon and Paul E. Golden are
local members Of the Tournament