Evening star., 1941-01-06
Gill Foursome Wins
Final Bridge Event
AfAIexandria
Churchill Of Capital
With BoItimoreuns
On Victorious Team

The team-of-four event, played in
Two sessions yesterday afternoon
and last evening, brought to close
the three-day program of the fourth
annual Northern Virginia contract
bridge tournament at the George
Mason Hotel in Alexandria. The
foursome comprising Col. Robert J
Gill, a high official of the American
Contract Bridge League; Clagett
Bowie and Cecil Head, all of Balti-
more, and S. H. Churchill of WASH
lngton won the coveted trophy.
Their score was 331a boards.
The contest, in which there were
large number of entries from Vir-
elnla, Washington and Baltimore,
was exciting and the margin of
victory narrow. At the end of the
hnal session the team comprising
James G. Stone, Warren G.. Jones,
II; Louis Newman and Henry Stear-
man were IN tie for second place
with Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon,
Al Roth and Lewis R. Watson. Each
had won SO boards. In the playoff
the former team was successful.
Fourth place was taken by Gene
Hermann and Mrs. Irene Surguy of
Washington and N. G. Wilson, jr.,
and H. j. GerSt of Norfolk.
In the first session the Stone
team led with Is boards, with the
Hermann team second with 15l2
boards. The Gill team had only
l3 boards and was in fifth place,
but came to the front in the finals
with remarkable speed, winning 2Ola
boards while its chief opponents
were taking only 1615. The Her
mann team dropped to fourth place
in tie with Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
StoCkvis, Representative John c.
Kunkel and Lewis G. Tubbs, each
having score of 30l2.
Others in Compe tition.
Others in the competition included
Mrs. J. E. Folline. DR.. Arthur Sa-
lasky, Wallace Jones and j. r.
Chappell of Richmond; Paul Kibler,
E. A. Perkins, Mrs w. S. Athey and
LIE Roy Thurtell of Washington;
Arthur Schlisinger, A. j. Hunter,
Edward Lederman and David Spatz
of Baltimore, Miss Mabel Tobin,
Paul E. Neff, Mrs Frieda Boyce and
Martin May of Washington; Mrs. A.
j. Rosenbloom, George E. Ball Mrs.
H. o. Covington and c.. R. Bayliss
of Richmond; Mrs. Lester Gibson,
Mrs. H. R. Young. Mrs. Kitty Boyle
and Mrs. M. R. Reddy of Arlington
and Washington, and L. r. Make,
NJ. T. Blackwell, Mrs. j. D. Faiella
and H. o. Covington of Richmond.
The results of the open pair game
played on Saturday in two sessions
was announced yesterday, showing
Representative John c. Kunkel and
s. G. Churchill the winners with a
total score of ITS for both sessions.
lie Roy Thurtell and Al Roth were
second with 1857, w. R. Garrett
and DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell were third
with 1853, Cecil Head and Clagett
Bowie of Baltimore were fourth
with 1924 and Louis Newman and
DR.. A. J. Steinberg were fifth with
l52.
Other players included DR.. E. B
Connolly and Mrs. w. S. Athey,
j. P. and j. M Snyder. Mrs. L. D.
johnson and Mrs. Robert S. Du Bois,
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Lemon, M. L.
Kessler and Leo Joel, Mrs. A. j.
Rosenbloom and G. E. Ball, E. A.
Perkins and w. G.. Jones, jr; Dr.
w. H. Gorton and Tom Wallace,
Mrs. J. R. Long and Mrs. Rose
Robins, Lewis G. and Lloyd Tubbs,
Rush Buckley and DR.. N. J. McHugh,
Mrs. Jack Bennett and Isaac R.
York, H. E. Goldberg and NJ. M
Kasler, Mrs. Irene Surguy and Gene
Hermann and Dr.. j. V. Waits and
M C. Stark.
Consolation Winners.
The consolation game played by
those who failed to qualify for the
open pair finals and we're eliminated
was won by Mrs. Allan Rutherford
and Mrs. j. P Dagger of Baltimore,
who had also won the Women's pair
match early in the tournament.
Their score was 81 Second were
Ned Brooks and J. B. Latta of
Washington with 8212 2. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. C. Campbell were third
with 81 Mrs. Campbell had been
second in the womens pair game
John Donnelly and Miss Mabel To-
bin were fourth in the consolation
with 80 and Miss Lucelle Maupin
and J. M Lazard fifth with 10.
Others who participated were Tom
Hamlin and Lewis R. Watson, Mr..
King and A. I. Westrich, Louis
Fruitman and R Mullens, Mrs.
Charles Payce and Mrs Kitty Boyle,
Col. E. B. Gray and Mrs. Catharine
Tidball, M M. Dauville and Mrs.
c. wyatt, w. A. Bolinger and Miss
Kathleen McNutt, Mrs. T. D. Shell
don and Mrs. Anne o. Grimes and
Mrs. PeytOn Blamire and Mrs.
Marian Barre.
Herman Kraut and Oscar Baum,
ir., of Washington took home with
them the silver trophy offered by
the Alexandria Gazette for having
won the intermediate match. With
2 score of Ash they led by half a
point Mrs. Weyman Tarplay and
Mrs. j. B Grigsby. j. P. and j. M.
Snyder were third with AL and j.
B. Latta and E. R. Koch were
fourth Also playing in the match
were DR.. and Mrs. J. B. Gregg Gus
tis. Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Austin, Mrs.
William Haynes and Mrs. J. F. Nc
Phee and Mr.. and Mrs. S. M.
Schwartz.