Evening star., 1943-04-04
In Bridge
Circles
Notes on Clubs
And Tournaments
By Frank B. Lord.

Us III oCl l1Co VI S1loAi-
pionship matches that rivaled in
attendance any Of similar char
acter heretofore held in Washing
ton. Conspicuous among them were
many newcomers to Washington
brought here by war work who
placed their skill and talent to test
against the Capital regulars and the
guests from nearby out-of town, in
Guiding Richmond, Norfolk, Lynch
burg and other Virginia points, as
we'll as from Baltimore, Philadelphia
and even as far away as New York.
Altogether there were almost 500
entrants in the various games, which
is the largest ever in the compe-
tition since the tournament was
by Lewis Tubbs six
years ago. Owing to the fact that
he is in the South with his naval
command, Mr.. Tubbs was unable to
attend.
Winning honors were fairly we'll
distributed among the strictly local
talent, the newcomers and the guests
from afar with the Washington reg
ulars getting the larger part of
the division. The mixedpair cham
pionship was taken by Vincent D.
Nicholson and Mrs. Daisey H. Mott,
With their score of 1922 they were
were AZ points ahead of James G..
Stone and Mrs. Ruth Kavanaugh.
Other Washington victors were Mrs.
Sue White and Mrs Richard Skin
ner of Chestnut Hill, Mass, who is,
however, claimed by Washington as
her husband is with the Army forces
stationed here. They played in the
women's pair game. Mrs. Allan
Rutherford and Mrs. I. Zeskind of
Baltimore were second in this event.
The mems championship went to
the many-times champion, Charles
H. Goren, and his partner. Sydney
D. Pierce, both of Philadelphia. Not
far behind them were Col. Edward
Clifford. former Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, and James Sourilas
of Washington.
Richmond and New York divided
honors in winning the open pair
match, the most important of the
series The former city was repre-
sented by DR.. Arthur Salasky. with
a soldier boy, Corpl. George Rapee
of New York as his partner.
Again Washington pair took sec
ond place. They were Mrs Breck-
enridge Long. wife of the Assistant
Secretary of State, and Nine.
Georges Poulieff. They were, how
ever, 28 points behind the leaders.
Charles C. johnson and Henry
Sherman were third and Mr.. and
Mrs. James M. Lemon were fourth.
Others among the leaders either
in the finals or in the qualifying
round included Mrs. j. E. Folline
and Murray Gross of Richmond,
Mrs. A. Rutherford and Ensign
Sallie Gross of Baltimore, DR.. J. v.
Waits and M. C. Stark of the
Capital City Chess Club, Capt. and
Mrs. Richard Skinner and R. A.
Owen and Mrs. Frederick Eberson.
In the consolation game played
by those who were eliminated from
the finals the north and south
winners were Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tallman of Arlington. first, and
Mrs. S. P. Coblenz and Capt. Nc
Donald, second east and west, Dr.
A. j.: Steinberg and Louis Newman.
first, and w. L. Bowen and o. v.
Scholtz, second.
Players were unanimous in COM
mending Capt. Russell J. Baldwin
for the manner in which he con-
Quoted the tournament, which was
difficult in view of the large num-
Der of players and he had no as
sistant. William Cheeks was ex-
ecutive director.
The war orphans scholarship
fund which is being sponsored by
the American Contract Bridge
League was the beneficiary of the
proceeds of the tournament
Following the Northern Virginia
tournament with its large attend
ance with a lapse of only two days,
the Federal Bridge League held its
master point game at the
Wardman Park Hotel with the big
gest tournament it has had since 1t
was instituted a year ago. Twenty
six tables were in play. The results
we're: Charles Lyons and Mrs. Fred
erick Eberson, first, 305 points; Gene
Hermann and Mrs. Irene Surguy,
second, 296 points: Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Hamlin, third, 208 points, and
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg, fourth,
278 points.
Washington bridge players have
again been invited to attend the
Vanderbilt Cup National Knockout
team -four championship of the
American Contract Bridge League
which is to be played during the
week of April II at the Hotel Pierre
in New York. The tournament will
be conducted wholly for the benefit
of the Society for Seamen's Chill
dren.
All teams entering will play in
two qualifying sessions on the first
two days of the meet At the end
of the second qualifying session 16
teams, the four highest from each
section, will be selected to play the
knockout matches. The losing teams
in each section will be eliminated
and the winners will advance to
the next round through Friday. The
two surviving teams will then meet
in a 56-board championship match
to be played on Saturday
The winning team will be awarded
the custody of the highly priced
Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup until the
1914 tournament. Winners and run
ners up will receive framed victory
award certificates attesting to the
fact that the value of the trophies
usually given has been donated to
the cause Of war relief. At a later
date, if conditions permit, the Ger
tificates may be replaced with
suitable trophies for permanent pos
session. Master nOints will also he