Evening star., 1944-01-23
bridge
Bv Frank B. Lord

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By Frank B. Lord
The Federal Bridge League re-
organized on Tuesday night for its
1914 series Of team-of-four games
with roster Of 80 foursomes rep
resenting the various Government
departments and many Of the al
lphabetical agencies. It was the
largest list Of members the league
has had in several years.
The players were divided into
three sections, each with II tables.
The Generals won In the first Sec
ton with Is boards out of 20, the
Bees In the second division with
10 out Of "A, and the Scotties in the
third with 15h out of 20. This re-
suit gave the Scotties first position
in percentage rating for the begin
ming Of the second half of the yearly
series.
Following Is the list of teams with
their members and alternates:
Hisshs l. Mathews E. HIdshni e. K Edminstsi Fl
1la .a ~ i + Belt, Mrs. T. M N Boyle,
and Mrs; E. r: Shepard.
Tsssre Alfred a ssnf sha 1ChP om pesssy onsy
stevenscn, "s ". 3. Fuchs hufsa AID hs; b. Naum
The NisenesmMrs; Elizabeth Brown.
L05sa Dsae.s sha MIs slsnssb Robert Dubois,
Mrs. Ida c. Terrant, Miss Grace E. Eaton,
Mss Mss Paris +; KeeeIner. Nusent DAILY and
Myrtle r, McMshon. Mss Pearl Murray
aovsrnment Ts.m-7Mrs: Irene surguyi
Hyers. c. c. johnson and Thomas Stern
enss M1ss Sem pa5Rush gustlsy Mss MI u sos
MsEss c. ssisss saa Hs''.nsF x.ls 3 E.
Groves, Grove E Earl Lesthe%rman. % John n' savage savage
and Miss Mis- MassaTst NiPpon; NJ.
Queen HighmMrs: c; ": zimmers J. D,
Boyd Boy n,ITeI Tom Wallace Capt. Jack Feasan
Ths salntsaMiss Alice Jensen; C. E.
Paquin Mrs: c. E. Paauin and Mrs Vir-
c,Sa SigosIMrsi L THOMPSON, MIS-; E.
Slsn i ssohs ns''sh Mss t. hebash bafisnana sha
Ashton, Mrs. Dora Schwartz Isaac 4; York,
Alice Specs, Miss Helen Finney, Miss Helen
Lynch and Mrs. J. r. Clark.
| Wildcats-Mrs. w. H. Gorton. Mrs Mil
aTed Llrderman rre1 Ra, It. Carr9li Tll Keip
sGn Yantse sad Mpn P 'oRnsan " II oorton Dr.
N. J. McHush. G. w. Thomas, Mrs. G. w.
Them EhomaS r.L T. o. g. D. W. Roberts and
No Nane@Leo 8 panek. Mrs. Leo s.
Unknown-George o 'Rourke, Ray Lough-
Caps-Annie Charest, Miss Serena Kra-
w scottiesWMrs AImyra E. Campbell, Mrs:
Eva Slater. David savidge and Mrs. David
Jeeps-Brig. Gen. and Mrs. F G. Meade,
Col and Mrs. Vandevsluis.
War Orphans-Georee L. Powell. Ma
thryn Johnson, G. Rex. Frye and Elmer
ouitrittSe-"1 Anot6er Unknown-Helen Lynch. Alice
Specs Frances Ripley and Harriet Specs.
MIS-. AS Jeane aEE Arne reFeE oee
an1 1nnamed1col NAM T L0P0fso B Gray, Mrs Paul
me: me Tidbaii. r t Bliss and c ". thinner.
Unnamed-John F. Price: Milton W.
Rosen, D. NJ. COOPER, W. C. Fewell' D. r,
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The league will play its monthly
master pair game Tuesday night.
Several Washington teams went
| to Richmond last week and partici-
pated in the city tournament Of the
Virginia capital. Among them were
Gene Hermann and Mrs. Irene Sur
guy, and Capt. and Mrs. r. E. Skin
ner. DR.. w. H. Gorton and Dr. N. j..
McHugh, James G. Stone and John
Darsey, and Mrs. w. S. Athey and
Capt. Jack Fagin. The two doc
tors played as partners with Mr..
Dewey and Mr.. Chapel of Rich
mond. All Of them played in the
team game on Sunday, but none was
among the leaders. Each Wash
ington pair, with the exception of
Capt. and Mrs. Skinner, qualified
in the opening pair game. The
SINNERS, however, had the salts
faction of winning the consolation
game, while one of their colleagues
showed in the finals of the open
contest.
National Press Club winners Mon
day night were Mrs r. Richards
and Mrs. E Meusen. first; Mrs.
Helen Golden and Mrs. j. R. Belt,
second, and B. P. Adams and Mrs.
Fox, third.
Among the newcomers to the
Washington bridge set are Brig.
Gen. F. C. Meade and Col. and
Mrs. H. J. Vandevsluis. who have
joined up to play as team in the
Federal League. Col and Mrs.
Vandevsluis are Pacific Coast play
ers with record of many success
full events at the game. They have
won several championships in the
Pacific Coast League, including the
mixed pair game and the Culbert-
son open pair championship.
They have named their team the
Jeeps.
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