Evening star., 1944-08-20

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held here this year. Three others
because Of war conditions.
The Cumberland Valley tourna-
ment was originated by Louis
Tubbs of Arlington. who was one OF
the outstanding players Of this area
and especially prominent In the
Federal Bridge League, Of which he
was once president. When the war
came he Joined the Navy and has
since been playing his grand slams
against the enemy. It is not ex-
pected that he will be able to re-
turn to Washington in time to par
ticipate in the coming event.
Decision has not yet been reached
as to the location of the 1914 winter
tournament of the American Con-
tract Bridge League. Usually the
Executive Committee Is able to
make its selection Immediately after
the summer tournament, and this
gives the players four months in
which to make arrangements to at
tend. Hotel accommodations are
causing the delay this time. The
war broke out on the day the league
was concluding its annual tourna-
ment in Richmond in 1941, and it
was feared that 1t would have the
effect Of slowing down bridge, but
there has been no lack of interest,
and all the national meets have
been well attended. The recent
summer session in New York had an
unusually large number of players,
which has made the directors of
the league apprehensive over hotel
accommodations for the winter
match. Atlantic City and Indian
apolis are candidates for the honor
Of being host to the players. The
matter OF railroad transportation to
Indianapolis is not so vital as is the
question of hotels.
In Atlantic City many of the
hotels were taken over by the Gov
eminent, but some have been re-
leased, and the sponsors of the resort
city promise that all comers will be
provided with suitable quarters.
Many local players who were un-
able to attend the recent summer
session In New York, but who are
interested in the results which they
were unable to follow, have asked
that a list be given of the winners
IN the world and international
championships. Here they are:
Masters pair world championship.
Peter Leventritt and Sam Katz of
Milburn. N. j.; runnersup, Anby
Casner and Ralph Hirchberg.
World master team of four
championship, B. Jay Becker. Mrs.
A. M. Sobel. Sam Stayman and
George Rupee: the all-Philadelphia
team of Mrs. Benjamin Colder,
Charles Solomon, Simon Becker
lbrother Of B. Jay) and Stanley
Fenkel. second.
National mems pair, Sigmund
Dornbusch and Herman Goldberg.
Casner and Hirschburg played in
hard luck, losing the match by four
teenths of point. They were also
beaten out by three points in the
masters pair championship.
The national mixed team of four
championship was won by Mrs. A.
M. Sobel, Mrs. Olive Peterson, Sid
ney Silodor and Charles H. Geren.
They were the only title defenders
TO repeat their triumph of 1943.
The runnersup were three Phila-
delphia players. Miss Marie Bash
er, Edward Cohn and Pvt. John r.
Crawford, and Mrs. Wilkinson Wa
ger of Atlanta.
Womens pair match, Mrs. Wilkin-
son Wager and Miss Ruth Sherman.
The Presidents Cup event was
won by Fred w. Hawkes. Of Jamaica,
Long Island, and Luther Hamilton
OF Bridgeport, Conn. In this match
Mrs. Dora Schwartz and j. D. BOYD
OF Washington were second.
The national amateur team of
four championship was captured by
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Adams. Vic
tor Sacchi of Elmira. N. Y. and Sig
mund Freisinger, CGffside Park.
N. j. In second place were Mrs.
Mabel Aricson, Miss Elizabeth
Brown, Godfrey Moore and j. A.
Scarlet of Deland, Fla.
Mrs. Sobel was the only PLAYER
to win more than one championship,
although she was closely followed
by Mrs. Wager. with one win and
one second, and by the mems pair of
Caster and Hirschberg, with their
two runnerup titles.
Although Washington has a great
many bridge players, some of them
who can qualify as experts, it has a
very limited number of those who
can conduct a duplicate tourna-
ment. Perhaps that is the reason
why Paul E. Golden, who is a mas
ter at it, is so busy that he has few
free evenings and why Russell j.
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