Evening star., 1945-07-08
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

The Carvel Hall-Annapolis bridg
tournament, the last Of this season
regional events, transferred t.
Washington because of war condi
tions, was held last week at th'
Wardman Park Hotel. The fac
that the thermometer registere'
above 30 degrees on each day of tn
tourney apparently did not inter
fere with the enthusiasm of tn
players.
There were go pairs in the frs
round of the open-pair match, an,
20 of them qualified for the finals
OF these the leaders were:
Section A-North and south, Mrs
Edward Cotter and Mrs. N. T. N
Robinson, first, 1891 points; cas-
and west, Vic Zeve and Henry Stear
man, first, 164 points.
Section B-North and south, MI
and Mrs. Tom Hamlin, first, 16
points; east and west, Mrs. Viole
Agran and L. Kazakjean, both o
Philadelphia, first, 158 points.
Only one of these pairs, however
showed in the finals, the winner
coming up from behind, and the vic
tory went to Mrs. Sybil Newlands an,
Nine. M. Boschan, first, with Dr
w. H. Gorton and DR.. N. j. Nc
Hugh, second. Mrs. Cotter and Mrs
Robinson, who ranked with the lead
ers in the qualifying round, wer'
third. The consolation game playet
by those eliminated from the quail
flying round was won by James G
Stone and John Barsey, with Mrs
A. j. Kauber and Pvt. Billy
Woods second.
In the women's pair match, ther,
was tie between Mrs. Edward Cot
ter and Mrs. Sybil Newlands ans
Mrs. Martin Hall and Mrs. D. E
Stephan. Each won 1853 points. Mrs
Tom Hamlin and Mrs. w. S. Athey
were third. being only half a poin
behind the winners. The mems pail
game played at the same time wa
won by Davis Murray and Leon Kei.
shenbaum. Gen. Honore Odic of tn,
Army and Wing Comdr
George D. Besser of Melbourne
Australia, were>second. Tom Ham
lin and w. S. Athey of Washington
were third.
Charles H. Goren of Philadelphi,
chose as his partner in the mixet
event local ace, Mrs. H. C. White
and scored 301 points to win owe
Mrs. Emily Folline of Richmont
and LIE Roy Thurtell of Washington
whose total was 292 points. JOSEPH
Robinson of Lynchburg and Mrs
Lena Rosenbloom of Richmond wer,
third.
One more regional tournament re
mains to be played in Washington
this year. 1t will be the Cumber
land Valley event, which will opel
the fall season. After that it
expected that if transportation con
ditions improve these matches vii
be returned to their respective hom
bases.
The Federal Bridge League
weekly pair game on Tuesday a
the Wardman Park Hotel resultet
as follows:
Section A North and south
Miller Roberts and w. S. Athey
first; Meredith White and L. ,
Lange, second; Ralph Webber an
j. S. Burgess, third. East and west
DR.. A. j. Steinberg and Benar
Rossan, first: Mrs. Theresa Pestal
and Miss Dorothy Schrepel, second
M Cook and v. Kennard, third.
Section B-North and south, Mr.
Ida Terrant and Mrs. ]. B. Boyc
first; Mrs. Margaret Myrtle and c. A
Lyons, second; Mrs. H. j. Wander
sluis and Col. ]. Barker, third.
In response to many requests tn
Washington Bridge League will at
tempt round-robin game the frs
Wednesday night in August. Thi
character Of game gives each indi
vidual player an opportunity +
skill, for he or she mus
play each game with a differen
partner. There will be four win
ners, one in the north, one In tn
south, one in the east and one il
the west. The game will be NOR
or less in the nature of an ex
pertinent for Washington player
and if the result warrants, sucl
games will be repeated at interval.
-Four bridge contests ended las
week at the Capital City Chess Club
The plaque series resulted in three
way tie, A. E. Lane, C. w. STAR
and DR.. j. V. Waits, each havin
three wins.
Nine. M. Boschan won in the cor
responding women's section, witt
seven victories. Runnersup wer
Miss Kathleen McNutt and Mrs. W
S. Athey, each of whom won ST
times.
The William S. Sullivan memo
rial quarterly award for member
only went to DR.. j. v. Waits, witt
a percentage of 1896. Wessal Stew
art was runnerup, with .5343. tn
Saturday night master point gam
for members and guests was won b,
Mrs. Sybil Newlands, with 65 points
Tom Hamlin was second with 6
points. Wessal Stewart was thre
times winner in the plaque series
but did not qualify by playing will
the required number of differen
partners.
Washington players have been ad
vised that r. E. Needham will reviv
his Conneaut Lake tournament a
Greenville, Pa, Thursday, Friday
Saturday and Sunday. This tour
nament was very popular with loca
players, but was suspended becaus
OF war conditions. Mr.. Needhan
conducted the first contract-auctiol
tournament in Washington severa
years ago, at the time when contrac
was succeeding auction. It wa
highly successful.
Knights of Columbus
Richard A. Mahar will be installed