Evening star., 1945-06-17
bridge
By Frank B. Lord.

BY FRANK b. LOrd.
Tuesday will be pay-of day in the
Federal Bridge League, the organ
ization of Government workers
whose members and their immediate
families play duplicate contract
every week at the Wardman Park
Hotel. The seasons awards will be
made by President George L. Kath-
an preceding the regular evenings
play.
Because of their large number, the
players are divided into four sections
for team games which start in the
early fall and continue until the fol-
lowing May, with the series divided
into halves, the first of which endeG
last December. The teams are frozen
at the close of each half in the Sec
tions in which their respective scores
have placed them, and there Is then
a three-game playoff in each Sec
ton for the prizes. These prizes, all
in War Savings Stamps, go to the in
dividual members of the teams, some
of which comprise more than four
members, the extras being carried as
alternates.
The winners of the three-game
playoffs Of the spring session to
receive awards are as follows:
Section A, a tie between the Army
team and the JeepS, with the Grip
ers third. The personnel of the
Army team is Maj. r. j. Baldwin, r.
H. Webber, Mrs. j. A. Long, Maj.
H. M. Byrnes, Col George c. Dibert
and Sergt Fred David; of the Jeeps,
Col and Mrs. H. j. Vandersluis, Col.
and Mrs. w. G. Barker and Miss
Betty Vanderslauis; of the Gripers.
1t. j. j. Parrish, 1t. Jack K. Howe,
Capt Jacques A. Ach, Col. Robert B.
Mckinley and Henry Rau, jr. The
first, second and third prizes are
SIT, SIT and Sc, respectively.
In Section B, there was also a tie
between the Mixed Party team and
the Penguins, with the Skyrockets
third. The members of Mixed Party
are Rush Buckley, Mrs. Florence
Stein, G. M. Richards and Miss Lulu
A. Ehringer; Pengiuns, Mrs. Violet
thinner, Mrs. w. S. Athey, DR.. J. G.
Wooley, DR.. Nathan Eddy, Isaac H.
York and J. I. Nelcher; Skyrockets,
George L. Kathan, DR.. Harold L.
Saxton, 1t. Rudolph Ashton, Col.
Edward Clifford, w. Scott Athey, DR..
Clyde H. Graves and Dr. E. j. Silber-
man. Prizes, SIS, SIS and SIS.
Section c, Greyhounds. Col E. B
Gray, Mrs. Catharine Tidball, Mrs
Paul E. Golden, Mrs. william H.
Gorton and Mrs. Edith Fink first;
Vols, Comdr. and Mrs. w. H. Rowan
1t. John w, Davis, jr: 1t. H. Cragg
Vessel Stewart, Charles H. de Ze-
vallos and F. H. Miller second: 4 Ms
Mrs. Maj garet Rucker, Mrs. Myrtle
R. Mcmahon, Miss Pearl Murray
David Murray, Mrs. Mary Ditto, Miss
Carmen Fortier, and Miss Keane
Gamlowski third Prizes, $40, SIC
and S..
Section D, Scotties, Mrs. Almyra
E. Campbell, Frank B. Lord, 1t. r
&c. Eldred. Mrs. Margaret M. Myrtle
and Mrs. Sharlot Worcester first;
Scoops, Mrs. Betty West, Earl Leath-
erman, Mrs Marian Siebert, Mrs
Christabel E. Williams and Fred
Beachley second No third award
Prizes, S18 and SO.
In the fall half of the series, the
winners of the three play-off games
were:
Section A, Government, Mrs
Irene Surguy, Eugene Herman, Earl
w. Hyers, Col. T. H. Sternberg and
John Donnelly, first; Penguins
Mrs. Violet zinmer. Mrs. w. S.
Athey, DR.. J. G. Wooley, DR.. Nathan
B. Eddy, DR.. H. F. Fraser and Isaac
H. York, second; Cascades, James
G. Stone, John Darsey. ]. T. Onley
and George L. Dickerman, third
In Section B, tie between the
Westerners and the Foreign Funds
with the Gripers third. Westerners
team, William Benedick, William
Cheek, John H. Moore, 1t. H. l.
Arnould and Miss Mabel Tobin;
Foreign Funds, Samuel M. Rose
Irving Moskovitz, I. G. Ak and T
H. Ball. Gripers. 1t. j. J. Parrish
1t. Jack K. Howe, Capt. j. L. Ach
Col. Robert B. Mckinley and Henry
Rau. Prizes SIS, SIS and SIS.
Section c, another tie between
the Pickups and the Waves, with
the Redskins third. Pickup team
Mrs. Julia M. Goggins, Mrs. Mil
dred Linderman, Fred Ellerman and
1t. w E. Current, Waves, 1t. N
T. Bell, 1t. L. G. Hunter, John A
Beug, A. I. Hahn and Mrs. A. C.
Kelley; Redskins, r. E. Mullen, Jack
R. Roster, Julius Rudolph, Hyman
Kirman, Mrs. Edith Hurtz and
Julian Gilmore. Prizes SIS, SIS and
IS.
Section D, Oaks, Frank j. Hall
auer, r. E. Marsh, R. w. Nelson,
Mrs. Ivan H. Sims and John Wilson,
first: Fairchances, Mrs. Katherine
Fenton, Miss Grace Kaufman, Mrs.
Frances Maer and Merle P. Lyon,
second; Scoops, Mrs. Betty West,
Earl Leatherman, Mrs. Marian
Seibal and Mrs. Christabel E. Will
liams, third. Prizes, $18, 50 and s4.
The Luther c. Stewart Cup, the
grand prize of the leagues season
series, which was won by the Gov
ernment team in a three-way play
of two weeks ago, also will be pre-
sented by President Kathan Tuesday
evening.
Tuesday nights winners in the
Federal Bridge Leagues pair game
were:
Section A, 1t Rudolph Ashton
and 1t. McGhee, first, north and
south, 1856 points; Tom Hamlin and
L. R. Watson, second, 1872 points;
east and west, A. Helm and DR.. w.
H. Gorton, first, 2o6 points; William
Benedict and j. R. Moore, second,
1881.
Section B, north and south, Mrs.
Mildred Linderman and DR., N. J..
McHugh, first, 1917 points; Mrs.
w. S. Athey and DR.. j. G. Wooley,
second, 1781a; east and west, John
Darsey and James G. Stone, first,
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