Evening star., 1945-11-18
Among
the
Bridge Players
Bv Frank B. Lord

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home week" celebration to look I'M
on the 18th annual tournament Of
the Washington Bridge League held
last week at the Hotel Shoreham.
Many of the old-timers who helped
to organize the league but who have
been away in recent years were pres
ent. They found q number of new
faces and also a marked improve
ment in the play since they won
their first bridge honors here.
Three Of these old-timers were in
the foursome which captured the
highly priced Eynon Bowl in the
team-of of-four match. The team in
cluded, AL Roth, who has been with
the Army; William H. Mcintyre, an
Army flyer; Louis Newman, who
carried his Washington laurels to
San Francisco, where he has added
to them, and A. p. Stockvis, the only
one OF the four who has remained
continuously in Washington. They
had not played together for years,
but apparently none had lost any
skill. They won the hotly contested
two-session match in which there
were 18 teams, by a score Of 1914
For second place, the team Of Mrs
Irene Surgut, Gene Herman, B. O..
Johnson, Herbert Sherman and Her
bert Gerst. tied with another FIVE
member outfit comprising DR.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Steinberg, H. r. King and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rossan. Each
Tailed 301a boards out of 81.
The open pair game played on
Sunday was won by Mrs. J. E..
Folline of Richmond, and Irwin
Fisher Of Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Newman took home the prize
in the mixed pair game. Mrs. Kay
Moorman and DR.. w. H. Gorton
were second and Mrs. Irene Surguy
and Gene Herman were third.
Mrs. James LaZard and Mrs. w.
E. McCarquedale were first in the
women's pair and Mrs. j. r. Belt
and Mrs. Sybil Newlands were sec
ond. DR.. A. j. Steinberg and Louis
Newman won the mems pair game.
William Cheeks and Ben Melviner
were second.
Among the consolation prize win
ners were Mrs. Almyra Campbell
and Nancy Pate, Mrs. j. j. Iago
and Mrs. Stanley Newman. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. T. Alden, w. w. Garthe and
J. P. O'Brien and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lazard, in tie with Mrs.
Kitty Boyle and Mrs. M. r. Reddy.
In the Federal Bridge game on
Tuesday night the leaders were:
Section A-Westerners, is boards;
Victory, 141a; Smith-Klein, 13, and
Cascades. liz. Section B-8 Spots.
l6 boards; Gripers, 14Ha, and Mixed
Party, 81. Section c. Fighters,
161a boards, and Easy Aces, is.
Section D-Treasury, l4la boards,
and the Scoops, 1917. In Section D.
Mrs. Ruth Martinez and D. E.
Thomas Of the Treasury team,
made a vulnerable grand slam in
hearts.
Log folling and campaigning al
ready have begun by cities anxious
to entertain the 1916 tournament of
the American Contract Bridge
League, and will be intensified at
the forthcoming meeting to be held
in Atlantic City during the FIRST
week of December. Those seeking
the honor include Detroit, Cleve-
land, Indianapolis, Columbus, Chi
cago, st. Louis and Richmond.
The Japs were bombing Pearl
Harbor when the last game of the
l941 tournament was being played
in the Virginia city. Now Richmond
thinks 1t would be proper to have a
victory" engagement there.
The Pacific Coast has a standing
application for the tourney. The
players out there are asking how
much longer they will have to wait
for the governors OF the big league
to make good on their promise to
take national tournament to Cali
fornia. When the Pacific Coast
League united with the American
Contract Bridge League to form a
national body, it was told that the
next" tournament would be held
in the far west. War came, how
ever, and the ban on big conven-
tions and the difficulties of trans
portation made 1t impossible to take
the tournament players to the Pa
cif1c Coast.
There is considerable sentiment
among Washington players in favor
of going to the West Coast in 1916.
1t has been promoted in part by
Lou Newman, former Washington
nian and now a resident of San
Francisco, who is a visitor here. He
has pointed out advantages and at
fractions of the Golden Gate city.
Peace and security are worth
every cent you can put into Victory
Loan Bonds.