Evening star., 1946-07-28
bridge
By Fronk B. Lord

or the various regional Drloge
events conducted under the auspices
Of the American Contract Bridge
League, the Southern Appalachian
meet is one that holds great interest
for Washington players. Its 9Th
annual championship games will be
held August % to Is at Asheville,
N. C.
The promoter and manager, Sam
Holt has again enlisted the support
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
of Asheville, which will sponsor the
tournament.
The program schedules five major
matches: The mems pair cham
pionship for the Junior Chambers
Trophy, the women's pair game for
the Pilot Club Trophy, the mixed
pair championship for the Land OF
the Sky Trophy, the open pair cham
pionship for the Chamber OF Com
merce Trophy and the team of -four
championship for the George VAN
derbilt Hotel Trophy. Victory award
certificates also will go to winners
and runners-up in each event and
the money usually expended for
other trophies will be contributed to
the fund of the Leagues War Or
phans' Scholarships. Applications
of Washington players who will at
tend the tourney are now being ac-
cepted.
The following Washingtonians
have recently been listed as masters
on the roster of the American Con-
| tract Bridge League: Mrs. j. A.
Dearing, Mrs. H. S. Klein and Mrs.
Mary l.. Ruhl.
| From August to II, the goth An
nual Summer Tournament of the
American Contract Bridge League
will be in session at the st, George
Hotel in Brooklyn. The present title
holders i'll the various world and
national championship matches are:
World master pair, M. A. Lightman
and Robert Applegate world master
teams, Oswald Jacoby T. A. Light
ner, Sam Fry, ir.; Howard Schenken
and Edward Hymes; national mixed
team, Miss Ruth Sherman, Waldo
mar Won Zedtwitz, Mrs. Wilkinson
Wager and John Crawford; national
women's pair, Mrs Olive Peterson
and Mrs. Ben Colder: national
mems pair, Lee Hazen and Sylvester
Gintel; national amateur team, I
Ernst Theimer, Lester Doyle. Lee
Sager and David Goertner; Presi-
! 5e,,t,e r,,,1 y,a;r ASre DicharS A Il a ~,
and Sigmund Freisinger.
In the nlid-July week of play, Mrs.
Dora Schwartz established a record
Of making top score in three local
events. On Wednesday, playing
with Col. H. ]. Vanderslius. she won
! the Washington Bridge Leagues
pair game. On the following Friday.
with Charles Lyon as her partner
she won at the Stephan Studio game
and the next day, sitting across
from David Murray, she captured
the master point game at the
Stephan Studio.
| Although the board ofA governors
| Of the American Contract Bridge
League has announced no decision
in the matter. it Is probable that
its forthcoming winter tournament
will be held in Florida. Both Miami
and Hollywood are aspirants for the
honor. The date will be the first
week in December. The League has
never gone further south to hold
its conclaves tnan Richmond, where
it met in 194l.
Results at the three weekly games
at the Stephan Studio In Euclid
street were as follows: On Wednes-
day-Russell Roberts and Miller
Roberts, flrst; Mrs. John M. Evans
and Mrs. D. E. Stephan. second.
Friday night-Mrs. Dora Schwartz
and Charles Lyon, first: A. e. Ca
mire and Paul Kalazski, second.
Capt. and Mrs. Karl Itkin, third.
Saturday-Master point game,
North and South, Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and David Murray, first;
Mrs. Mariana Boschen and r. H.
Webber, second; Capt. Russell Nc
Ghee and j, r. Belt, third; East and
West-Mrs. Mary Cross and Mrs.
Robert Skies, first; Mrs. Martha Gill
bert and Mrs. Katherine Fenton,
second; Charles Lyon and Dr. C. c.
Mcdonnell, third. The next master
point at the studio will be held on
August 3.
The board of governors of the
Federal Bridge League has decided
that thereafter in the formation Of
foursomes for the team -of-four sea-
son series, not more than two per-
sons holding so or more master
/ points will be eligible to team men,
bership. All others must have less
than that number of master points.
A team made up of majority of
master point players is deemed to
have greater skill than the average
team and hence an advantage, The
leagues monthly master point pair
game will occur next Tuesday eve
ming.