Evening star., 1946-05-05
bridge
By fronk B. Lord

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make a conspicuous showing. There
were A entrants, each one a master
or senior master, and all with vari-
Gus tournament championships to
their credit. The individual match
enables each player to have every
other player as an opponent or a
partner.
Robert A. McPharran of New
York, a 28-year-old contender whose
score was 7181a match points, won
over the 712 made by Morrie Ellis,
also of New York. Ambrose Casner
was third with 1854 and only one
half a point behind him was Sam
Katz with 708. In the 16 years that
the contest has been in play, no one
person won it twice.
Charles H. Goren who won it last
year was 18th in the event last week
Mr.. McPharran is one Of the young
est players of rank in the country.
The April % Individual of the
Washington Bridge League, played
in two sessions at the Hotel Shore
ham. resulted as follows: Ralph
Weber, first, 1874 M. p: David Muir
ray. second, 1907 NJ. p: Mrs. A. R.
Hodgkins, third, 1791a M. p; DR.. A.
J. Steinberg. fourth. 17lh M. p, and
Mrs. Mariana Boschan. fourth.
1891 M. P. Top scores in the first
session were DR.. Steinberg and David
Murray tied with 971a; Ralph Web
ber, So; Mrs. Violet Zimmer and
Mrs. Dora Schwarts tied, %; DR.. N.
j. McHugh and ]. D. Boyd tied,
92h; Mrs. Harold Young, 81. Top
score second session. Mrs A. R.
Hodgkins, 951a: Mrs. Mariana Bos-
chan. 81; Ralph Webber, 88: David
Murray, 50; DR.. c. C. Mcdonnell
and T. B. Westman tied, 78.l. The
average for the first session was "a
and the second, ~. For both ses-
sions it was 156.
| Thirty-six members of the league
played in at least six of the eight
games of the first Wednesday series
and 49 in the third Wednesday
series. Mrs Mariana Boschan and
Miller Roberts were the only players
who took part in all eight games of
each series. The winners in the
first Wednesday series. masters,
were: James G. Stone, first; DR.. N.
j. McHugh, second, and Mrs.
Mariana Boschan, third; nom
masters, David Murray, first; Mrs.
j. A. Long, second, and Mrs. Sybil
Newlands, third. In the third We'd
nesday series, the master winners
were DR.. A. ]. Steinberg, first; J. R.
Moore, second, and Mrs. A. j. Stein
berg, third; nonmasters, w. S. Bene-
dict, first: G. L. Dickerman, second,
and George Kathan, third. The
first prize was War Bond for $25.
the second $40 in War Stamps and
the third IS in Stamps.
The first of the May team of -four
games was played last Wednesday
evening. The second will occur on
May Is.
The Continental Hotel bridge
games have been concluded for the
summer. They will be resumed next
fall. The winners at the last game
were Mrs. Elizabeth frey first
Miss Eleanor Watt, second, and Miss
Ida L. Downey, third.
Mrs. D. E. Stephan closed her
four months Friday night series last
week at her Euclid street studio.
The winner was Charles Lyons. T.
B. Westman was second and Miss
Kathleen McNutt third. A new
series will start next week and there
will be a master point game on May
18. DR.. c. C. Mcdonnell and Arthur
Lane headed the. list of players in
the Wednesday afternoon game.
The Federal Bridge League inter-
rupted its series of three sectional
play-of games last Tuesday evening
at the Wardman Park Hotel and
played its monthly master point
pair game. The results we're: First
section, North and South, DR.. N. j.
McHugh and DR.. w. H. Gorton, first
1873; C. A. johnson and Comdr. j. j
Parrish, second. 1851; East and
West, Mrs. Mary Ruhl and Miss
Rebecca Crane, first, 1882; DR.. j.
Gheen and J. w. Pedcock, second
1872. Second section. North and
South, F. E. Turner and L. A. Camp
bell, first, 1874; Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Rossen, second, 122; East and West
r. E. Mullen and Gen. Robert
Odic. first, 1873; Mrs. F. E. Turner
and Mrs. M. Cox, second, 1913. Third
section, North and South, Mrs. J
B. Gregg Custis and Mrs. Ruth
Kathan, first, 1857; Mrs. Irene
Surguy and Gene Hermann, second
121: East and West, Rudolph Ash.
ton and Henry Steinbach, frst, 1913,
Comdr. and Mrs. w. A. Poissant
third, 1914.
The second of the team of -four
sectional series will be held next
Tuesday evening.
New national masters added tc
the roster of the American Contract
Bridge League include Mrs. E. r
Shepard and Mrs. Thomas Hamlin
of Washington.
Following the opening of the Poto-
mac Valley tournament in Alexan-
dria on May 10, which continues foI
three days. the next bridge event In
the Washington area will be the
Cavalier tournament at Norfolk on
May 31-June Q. This is always well
patronized by Washington players
It's program will include mixed pair
open pair and team games.
Comdr. w. A.. Poissant, a new
conner to Washington. who registers
from Alexandria, has been made q
new master as has also Frederick
W. George Of Warrington.