Evening star., 1947-08-31
bridge
By Frank B. Lord

The sixteenth annual Atlantic
City tournament will be held at the
Brighton Hotel next Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, sponsored by the
Philadelphia Whist Association,
regulation contests on program.
Of greater concern locally will be
the ninth annual Cumberland VAL
ley tournament on September 10,
20 and 81 at Carvel Hall, Annapolis
Mrs. William Cheeks is manager
Col. Russell J. Baldwin is play di-
rector, and DR.. w. H. Gorton and
Miller Roberts are co-chairmen of
the Executive Committee. Present
titleholders are: Womens pair, Mrs.
A. ]. Steinberg and Mrs. Bernard
Rosson; mems pair, James G. Stone
and Miller Roberts; mixed pair,
Mrs. J. r. Belt and Miller Roberts;
open pair, Mrs. j. G. Fletcher and
r. H. Webber; team of four, Mrs.
Dora Schwartz, Col. H. ]. Wander
sluis, DR.. N. j. McHugh and DR..
w. H. Gorton.
Master points will be awarded in
accordance with the standards of
the American Contract Bridge
League.
The Washington Bridge League
has announced that beginning Sep
tember it will hold games every
Wednesday evening. Heretofore, its
play has been on first and third
Wednesdays. Team of four games
will be resumed. Prizes will be
awarded quarterly. Open pair
games will also run concurrently,
with the team games for those who
do not care to play in the foursome
games. Every third Wednesday in
each month there will be master
point game. The leagues annual
tournament has been set for Octo-
ber ,16 to 10, inclusive. at the Hotel
Shoreham.
The amputees at Walter Reed
Hospital are arranging duplicate
games in the Red Cross recreation
hall at the hospital, starting late
this month. They will be under
the direction of Paul E. Golden and
the public will be invited to partici-
pate. The games are planned for
the accommodation of those who
are unable to get out and attend
play elsewhere.
The Washington players who went
to Asheville, N. c., to attend the
South Appalachian tournament
came home enthusiastic over the
climate and entertainment, but
without any of the prizes offered
by the civic organizations. The
final s&sion of the team OF four
event was won by Comdr, j. ]. Par
ish and his teammates.
Duplicate bridge games have been
inaugurated at the Walsh Club, To-
CITED in the rear of 1923 Twenty
first street, sponsored by the District
of Columbia Recreation Department,
and open to the public. c. A. Lewis,
executive officer of the National
Medical Society, is president OF the
club and manager Of the bridge
events. Master points and rating
points will be awarded in one game
each month. The duplicate games
will be held every Saturday night.
At the first session, held on Au-
gust %, the winners were Edward
P. Keefe and Richard Rice. Mrs.
D. E. Stephan and Richard Tibbs
were tied for second place with Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Ramsey.
Federal Bridge League results,
master point game, August 25: Sec
ton A-David Murray and j. G.
Boyd, first, north and south; j. G.
Stone and J. R. Moore, first, east and
west. Section B-Col. J. G. Sea-
bourne and David Kendall, first, east
and west, and G. Leiberman and
Henry Walker, first, north and
south.
:, The Arlington Duplicate Bridge
Club. opened its fall and winter
season series of games with a mas
ter point event on August % at the
Potomac Park Recreation Hall.
First places went to north and
south, Mrs. Edith Griffith and Mrs.
Dixie T. Wright; east and south,
Mrs. Elizabeth Count and John T.
Griffith. At the weekly round robin
for members only the winners we're
Edward Hurley, John T. Gnfhths
and David Handel.
Capital City Chess Club winners
August 81, north and south, David
Murray and Mrs. J. D. Boyd; east
and west, Francis Drake and Miss
Margaret Holmes.
August % winners, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Byrns, first, and William Mil
lion and Mrs. Violet thinner, Sec
ond. Mondays individual, j. G.
Fletcher, first: j. P. Snyder, Sec
ond, and Francies Draker, third.
In the Women's Auxiliary game
at the Stephan Studios on August
%. the winners we're, north and
south, David Murray and Larry
Reynolds: east and west, Mrs. Edith
Gordon and Miss Erna Suhrer.