Evening star., 1948-05-02
Bridge
By MorSoret L. Fisher

SlliCuulc. lIlduS uTdIeQ lASC SpFlQR,
this tournament has already as
sumed a position of ma jor interest
among local fans and attracts many
from out Of town.
AT 2 pm, May ., mixed pairs
will make an effort to wrest the
crown from defending champions,
Mrs. Marianne Boschan and Miller
Roberts. This will be a two-session
event, open to pairs consisting of
one man and one woman.
On Sunday starting time will be
advanced to l pm, when open pairs
will compete with defenders Amy
Ashmead and Kathleen McNutt.
This is another two-session match,
players eliminated in the qualifying
round being eligible to play in the
special open pairs event at pm.
Tourney Chairman Charles C..
johnson advises that all sessions,
under sponsorship of the Washing
ton Bridge League, will be held at
the Hotel Roosevelt, Sixteenth
street at Florida avenue NV, and
any one Is eligible to play, regard
less of master point holdings. Silver
trophies for permanent possession
will be awarded the winners and
runnersup Of both major events, as
well as a pluarlity of master points,
If the winners are active members
OF the American Contract Bridge
League.
Washington Bridge League Di-
rector Paul E. Golden has com-
pleted computation of seasonal av-
erages for members who have been
in competition for sectional prizes.
In section A, comprising players
with 30 or more master points,
James G. Stone repeated his win of
last fall with high score of 5,716
Charles johnson Is second with S.
661 and Mrs. Kay Norman, third
with 5,645.
E. G.. Harris, jr., captured first
prize in section B Go to 80 master
points with a high average of s.
1853, while w. M. Lingley and Mrs.
Margaret L. Fisher are second and
third. with 5,657 and $50, respec-
lively. In section c (players with
less than 10 master points,, Mrs.
Thelma Surkin leads with a 5,3O6
average; Mark Kurtz was second
with 5,ls4, and Louis Fruitman,
third, with 5,193.
II
High note of last Wednesdays
Washington Bridge League game
was the yearly championship team
of-four playoff, victors being Mrs.
Marianne BoSchan, Mrs. Frederick
Eberson, William Poissant and
James G. Stone. In the concur
rent pair game, Heinz Steinbach
and r. A. Ashton won North-South,
while DR.. and Mrs. Steinberg re-
ceived top score. East-Wes Teams
of-four will again compete in the
monthly master point contest, May
5, when open pairs will also hold
their regular nonmaster session.
Y II
The Federal Bridge League held
its monthly nationally awarded
event Tuesday, making Mr.. and Mrs.
George l.. Kathan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard RoSson, Lucy McConchie.
Margaret Rucker, Rita H. Levi and
Clara Geier one master point richer
by virtue of their wins. DR.. Merrill
Flood, Joyce White, Mrs. Elizabeth
Count, Mrs. Florence Millspaueh,
Mrs. w. F. Stephenson and j. Atchi-
son each received half of point for
second position. The Federal will
conclude its seasonal prize team of
four play May 4, followed by open
pair games during the summer
months.
Peter Weiss has received his first
master point, awarded last Monday
at the La Sale Studio for his VIC
tory, East-West, with T. B. West
man. Mrs C. w. thinner, paired
with Mrs. Ida c. Terrant to win
North-South in the same match,
while Carl Sieweke, D. G. Spellman,
Capt. A. T. Schlosberg, jr., and 1t.
G. c. Black captured runnerup posi-
tions.
Twenty Olympic par" hands were
the feature of the evening at last
Mondays members only" game at
the Chess Club. Resourceful DR.. j.
v. Waits, director, planned the en-
tertainment and in view of its sue
cessful debut, similar par hands will
be offered in a Chess Club game
open to guests. Phil Sheppard and
Jess Boyd won 7 out of IL North
South pars, while c. w. Stark and
Joe White earned S out of IL East
West pars. DR.. and Mrs j. B Gregg
Custis captured the clubs Saturday
night Howell April "a.
Repeating their victory of year
ago, Margaret Hamilton, Arthur
Schlesinger, James Hunter and Fred
L. Karpin received the William
Cheeks trophy for winning the
team-of fourth match, concluding
the Potomac Valley tourney at
Alexandria last Sunday. The team
of Mrs. J. B. Gregg Gusts, Mrs.
George L. Kathan, j. T. McDermott
and William F. Million placed. DR..
A. F. O'Donnell and Charles S.
Geier captured the open pair title
and the Vosburgh trophy, triumph
ing over strong field of senior and
life masters. Mary HELEN and A.
H. Barr followed'in second position,
while victors in the special pair
event were Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
RoSSon.
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Of series on Masonic education.
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by Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws
of the District Court of the United
States for the District of Columbia.
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