Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-05-23
Bridge Players
By Morooret l. Fisher

Many local duplicate bridge lu-
minaries will desert Washington
next week end to bid for honors in
the four-day first annual Mid-At-
lantic Regionals at the Dunes Club
Virginia Beach, Va. Under direct
supervision of the American Con-
tract Bridge League, this Is the
top-ranking tournament to be held
in this vicinity during the year.
Trophies and master point awards
next in Importance only to the sum-
mer and winter nationals will be
granted to the winners and runner
UP contestants. The Washington
Bridge League, together with other
official ACBL units from North
Carolina, Virginia and Maryland,
will sponsor the series.
All local participants are asked
to contact either Charles C. john
son, DR.. w. H. Gorton or Paul Col
den before leaving for Washington
in order that an estimate of the
field may be obtained.
The famed Luther C. Steward Cup,
most coveted award of the Federal
Bridge League, is now in the pos
session of the Cascades team COM
osed of Miller Roberts, James G..
Stone and 1t. Col. and Mrs. ]. T.
Willis, as result of last Tuesday
contest. Winning both sessions of
the final playoff rounds, the vic
torious team captured 80 out of AZ
boards in play. Second place went
to the Blooper q. G. Fletcher,
w. M. Lingley, J. D. Boyd and David
Murray.
During the summer months the
Federal will sponsor open-pair games
every Tuesday at 8 pm. at Pierce
Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV, master-p events being held
the last Tuesday in each month
Six consecutive weeks of master
point events should be enough to
satisfy the most avid duplicate en-
thusiast. That is the schedule OF
the Washington Bridge League as
announced last Wednesday by Game
Director Paul E. Golden. First
comes a two-session mems pair and
concurrent women,s pair game on
May 26 and June 2; then the
monthly team-of-four master-poin,
contest on June 9, followed by open
pair master award night on June
Is. The last two Wednesdays Of
June have been set for an individual
game in three sections,
Most notable upset Of the leagues
master point contest last wednesday
was the triumph scored by Charles
Geier and Lew Levinson over Life
Masters DR.. A. j. Steinberg and j. G
Stone in East-West position of sec
ton B. Other master awards in the
same section went to Mrs. Marian
Barre and Mrs. D. E. Stephan
trailed by w. M. Million and Mrs
w. H. Gorton. Section A honors
were captured by Miller Roberts and
1t. Col. j. T. Willis N.-SD and Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Gardner E.-WD
the latter couple winning over B
Bendett and T. Levow by one match
point. North-South second-place
awards went to Mrs. p. E. Golden
and w. X. OLoughlin.
Good news for Capital City Chess
Club clientele: DR.. j. v. Waits an
nounces that the directors have sue
ceeded in obtaining sanction for an
additional monthly master point
game to be held the fourth Thurs
day of each month. +5-
Winners John Parrish Charles
Johnson. (N-S) and John Fletcher
r. E. Roberts E-W) last week
boosted their Thursday night cumu.
lative scores at the club, while Sat-
urday's IL table Mitchell master
point contest was captured by Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Boyd CN-S and
Mrs. Frederick Eberson-James G