Evening star., 1948-11-28
Bridge:
By Margaret L. Fisher

session of the National Contract
Bridge Championships at the Roney-
Plaza in Miami Beach next Satur.
day. Planning to attend are Charlie.
C. johnson, Fred L. Karpin, Mr. anc
Mrs. George Kathan, Mrs. Brecken'
ridge Long, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Poissant, DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Stein
berg, Alfred Stidham, Mr.. and Mrs
James G. Stone, Mrs. T. E. Turner
Mrs. Harold Young and Mrs. Mar
garet l.. Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kathan will compete
in the three-session world master
mixed pair match, while DR.. Stein
berg and Mr.. Stone will pair to bic
for the national open title. By
merely winning single special gamt
or by finishing close to the top II
any one of the principal multiple
session events, Mr.. Stone will obtair
the 31a national master points HI
now lacks to become a life master
The annual Christmas party
sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary
of the Washington Bridge League
will be held in conjunction with the
Leagues regular first Monday opeI
pair master point contest at 8 pm
December I, at the Hotel Roosevelt
Sixteenth street at Florida avenue
NV.
Mrs. Howard G.. Campbell, auxil-
iary president, requests that eacf
player bring a small toy for the col
lection which will later be donated
to Children's Hospital.
Team play resumed at the Wash.
ington Bridge League Wednesda!
night with the champions OF tht
Old Dominion tourney. Mrs. E. P
Cotter, Fred L. Karpin. Dave Murray
and Joe White leading. In concur
rent pair play, Charles c. johnson
and Ralph Spritzer led North-Soutf
while Ruch Buckley and Col. j. G
Seabourne (E-W) nosed out Mrs
p. w. Peterson and Wallace Ashb.
by a fraction of a match point.
At the Federal Bridge League
where team-of-four competition
reigns, the November % session
brought victory to the MIXED
Party" quartette (Mrs. Florence
Stein, Rush Buckley, Russell Z
Mullen, Louis Fruitman) in Sectior
A. while the allies" team (Mrs
June Hodgkins, r. H. Higgins. G. B
Graham, o. r. Mathews cla1mee
equivalent honors in Section B. Tit
MIXED Party" scored 18 out OF q
boards, allies" winning 1872.
Director P. E. Golden'S latest com
putation of team averages, lnclud'
ing Mondays game, reveals that tne
Empires" tMr. and Mrs. George
Kathan, DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Stein
berg with .604 cumulative, have
overtaken the erstwhile champion
Cascades" team George L. Dicker-
man, Miller Roberts, Col. Richmond
Skinner. James G. Stone) to leao
Section A.
The allies" command the lead in
Section B, Mondays victory elevat-
ing their average to .5l1, while the
"Owls" CDR. Emily Grewe. Charles
E. Richter, Mrs. Ann Scruggs, Col
and Mrs. Henry A. Walker) rank
second with 500.
Team playoff at the Federal will
Weld tomorrow night In favor OF tne
November open pair master polnt
contest. Other nationally awarded
matches during the coming week, In
addition to the washington Bridge
League charity party Wednesoav'
will be offered Thursday at the
LaSalle Studios, 1925 Connecticut
avenue NV, and Friday at Airing
ton Farms, across the Potomac
Starting time is 8 pm. Agriculture
Clubs monthly master point
matinee goes into play at ! pm,
December 4, at 1855 Euclid street
NV.
Three local master point contests
last week drew large attendance
from the duplicate set, a record
number necessitating play In tWe
sections at the F. Arthur Walker
monthly on Friday night. Mrs. T
M. Boyle-Mrs. Catherine Tfdball and
the Alfred Barnards (the latter due
repeating their victory OF a week
ago. topped the North-South f1elds
while Col. and Mrs. John Geddes
and Mrs. Ida. M. Terrant-Mrs
Hazel Ryman led East-West oppo-
nents. Second place went to Mrs
Mildred Linderman-Mrs Edward A
st. John, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. StaVer
Francis Drake Capt. Alan Northrop
and Mai. Harry Rudman-Capt
Charles A. Stevens, 5r.
Mrs. Lester Gibson-Mrs. Breck-
enridge Long and the Bernard Ros-
sons each added another master
point by winning at the Stephan
Studio last Saturday afternoon. DR.
w. S. Benedict and George Kathan
trailed the Gibson-Long conblna-
ton, while Mrs. Edna Evans-Col
John Geddes tied Charles Lyons
and DR.. C. C. Mcdonnell for second
in the opposing field.
On November %, the Buckingham
Duplicate Clubs monthly quota OF
master points went to Mr.. and Mrs
Paul A. Blasangame. Kathleen NC
Mutt and A. E Lane. In second
place, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cruise
Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Vetter halVed
master awards.
Chess Club members and guests
continuing their semiweekly con-
tests for seasonal awards, bowed
last Thursday to Mr.. and Mrs
George Kathan ms, and Mrs. j.
G. Fletcher William Poissant EAST
West), top scorers in a Mitchell
match. Saturday nights Howell
contest fell to another husband-wife
combination, Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.
Boyd, while Mrs. M. E. Sheedy and
DR.. w. H. Gorton placed.
Col. and Mrs. J. G. Seabourne
scored another victory Monday
night at the LaSalle Studios, Mrs
E. A. St. John and John F. Overend
rating second honors in the Howell
match.
Local duplicate players were sad
dered last week by the death OF
<xloro,oa Wy z;,,oypor Mr. Zimnpr