Evening star., 1948-07-11
Bridge Players
By Margaret L. Fisher

Washington and Baltimore players
broke even in bringing home tro-
phies and awards from the 1lth
annual Carvel Hall classic at An
napolis last week end. James G.
Stone and Lewis G.. Tubbs captured
the mems pair title on Friday night,
with Charles c. johnson and John
j. Parish following in second place.
The concurrent women's pair game
was won by Baltimoreans, Mrs. Allen
Rutherford and Mrs. Sara Zeskind,
best local showing in this field being
made by Mrs. w. K. Ashmead and
Mrs. Edna B. Evans in third place.
The mixed pair trophy went to
Margaret Hamilton and Arthur
Schlesinger of Baltimore. while Mrs.
E. P. Cotter-John J. Parish. Mrs.
Frederick Eberson-Dr. A. F. O'Don-
mel. Mrs. Dora Schwartz-Col. John
Geddes and the George Kathans,
all of Washington, locked up second,
third, fourth and fifth places, re-
spectively.
To Washington's John j. Parish
and Fred. L. Karpin went the open
pair title, ranking pair event OF the
series. James G.. Stone-Dr. A. j..
Steinberg placed fourth and Mrs.
Dora SchwartZ-Lew Levinson, sixth.
in this hotly contested two session
match last Sunday. Stone and
Steinberg were top in their section
in the qualifying round, while an
other local duo, j. D. Boyd and D. G.
Spellman, shared similar honors in
their group. Mrs. Irene Surguy and
Fred George scored high in North
South position to win the special
pair game held concurrently with
the championship finals.
Two sessions of board-a-match
team-of-four competition brought
the tourney to close on Monday,
District of Columbia title defenders
Mrs. Sybil Newlands. Mrs. Marianne
Boschan, Charles c. johnson ana
John J. Parish losing the match by
a mere one half board to the Balti-
more team composed of Mrs. H. E.
Whitaker, Mrs. Edward Behrend, j.
Denney, James Hunter and James
Surrock. The local team OF Mrs,
Frederick Eberson, James G. Stone
John McDermott and irving ROT
tenbere were on top at the end OF
the first round but slipped to fourth
place in the overall field, tying an
other District of Columbia four
some. Miller Roberts George Dick
erman-Lloyd and Lewis Tubbs. the
latter team winning the second ses-
sion top.
The lead gained during the first
session of the Washington Bridge
Leagues individual championship
match concluded June 80 enabled
William Poissant to capture the
title in this years classic, beating
43 other players in the "over 50
master point section H. w. Stein
bach merited comparable honors IN
the Junior group. Mrs. Doris Vos-
burgh proved to be the top ranking
feminine star in the senior con-
tingent, finishing second. while j
D. Boyd and Simon Gerber rated
third and fourth. In the under 80
section, E. j.. Harris, jr.; M. j
Haas and Ben Bendett scored ir
second, third and fourth positions
Second session tops went to Mrs. p
E. Henninger and M. j. Haas In the
senior and junior sections, respec'
lively.
Last Wednesdays master poin
team-of-four contest was clinche!
by John Moore, Ray Healy, Dav'
Murray and Larry Reynolds. whit
scored a two-board lead over th'
second-place foursome William S
Benedict, Col. John Geddes, Mr.. ane
Mrs. Bernard Rosson. Concurrently
Mrs. John Fletcher and Mrs. Dori!
vosburgh paired to win North-Soutf
honors in the open match, Mrs
Thelma Surkin and Mrs. Mar,
Goodstein leading the East-Wes1
1ald.