Evening star., 1948-04-25
Bridge
By Morooret l. Fisher

By Margaret l. Fisher
High lighting today's duplicate
bridge events will be the team-of'
four playoff at the George Masor
Hotel in Alexandria. A. M. Sobe
will direct the play, starting at
pm, climaxing the three-daI
schedule of the Potomac Valley
championship match.
Scarcely will the cards have beer
replaced in the duplicate boards to-
night before several hundred loca
enthusiasts will begin arranging
partnerships for the second annua
City of Washington tournament or
May 8 and 9. Mixed pairs will
compete in the two-sesSion game
on Saturday. The open pair con.
test takes place the following day
A special pair game is set for Z pm
Sunday. All events of this tourney
sponsored by the Washington
Bridge League, official local unit ol
the American Contract Bridge
League, will be held at the HoteI
Roosevelt under the direction oi
Paul E. Golden.
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Record attendance marked the
ranking pre-AleXandria local mas.
ter point event of the Washington
Bridge League last Wednesday
awards going to the Colonels Paul E
Neff and John H. Geddes, Mrs. A
Samuels, Mrs. Rose Robins, Mr.. ane
Mrs. George Lasisse, Sam Gerber
and Ralph Splitter.
Second place prizes went to Eliz-
abeth Count, Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh, Mrs. Frederick Eberson, DR.
A. F. O'Donnell, Mrs. Eula Camp
Henry Walker and Mr.. and Mrs
r. w. Byrns. The annual meeting
and election of officers is scheduled
for May IA.
The second game of this seasons
prize playoff OF the Federal Bridge
League was captured by the "Bloop-
ers" in section A, the Cosmos" and
Mixed Party" foursomes tying for
top in section B and the "Ofi
Chance" and "P. B." teams sharing
wins in section C. The final team
game in this series will be run May
4. On April 27 Federal interrupts
team play to offer its monthly open
pair master point contest. Starting
time is pm. at Pierce Hall, Fiji
teenth and Harvard streets NV
President George Kathan announces
that the Federal is donating $25 to
the Childrens Protective Organi-
zation.
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Euclid Studios held its third Sat-
urday master matinee April Is, un-
der the direction of Mrs. D. E
Stephan. DR.. A. F. O'Donnell mer-
tied his fourth successive Saturday
master award, scoring with Col
.Iohn Geddes in North-South posi-
ton. Mrs. Rose Robins paired with
Mrs. Dora Schwartz to win East
West, second-place awards going to
James G. Stone, Charles johnson
Mrs. T. E. Turner and Mrs. Gladys
Moran. Next Saturday, 1855 Euclid
street will again be the scene OF
the Agriculture Clubs nationally
awarded contest
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Competition for seasonal prizes
continues to hold the interest OF
Chess Club members and guests
Joe White, Clarence M. Fisher, Mrs
Marianne Boschan and James G.
Stone boosted their cumulative
scores in the Thursday night series
while George Dickerman. DR.. Jeralo
G.. Wooley. James Lazard and DR.
w. H. Gorton scored high in Satur-
day nights match. z.-"r
Distaff players captured seasona
prizes awarded members of the Co.
lonial Village Duplicate Bridge Clut
for the first nine weeks playoff
Mrs. Dorothy Grigsby placed first
Mrs. Ralph Nichols, second, ane
Mrs. J. A. Fridinger, third. Thi!
group meets every Monday at pm.
in the village recreation room.
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Winners of the Semiweekly La
Sale studio games, under the direc.
ton of Mrs. Dixie T. Wright. were
Virginia Kinnard and w. r. Garret
on April Is: Carl Sieweke pairing
with Z. G. Spellman April 10.
The F. Arthur Walker Duplicate
Club awarded its April quota of mas
ter points April 16, to Mrs. j. G
Seabourne, Charles Geier, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Lindeman, runner.
up prizes going to Erwin Kenison
Elizabeth Land, Major Mario Cic.
cone and Capt. J. L. Carr.
1t. Col. Henry A. Walker, direc.
tor of the Arlington Farms Dupli.
cate Club, is currently accepting
registrations for the team-of foul
club championship event scheduled
for April 30, and May 2.
The Walsh Club contingent will
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last regular weekly match for thu
current month having been won by
DR.. Emily Grewe and Mrs. Margaret
A. Hodgkins in North-South po.
sition, while Mrs. Myrtle Stewart
Goodwin P. Graham, Ray Horn anc
c. A. Lewis shared honors East
West.
For those desiring to improve theil
skill at bridge, the current Win
ming Bridge Made Easy" series
televised over Dumont's VITO
every Saturday night at 8 O'Clock
by Fred Karpin, is heartily recon-
mended. Mr.. Karpin is collabor.
ating with top ranking life master
Charles H. Goren in teaching th'
point count system of bidding.
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