Evening star., 1948-09-05
Bridge
By Morooret L. Fisher

By Moreoret L. Fisher
Washington duplicate fans jour.
neyed to Hagerstowh for the Cum.
berland Valley tournament last weel
and brought home the lions share
of trophies, winning first and sec.
ond positions in three out of foul
events.
Repeating his victory of a veal
ago, Charles C. johnson paired with
Col j. T. Willis to retain the mems
pair title. Second honors went te
Fred l.. Karpin and Ralph Sprintzer
Mrs. Marianne Boschan and Mrs
Frederick Eberson claimed title tc
the Women's pair trophy. while
Kathleen McNutt and Mildred Belz-
ler shared second awards. In third
position were Mrs. Margaret l.
Fisher and Mrs. Mildred Linder-
man.
On Saturday local players bowed
to Baltimoreans Irwin Fisher and
Charles Shapiro who captured the
two session open-pair match. H. l.
Thurtell in third position made the
best showing for Washington, part
nered by R. l.. Miles, jr., of Nor
folk. The same pair topped their
section in the qualifying round. as
did Miller S. Roberts and his Bal
timore partner. Ira Haygooni. Lo-
cal duos Mrs. j. G.. Fletcher-W. M.
Llngley and Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs
took first and second honors, re-
spectively, in the special pair game.
In the mixed pair session Mrs.
j. G. Fletcher again demonstrated
her bridge prowess, taking first
honors with David Murray. Run
nerup trophies were awarded tc
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher and James
G, Stone. Edged out of second place
by one-half a match point, Mrs. E
P. Cotter and Ralph Sprintzer
ranked third, while Mrs. William
Poissant and J. G. Fletcher were
fourth.
Hardest fought match was the
team-of-four bout Sunday evening
which brought the series to a close.
Each winning 141z out of "a boards,
the Washington team of DR.. w. H.
Gorton-Dr. N. J. McHugh Mrs.
Dora SchWartz-Louis Rosenfeld now
shares the current title with the
Baltimore quartet, Mrs. Amy Behr-
end-Edward Person Jimmy Surrock
Harold Stone. One-half a board
less than the victors, another local
foursome, Miller Roberts James C.
Stone-Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs was
runnerup.
The duplicate crowd turned out in
full force Monday night at the Fed
eral Bridge League. Miller Roberts
and J. G. Stone took North South
honors, while their victorious East
West opponents were DR.. and Mrs.
A. J. Steinberg Second place went
to A. E. Camire-M. S. Green and
Mrs. Eula Camp-Lt. Col, Henry A.
Walker. One more open pair match
remains - tomorrow night - before
the team-of-four season gets under
way September 13.
X X X X
Taking the Lead with 1712 boards
in the master point team-of -four
contests last Wednesday at the
Washington Bridge League were
Mrs. E. P. Cotter- Ralph Spritzer-
David Murray-Joe White. In a two
way tie for second awards were
Mrs. Frederick Eberson William
Poissant-J. G. Stone-Lewis Tubbs
and E. G. Harris, jr.-Heinz Stein
bach-Mr. and Mrs. J. r. McGhee
each team winning l6 boards.
Concurrently, Mrs. P. E. Hen
ninger and Mrs. H. S. Klein led the
North-South field in the open pail
match, DR.. and Mrs. A. J. Stein.
berg winning East-West. Mrs
Marian Barre-Mrs. J. A. Dearins
and Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs. M. r
Reddy placed.
In view of the seasonal team
playoff, which begins September {
and will be held every second
fourth and fifth Wednesday night
the leagues executive committee
has voted to eliminate the master
point team-of -four game previously
held the first Wednesday of each
month. An open pair nationally
awarded contest will be substituted
y r n
Members of the Women's Aux
Ilary OF the Washington Bridge
League will hold their initial meet
ing, luncheon and duplicate game
for the current season at 1880 am.
II at the Hotel Roose-
velt. Plans will be completed for
The annual charity game September
Is. Mrs. Dora Schwartz, chairman
Of the benefit party, at $500 Six
teenth street NV. and oonor of the
prize cup, has contacted many play
ers from nearby cities and their
promised attendance will undoubt-
edly swell the proceeds, which 60 to
aid Children's Hospital. Aside from
the 'two-session trophy contest, the
public is invited to participate in
single session open pair duplicate
games. Afternoon or evening, or make
up tables Of rubber bridge if they
choose. For information concern
ing tickets, call Mrs. Schwartz at
RA. TITO.
n
George L. Dickerman was twice
winner at the Chess Club within a
week, sharing the master point
wards with Miller S. Roberts on
August 26, and pairing with A. z.
lane to win the Saturday night
Howell. David Murray and Joe
White claimed second honors on
Thursday.