Evening star., 1949-12-11
By Margaret l. Fisher

By Margaret l. Fisher
The 1949 winter nationals,
drawing to a close in Philadelphia
today, proved to be the road to
life mastership for at least two
Of Washington's experts, Mrs. E.
P. Cotter and Miller S. Roberts.
Mrs. Cotter earned sufficient
"red points" and hurdled the 300
mark last Wednesday when she
teamed with former District star,
Mrs. Frederick Eberson. and an
other Washington pair, Mrs. Ma
rianne Boschan and Kathleen Nc
Mutt, to lead 81 foursomes in
sharing the current national
women's team title. A Philadel-
phia lineup, Mrs. L. c. Robinson.
Mrs. Henry Sabott, Mrs. Raymond
Sondheim and Mrs. c. T. Evans.
will share with the local foursome
in the Charles Coffin trophy. en-
blematic of the women's team
title.
Mr.. Roberts won his spurs We'd
nesday night when he finished
sixth among the 112 duos entered
in the worlds mixed-pair contest.
His partner was Mrs. Agatha Tier
nan of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Margaret
Wagar of Atlanta. Ca. and John
Crawford of Philadelphia sue
cessfully defended their claim to
the title won in Miami year ago.
Mr.. Roberts scored additional
points by winning section top
with James G. Stone IN the series
opener, the Philadelphia Hospi-
tality Pairs, and finishing fifth
among the 10 pairs entered. Miss
McNutt and Charles Lovenburg
trailed the Roberts-Stone combi-
nation by one match point. An
other Washingtonian, Carl Sic
wicke, scored section win in the
same contest.
In the A. B. Bundy special pair
event Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Boschan, paired with Miss McNutt.
scored another session top and fin
ished third in the field Of 88 pairs.
Points won by Mrs. Boschan in
this event and in the team match
place her within point Of the
life master goal. Miss McNutt is
another odds-on-favorite to at
tain this highest distinction before
the tournament ends. The pres
ent Washington life master roster
includes Charles Johnson, Col. and
Mrs. R. H. Skinner, DR.. and Mrs.
A. j. Steinberg and James G.
Stone.
Attendance records toppled last
Sunday when 800 players entered
the national individual title race,
first Of the major title events in
the week-long series. Scores Of
Washington players participated.
Sol Seidman of Brooklyn was the
winner. Simon F. Gerber and Vic
Zeve trailed in third and fourth
positions, respectively. to carry the
honors for the Washington con-
tingent. Miss McNutt finished
17th, still in the master point
money.
While the individual champion
ship was being decided, Charles
Johnson and former Washington
life master, John Parish, finished
fourth in the Schlorer pair match.
On Monday evening, DR.. and Mrs.
Steinberg won a session top in an
other special pair match. Mrs.
Dora Schwartz, partnered by r. S.
Bullock of Dassel, Mimi, netted
a section top and runnerup trophy
in the f1ve-section match compriS-
ing the New Jersey Bridge League
event Wednesday night.
The only other Washington
women to cash in on red-point
awards for the team game were
Mrs. r. H. Skinner and Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher, whose team tied
with that Of Mrs. Dora Schwartz
for 18th position, each team win
ming 80 boards. 71a behind the
winners. ....
The Washington Bridge Leagues S
monthly master point contest pro-
vided keen competition last week
on the home front. Top scores In
the three section Mitchell went
to Mrs. Mary Goodstein-H. A.
Mayer, r. B. Hannigs-J. F.
Overend, Mrs. Marian Barre-E.
r. Shepard, Laura Hunter-S.
Berman, Michael Michaels-Rich-
ard Freeman (tne latter q former
Quiz KIDD and Mrs. Edna Evans
D. s. Benshimol.
"Bring-a-toy" night. sponsored
annually by the Women's Aux
iliary, is scheduled in conjunction
with next Wednesdays winners
games and special open-pair con-
tests. Mrs. H. G. Campbell, presi-
dent of the auxiliary, asks CO.
operation in this years drive to
replenish the Children's Hospital
toy bank.
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