Evening star., 1949-07-10

duplicate fans. the first annual
Baltimore Washington contract
bridge championships provided
perfect entertainment over the
long Fourth Of July week end
While only two District Of Colum-
bia pairs won titles. many more
boosted their master point ratings
by scoring'section tops and finish
ing in honor positions in the over
all fields of the five events that
constituted the tourney.
Playing consistently through
Saturday afternoon and evening
sessions netted Mrs. Freda Bent
ley and Lew Levinson the mixed
pair title. In the Intersection
field of go pairs, the new title
holders topped their section with
1874 match points in the afternoon
round and 1875 in the finals, out of
ZIG maximum per session. The
154 points "a 70 per cent? cred
tied to another District of Co.
lumbia pair, Mrs. Richmond H.
Skinner and Leroy Thurtell in the
night session, added to their bare
ly average afternoon score, pro-
duced the 265.5 total that gave
them runnerup awards.
Master Points Won.
Fourth and sixth positions in
the overall field earned master
points for Washington players DR..
and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg and Mrs.
D. H. Mott Edgar Perkins, respec-
lively, both holding top scores in
the afternoon round. Top-Score
certificates also go to Mrs. Will
liam Poissant- William Million and
Mrs. ]. R. Charles c. john
son for their evening session VIC
tories.
From a local standpoint. most
popular victory Of the series was
that scored by Mrs. Marianne
Boschan and Kathleen McNutt in
the women's pair match on Friday
evening for Washington's dis
taft players have suffered many
past defeats at the hands Of the
ladies from Baltimore Show
honors 90 to Mrs. j. G. Fletcher
Mrs. George Kathan, who topped
their section and drove Mrs. Dora
Schwartz-Mrs. Irene Surguy into
fourth place by one-half point.
The concurrent mems title
match fell to Julian Miller of Nor
folk and Harold Stone Of Balti-
more, Washington's Leroy Thur
tell and his Norfolk partner. r. l..
Miles, jr., placing. Third awards
to another local pair, ]. D. Boyd
and Miller Roberts.
"a Pairs Play Sunday.
In Sundays open pair match,
which boasted "a duos, local lumt-
naries Fred L. Karpin and John j.
Parish. victors in the final Carvel
Hall classic a year ago. lost their
crown to J. Greenwood Of New
York and R. A. Miller of York,
Pa. Topping the championship
field, Karpin and Parish netted
the second best overall score to
receive runnerup trophies. An
other Washington duo in show
place: Mrs. D. H. Mott-Edgar
Perkins who also merited top score
in their section Of the champion
ship finals. To DR.. w. H. Gorton-
DR.. Neil ]. McHugh. DR.. Jerald G.
Wooley-W. De st. Aubin and Mrs
Howard G.. Campbell-Simon Ger
ber, respectively, 60 fifth, sixth
and seventh of the total master
point awards. A qualifying round
top score credited ]. D. Boyd
William Poissant with another
master point. as did consolation
victory for C. c. JohnSon-Miller
Roberts.
Best showing for Washington
among the II teams entered In
Mondays foursome match was
made by Mrs. Marianne Boschan-
j. D. Boyd-William Poissant-
Lewis G. Tubbs who led in the
final session with 161a boards and
took third honors overall with q
20 board total. The team title