Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
bridge
By Margaret |. Fisher


The 18th annual Northern Vir-
ginia tournament draws to a close
today at the Hotel George Mason
in Alexandria. Seasoned four
somes from neighboring States will
bid for the 1949 team title now
held by Washington's Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. McGhee, william F. Million,
Col. j. T. Willis and j. T. McDer-
mott. Starting time for the first
session is ! pm; final session,
6 pm.
The Washington Bridge League
inaugurated it's spring team-of-
four series last Wednesday night,
drawing eight foursomes. Victory
in the January u session went to
Mrs. Marianne Boschan, William
Poissant, Col. r. H. Skinner and
James G. Stone. New team entries
are still acceptable and those who
would like to play are urged to
contact DR.. w. H. Gorton at Taylor
$3.50 or Director Paul Golden, Co
lumbia $500 Team competition
will be featured January rs, Feb
ruary 8, March o, % and 80; April
IS and az and May II, first and
second prizes to be awarded TO the
teams winning the most boards in
six out Of the eight games.
Last Wednesdays winners IN the
17.tahle Mitchell contest were Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Lingley North
SOUTH and r. A. Ashton-E. @.
Harris, jr. East-WesD.
An attractive program OF dupn-
cate events awaits members OF the
WBL in the spring schedule, ar
ranged at the Executive Commit
tee meeting last Sunday. In addi-
ton to the team series and Gus
tomary first and third Wednesday
open pair master point matches
(where the following dates do not
conflict, players will have mems
and women's pair contests on Feb
ruary 16 and %; the third annual
City of Washington tournament
tmixed pairs and opens) on March
26s27, and two-sesslon molVloual
game on May IS and Is.
Individual high average contests
win be continued during the COM
ing season, eligibility for first,
second and third prizes Ringing on
play in at least 10 out OF II games
with three or more different part
ners. An innovation Is the classln-
cation. of players in three groups
according to their master point
standins-Class A, over IS; B. 10
to "a; c, under 10. Prizes will be
awarded the top three players IN
each group at the conclusion OF
the series May II. Scores in the
special events, such as the mems,
women's pair contests, which fall
on Wednesdays, will not be counted
in the individual average cumula-
tive, nor will scores OF two Glass A
partners playing in the pair game
on team nights be included.
In an effort to stimulate interest
In duplicate bridge among the
younger set, the Executive Com
mittee also decided to designate one
Wednesday q month as college
Night" when students from Catholic,
Georgetown, George washington
and Maryland Universities will be
invited to play.
Initial match Of the Federal
Bridge Leagues spring team series
gets under way tomorrow at 8 pm.
ia the clubroons, $500 Sixteenth
street NV. The newly adopted
handicap system, calling for ad-
1ustment of the master point status
Of team personnel to equallze
chances Of winning, will be effective
during the entire 13-game series.
Gel. r. H. Skinner, president, In
vites the entry of new teams, and
urges that prospective members
contact Director P. e. Golden.
Interim session between the fall
and spring team series featured
Mitchell pair contest last Monday,
David Murray and James G. Stone
topping the North-South field; Mrs.
Freda Bentley and Lew Levinson,
East-West.
Five master, point events OF the
past week increased the national
rating of a number Of local fans. At
the La Sale Studios on January 6,
Mrs. T. E. Turner-W. r. Garrett
and Mrs. Stanley Beasley and her
sister, Mrs. M. j. Rahily of Peters
burg, Va, garnered awards in the
Mitchell contest. The following
night, Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Kathan and Mrs. Kent Yoke-Ray-
mond Kerr merited the January
quota of master points offered byl
the Arlington Farms Duplicate Club,
while the same evening Miller Rob-
erts.James G. Stone and Charles
Lyons Bernard Rosson shared sim.
liar honors In the Stephan Studiol
master point match.
On January 8, the Chess Club con-
tingent battled for awards in the
Saturday series monthly, T. j. Blu
ford-Dr. Jerald G. Wooley ana MRS.
C. w. thinner -Eldred Mowery lead
ing the Mitchell contestants. Tues
days master point match at the
Count Club spelled victory for Mrs.
M. schaff-A. G. Rayner and Mrs.
Elizabeth Count-H Henry Scheiteman
"a hrst-time master point win for
the latter. |
Halt a master point each goes to
those who finished second in the
respective contests: Mrs. Mary Good
stein.John F. Overend and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney ]. Evans LA Salle);
Jesse A. Duke, jr.-Paul A. Blasan-
game and the Edward A. Hrubys
darlington Farms; Kathleen NC
Nutt-Mrs. r. II. Skinner and Mrs.
r. e. Turner.E. r. Shepard (Ste-
phan's); Mrs. ]. r. Belt-Lewis G:
Tubbs and Robert Houtz-Davidl
Murray Chess, and Col. H. A..
walker Robert Witherell and Drs.
w. II. Gorton and N. J. McHugh
Count.
In a 10 per cent final session game
boosting their overall score to 344
match points, David Murray and
Joseph White were hailed the ls4s
CAPITAL City Chess Club open pair
champions at the conclusion OF the
annual contest last Tuesday night.
MFR. MURRAY is also current co-holoer