Evening star., 1949-08-14
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher

In the monthly winners game
Of the Washington Bridge League
Wednesday, Mrs. J. A. Dearing
and Mrs. Mary Goodstein topped
MS contestants in the 17-table
field to take double awards. They
led the life-master duo. Col. r. H.
Skinner-James G. Stone, by 21a
points. Charles johnson and Vic
Zeve won the points in E-W posi-
ton, trailed by E. G. Harris and
j. M. Sherry. In the nom winners
section, F. e. Byrns-A. c. Rayner
and H. r. King-Arthur Westrich
scored high.
More master points to Col. and
Mrs. j. G.. Seabourne for their
Howell victory on August 4 at the
La Sale Studios, last Thursday
matinee session until September
l; to Mrs. T. M. Boyle Mrs. M. r.
Reddy and Wallace Ashby David
Murray for topping Mitchell con-
testants at an Agriculture Club
matinee last Saturday. Second
honors in the respective contests
went to Mrs. J. G. Fletcher
Mrs. Lester Gibson and to Mrs.
Dora Schwartz- Charles Lyon.
Mrs. Stanley Beasley-E. r. Shep-
ard.
On Sunday evening Mrs. Dixie
T. Wright-Mrs. E. A. st. John
and Mrs. Ann Scruggs-Col. J. G.
Seabourne turned in high scores
to win the F. Arthur Walker
Clubs monthly quota of national
awards, half points to Mrs. Sea-
bourne-Lynn Carrier and Clara
Sternacher-David Handel. At the
Count Clubs master point match
on Tuesday, Mrs. Alma Byrne-
Michael Michaels and the George
Kathans were the winners, Mrs.
J. A. Dearing- Mrs. st. John and
81 Katz-Thomas Taylor placing
Local duplicate clubs offer four
chances during the coming week
to try for master points: Tomor-
row night at the La Sale Studio,
1923 Connecticut avenue NV,
and Tuesday evening at the River
side Bridge Club, Apt. 204, Della
ware Hall, Arlington Farms (playi
by reservation only. Owens 9400,
Ext. 1870. On Wednesday the
Washington Bridge League divides
it's semimonthly quota of ma
tional awards at the Hotel Roose-
velt and on Saturday, matinee
fans meet at l pm. at 1855 Euclid
street NV. to vie for awards un-
der the Stephan Studio sanction.
Next week end there's the fifth
annual Piedmont championships
at Natural Bridge, Va. mems,
women's and mixed pair events on
Friday, opens on Saturday. teams
on Sunday. Two weeks hence,
August 1928, fans will be of to
Asheville, N. c., to try for titles
in the 11th annual Southern APP
palachian series. Then it's back
home again for Labor Day week
end when another 11th annual,
the Cumberland Valley classic un-
der the wing of our own Wash
ington Bridge League. holds the
spotlight September 2-5 at the
Hotel George Mason in Alexan-
dria.
A IS per cent game in the AL
gust S finals boosted Mrs. Gar
land Black and Mrs. Russell B.
Denham into top position to claim
the 1949 women's pair club cham
pionship at Arlington Farms. One
half a match point behind the
titleholders were Mrs. Elizabeth
Land and Mrs. Charles Richter,
Mrs. T. M. Boyle and Mrs. M. r.
Reddy meriting show honors.
In the concurrent two-session
mems pair title play. also conclud-
ed August S, Jesse Duke and
Comdr. o. o. Liebschner, leaders
in the initial round, held their ad-
vantage through the finals to take
the trophy. Capt. Garland Black
and Raymond Kerr. yielding top
score in the last round. lost in
their combined session average to
the new champions by the close
margin of Z of a point. j. r.
Holmes and F. w. Series finished
| third.
Next annual club championship
on the local bridge calendar is the
mixed pair title match of the F.
Arthur Walker Club. Reservations
for the contest, set for August 81
and 20, will be limited to club
members and their guests, and
should be made promptly with the
director, Col. H. A. Walker.
John G. Fletcher. most likely
candidate to succeed DR.. j. v. Waits
who recently resigned as director
of the Chess Club, won both the
Thursday and Saturday sessions
at the club. James Lazard was
his partner on August 4, Mrs. Jack
Bennett sharing in the Howell vic
tory on August 6. Co-winners in
the August 4 Mitchell were r. w.
Byrns and David Murray.
Legion Auxiliar,