Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05

4NCAU 1luI Sudy dI p.k1l. OI1S
Goth annual District of Columbis
championships open at the Shore.
ham Hotel. Hundreds of aspi.
rants will contend for six major
titles in play. The usual influx
of visitors will further intensity
competition, challenging the loca,
ranks to repeat their record chain
of victories won in last years Sc
ries.
Eleven Washington-area play
ers appear in the defending line
up. First are Mrs. Breckenridge
Long and Mrs. H. r. Young. dis
taft titlists and holders of the Co.
lumbia trophy. Mrs. Freda Bent
ley and Lew Levenson will defend
the mixed pair title.
Friday afternoon, Lewis G
Tubbs, twice winner in the 40 Sc
ries, will pair with DR.. A. J. Stein
berg in an effort to retain the
Presidents Cup and the mems
title. Mr.. Tubbs again defends on
Saturday in the open pair event
with Mrs. r. H. Skinner. A veal
ago they retrieved the Woodward
Cup, lost to out-of- towners fol
eight successive years. 81
Hope of winning the Eynor
Bowl which bears the name Of
many bridge great" and is the
oldest of local bridge trophies, will,
spur -of-four contestants or
Sunday. The all-local quartette
of David Murray, William Pois-
SAINT, Maj. R. H. Skinner ano
James G. Stone will defend then
claim to this priced trophy.
Concurrent with the team play
the Metropolitan pair match will
attract scores of newer bridge re-
cruits, entry being limited to play
ers holding less than SO master
points. Trophy for this event Il
The Evening Star Cup. held fol
two successive years by Frank Levi
Of Baltimore. Co-defender is Saul
Greenberg.
Held under the auspices Of the
Washington Bridge League, Off
cial local unit of the American
Contract Bridge League, this
tourney carries a sectional rating
for master point awards in each
event. Participation is open tc
all ACBL members. j. G. Stone
is tournament chairman. Alvin
Landy of New York, directing.
Last Sunday, the WBL Women's
Auxiliary held its fifth annual
open pair match for benefit OF
Children's Hospital Cancer Fund
A record turn out neeted over
$500 for the cause. Winners OF
the two-session contest were Mrs
Marianne Boschan and Maj. r. H
Skinner who topped their section
in the first session and produced
a combined total of 1927 match
points. This Is the second time
that Mrs. Boschan has gained
custody of the Schwartz Cub.
Runnersup were Mrs. Alma
Byrnes and DR.. N. A. Brigham
who led the matinee round by a
wide margin. They crossed 1888
Show honors fell to William Pois-
SAINT and James G. Stone, totaling
377.2. The Tubbs brothers, Lewis
and Lloyd, were fourth with $685.
First to share in the November
crop of master point awards were
II winners at the Washington
Bridge League last Wednesday
Louis Fruitman-R. E. Mullens
were Ms winners in Section A
their winning E-W opponents,
Mrs. G. B. Porter &C. E. Thompson
yielding highest percentage of the
evening. 1872 match points out
of ZIG possible. Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright-Col. j. G. Seabourne and
the James Lizards were second.
Temple Hollcroft, jr.,-F. ].
Leahy, jr. and Mrs. ]. T. Lyon
Charles Lovenberg were the win
ners in the "B" Mitchell, Mrs.
Marianne Boschan-Mrs. George
Kathan and Mrs. Edna Evans
Fred George the runnersup. In
Section c, M. j. Olson Gordon G.
Blair, the latter a visitor from
Suffolk, Va. and 81 Katz-J. T.
Lyon were top scorers, half points
going to Mrs. Mary Phillips-M.
Whitman and Walter O'Loughlin-
DR.. E. M. Short.
At the halfway mark in the
race for seasonal average awards,
based to date on the best four
out of seven games, Mrs. Margaret
L. Fisher heads the "A" group
go or more master points, with