Evening star., 1950-01-01
Bridge
Duplicate Gets
5-Doy Wornup
For Journey
By Margaret l. Fisher

By Margaret L. Fisher
For local duplicate fans, 1850
gets off to an auspicious start.
A master point game will be
played on each of the first five
days of the new year, whetting
appetites for the Northern Vir-
ginia tournament next week end.
A wealth of out-of-toWn talent
will offer keen competition for To-
calities in the mems, women's,
mixed, open and team events on
the Northern Virginia schedule.
The tourney, which is under spon-
sorship of the Washington Bridge
League, will be held at the Hotel
Roosevelt, January 6 to 8. All
other duplicate clubs in this area
will be closed while the tourna-
ment is in progress.
The fall season race for indi-
vidual high average awards of
the Washington Bridge League
ended last Wednesday. For the
best 10 out of II games in the
series, Mrs. Virginia Mcintyre
yielded a .5787 average to take
first prize in the senior category
(those holding 81 or more master
points,. Charles johnson nets
runnerup awards with a .5719 per-
centage, while DR.. A. j. Steinberg
showed in the same group at
.5710.
Among the intermediates I'll tt
so master points,, DR.. E. M. Short
took top honors with .5815; John
Luttrell second at .5765, and
Charles Lovenberg third at .5697
In the Junior section Go master
points or less). it was a photo
finish for No. l position between
AL White and Mrs. James Adler
! MI. White averaging .56237 anc
Mrs. Adler .56234. DR.. Leroy
Robins was third with a .5432 per.
centage. A new personal average
contest for the spring season be.
gins on January 4.
| The fifth team session in tht
1949-1950 series was the leagues
feature attraction last Wednes'
day. At the halfway mark in ths
playof, Mrs. Marianne Boschar
William Poissant, Col. R. H. Skin.
ner, James G. Stone and Levi!
! G. Tubbs moved into the serie!
lead. The winners of the Decem.
ber % session were Mrs. Margaret
L. Fisher. John r. Moore, DR.. w
S. Benedict and Jerry Machlir
(the latter two substituting fol
team regulars Mrs. E. P. Cottel
and Mrs. r. H. Skinner). Thi.
team now stands second in thu
series.
In the concurrent pair sections
M. D. Goldstein-I. Rottenberg ane
Bernard Rosson-Dr. E. M. Shor
captured Mitchell awards. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Louis Salvatorel leading th'
Howell section.
| Master-point games were at
premium during the busy holida
season-sole contest for nationa
awards being that sponsored b,
the Chess Club on December %
Mrs. c. w. thinner, whose re
peated victories among the distaf
guests OF the club during the pas
six months give her undisputet
claim to the current women
plaque award, again crashed
through with top score, pairet
with William Walsmith in Ms
position. Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh and Mrs. E. r. Shepare
shared in the master points b!
winning E-W.
Runnersup were Mrs. j. A
Dearing-Frieda Kenyon and Col
Edward Cliford-Dr. C. C. McDon.
nell. Reservations are now being
accepted for the annual open-pail
club championship set for January
II and "a. David Murray will pail
with William Poissant in defense
of the title won year ago with
s. M. White, who has since moved
to Ohio.
At several local clubs the regu-
lar weekly duplicate turned out tc
be gala Christmas party. Mrs. D
E. Stephan's famous fruitcake
and eggnog evoked glowing sat-
isfaction from guests at her De-
cember % game. Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard Rosson were winners Of
that evenings Howell match.
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright, director
of the La Sale Studios, was host
ess at a similar party on December
26, when Mrs. Marian Barre Mrs
T. M. Boyle and Laura Hunter
| 81 Katz were winners in the
Mitchell pair contest.
Another festive gathering is in