Evening star., 1950-10-29
Bridge Players
By Margaret |. Fisher

Charity gets the nod today from
bridge minded Washingtonians.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Washington Bridge League holds
its fifth annual open pair match
this afternoon at the Burlington
Hotel, all proceeds going to Chill
dren's Hospital Cancer Fund.
Open to all members of the Amer
lean Contract Bridge League, last
minute entrants may obtain
tickets from Director Paul Golden
Immediately prior to the begin
ming of the first session at l
o'clock. Trophy is the Schwartz
Cup. currently held by J. D. Boyd
and David Murray.
Today's contest serves as dress
rehearsal for many favorite part
nerships contemplating the ap-
proach of the goth annual Dis
trict championships. This ban
ner event has been scheduled for
November to II at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Yielding generous master point
bonuses to winners and those fin
ishing in honor positions, the D. c.
title series includes a tWo-ses-
sion womens pair game on Thurs
day and Friday afternoons; linked
pairs in the evening sessions the
same days: a one-session men S
pair game on Friday; a two-ses-
sion open pair contest on Satur-
day. and a double-session team
of-four match on Sunday.
OF prime interest to less expert
enced tournament players is the
Metropolitan pair event for The
Evening Star Trophy, November
II. This two-Session match. with
special prizes and master point
awards. will be restricted to play
ers who are credited with less than
so master points.
James G. Stone, tourney chair
man, has appointed the following
committee chairmen to assist in
arranging partnerships: Mrs. Paul
Golden. women's pairs; Miller
Roberts. mems pairs: Mrs. R. H.
Skinner and William Poissant,
mixed pairs: Mrs. Margaret l..
Fisher and David Murray, open
pairs: Charles C. Johnson, team
of-four; Mrs. Ruth Stevenson,
Metropolitan event, and Eric Nor
gan, special pair game which is
set for Saturday night. concurrent
with the open pair championship
finals.
Winning 20l2 boards out of 80
in play, DR.. w. S. Benedict, Larry
Reynolds. Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs
last Wednesday took the lead in
the second game of the Washing
ton Bridge Leagues 1861 team
of-four series. j. D. Boyd, George
Dickerman, E. G. Harris. jr., and
Miller Roberts, winners of the first
session a month ago and runners
up last Wednesday with 10 boards,
drop to second in the series.
Concurrently. Mrs. T. M. Boyle
Mrs. M. R. Reddy and John Lut-
trell-Dr. E. M. Short turned in
winning scores in the Section A
Mitchell pair contest. Louis Fruit
man-R. E. Mupllen and Charles
Geier-Lew Levenson netting COM
parable honors in Section B.
Foursome play continued at the
Federal Bridge League last Mon
day. the Allies" (Mrs. June
Hodgkins, G. P. Graham, DR.. L. r.
Edminster. o. r. Matthew'S lead
ing the session with 15la out of
"a matches and earning pair
awards as we'll. The Docs" (Mrs.
Paul Golden, DR.. N. J. McHugh,
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Gorton) re-
main in the series lead with a
seven-board advantage.
Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs Howard
Campbell and the Martin ]. Co.'S
tellos topped Mitchell contestants
to win the master points at Ar
lington Farms Duplicate Club on
October 20. Col. and Mrs. j. G..
Seabourne. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
E. Moore halved awards in second
position.
Next day at the WBL Women's
Auxiliary monthly open matinee,
Mrs. Florence Millspaugh-Mrs
E, r. Shepard were MS winners,
Mrs. D. D. Brodie-Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright taking the E-W top.
Seconds to Ray Fetzner-Richard
Freeman and Mrs. Paul Golden
Mrs. Robert Dubois.
Winners at Andrews Air Force
Base Officers Bridge Club on
Tuesday also netted master
point apiece. Capt. William P.
Moore-Capt. w. C. Woodworth