Evening star., 1950-09-17

Duplicate bridge activity in the
Washington area heightened last
week with the reopening Of the
Federal Bridge League and the
start of the Washington Bridge
Leagues winter schedule. At the
Federal, IL foursomes entered the
initial round Monday night, with
promise of additional entrants as
the season advances.
Simultaneous scoring of pair
and team play with resultant
awards to the winning foursome
and pairs, which was successfully
tested last spring by Director Paul
Golden, will be continued this sea-
son. Nom -Federalites are re-
minded that membership is nc
longer restricted to Government
employees. Those wishing to en-
ter the team series or try for
weekly pair awards are urged to
contact Mr.. Golden or Mrs. Ruth
Stevenson, president.
Mrs. M. j. Terry, Manfred
Sobernheim, Merle Lyon and M
Alwine comprised the winning
team for the first session, the
Alwine-Lyon duo sharing high
score with Drs. w. H. Gorton and
Neil j. McHugh for pair awards
With a dual goal in mind
capturing the double master point
awards in the winners contests
and gaining a favorable advan-
tage In the personal average series
upwards of $50 Washington
Bridge Leaguers enrolled in the
three section Mitchell Wednesday
Top scores in sections A and B
were worth two points apiece to
DR.. c.. C. McDonnell-C. E. Richter
(who led all competing pairs with
a 50 per cent game) and D. j.
Harris-W. M. Lingley in A: also,
the "Docs." Gordon and McHugh,
and the Walter OLoughlinS In
section B.
Runnersup, netting one master
point each. were A. E. Lane
George Lasissee. Mrs. Richmond
Skinner Richard Freeman. Mrs.
Margaret L. Fisher Miller Roberts
and DR.. w. S. Benedict Charles
Lovenberg. Leaders in section c
among the winner contestants
were Morris Allen Henry Stear-
man and William j. Dempsey
Charles E. Thompson.
League members are asked to
advise Director Golden of their
current master point total for
purposes of classification during
the running of the seasonal cumu-
lative average contests, which
began Wednesday and continue
through December q. Players will
be divided into three categories:
Group A. holding 60 or more mas
ter points; B, Is to SO; C, IA or
under. These groupings have no
relation to the section in which
the player competes. First, sec
ond and third place awards will
be given in each group at the end
Of 16 weeks. based on the highest
average maintained in the best
eight games with at least four diff
ferent partners.
On September 27 WBL's 1850
1851 team-of-four series gets
under way. Ten games will be
provided in the series, running
through April 25. 1t will be nee
essary to play in six of these
matches to be eligible for prizes.
In an effort to stimulate interest
in team play. two sections will be
provided, giving Inexperienced
players a better chance to share
in series awards. Teams in Sec
ton A will be unlimited as to
strength of the individual player:
section B will be limited to players
having less than so master points,
with the exception that one player
with more than so may compete
on any one team in the B field.
The second annual fall Shenan-
doah Valley meet is this week at
the Ingleside Hotel in Staunton,
Va. Headed by Paul Golden, who
will direct the series, and 1t. Col.
r. H. Skinner, James G. Stone,