Evening star., 1950-01-29
Bridge Players
By Morqaret |. Fisher

some fans held sway Wednesday
as the 1949-1950 team series went
into it's sixth inning. Mrs. Gregg
Custis, Ralph Taylor, Mrs. Myrtle
Mcmahon and J. D. Fletcher
yielded Is boards to tie j. Fred
Staver, jr.; w. M. Lingley and the
Fulton BrylaWskis for the session
top. With three team games re-
naming, Stone Skinner -TubbS-
Mrs. Boschan-Poissant presently
hold the series lead with a .579
percentage, Moore-Mrs. Cotter-
Mrs. Fisher-Mrs. Skinner trailing
at $40.
In the concurrent pair sec
ton, former WashingtoniaE John
Parish retained his record of q
top score for every visit here since
moving to Centralia, Ill, a year
and a half ago. His partner in
the January Is session was Miner
Ellis. Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and
Claude H. Hills led their op-
ponents. In another pair section
Mrs. Jean Ellis, partnered by E.
G.. Harris, jr., continued her
winning streak with the third con-
secutive WBL top score. Mark
Lake and Victor Dunn shared op-
posing honors.
At the Federal Bridge Leagues
annual meeting and election of Of
ficers Monday, Mrs. Ruth Steven
son was chosen president for the
coming year. Ralph Grant is the
new vice president, while Anna
Charest remains in Office as Sec
retary, as does Eric Morgan,
treasurer. Paul Golden continues
as director. Goodwin P. Graham
and r. H. Higgins were elected to
fill vacancies on the Board Of
Managers, George Kathan and
Col. H. A. Walker retaining similar
posts for another year.
The "Gimlets" Bennett, Hol-
croft, Mrs. Whitmore, Wright>
won the team -of-four session held
after the meeting.
The SO per cent game produced
by Mrs. R. H. Skinner and Miller
S. Roberts in the Chess Clubs
open pair finals last Tuesday night
sufficed to overcome the early lead
established by Lewis and Lloyd
Tubbs and net the life master duo
the 1850 crown. The Tubbs
brothers took runner-up honors
with combined score of 1921
match points, seven less than the
winners. DR.. Gerald G. Wooley
and William de st. Aubin finished
in show position with 245 points.
The first nationally awarded
contest of the newly organized
Andrews Air Force Base Officers
Bridge Club. held Tuesday eve
ming, meant an auspicious start
for Mrs. R. j. SHREDDER and Jean
SHREDDER, when they recorded first
master points. Opposing Mitchell
winners were 1t. George Feldman
and DR.. Nathan Rief. Runners
up were Maj. and Mrs. N. M.
Burgner and the J. Fred Stavers.
At the Stephan Studios monthly
matinee last Saturday, master
points went to Mrs. Marianne
Observation-Disclosures McNutt and 81
z-Charles Lyons.
Arlington Farms Duplicate Club
divided national awards on Janu-
ary 20 in two-section Mitchell.
Top scores in MS position fell
to Mrs. M. r. Reddy- Charles
Richter and Mrs. Ann Scruggs-
Maj. Mario Ciccone; the Roger
Paynes and Maj. John S. Phillips
Capt. William c. Woodworth snag-
ging awards E-W.
Mrs. Bess holland and her son,
Kenneth holland, bested the
Howell field at the Riverside
Bridge Club on January 10 to win
one and a half master points.
D. r. Anderson and Col. R. B.
Clayton finished second.
Bridge Calendar
TONIGHT-F. Arthur Walker Club, 1911
North Quincy, Arlington, rating point,
7:30 Regency Club, duplicate session
ToMoRRoW--Federal Bridge League. 1900
New Hampshire avenue NV; open-pair
master point. 8 pm. La Sale Studio,
1923 Connecticut avenue NV; OPEN
pair rating point, pm.
MISUNDERSTANDING Club, 1855 Euclid
street NV; rating point 7:45 PM
Buckingham Duplicate Club, 313 North
Glebe road, Arlington; open-pair rating
point, 7:45 pm. Count Club, 1914
Seventeenth, street NV; open-pair
rating point, 8 pm.
WEDNESDAY - stephen Studio, 1858
Euclid street NV: open-pair rating
point l pm. Washington Bridge League.
Hotel Roosevelt; open-pair master point,
THURsDAY--Chess Club. Hotel Gordon;
rating point, 7;45 pm. La Sale Studio.
open-pair master point, pm River
side Bridge Club, Arlington Farms;
rating point, 7:45 pm.
FRIDAY-Arlington Farms Duplicate Club
Arlington Farms; final session, annual
mixed pair championship, 7:45 pm.
Stephan Studio, open-pair rating point,
pm.
sATURDAyL-Asriculturs Club, open-pair
ing point, 7:45 pm. Walsh Club, Twen-
ty-second and P streets NV: fnaI
session, women's pair championship;
special rating point pair contest, 7:3O
pm.