Evening star., 1950-05-07
Bridge
By Morooret |. Fisher

several QuQQreQ members Oh IIle
Washington Bridge League go to
the polls Wednesday. The annual
meeting and election of officers
is set for 7 pm. in the ballroom Of
the Hotel Roosevelt. allowing
time to complete balloting before
competition starts for the monthly
winners awards.
The club open title event is set
for May II and "a. Director Paul
Golden in the current issue of the
WBL Bulletin announces that
participation in the championship
contest will be limited to League
members in good standing who
have competed in at least five Of
the 80 games held since Septem-
ber /, 1949. Contestants will be
divided into two groups: those
whose yearly average Gall games
played being consideredD is .504a
or over constituting section "a
those with a lower total percent
age competing in "B." There are
102 players eligible for the grade
A competition.
Top scores in last Wednesdays
session gave a master point apiece
to Mrs. Edna Evans Simon Ger
ber, the "Docs," w. H. Gorton
Neil j. McHugh who led Section
A; Mrs. Dora Schwartz Charles
Lovenberg, Col. E. B. Clifford-Dr
A. j. Steinberg and the Bernard
Rossons, the latter two pairs tie
ing for Ms awards in Section B.;
and A. E. Lane-George Lassise,
Mrs. Irene Surguy-J. r. McGhee,
Section c.. Highest percentage
game went to the Lane-Lassise
combination who scored 181 out of
a possible 264 match points.
Today several fans are in
Roanoke competing for the Gen.
trail Virginia team title. Next
week the troupers will head for
Staunton to match skills in the
second annual Shenandoah VAL
ley spring tournament. The meet
will be held at the Ingleside Ho-
tel, starting with a mixed pair
contest, newly added on this years
program, on Friday at 8 pm. The
open pair match is set for
O'Clock, Saturday.
|, The first session of foursome
play begins next Sunday at l pm.
A local quartette, Lewis G. Tubbs,
James G. Stone. Col. and Mrs.
R. H. Skinner presently hold the
Shenandoah team title.
Capital City Chess Club, local
stag organization, last Monday
tried novel experiment. "Mys-
terry Partner Night" now promises
to become an established institu-
ton at the club.
Mrs. Charles Richter, who drew
Washington's No. life master,
James G. Stone, turned in an i'm
pressive 10 per cent game to out
class E-W runnersup, Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher and C. w. Stark
by 26 match points. Mrs. E. A.
st. John and David Murray, an
other first time partnership,
topped the Ms field to share in
the prize awards, attractive ciga-
rette lighters.
Unique in the annals of the
Walsh Club was the triple tie
for master point awards in E-W
position last Saturday night
Edythe Decker Rita Wrigley, Mrs
Margaret Henderson-Mrs. Pearl
Peterson and Thomas Snyder-E
A. Ward submitted identical
scores to win a master point
apiece-a first credit for the
.Decker-Wrigley duo and Mrs.
Henderson. Scores of the three
winning partnerships were a scant
five match points over average
and only II points ahead of the
lowest score.
The Mixed Party" foursome
CDR. Emily rewe-Rayph Taylor
Harry Garner-Herbert Mertz)
winning 14h out, of 81 boards
took first honors in both the pair
competition and team play last
Monday at the Federal Bridge
League. Only three games re-
main in the spring splayoff the
series being scheduled to close
on May %.
At the halfway mark in the race
for the Arlington Farms team f.
four title. Paul Blasangame-Jesse
Duke Comdr. Tom Bell Comdr O.
o. Liebschner, who shared 13 out
of, 30 boards during the April %
session. hold half a board lead
over Mrs. Stanley BeaSley-Mr. J.
A. Dearing-Mr. and Mrs. E. r.
Shepherd.
Bridge CoIendor
TOMORROW-Federal Bridge League.
1900 New HAMPSHIRE; team-of-four and
epen-psir open rating 6,s point. pm. La
pair pair rating point. 8 'u'' pm. o0en-
Observation-Disclosures Club, 1855 Euclid:
open-pair rating point, 7:45 pm: AM
Club; rating point, 1880 pm. Buck
ingham Duplicate Club, 313 North Glebe.
Arlington; open-pair master point, 7:45
vidual. members only, 7:45 pm. Count
Club. 1914 Seventeenth: open-pair mas
wEDNEsDAYostephan Studio, 1855 Euc-
lid: open-pair rating point, pm.
Washington Bridge League, Hotel Roose-
+ welt: annual meeting and election,
pm; open-pair rating point and month.