Evening star., 1950-11-26
Bridge
By Morooret |. Fisher

and red points. The gath Winter
National Contract Bridge Cham
pionships open at the Roosevelt
Hotel on December 2. continuing
through Sunday. December 10.
In the defending lineup are
Mrs. Marianne Boschan. Mrs. E.
p. Cotter, Miss Kathleen McNutt
and Mrs. Frederick Eberson, cur
rent national women's team Of
four champions. Mrs. Eberson.
now living in Memphis. Tenn, be-
came q life master while living in
Washington several years ago.
The others won their gold cards
at Philadelphia last December.
In addition to the women's
team championship. also sched-
uled are the multi ma
tional open individual. mixed pair.
mems team. open team, open pair
and non-master pair title events,
and II one-session side games.
The Washington Bridge Leagues
third tearn-of- -four session Of the
winter season held the spotlight
last Wednesday night. Wallace
Ashby. 81 Katz. Richard Free
man and David Murray comprised
the winning foursome. netting
i7h matches out Of 27. Series
leaders by three and one half
boards are DR.. w. S. Benedict,
John r. Moore. Lewis and Lloyd
Tubbs. who finished in a tie for
second honors in the November
~ session with Mrs. Florence
Millspaugh. Manfred Sobernbeim,
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Lyon. al
- Concurrently. winners in the
two Mitchell sections were Mrs.
Myrtle McMahon-M Mrs. Margaret
Myrtle. Mrs. Rose Robins-Dr.
Leroy Robins (Section AZ, and
Mary Ruhl-Mrs. Ida Terrant. Mrs.
Gregg Custis-Mrs. Mildred Down.
ham ,tSection b.
At the Federal Bridge League
last Monday night the Terriers"
(Mrs. Lessie j. Terry. Amorette
Bledsoe. Lloyd Schermerhorn)
comprised the winning team, TAX
ing Is out Of % matches. The
Mixed Party" foursome (Mrs.
Stein, Rush Buckley, the Frank E
Moores) hold the series lead by
one and one-half boards.
High pair ratings for the No.
vember 20 game went to Drs. w.
II. Gorton-Neil J. McHugh and
Wilson Satterfield-S. L. Somers
with ]. r. Moore-E. A. Norton
and the Frank e. Moores second.
Members Of the Washington
Bridge LEAGUE will help to make
a gladder Christmas for the pa
tients at Children's Hospital. De-
ce.nber Is has been scheduled for
"Bring-a-Toy" night, annually
sponsored by the women's auxil-
iary.
Plans for the toy-collection drive
were completed at the auxiliary's
bi-monthly business meeting last
Saturday. At the luncheon fol-
lowing the meeting, Miss Edith
Torkin Ct o n, administrator for
Childrer's Hospital, received from
Mrs. p e. Golden. president of
the auxiliary. a check for 1920,
recresenting net proceeds of the
open pair charity match held Oc-
tober 20.
In the duplicate session for
members after the luncheon. top
scores earned master points for
Sue E. Gantt-Frieda Kenvon, Mrs.
Jean Ellis-Kathleen McNutt. Mrs.
Gregg Custis-Mrs. E. r. Shepars.
and Mrs. F. P. Dormady-Mrs.
Golden. Runnerup in the two
section Mitchell were Almvra
Campbe1l-Mrs. Hazel Ryman, Mrs.
Ruth Broadfoot-Mrs Charlotte
Hoff. Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs. G. N.
Poulien, and Mrs. Alfred Barnard
Mrs. J. Fred Staver. who tied with
Mrs. D. D. Brodie-Mrs. Dixie T.
Wright.
More master points for the
Gantt-Kenyon duo for topping
the Ms field at the Chess Clubs
Saturday monthly. Co-winners
we're Dr.. N. A. Brigham-An
Gleason, half points going to Mrs.
Stanley Beasley-E. r. Shepard
and Mrs. Florence Millspaugh-
Gary Arkoian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hruby
scored a 65 per cent game at the
Arlington Farms master point
Mitchell on November II to share
first honors with Mrs. D. D. Brodie
and Mrs. j. G. Fletcher. Seconds
to Frank Donohue-Ralph Hensley
and George Conway-Melvin An
thony.
Andrews Air Force Base Off,
GERS Bridge Club has moved its
weekly duplicate back to Tuesday
nights. Winners of the Novem-
ber master point quota were Mr.
and Mrs. Walter B. Castle and
Mrs. Peggy Buckwalter-Maj. Wal
ter j. Muhl. 1t. Col. and Mrs.
D. D. Brodie. Maj. and Mrs. r. r.
OBrien were second.
. The same evening Raymond
Fetzner and Paul Finch topped
the Howell field at the Count Club
to win q master point each. Mrs.
c. w. zimmer-Henry Sheitelman
placing.
At the La Sale Studio last Mon
day Virginia Kinnard-Ervin M.