Evening star., 1950-01-08
Bridge
By Margaret [. Fisher

into play for the second session at
6 pm. All foursomes will play
through both sessions at board-a-
match competition.
The tourney is sponsored by the
Washington Bridge League. Cur
rent title holders are Baltimore
ans Margaret Hamilton, Arthur
Schlesinger and A. j. Hunter.
Charles Shapiro, fourth member of
last years winning team, died
several months ago.
The F. Arthur Walker Club
stole the lead on other duplicate
groups with the first master point
match of 1850. Mrs. Ida Terrant,
DR.. j. p. Snyder and Mrs. c. w.
thinner, Everett Van Eek got off
to an auspicious start when they
turned in top scores. Second
awards fell to D. j. Harris, w. M.
Lingley and Mrs. E. A. st. John.
who are paired with Robert C.
Witherell of Taunton, Mass,
father of Mrs. H. A. Walker and
honor guest at the birthday party
following the game.
On January 2, Federal's delayed
December master point game pro-
vided another opportunity for ia
vorite partnerships to warm up
for the Northern Virginia meet.
Mrs. Marianne Boschan, James G..
Stone were Ms winners with a big
top, E-W awards falling to Har-
Gee Allen, r. Z. Higginc. Seconds
to Kathleen McNutt, Mrs. c. w.
Zimmer and Mrs. H. G.. Campbell,
Mark Lake.
Tomorrow night Federal re-
sumes team play, with the Blue
and Gray" quartette (Paris Keen
er, Margaret Rucker. Ralph Grant,
Eric Morgan) leading the field.
New foursomes are invited to enter
the spring series. Anna Charest,
secretary Of the League. may be
contacted at DU. 1887 for further
information.
At the Washington Bridge
League last Wednesday. the fcl-
lowing master point winners in
the two early Mitchell sections
gained q favorable advantage in
the cumulative individual high
average series: Mrs. j. G.. Flet-
cher, Mrs. George Kathan, George
Dickerman, S. M. Cohee, (Section
IA);. and Richard Freeman. Michael
Michaels, M. Haven, Irving Rot
tenberg (Section b. Their run
nersup were Mrs. Stanley Beasley,
Laura Hunter. Maj. Mario Cic-
cone, M. D. Goldstein. who tied
with H. G. Neebe, William Pois-
SAINT: and Clara Sternecker. M.
Solomon and the Bernard Rossons.
In the 8 o'clock Howell section,
contestants bowed to DR.. Merrill
Flood of Santa Monica, Calf, and
Russ Nichols who turned in q 70
per cent game. DR.. Flood Is for
mer Washingtonian. F. Holtzman
and Henry Pike earned half a
master point apiece for second
best score.
The preceding night Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Lingley won January
national awards of the Bucking
ham Duplicate Club. Mr.. and MRS.
Frank Costello were second. STAN
ley Berman captured Bucking-
hams award for the highest indi-
vidual average during the past
eight weeks.
Andrews Air Force Base Officers
Bridge Club, organized last month.
will hold its first game Of the new
year on January 10. Attendance is
limited to officers, enlisted person.
mel. civilian employees at the base
and their guests. Lieut.. Col. H. A.
Walker will serve as director.
Games are under the sanction of
the American Contract Bridge
League and will be held OF the
second and fourth Tuesdays.
The Stephan Studio, popular
year-round rendezvous for iupli-
cate enthusiasts. took on added
glamour last Saturday night when
Mrs. D. E. Stephan was hostess at
her annual New Years eve party.
Informal entertainment, eggnog
and a toast to 1850 with added
wishes for more duplicate games
and master points for all In the
year to come, spelled happy end
ing for 1949. Kathleen McNutt,
Charles Lovenberg and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Lyons were winners of
the evenings contest.
For David Murray, 1949 was a
banner year with the duplicate
boards. Four team victories I'd. c.,
Eastern Pennsylvania, Shenan-
doah and w. B. L., three open
pair crowns (Old Dominion, Chess
Club, aSd the WBL Women's
Auxiliary charity annual, and
the Potomac Valley mixed pair
title combined with several run
nerup awards in various tourna-
ments and numerous duplicate
session tops, boosted his master
point record to the impressive
total of 287. Well over 100 Of these
points were scored within the
year.
Still strong at the finish, this
promising young star annexed the
Chess Clubs Thursday Sullivan
award in the years final quarter
ly contest, and for scoring the
most number Of wins with the
greatest variety of partners during
the past six months. Mr.. Murray's