Evening star., 1950-02-26
Bridge Players
By Moreoret |. Fisher

championship has been set for
March 80 and April s. Participa-
ton will be limited to members
The American Contract Bridge
League has announced that hence
forth the league tournament
bridge headquarters. and its 75(
afiliated clubs will share in the
expense of converting fractional
master point certificates to full
master points as 4 service to in.
dividual members.
The league is the only spor,
organization in the world which
keeps q lifetime record of it.
member players, and establishe.
their national and local ranking
status. This is done by means
OF master point awards, the is.
suance Of which is regulated BY
the class OF event, attendance and
caliber Of play.
OF the many Washington fans
who have hit the tournament trail
during the past two weeks, Mrs
j. A. Dearing and Frieda Kenyon
were the only ones to win honors
They brought home runnerup tro-
phies in the women's pair event
OF the Peninsula Virginia annual
held at Fort Monroe February 10.
The dozen or more localities
who entered the South Jersey
meet at Atlantic City last week
end did not fare so well, David
Murray and Wallace Ashby being
the sole Washingtonians to quail
ify in the opens.
An active tournament schedule
next month will afford many op-
portunities for local fans to add to
their bridge laurels. Tournament
play is available next weekend at
Ridgewood. N. j.: Akron, Ohio:
Norfolk, Va. and Philadelphia,
Pa. On March 1912 the Rich
mond Disrtict annual will lure a
large segment of Washington
bridgedom.
March 5 is red letter day for
duplicate fans. The Federal
Bridge League has selected next
Sunday for its annual open pair
championship. The match will
be played in two-sessions at the
Burlington Hotel, starting time
for the initial round being set
at ! pm. Paul Golden will di-
rect. Participation will be open
to any member of the ACBI..
On next months calendar will
be the fourth annual City of
Washington tourney set for
March 1926.
Males scored another inning At
the Chess Club last Tuesday eve
ming. All In fun. the team-of-
four battle Of the sexes" staged
annually by this local stag or
ganization, ended In decisive
victory for the men-75 to So. TOP
team for the men consisted Of
]. D.. Boyd. Miller Roberts. 8. M.
Cohee, Gary Arkoian, while Mrs.
Marianne Boschan, Kathleen Nc
Mutt. Mrs. M. r. Reddy and Mrs.
George Kathan worked hardest in
the distaff field to upset their
triumph.
Bridge Calendar
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side Bridge Club. ArHastoa Farms; rat
ing point, TAB pm.
Arlington Farms Dunlicate Club.
Delaware Hail. ArlinGton Farms; rating
point, 7:46 pm. Army-NAvy Duplicate
Bridge Club. Army Navy Country Club,
Arlington: rating point. pm. Ste
phan studio. open-pair ratinr point,
& pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Club. oDen-pair
master point, pm. Chess Club.
ratin1 point. 7:4b pm. walsh Club.
Twenty-second and streets NV;
rating point 1:30 Pm.