Evening star., 1950-04-30
Bridge
By Moraoret [. Fisher

By Moreoret l. Fisher
A number of Washington's team
of-four fans are in Philadelphia
today trying for the District title.
Although they will find the COM
petition tougher than usual. for
Philadelphia is home base for a
large segment of the Nations life
masters. at least two Of our four
somes stand a good chance.
, Current City of Washington
champions. Raymond Fetzner. Mi
chael Michaels. 81 KatZ and for
mer Quiz Kid" Richard Freeman.
will be playing in today's match.
Another strong District quartet
comprises Miller Roberts. DR.. and
Mrs. A. j. Steinberg. all of whom
are life masters, and George l..
Dickerman.
Next week end many local lumi-
naries will go to Roanoke for the
Central Virginia championships.
This 18th annual event, including
mixed, open and team matches,
will be held at the Roanoke Elks
Club Friday evening through Sun
day.
In an impressive sweep of 81 out
of 80 boards, Mrs. Marianne Bos-
chan. Villa mPoissant. Lewis G.
Tubbs and James G. Stone cap
tured the Washington Bridge
Leagues 1949-50 team of four
title. Col. r. H. Skinner served as
alternate during the nine-game
playof.
Second awards go to the Mrs.
E. P. Cotter- Mrs. Margaret L. Fish
er-Mrs. R. H. Skinner-John r.
Moore foursome. DR.. w. S. Bene-
dict and Larry Reynolds were al
ternates. Third honors fell to Mrs.
H. G. Campbell, Kathleen McNutt,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kathan.
Concurrent with the team finale.
Mrs. w. H. Gorton- Mrs. Myrtle
Mcmahon. E. G. Harris, jr.-
Charles Lovenberg. 81 Katz-Ar-
thur Westrich and Mrs. Dora
Schwartz-Col. H. T. Vandersluis
earned top scores in the two-sec-
ton Mitchell pair play.
Washington Bridge Leaguers
have one more chance-next We'd
nesday-to improve personal aver
ages in the 1850 spring cumula-
tive contests.
BY the narrow margin Of $40
of match point, Col. r. H. Skin
ner and James G. Stone, two Of
Washington's top-hight life mas
ters. last Saturday became the
first open-pair champions of the
Andrews Air Force Base Officers
Bridge Club. Runnersup were j.
T. Breen and w. M. Lingley, with
Maj. and Mrs. Carl Armbrust fin
ishing in show position. 1t. John
G. Hunter of Fort Belvoir and
A. Hardwick were fourth, Maj.
John S. Phillips and j. Fred Sta
YER. ST.. ending fifth overall.
Winners of Andrews monthly
master point contest, held Tues
day night, were Maj. Arnold A.
Hull-T. A. Lafley and Capt. and
Mrs. j. S. Kimberly, with Mrs.
Bess Noland-Capt. r. B. Denham
and the Armbrusts taking second
awards.
Comdr. J. B. Scatchard and
Edwin T. Bledsoe, jr., chalked up
their first master point victory,
playing in the Arlington Farms
Duplicate Club monthly on April
81. A two-section affair, others
who added points to their master
record were Mrs. Ann Scruggs-
j. Fred Staver. jr.: Mrs. Marian
Barre-Mrs. T. M. Boyle and Mrs.
c. w. zimmer-Everett Van Eek.
Husband-wife combinations domi-
mated the runnerup spots, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Hruby, Capt. and
Mrs. j. L. Herlihy and the Paul
Blasangames taking seconds in
the three out of four directions.
Charles Richter and Col. j. G..
Seabourne also shared second
awards.
The Arlington Farmers will
conclude their annual team of =
four championship tilt Friday
night.
On April 20 in the Riverside
Bridge Club contest, top score
E-W gave Melvin Anthony and
Irwin Blum their first master
point credit. Opposing winners
were Capt. Russell Denham and
Jim Guthrie. The Stavers, father
and son, and 1t. and Mrs. Robert
Krebs halved awards in second
position.
More master points to DR.. and
Mrs. A. j. Steinberg for topping
the Ms field with 661a per cent
game in the Federal Bridge
Leagues open-pair match Mon
day. Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Graham
finished second. It was a photo
finish in the race for E-W awards.