Evening star., 1950-06-04

Top billing on this weeks bridge
calendar goes to the fifth annual
Potomac Valley Championships,
scheduled to start Friday at 2:15
pm. All events of the three-day
meet will be held in the Louis XVI
Room in the Shoreham Hotel.
At Fridays matinee session,
while C. c. johnson and 1t. Col
j. T. Willis are defending their
claim to the mems title, feminine
stars will seek to retrieve the Edith
Swanson trophy from Mrs. Ed
ward Behrend and Mrs. H. E.
Whitaker of Baltimore.
Mixed pairs vie on Friday eve
ming for the Stockvis trophy. now
in possession of Mrs. E. P. Cotter
and David Murray. Mrs. Cotter
will again be on the defensive
when the opens get under way at
2:15 pm. on Saturday. Mr.. john
son will substitute for Mrs. Vr-
ginia Mcintyre who won the title
with Mrs. Cotter a year ago. The
Vosburgh trophy is annually
awarded to winners of this two
session match. A special pair
match in which those eliminated
in the open qualifying round may
participate. will be held at 8:15
Saturday evening.
On Sunday at ! pm. Mr.. John
son and 1t. Col. Willis again de-
fend. teamed with Simon Gerber,
Henry Stearman and Vic Zeve, in
an effort to retain the William
Cheeks trophy and the team of =
four title. All events of the tour
ney, under sponsorship of the
Washington Bridge League. will be
directed by A. M. Sobel of New
York. assisted by P. e. Golden.
James G. Stone serves as tourna-
ment chairman.
Col. and Mrs. D. D. Brodie add
ed to their recent brilliant record
of duplicate victories when they
became the first mixed pair cham
pions of the Andrews Air Force
Base officers Bridge Club last
Tuesday. Only 22.4 match points
behind the new champs were run
nersup Mrs. c. w. thinner and
Col. R. B. Carleton who led Mrs.
Jean Ellis-Capt. w. c. Woodworth
by 9/10 of a point. Mrs. T. E.
Turner-Lt. Edward Macdonald
and the j. g. Fletchers were
fourth and fifth. respectively.
The Andrews and Arlington
Farms contingents are invited to
participate in the Riverside
Bridge Clubs first annual mixed
pair match set for June II at
Fort Myer. Capt. r. B. Denham
announces that the two sessions
of play will start at 1870 and 1880
pm.
Twelve successful candidates
added master point apiece to
their records last Wednesday
when the Washington Bridge
League held its semi-monthly ma
tionally awarded contest. VIM
ners in Section A were George
Lassise-H. A. Mayer and Laura
Hunter-Mrs. George Kathan. while
Mrs. Edna Evans-S. H. Gerber
and Mrs. E. A. st. John-James
Lazard placed.
Top scores in Section B fell to
Mrs. D. D. Brodie-Mrs. Fannie
Samuel and Mrs. Margaret l..
Fisher Charles Lovenberg, with
Mrs. j. r. Belt-Dr. N. j. McHugn
and the j. G. Seabournes in run
nerup spots. In a practice match
for the tourney. Mrs. e. p. Cotter-
c. c. johnson netted a 81 per cent
game to top the whole three
section Mitchell field. Co-winners
in Section C were Mrs. Thomas
Hamlin and Tom Hamlin. jr.,
seconds going to Gary Arkoian-
j. r. McGhee and Wallace ASH
by-J. Price.
Recap sheets at Federal's con-
test last Monday reyealed amaz-
ing results. In Ms position
scores were SO close that Director
Golden had to compute them in
fractions. only $40 Of Q point
separating first and third places.
Capt. and Mrs. j. L. Herlihy were
awarded the master points on
the basis of a $50 per cent game.
r. E. Mullin-R. c. Taylor finish
ing second with a 58.4 percentage:
show awards to Mrs. M. BoSchan-
Mrs. M. L. Fisher. 5S.1 per cent.
In E-W position J. @. Stone