Evening star., 1950-02-12
Bridge
By Margaret |. Fisher

Fred L. Karpin, bridge star.
author and. teacher was boosted
into the upper brackets of bridge
fame and accorded the status of
life master a week ago, MIR. Karpin
further distinguished himself in
New York last Sunday by captur-
ing runnerup awards for the sec
ond successive year in the annual
senior masters individual.
A native of New York, he moved
to Washington about four years
ago. He is the author of THE
Point Count System of Bidding"
and THE Karpin Point Count
System"
Other Washingtonians entered
in the senior individuals did not
fare so well. The 165 boards in
play were duplicates of those
played by the Sc contestants in
the concurrent life masters in
dividual, where DR.. A. j. Steinberg,
dean of Washington's "lifers,"
finished 18th.
Top scores in the Washington
Bridge Leagues monthly winners
game last Wednesday night earned
double master point awards for
the following pairs: Mrs. r. H.
Skinner-Lewis G. Tubbs, Louis
Fruitman-J. L. Roster in section
B. and Mrs. Ann Scruggs-Maj.
Mario Ciccone, Wallace Ashby-J
F. Price in section C. With a 66
per cent game. the Skinner-Tubbs
combination maintained the high
sest percentage in the 100-player
field.
Single master point awards go
to runnersup in the winners flight:
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher-Wa
OLoughlin, D. r. Anderson Erwin
M. Kenison and Mrs. Ruth Broad
foot-Mrs. j. T. Lyon, George
Kathan-Bernard Rosson. DR.. w.
H. Gorton-Dr. Neil McHugh and
E. F. Greenleaf-W William Reed were
the leaders in the non-winners'
Mitchell section.
For more than 800 members of
the Washington Bridge League,
the annual two session mems pair
and womens' pair club champion
ship contests have been scheduled
for February % at the Hotel
Roosevelt. starting at 1880 pm.
under the direction of Paul
Golden.
Arthur Westrich and H. r. King
are current titleholders among the
men. Mrs. H. G. Campbell and
Kathleen McNutt will defend in
the distaff field. The monthly
am-of-four match normally
held on the last Wednesday of the
month, will be postponed to the
end of March.
The Buckingham Duplicate Club
contingent divided it's February
quota of national awards last
Tuesday evening, w. M. Lingley
and j. Fred staver. jr., leading
the Howell field. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Costello were second.
Others who boosted their master
point record during the past week
were Virginia Kinnard and John
F. Overend who topped the Howell
field at the LaSalle Studio, and
George Kathan-Mark Lake and
Charles Lovenberg Walter o.
Loughlin, Mitchell, leaders in Ag-
riculture Clubs Saturday matinee.
Mrs. J. g. Seabourne Mrs. Dixie
T.. Wright took runnerup honors
in the Thursday evening contest,
while Mrs. Mary Mrs.
Thelma Surkin and N. B. Allison
81 Katz finished second In the
Saturday afternoon match.
The battle for team supremacy
at the Federal Bridge League be-
tween the Blue and Gray"
(Keener, Rucker, Grant, Morgan)
and the 'fGimlets' Bennett, Hol-
croft, Whitmore, Wright ends to-
morrow night with the first half
of the 1949-1950 season playoff.
The BLUE and Gray" foursome,
winners of last Mondays session,
hold a one-board advantage over
the "Gimlets." They picked up
four boards February 6.
Beginning February 20. Federal
will introduce a pair game to be