Evening star., 1951-09-09
BY Margaret |. Fisher

IN SearCn OF coveted ClGleS. Big
geSt attraction for local stars was
the fourth annual Mid-Atlantic
Regionals at Asheville, N. c.,
where in the closing sessions on
Monday Mrs. E. P. Cotter- Richard
Freeman, Mrs. Marianne Boschan-
James G. Stone teamed up to
score the greatest victory for the
home forces. They won 81 out of
Sc matches in two sessions of
team play to top the 37-foursome
field.
While other titles in the five-
day meet eluded Washingtonians,
our fans turned in creditable per-
formanceS in the stellar open
event. Wallace AShby-J. D. Boyd
finished fourth for the combined
three sessions among the record
128-pair field. They were second
in the second qualifying round,
also holding runnerup position in
the championship flight.
Charles Lovenberg- Col. r. H.
Skinner, who entered the finals
top of their section, took seventh
place over all. David Murray,
partnered by Marvin Cowell of
Rocky Mount, N. c.. 18th, and
John C. Kunkel-Alvin Roth, goth,
also finished in the master point
division. The title was won by
Mrs. Lester Rhodes of New York
and R. H. Miles. Norfolk, Va.
Mixed Pair Contest.
Former WaShingtonians, Mr..
and Mrs. L. T. Alden, now of Nor
folk, shared title honors in the
mixed-pair contest with Brent
Woodson, Sellars, N. c., and B. o.
johnson of Spartansburg, S. c.,
while another result popular with
the Washington delegation was
the runnerup score in the women's
event netted by Maize Buie, who,
for more than decade, conducted
a highly favored Sunday night
duplicate series when she was a
Washington resident. She now
lives in Brookhaven, Miss. Her
partner was Mrs. H. H. Kaplin of
Asheville. Mrs. Olive Peterson of
Philadelphia and Mrs. B. o. john
son, Spartansburg, won the wom-
ems title.
In the mems pair contest. won
by Philadelphians Nat Agran and
Charles Solomon, David Murray
paired with Herbert Gerst, Nor
folk, to make the best showing
for Washington. They finished
fourth. Another former D. c..
fan, Ed Jaffre, now of Asheville,
and Chester Ward, SpartanSburg,
took show honors in this contest.
At the annual meeting of the
Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference
last Saturday, j. G.. Stone was
elected treasurer. Herbert Gerst
succeeds Col. Skinner in the presi-
dency. Other officers elected were
Harry Harold, Cheraw, S. c.. vice
president; Louis Rosenfeld, Balti-
more, secretary, and Laeke Lentz,
Raleigh, N. c., tournament man
ager.
Up at York, Pa, last Saturday
1t. Col. John A. Geddes and Paul
E. Neff scored an impressive vic-I
tory in the open pair event Of the
four-day all-PennSylvania title Sc
ries which attracted 27 Washing
ton players. They chalked up top
scores in both the qualifying and
championship rounds. Robert Jor-
dan and Michael Michaels held
show honors over all in the same
contest.
On Sunday Jordan MichaelSI
again finished third In the two
session master pair event. The
Geddes-Neff duo was fifth; Mrs.
Doris Vosburgh-Mrs. Margaret L.
Fisher, who topped the field in the
matinee session. ending in 10th
place overall. The match was won
by Baltimore stars Edward Pier
Son-Arthur SchlesSinger with a 30
point lead. In the concurrent am
ateur pair bout Sue CAN'T -Frieda
Kenyon were runnersup in the
night session.
In the series opener on Friday
Mike MichaelS took first honorsl
with Vic Zeve in the mems con-
test. Mrs. Jenny Bryant-M Mrs. Vos-
burgh finished fourth in the wom-
ems pair match held the same aft
ernoon. Another point for the
Vosburgh-Fi duo for finishing
second in the consolation match
on Saturday night.
Mrs. j. r. McGhee and David
Murray, scoring top percentage I'M
the 82-pair field last Wednesday
at the Washington Bridge League,
gained a substantial advantage in
the leagues cumulative average
series which began that night and
continues through November IA.
They scored 171h match points
out of 264 possible, $50 game,
, playing in MS position, Section c.
Others who held winning scores
In the Intersection master point
Mitchell were Sue CAN'T Mrs.
Rose Robins, Mrs. Margaret Ruck-
er-Rush Buckley (Section AZ, DR..
w. S. Benedict-A. E. Lane, j. Lang,
jr.-Lloyd Schermerhorn (Section
b and Charles Lovenberg- Rich
ard Petritz (Section c..
In runnerup spots were DR.. E.
M. Short-J. G. Stone, 1t. Col.
John Geddes-Paul Neff, Mrs. Dora
Schwartz-A. K. Darby, Mrs. Jean
Ellis-Mrs. Marjorie Thomas, Mrs.
Gregg Custis-Mrs. C. w. thinner,
and Mariette d'Anjou-E EdytheI
Decker.
Lone master point game of the
past week was that under spon-
Sorship of the Washington Bridge
League last Wednesday, so rating
point duplicates gained their share
of attention. At the Chess Club on
August 80 Mrs. j. G. Fletcher
! Mrs. c. w. Zimmer shared Mitch
ell tops with Jerry Kibbey- Michael