Evening star., 1951-09-16

most every week end. and an in
creasing number Of local weekly
duplicates, Washington bridge
fans face a busy autumn season
Journeys are in progress at
Raleigh, N. c., and Uniontown,
Pa, now.
Last week Washingtonians COM
peted in the goth Atlantic City
annual. An impressive showing
was made by Mrs. Jenny Bryant,
Israel Cohen. Robert Jordan and
Michael Michaels when they
teamed to score runner-up honors
among the 80 foursomes in last
Sundays team m-of-four match
Practically the entire field was
comprised of top-ranking life
masters.
The Washington team lost by
a single match to Helen Sobel OF
New York, Charles Goren Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Cohn. all of
Philadelphia. Mrs. Bryant and
Mr.. Michaels also claimed win
ming score in the Saturday night
consolation.
In Lewis G. Tubbs' new weekly
duplicate series, the first game
was held last Monday, Mr.. Tubbs
and E. A. Lane topping the Howell
field, DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg
second. A life master player, Mr..
Tubbs now directs. In addition,
he is serving his third term as
president of the Washington
Bridge League.
Operating under the name of
the Bancroft Bridge Club, contests
will be held each Monday evening
at 8 o'clock at Mr.. Tubbs' home,
634 S. Buchanan street, Arlington.
All contests are sanctioned by the
American Contract Bridge League.
Master point games are scheduled
the first Monday of each month.
AS playing space is limited. tele-
phone reservations are made at
ia. 5-9015, preferably on Sundays.
Two more duplicate series will
be revived during the coming
week. Next Tuesday at 8 pm,
Mrs. Elizabeth Count, just re-
turned from Europe, reopens her
studio at Apt. 106, 1914 Seven
teenth street NV. The Septem-
ber 18 match will carry master
point awards.
A week later. on September 25,
the Cavendish Club at 1921 K
street NV. begins it's fall dupli-
cate series. Matches will be every
Tuesday evening under the direc-
ton of Jerry Machlin, master
points offered on the last Tuesday
of each month. September 27
starts the first of a series of
Thursday matinee duplicates di-
rected by Mrs. Agnes Fischer. The
Cavendish membership has named
James Sourelis manager, succeed
ing Alvin Roth. Fred Karpin con-
tinues as president: DR.. Leroy
Robins, vice president; Mrs. Agnes
Fischer, secretary. and Michael
Michaels, treasurer.
Double master point awards were
the prize at the Washington
Bridge League last Wednesday
night for top scorers in the two
winners sections. In Sec
ton A, DR.. w. S. Benedict-H. r,
King took Ms first honors, Mrs.
Florence Millspaugh-D. S. Goal
win topping the E-W field with
the evenings highest percentage,
polling 1872 match points out of
264 possible. Section B winners
were Mrs. j. r. Belt Mrs. Agnes
Fisher, 1t. Col. John Geddes-Paul
Neff.
Runner-up scores, netting a sim
gle master point award, went to
Mrs. Stanley Beasley Wallace
Ashby, Henry Rau. jr.-R. Schacht,
r. A. Ashton-W. M. Lingley and
Laura Hunter-Mrs. Ann Scruggs,
who tied with DR.. w. H. Gorton-
DR.. N. j. McHugh.
On September 26, WBL begins a
new knockout team-of -four series.
Total point scoring will be en-
ployed, and the principles of bid
ding and play are identical with
rubber bridge tactics, including
counting of honors. Sixteen teams
will be required for the initial play
period, the field being reduced to
eight, competing again in the Sec
ond session on October "a. AS the
field must be limited to Is four
somes, reservations should be
made with members of the Team
Committee: Lewis TubbS, George
Dickerman. Mrs. Margaret Fisher
or DR.. w. H. Gorton.