Evening star., 1951-12-23
Bridge
By Margaret |. Fisher

Last Sunday Washington bridge
fans gave substantial boost to
the Damon Runyon Memorial
Fund for Cancer Research. Local
contests held by the Washington
Bridge League were part of Ma
tion-wide drive sponsored by the
American Contract Bridge League
to assist the fund.
Local life masters took first and
second honorS in the main event |
of the full-day program. WBL
President Lewis G. Tubbs and |
John C. Kunkel. second in the aft
ernoon qualifying round, went
into winning stride in the cham
pionship" session to gross 287.4
match points for the day in the
two-SeSSion open pair contest.
Overall runnerup awards went to
Mrs. Marianne Boschan- William
Poissant for their total Of 272.3.
Relative newcomers to dupli-
cate bridge, DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Rude scored 1881 for show hon.
ors. Gale Allen-John Holman.
who broke into the bridge lime
light only a month ago when they
won the District of Columbia am
ateur pair title, finished fourth,
25l.2. surprising two veteran duos,
Mrs. J. r. McGhee-Charles c.
johnson and Mrs. Freda Bentley
Lew Levenson. The latter pairs,
scoring 250.2 and 243.4, ended in
fifth and sixth spots, last of the
master point awarded positions.
In addition to Kunkel-TubbS
and Boschan-Poissant, others who
ra.ed qualifying session tops were
Mrs. j. A. Weber-Vic D. Zeve,
tallying 655 per cent game, and
Mrs j. G.. Fletcher-M Mrs. Roy
Hackett. In the consolation-spe-
cial pair game Sunday night, Mrs.
Margaret L. Fisher David Murray
scored high in the field, winning
in Ms position. Their runnersup
were Ed Meslansky-Manfred So
bernheim. E-W top score ended
in a tie between Mrs. w. B. Rus
sell-LewiS w. Bealer and Mr.. and
Mrs. M. j. Costello. v
Members Of the WBL's Women's :
Auxiliary spread Christmas cheer =
to the needy shutins at Blue :
Plains. Last Wednesday a delega-
tion headed by Mrs. Paul Golden. 6
auxiliary president, distributed ',
over $500 worth of food and cloth =
ing to the oldsters at the District =
of Columbia Home for the Aged =
and Infirm. q
At the leagues master point e
match following the party, top :
scores were credited to Mrs. Freda y
Bentley-Lew Levenson, DR.. and ),
Mrs. Gilbert Rude in section A,
and to Robert Reynolds Alvin
Roth. A. K. Darby John Bather =
in section B. Half points to Sec l, =,
ond-best scorers, j. Fred Staver, VI
SRI. Fred Staver. jr.; Vernon {
Dunn-Mark Lake, James G. Stone y
Mortimer Goldstein and Mrs. M. Ii
L. Fisher-Dr. E. M. Short. =
Scarcely will Christmas festiv- 1
tties be over before local bridge
fans will be pairing up for the
Northern Virginia title series. Now
sponsored by the Washington /
Bridge League, this 18th annual
meet will be held at the Willard L
Hotel, January 4-6. The series
opens Friday afternoon with mems
and womens pair games, followed
at night by mixed pair match. Q
A double session open-pair game u
on Saturday and team-of- -four N
event on Sunday will be augmented m
by one-session special pair games p'
In the evenings. 81
In addition to James G.. Stone, oi
tournament chairman, the follow A.
ing contest heads may be con- R
tacted if partners are needed: bt
Manfred Sobernheim. mems pairs; M
Mrs. Rose Robins, women's pairs; III
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher and David &C
Murray, mixed pairs; Miller Rob-
ertS, open pairs; Vic Zeve, teams: va
Mrs. Ruth Stevenson and 1t. Col. lee
II. A. Walker, special pair games. N
Bridge beginners as well as IN IT
termediates and advanced stu OF
dents once again are offered aniD
opportunity to learn more about tt
the game, for the District of Co.
lumbia Department of Recreation b,
early next year will sponsor two tt
10-week courses Of instruction
under the able guidance of Mrs.
J. R. McGhee, certified Goren p
teacher. II
Glasses for intermediate and p
advanced students will be held tt
every Tuesday at 8 pm, starting b.
January 8, at the Roosevelt High d.
School, Thirteenth and Upshur
streets NV. Beginners will meet tt
at the Chevy Chase Recreation p
Center, 5601 Connecticut avenue c.
NV, at o'clock on January 10, Il
continuing each Thursday there
after. For additional informa-
ton, call Alexandria 4172. =
At the Stephan Studios We'd iC
nc~day matinee, where master H
points were in competition, the
duplicate match ended in tie be-
tween Mrs N. A. Olmstead-M Mrs. q
Dora Schwartz and the John c. a
Kunkels. The preceding night at =
Andrews Air, Force Base Officers o
Bridge Club, Mrs. D. D. Brodie-
Mrs. H. A. Walker topped the u
Howell Field, Maj. and Mrs. 1rl l
Baldwin finishing second. q
Federal Bridge Leagues finale
for 1851 (no games will be held ,,
tomorrow or December 81 was =
master-point. match held last \
Monday night. Winners were =
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Levensop =
(N-S) and Anna ChareSt- Mrs. h.
Mary Wurzer (E-W). In runner ..
I'D spots were Grace Eaton Mrs. Al