Evening star., 1951-01-07

CI-IOur play get tnelr inning II
todays closing sessions of the
first sectional clash of 1851
Final events of the 14th annual
Northern Virginia tournament
which has been in progress at the
Shoreham Hotel since Friday, are
the two-session match for the
foursome title and novel one
session open pair game. The
tourney is sponsored by the Wash
ington Bridge League, James G.
Stone, chairman.
Defending titlists in the team
game are Fred L. Karpin, Ralph
Spritzer, LIE Roy Thurtell, all of
Washington; R. L. Miles, jr., of
Norfolk, Va, and A. NJ Sobel
of New York. Boards go into
play at l pm. final session be-
ginning at 6. All teams compete
through both sessions at board
a-match play.
Starting time for the Shoreham
pairs event is 7 pm. This game
is open to any member of the
American Contract Bridge League,
and will provide sectional master
point awards to winners and run
nersup. AS all local duplicate
and rubber bridge clubs remain
closed while an ACBL tournament
is in progress, tonight's pair game
will prove a boon to those players
who are not engaged in the team
match.
First master point contest of
the new year, held last Wednes-
day by the Washington Bridge
League. upped the national stand
ing of the IL winners and gave
more than score of players who
earned high percentage games an
suspicious start in the new race
for cumulative average awards of
the spring series.
Winners in the three section
Mitchell were Col. r. H. Skinner
Lewis G. Tubbs and William Pois-
sant-James G. Stone (Section Al;
Mrs. Howard G. Campbell
Michael Michaels. 81 Katz Gre
cent winner of the WBL high
average award among Glass A
players) and Arthur Westrich in
Section B; and Mrs. R. H. Skin
ner-Gary Arkoian. j. Cohen
M. D. Goldstein in Section c. The
latter duo in a practice game for
the Northern Virginia opens.
topped the entire field of so pairs
with 81 per cent game.
Runnerup scores netted half
points for Mrs. Doris Vosburgh-
Harold Mayer, Hardee Allen-H.
Sills, George Dickerman- Miller
Roberts, Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh- Wallace Ashby, Mrs. Gregg
Custis-C. c. johnson and Tom
Lebovitz Robert Viner.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Washington Bridge League plans
to devote Its first business meet
ing Of the year to discussing plans
for the summer nationals. Mrs.
Paul Golden, president, urges all
members to report for the meet
ing at 11:45 next Saturday at the
Hotel Burlington. Hostesses at
the luncheon and duplicate mat
inee are Mrs. Roy Hackett, Mrs. |
William Poissant and Mrs. Rose
Robins.
The auxiliary divided its De-
eenber quota Of master points in
open pair play last Saturday aft
ernoon, when the winners were
Col. r. H. 4nner- William Pois-
SAINT and Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levenson. Second best scores
went to Frieda Kenyon-Harold |
Mayer and Mrs. Stanley Beasley-
Hardee Allen. who, with a scant |
half-point less than winners Skin
ner-Poissant, tied with Mrs.
Florence Millspaugh-Mrs. Dora
Schwartz.
On December % the Chess
Clubs final master point match |
for 1850 netted awards for Mrs. |
j. G. Fletcher Mrs. R. H. Skinner
and John c. Kunkel-Lewis G. |
Tubbs, with seconds to Mrs. C.. |
w. thinner Lit. Col. R. B. Carleton
and Mrs. Myrtle McMahon- Wal
lace Ashby.
Mrs. Fletcher's win substan-
TALLY increased her lead in COM
petition for the women's plaque
award, giving her final 11-point