Evening star., 1951-09-30
Bridge
By Margaret l. Fisher


Richmond is the goal for Wash
ington fans next Friday when
the 18th annual Old Dominion
championships open at the John
Marshall. The series starts with
a women's pair match at 2 pm.
followed at 8 pm. by a mixed-pair
game. The two-session opens is
scheduled for Saturday afternoon
and evening, team of -four, start
ing at 1890 Sunday.
On the panel of defending cham
pions for this series are Mrs
Florence Millspaugh-Lt. Col. R. B
Carleton. mixed pairs; Wallace
Ashby and Gary Arkoian, team.
of-four. Former District star Le-
Roy Thurtell who now lives ir
Denver. Colo. won last years open
title with Irwin Fisher of Balti-
more.
Knockout team-of -four play
staged a successful comeback last
Wednesday under the auspices of
the Washington Bridge League
Sixteen foursomes of duplicate
and rubber bridge fans combined
skills in the initial round. For
many newer duplicate enthusiasts
it was a brand-new game. rough
Shedding for those with match
point philosophy. Except in the
recent Summer Nationals, total
point Knockout play in the Wash
ington area has been in the dis
card.
The eight surviving quartettes
were comprised of Mrs. e. P. Cot
ter-Richard Freman-Charles Low
enberg- Roberts Reynolds, Kath-
leen McNutt-Henry Rau-Lt. Col
and Mrs. D. D. Brodie, Gary Ar
koian- Wallace Ashby-Ray Fetz-
ner-David Murray, Robert Bierly-
George Dickerman-E. G. Harris,
jr.-John McDermott, Mrs. Amy
Ashmead-W. M. Lingley-Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Barnard, Mrs. Jean
Ellis-Mrs. Marjorie Thomas-Dr.
w. H. Gorton-James Lazard, Mrs.
Marianne Boschan James c.
Stone-Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs, Mr.
and Mrs. Charls Richter-Lt. Col.
and Mrs. H. A. Walker.
These teams will again COM
pete on October "a. Concurrent
with the team match, two Mitchell
sections competed for pair awards.
Winners in Section A were Mrs.
Mary Goodstein-Mrs. Howard
Surkin, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Allen,
with seconds going to Mr. and
Mrs. j. H. Simms, Mrs. Paul
Golden-E. R. Shepard. Section B
winners were Mrs. G. B. Porter
c. E. Thompson and Sam Cohn-
William Lehman, with Temple
Hollcroft-F. T. Leahy, Laura
Hunter George Kathan their run
nersup.
Master points were the bait for
36 duos at the Federal Bridge
League last Monday. Charles Low
Murray were Ms
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levenson finishing second. In
E-W position, Mrs. Kathryn John
son-Isaac York racked up top
score in the field, 2021a match
points out of a possible 312. Run
nerup honors ended in a tie be-
tween Mark Lake-Vernon Dunn
and A. K. Darby-J. MaslanSki.
Federal'S team series resumes
tomorrow night. The new starting
time is 7:45. Last Tuesday the top
three foursomes in the 50-51
series began playoff for the Stew
ard trophy. Mrs. Paul Golden-Dr.
v. j. McHugh-Dr. and Mrs. w. H.
Iorton gained half board mar
gin over Mrs. G. P. Graham
Satterfield-Mr. and Mrs.
5. L. Sommer. Third foursome in
the playoff which concludes Oc-
tober 9, includes Mrs. Louis Stein.
Rush Buckley and the F. E.
Moores.
The Cavendish Club opened its
fall duplicate season last Tuesday.
sponsoring master point match.
Winners were Mrs. Rose Robins
Dl. Leroy Robins. Mrs. Anna
Kaplan-Roberts Reynolds. Sec
ondS to Laura Hunter-D. j. Har-
ris and r. Rosenblum-A. Rouch.
The daily / pm. to am. rubber
bridge schedule for members will
be varied with duplicate games
every Tuesday evening and Thurs
day afternoon.
At the La Sale Studio last
Monday, Clara Mercer-Maj. Ar
thur Foulkes and DR.. N. A. Brig
ham-Dr. j. L. Vanderslice were
the winners, Virginia Kinnard-
w. r. Garrett and E. r. Kenison-
E. A. Ward placing. Last game
on September 81 in the La Sales
Friday series was won by the John
Kunk1ls with Mrs. Dixie r.
Kalavski second. The
F'ridav series was conducted in
the absence of Mrs. D. E. Stephan,
who rsopered her studio at 1856