Evening star., 1951-07-15
Bridge Players
By Margaret L. Fisher

The biggest show of the year fol
, thousands of the Nations bridge
! players, the 25th summer edition
of the American Contract Bridge
, Leagues national championships
:. "opens at the Mayfiower Hotel or
] July %. For the first time in Il
years. Washington is to be hos
to tournament-minded devotees o.
the game.
!, Big name players will be here
!, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel. Vor
. zedwitz. Jacoby, the Solomons
Schenken, Crawford and on dowr
: the list OF the $50 life master
experts who have made bridge his.
tory. There viii be many a neo.
Iphyte tasting his first thrill Of big
time competition.
In nine days of play there will
be national title matches for the
Iexperts as well as non-mastel
events restricted to newcomers an6
:; III single-session side games oper
TO all without master-point re-
striction.
Those desiring partners for the
various contests are urged to con.
tact these committee chairmen:
Mrs. J. G. Fletcher, Walter
IOLaughlin: hospitality game. July
I28; Frieda Kenyon, 1t. Col. H. A
Walker, non-master teams, July
I29; Mrs. Myrtle McMahan, DR.. w
H. Gorton, master mixed teams
July 30-Aug. /; Mrs. E. A. st
John. Mrs. T. M. Boyle, women's
pairs, July 30-Aug /; DR.. N. J
McHugh, Miller Roberts, mems
pairs, July 30-Aug. /; Mrs. Mar
|garet L. Fisher, David Murray
master pairs. Aug. 2-5; Mrs. Mari
anne Boschan, AL Roth, master
teams; Aug. 2-7; Mrs. H. r
Young. Charles Richter, Presi.
dents cup, Aug. 3-5.
Charles johnson is in charge oi
the special one-session games
The schedule for these contests in
cludes Mid-Atlantic pairs, July %
$3.50 pm; DR.. Steinberg pairs
July %. 2 pm; John c. Kunke,
pairs, July 80, 2 p.m.; Fedora,
Bridge League pairs, July 80. $3.50
pm; Congressional pairs, July 81
q pm; CavendiSh Club pairs
Country Club pairs, July 81, 8:3(
pm; Mayf1ower pairs, Aug. /, 8::3(
pm: Peoples Drug Store pairs
Aug. 2, 2:30 pm; Women's Aux
Iiliary pairs, Aug. 2, $3.50 pm;
Kitty Boyle pairs. Aug. 3, 2 pm;
Evening Star pairs, Aug. 8, 1886
pm; Regency Club pairs. Aug. 4
u pm; Doris Fuller pairs, Aug. 4
$3.50 pm; Paul E. Golden pairs
Aug. S, 2 p. m; James G. Stone
} pairs, Aug. S, $3.50 pm.
/ Top scores were worth two mas
tier points to leaders in the two
Mitchell winners" flights at the
Washington Bridge League last
Wednesday. DR.. w. S. Benedict
and A. E. Lane had a 1914 pei
cent game in Ms position, Sec
Ition c. Mrs. William Poissant
paired with j. G. Fletcher, scored
Ia second successful WBL victory
in the same section, E-W. In Sec
tion A, scores all lowered near
average. D. J. Harris William
Poissant, MS, and the Louis Sal
lvatorels, E-W (another second
successive WBL top score), were
the winners.
Runnersup, netting single-point
awards, were Mrs. E. A. st. John
; Mrs. T. E. Turner. George Black
George Robertson, AL Roth Vic
zeve, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
IOLoughlin. In Section B, the
non- winners flight, Col. Russell j
Baldwin, former business and
tournament manager of the ACBL
now stationed in Washington
teamed with George Beynon OF
New York, ACBL publicity direc-
tor. to rate Ms runnerup awards,
losing to Mrs. j. D. Boyd Mrs. Ann
IScruggs. E-W winners were Mrs
Roger Allen-Mrs. G. P. Graham
seconds to Lucille Berger Clara
Mercer.
A. E. Lane Charles Lyon topped
Ms contestants at the Agricul-
ture Club monthly matinee last
Saturday. Laura Hunter-D. j
Harris were second. E-W, Sue
Gantt-Frieda Kenyon won out by
Ia fraction over Mrs. T. M. Boyle
Mrs. G. N. Poulieff.
All local bridge clubs expect tc
close during the nationals, hence
many scheduled contests will be
advanced.
At the Chess Club, July master
point game for the Thursday series
will be held July 10. Director j
q. Fletcher also announces that
THE Saturday contest for July %
will advance to July II. August
2 and 4 games will be delayed
until August IA and 81, respec-
lively.
For the fourth consecutive time
David Murray has captured the
Chess Clubs mems plaque. He
scored the most wins with six OF
more different partners during the
January 1-June 80 contest period
James G. Stone was runnerup;
Miller Roberts, third. In con-
lcurrent contest for the women's
plaque, Mrs. E. r. Shepard became
the first repeat winner. Mrs. j
G. Fletcher, who won the award
for the preceding six months, fin.
lished second; Mrs. M. L. Fisher
third.
Quarterly contests for the
Thursday and Saturday series
also ended the last week in June
Another victory for Mrs. Fletcher
finishing first In the Saturday
point award contest. j. D. Boye
Twas runnerup in this series, but
topped contestants for the Satur.
lday Sullivan. DR., N. A. Brigham