Evening star., 1951-11-11
Bridge
By Margaret 1. Fisher

BY Morgo
The 21st annual District of Co.
lumbia championships continue
in the spotlight today and tomor.
row for Washington bridgedom
With the women's, mems anc
mixed pair titles already awarded
the open. team of -four and anna.
iteur Metropolitan titles remain te
be decided.
Mrs. Marianne Boschan anc
Mrs. D. H. Mott will today de-
fend claim to the Woodward Cur
in the open match. Qualifying
round of this event begins at
pm. in the Congressional Room
of the Willard Hotel, finals a,
$50 tonight. A special pair game
will be held tonight for non
qualifiers and additional entrants
Tomorrow DR.. and Mrs. A. j
Steinberg pair with C. j. Bonney
Iof 'Pleasantville, N. Y, and r. A
Miller of York, Pa, to defend the
team-of-four title. Trophy fol
the event is the Eynon Bowl, old.
est OF local bridge trophies.
Players holding less than Sc
master points registered with the
American Contract Bridge League
will pair up in the METROPOLITAN
event for The Evening Star
Trophy. now held by Capt. and
Mrs. j. L. Herlihy of New York
Both contests are two-session af-
fairs, initial rounds beginning at
1890. finals at 7 pm.
More than a score of D. C. fans
went to Philadelphia last week for
the Pennsylvania Delaware West
Virginia Conference regional pre-
m1er. Expert northern life master
duos. dominating the field in every
event, precluded the delegations
winning a title. but localities did
add red points" to their collec-
ton. John Kunkel and Alvin
Roth captured runnerup honors in
the mems game. top score In their
section in the first qualifying ses-
sion of the opens. Teaming with
Mrs. Kunkel and Israel Cohen
they finished fourth among the SO
teams in the foursome match.
Others who Jared well were Mi
chael Michaels-Vic Zeve, finishing
eighth, and Mrs. Jenny Bryant
I. Cohen ninth among the 98-pair
field in the three-session opens
The contest was won with a four
board lead by Philadelphia top
notchers John Crawford-Sydney
Silodor. Mrs. Freda Bentley-Mrs
Margaret L. Fisher and David
Murray-R. A. Miller chalked ur
section seconds in qualifying. Mrs
George Kathan-Mrs. j. A. Weber
and Charles Lovenberg-Lt. Col
r. H. Skinner took seconds in the
cOnSOlatlon.
Washington Bridge Leagues
first Wednesday" master point
match prompted a large turnout
for pre-tourney practice. Winners
were Mrs. P. E. Golden-Mrs. j. G,
Seabourne, Mrs. j. r. McGhee-
Miller Roberts (Section Al, Mrs.
M. R. Reddy-Frieda Kenyon, Mrs
Harry Kaplan-Fred George (Sec-
tion b, and Manfred Sobernheim-
Charles Thompson (top in field
with a 10 per cent game), George
Dickerman-Hen Rau (Section c.
Runnersup were Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Siegel who tied with Mrs.
Kathryn Johnson-Maj. Arthur
Foulkes, Lloyd and Lewis Tubbs;
Mrs. j. A. Dearing-Mrs. T. L.
Good, Thomas Hollcroft-F. T.
Leahy. and Mrs. Lester Gibson
Mrs. Myrtle Mcmahon and the
Louis Salvatorels.
Registrations are now being &C
cepted for WBL'S second knock
out team-of-four series, sched-
uled to start November %. Lewis
Tubbs, Mrs. M. L. Fisher, G.
Dickerman or DIR. w. H. Gorton
should be contacted for reserva-
tions. Next Wednesdays pair
matches conclude the first indi-
vidual average series.
Mrs. Florence Millspaugh-D. S.
Goalwin swept into the lead in
the final session of play on No
vember 2 to take the Arlington
Duplicate Clubs 1851 mixed pair
title. They tied with Mr.. and
Mrs. D. J. Harris for second ses-
sion top honors. Overall runners
up were Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Camp
bell. who led the first session.
Master point winners of the
past week included Mrs. Harry
Kaplan-Rober Reynolds, with
Hardee Allen-Dr. N. A. Brigham
second at the Stephan Studio No
vember 2; Mrs. H. j. Alexander
Mrs. T. L. Good and H. Allen
Donn DoWling at the Agriculture
Club on Saturday, seconds to Mrs.
kaplan-Mrs. Dora Schwartz and
Ray Fetzner-Roger Wrigley.
Mrs. Stanley DISQUALIFICATION
Taylor and Laura Hunter-D. j.
Harris topped the Mitchell field at
the La Sale Studios final match
last Monday, Mrs. Alma Byrne-
Mrs. T. L. Good and Mrs. Mildred