Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher

The 25th annual Summer Ma
tionals. three weeks of, loom
bright on the local bridge horizon.
For the first time since 1897,
Washingtonians can compete on
home soil for "red" points, essen
tial to life mastership.
The tourney opens at $3.50 pm.
July % at the Mayflower Hotel,
with the hospitality pair game,
sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic
Bridge Association. On July 29
the first national event, non
master teams, open to players
with less than SO master points,
will be featured. National mixed
team-of-four title play begins at
2 pm. on July 80, continuing
Tuesday and Wednesday after
moons. Night sessions for the
first three days of the week will
be devoted to deciding the mems
and women's pair championships
At 2 pm. on Thursday, August
2, competition for the national
open title begins. Participation
is restricted to players holding SO
or more master points. The ACBI
has furnished all such players
with reservation cards, which
should be filled in promptly and
returned to 80 West Sixtieth
street, New York %, N. Y. July
81 is the deadline for entries
Play for the open title continues
on Friday. Saturday and Sunday
afternoons.
Masters Knockout team play
is scheduled to start at $50 on
August 2. continuing each night
through August Z. Each team
must have three members with Sc
or more master points, the other
member or members being re-
quired to have at least 20. In ad-
dition to the major champion
ships. II one-session side games
without restriction as to master
holding are offered. e..
All local contest chairmen are
urged to submit preliminary re.
ports as to the anticipated mum.
Der Of entries in the event undel
their jurisdiction. These report!
should be sent to A. M. Sobel
tournament manager. ACBL, New
York, during the coming week.
For those who want tourna,
ment practice before the nation
ais, two nearby sectional meet
are scheduled. The Wilmington
Bridge Association offers thre'
days Of bridge in the fourth
Wrightsville Beach tourney mex
Thursday at Lumina ballroom
Wrightville Beach. N. c. Mems
women's and mixed contests ar
offered the first day. A two-da.
session team match will be hell
on Friday, the series concluding
Saturday with the open-pai
game.
The third annual Keyston
State tournament opens at Her
shey Park Golf Club. Hershey, Pa
This Is another three-day sec
Itional tourney, offering mems
women's and mixed events on Jul,
20. opens on the 21st, and team
of-four on the 22d.
Close to a hundred Washing
tonians were at Baltimore las
week end for the Maryland Bridg
Associations annual Chesapeak
championships. While they 60
Ioff to q poor start In the Frida
matinee sessions. rating no award
lin the women's match and sho,
'thonors only in the mems CDR. A
~. Steinberg-Sim Gerber wer
third. they made a strong come
hack IN the mixed-pair event.
DR.. and Mrs. steinberg cap
ltured the mixed title with a 2
IIper cent game. Runnerup award
fell to Mrs. Gregg Gusts in a first
time partnership with Giffe
Rockwell of Baltimore. Othe
, Localities finishing in honor spot
were Mrs. D. H. Mott-Edgar Per
kins, third; Kathleen McNutt
Walter OLoughlin. fifth; Mr.
Jennie Bryant-Israel Cohen, sixth
) In the seventh place was Davi
Murray, partnered by Mrs. H. !
Whitaker, of Baltimore. GOWN
; ner of the women's title.
In the vpen pair match o
Saturday, best showing anon
the local delegation was made b
w M. Lingley-J. Fred Stavel
They finished second, trailin
Mrs. Calder Kirk-H. Halleck, bot
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