Evening star., 1951-03-04
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher


Next week end the Richmond
Bridge Association again plays
host to tournament fans of the
Mid-AtlanJic States. Occasion is
the Old Dominion spring tourney,
which opens Friday at the Hotel
John Marshall in the Virginia
capital. Heading the local dele
cation are Richard Freeman and
81 Katz, who will defend their
claim to the open-pair title.
A women's pair match opens
the series at 2 pm. on March 8,
followed at night by a mixed pair
contest. First session of the open
game starts at 2 pm. Saturday.
Participants in this event and the
single session pair game will be
feted with a midnight supper fol-
lowing the championship round.
Concluding event is the team of =
four match starting at / pm.
Sunday.
The fifth City of Washington
championships are set for March
1913 at the Shoreham Hotel.
The special one-session, open-pair
game which proved popular with
entrants in the Northern Virginia
tourney in early January, will he
repeated in the forthcoming series.
It is scheduled for Sunday evening,
concurrent with the final session
of the team event and is in addi-
ton to the traditional open con-
ISOLATION held on Saturday.
The Washington Bridge League
sponsors the tournament. all
events being under the direction
of Paul Golden. Master points,
sanctioned by the American Con-
tract Bridge League on a sectional
award basis, go to winners and
those finishing in honor positions
in ali games. James G.. Stone
again serves as tournament man
ager.
Five major title events are
scheduled. starting with mems
and women's pair matches on Fri
day afternoon. mixed pairs the
same night. Dual session open
and team contests are set for
Saturday and Sunday. respectively.
All who desire partners for the
various games are urged to con-
tact the following committee
chairmen: Mrs. Paul Golden,
women's; Charles Johnson and
Miller Roberts. mems; Mrs. r. H.
S skinner Mrs. Agnes Fischer,
mixed; Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
and David Murray, opens: George
L. Kathan, team, and Mrs. j. G.
Fletcher and Frieda Kenyon, spe-
cial games.
Last Wednesday Washington
Bridge Leaguers had their choice
between team and fair play. In
the monthly foursome contest,
David Murray. welcomed back
after more than a months absence
to Pakistan. substituted for
Michael Michaels and helped
Richard Freeman. Gary Arkoian,
Wallace Ashby win 16 out of "A
matches to increase their series
lead and win the session top. DR..
w. S. Benedict. Larry Reynolds.
Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs with half
a board less were second.
In the two-section Mitchell,
winning pairs were DR.. N. A.
Brigham-J. L. Roster. Mrs. j. G..
Fletcher-Sue E. CAN'T, H. H. Ku-
S. c. Wang and H. r. King-Dr.
Leroy Robins. Mrs. Paul Golden
Mrs. Stanley Beasley, Mrs.
Florence Barr Everett Van Eek,
G. A. Tweedy-K. P. Wang and
Temple Hollcroft-F. T. Leahy, jr.,
finished In runnerup spots.
At the halfway mark in the
race for spring season individual
average prizes. Michael Michaels
heads the "a" group (60 or more
master points, with a .6055 per-
centage. Col. r. H. Skinner Is
second with .6026. E. G. Harris, jr.,
.5965. third. In group "B" 05-59
master point), James T. Lyon
leads with an average Of SLOT,
place and show positions being
held by D. j. Harris. .5669. and
j. L. Roster, 5000. Top three in
gnoup &c" ia points or UNDER ,
are M. D. Goldstein, .5613, Mrs.
Agnes Fischer, .5526, and Mrs.
G. B. Porter. .5468.
Big event of the coming week
for the distaff set is the Bennett
Cup match, annual pair cham
pionship of the Washington
Bridge Leagues Women's Aux
iliary. The contest is set for next
Saturday at the Burlington Hotel
following the bi-monthly business
meeting and luncheon. Paul
Golden will direct. Only WA
members may participate. but
TRAVEL.