Evening star., 1952-05-25
Bridge Players
By Morqoret [. Fisher

BY Morgoi
The 10th annual Cavalier cham
pionships will be the ranking at
traction for many bridge fans
along the Eastern seaboard over
the long Memorial Day week end.
Sponsored by the Virginia State
Bridge Association, the three-day
sectional series opens Friday with
mems, women's and mixed-pair
events, continuing Saturday with
a two-session pair match and Sun
day afternoon and evening with
q team-of -four event.
Alvin Roth, Mr.. and Mrs. John
C. Kunkel are prominent Wash
ington players appearing on the
panel of defending titliSts. All
were on the winning team last
year, Kunkel and Roth having also
captured the mems title. The
tourney will be held at the Cav
alier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va,
A. M. Sobel Of New York directing.
At the Tri-State tournament
held at Gorley's Lake. Pa. last
week end only Washington pair to
share In the honors was Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry S. Machlin. They fin
ished third over all in the strong
80-pair field competing in the
mixed title event.
Locally, chess clubbers began
their annual mixed-pair cham
p;onship match last Tuesday.
When the final round takes place
two days hence. it will be any
body's game to win, for the first
session leaders, Mrs. Kathryn
Johnson-Maj. Roy Kyner are only
a scant two boards over average.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Byrns stand
second. Mrs. Elizabeth Shelby
]. G. Fletcher third, barely q board
over average. ...'.
All scores Of the remaining 26
pairs entered hover around the 1872
average mark. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D.
Boyd are the defenders. All en-
trants are reminded to report
promptly at 7:45 Tuesday for the
finals.
Another local club championship
got under way last Monday with
the first of two playoffs for the
Federal Bridge Leagues team title.
Competing for the Luther Steward
Trophy. victory symbol for the
team title, are the "Eatons" (Grace
Eaton, Mrs. Margaret Rucker,
Hardee Allen, Frank Holtzman) !:
the "Baffiers" (Mrs. G. P. Graham,
Wilson Satterf1eld, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. L. Somner), and the "WeKats"
(Mr. and Mrs. George Kathan, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Weber,.
The "Eatons" earned their
berth in the triangular playoff
by virtue of leading in the IT.
game spring preliminaries. 1853
wins, 100 losses. The "Baf1ers"
were second-beSt competitors, 152
wins. 1873 losses. The "WeKats"
were winners Of the 17-game fall
series. In last Mondays clash
the "Eatons" scored 1917 wins in
"a matches, the "Baffllers" trailing
by 1a a board.
Final session of the playoh is
slated for June 2. A week later,
June 9. Federalites again compete
for a club title, the mixed-pair
crown. which has gone uncon-
tested for two years.
Master points were the bait at
the Washington Bridge Leagues
May 81 duplicate, three large
Mitchell sections competing for
"third" Wednesday awards. In
section A, Mrs. j. r. Belt-Mrs.
Agnes Fischer. a consistently win
ming partnership, scored the MS
top, Mrs. Marianne Boschan-Dr.
w. S. Benedict winning E-W with
a 10 per cent game, highest per-
centage Of the evening. Runners
up were Mrs. Paul Golden Mrs.
E. A. st. John, r. A. Ashton
Fred George.
In section B Mrs. c. w. Zim-
inert Charles Lovenberg won MS,
Samuel Knick scoring his first
master-point victory, paired with
Paul Keezel E-W. Mrs. George
Kathan-M Mrs. j. A. Weber and F.
r. Leahy-Temple Hollcroft were
second. In the c group, Mrs.
Doris Vosburgh-Rob Reynolds
N-S), George Lassise- Henry
Sheitelman E-W) were first,
Mark Lake-Dr. e. M. Short and
Clara Mercer-Maj. Arthur Foulkes
placing.
The preceding Wednesday top
scores were worth double MASTER
point awards at the leagues
monthly winners" contest. Kath-
leen McNutt-Jerry Kibbey. Doug
las Groves-Richard Zachary in