Evening star., 1952-09-07

on a different team during the
four-game series.
More than $50 Washington
bridge fans participated in the
fifth annual Mid-Atlantic Re-
gionals in Baltimore last week
end. Aside from Mrs. J. q.
Fletcher and former District star,
Mrs. r. H. Skinner, who took
runnel'up awards in the women's
pair match, Washingtonians
found competition too tough,
netting only occasional honor
able mention in the four major
events.
Best performance in the dele
CATION was credited to Mrs.
Freda Bentley and\ Lew Leven-
son, who tied for sixth place ir
the miXed-pair event. won an
other sixth spot in the open
pairs and finished fourth in the
team match with DR.. and Mrs.
A. j. Steinberg. Mrs. Bentley
also rated fourth position with
Mrs. c. w. thinner in the
women's contest.
Mrs. Louise Eisenman Of
Richmond and Mrs. Kay
Rhodes, New York, were the
first to register victory, leading
46 pairs in the women's field.
and winning by one match point
over Fletcher-Skinner. Concur
rently, Sam Cohn. partnered by
George Lott of New York. made
the best showing for Washing
ton in the 7O-pair field COM
peting for the mems crown.
John Kunkel-Alvin Roth were
seventh.
Philadelphians. Mrs. Pauline
Schmuckler-Nor Kay. top
ped 112 pairs to win the mixed
title on Saturday. Mrs. j. r.
McGhee-James G. Stone tied
with Bentley Levenson for
sixth, while Mrs. Terry Haas
Robert Reynolds were ninth.
Col. and Mrs. r. H. Skinner
18th. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Barnard scored first-session sec
ond, Sue Gantt-W. M. Lingley
third in the matinee round.
158 Poirs Compete
Sundays open-pair match
drew an all-time high for any
contest outside Of the Nationals
-158 pairs. The title fell to
two of Americas greatest stars.
John Crawford and Sidney
Silodor, both of Philadelphia.
They totaled 402 match points
for two sessions. Kunkel-Roth
took fifth spot overall. Bent
ley-Levenson leading D. j.
Harris-Miller Roberts, seventh.
by half a point. The Steinbergs
tied the George Kathans for
11th position. Harris-R Roberts
shared first-session section tops
with Mrs. Rose Robins-Dr. Le-
roy Robins, other high District
qualifiers being Israel Cohen
Richard Freeman and Mrs. M. L.
Fisher-J. G. Stone.
In Sundays consolation pair
event, Mrs. Margaret Mrytle-
William Million were over
whelming winners with a score
of 2251a points out Of a pos
sible 316. 1t. Col. John Geddes-
Paul Neff were sixth overall in
this flight. Hardee Allen-M
Lake eighth. Sue CAN'T won a
section second paired with 1t.
Rossman of Norfolk.
Surprise upset in the tourney
came on Monday when Alex
Danilenko. w. B. Joachim, jr.;
Stan Judd and Alex Tscheka-
loft. all Philadelphians and rela-
tive newcomers to the game, out
witted a field Of 40 topaight
foursomes to take the team title.
They claimed "a wins in So
deals. In addition to Bentley
Levenson-Steinbergs, fourth with
80 wins. only other Washing
tonianS to score in the event
were Gary Arkoian, Wallace
Ashby, David Murray. who
teamed with Mrs. Garvin May,
William Woodson Of North
Carolina to take 10th spot with
80 wins.
Pennsylvania Tournament
Another regional. tournament
with chances to earn red points
for life mastership. again claims
attention Of Eastern States fans
when. the Pennsylvania confer
ence holds its meet at the Hotel
Sterling in Wilkes-Barre Sep
tember 11-14. Red point"
events include mems and worl1-
ems pair contests Thursday and
Friday afternoons; the open
match Friday evening, Satur-
day afternoon and evening. and
the team game on Sunday. The
rnixed-pair contest, one session,
is set for Thursday night.
Tom orrow night Federal
Bridge League reconvenes for
its fall team-of-four series,
board-a-match play. Games will
be held every Monday evening.
excepting the last Monday Of
each month, when master points
ora F1ir,i6aH IN nnaY1-noiY Sn1oIy