Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10

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h More than q hundred Washing
ton bridge fans helped swell at
tendance at the 18th annual Mary
land State championships in Bal
timore last week end. Through
out the I'VE main events, title
honors eluded local players. They
did rate runnerup awards in two
major matches, team of-four and
the mixed pair events.
Washingtonians gave their best
performance In the team game
last Sunday, rating i've out Of six
master point pay-off positions in
the 27-foursome field. Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher, James g. Stone.
Charles Lovenberg and 1t. Col.
R. H. Skinner captured runnerup|
honors in this event. bowling to-
the life master combination of
John Crawford and Sidney Silodor
of Philadelphia, Clagett Bowie,
Gen. Robert Gill and Arthur
Schlessinger Of Baltimore, who
Melted 81 wins in 81 matches dur
ing the two sessions Of play.
Defending champions Israel
Cohen, Alvin Roth, Mr.. and Mrs.
John C. ,Kunkel. scoring 81 wins,
finished half board behind the
runnersup. Kathleen McNutt,
teamed with Kitten Rockwell Of
Luray, Va, Mrs. JEFF Glazer and
Mrs. Adelaide Neuwirth OF Long
Beach. N. j., rated fourth place
with 301a boards. Gary Arkoian
Wallace Ashby. j.. D. Boyd and
David Murray combined for a.
nth place tie with q Baltimore
foursome Of which localite Harry
Siegel was a member.
In the open pair field on Sat-
urday. comprising 104 duos, many
expert Washington pairs failed to]
gain entry to the. championship
finals. Gale Allen and John D.
Holman relative newcomers to the
local duplicate arena, turned up
with the best overall showing.
They finished fourth for the COM
bined sessions. Charles Johnson
and John McDermott rated eighth
spot, Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs ninth.
MIR. and Mrs. j. r. McGhee and
Mrs. Thomas L.. Good Frank
Hoffman were the only District of
Columbia pairs to win points I'M
the consolation, scoring section|
tops. asa =
On Friday night Mr. and Mrs.
George Kathan brought home run
nerup trophies won in the mixed
pair event. They lost the title for
which IS pairs competed by 21a|
points to Baltimoreans Rochelle
Louis-Irwin Fisher. Other Wash
|ingtonians to place in this event.
were John McDermott, fifth, with
Mrs. Louise Eiseman of Richmond;
Kathleen McNutt. sixth. partnered
by Bob Smith Of Chicago MI. |
and Mrs. John c.. Kunkel, seventh;
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Leverlso1,
eighth. Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Klein
rated q section top, Mrs. Mari
anne, Boschan-John Parish and
MRS. Dora Schwartz-Eric Boehm. ,
rankSa~r eannraAc
In the opening sessions Friday
afternoon, Mrs. j. G.. Fletcher
Mrs. Roy Hackett were fourth over
all in the 48-pair womens game,
Mrs. J.,A. bearing Frieda Kenyon,
fifth, section top going to Laura
Hunter-Mrs Rose Robins. Best
showing for Washington in the
concurrent mems match was made
by George Black.Hardee Allen,
third among 80 pairs entered.
First contest in the new Wash
ington Bridge Leagues l1zgame
series for individual average
awards induced a large turnout
last Wednesday. DR.. E. M. Short
j. L. Roster in Section A scored a
81 per cent game, highest in the
field, in E-W position to gain a IA
vorable advantage in the new Sc
.ries. Ms winners were Gary Ar
koian-Wallace AShby, seconds
going to D. j. Harris Miller Rob-
erts and Mrs. ]. R. McGhee-
George Black.
In Section B.. Ms top awards
ended in q draw between Mrs.
Marianne Boschan-J. r. McGhee
and William Jacoby-Mr. Leslie.
Manfred Sobernheim : C. E.
were E.-W. winners
over Charles Johnson-Vic Zeve.
Section C, leaders were Mrs. Irl
Baldwin-Lewis g. Tubbs and
Richard Freeman-Henry Stear-
man: half points to the Louis Sal
yatorels and 1t. Col. John Geddes-
Paul Neh.
WELLS second individual aver
age series ended January 80 with
William Poissant averaging .58O6l
for top prize in Group A (playersl
holding rs or more master points, j
James G. Stone Melted runnerrpl
award with ID .5770 average, Alvin
Roth third, 1868. In the B group
(26-75 master points) DR.. E. MI