Evening star., 1953-07-05
Bridge Players

Team-of-four play rates top
billing for Washington, Mary
land, and Pennsylvania bridge
fans today as the final event
Of the annual Chesapeake
championships takes place at
the Hotel Emerson in Balti-
more. Boards go into play at
! pm. with more than so
District fans competing for the
title which is currently in pos
session Of Localities Mrs. E. p.
Cotter, Richard Freeman, Mrs.
Terry Haas and Robert
Reynolds.
Later this week Washington
ians get another chance at
tournament play in the an
nual keystone State classic,
sponsored by the South Gen.
trail Pennsylvania unit Of the
American Contract Bridge
League, at Hershey, Pa. The
three-day series, which will be
held at the Hotel Hershey,
opens Friday at l pm. with
mems and women's pair con-
tests scheduled concurrently
at 2 pm. A mixed pair match
at 8 o'clock Friday evening,
the two-session open pair title
contest for the Hershey trophy
on Saturday at 2 and 8 pm,
and the team-of -four title
event on Sunday at l and z
pm. for the John c. Kunkel
trophy complete the schedule.
Murroy to Defend
David S. Murray, one of
Washington's top-flight play
ers. will defend in three of the
title contests, for in last years
meet, Murray captured the
mixed pair title with Margaret
Kennedy, who is now Mrs.
Murray; won the mems title
with William Woodson of Bur-
lington, N. c., and, with Wood
son. was on the winning team
with D. c. stars Richard Free
man, Charles c. Lovenberg
and Robert Reynolds.
With less than a month to
go. interest wakes keen over
the summer Nationals, ace
tournament Of the year, which
is slated to open at the Hotel
Jefferson in st. Louis, Mo-, on
August /. Through August 9,
bridge fans from all sections
of the continent will compete
for coveted national titles and
"red" master points, so vital
to life mastership, highest dis
tinction of the ACBL, which
sponsors the national cham
pionships.
Six winning duos rated mas
ter point awards at the Wash
ington Bridge last Wednesday
night. They were
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Mrs. C..
w. thinner, Mrs. Marianne
Boschan-James G. Stone (Sec-
ton Al; Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.
Boyd, Gene Metz-Wilson Sat-
terfield (Section b; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. F. Gilmour, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Molony (Section c..
Metz-Satterf1eld topped the
entire field with a high per-
centage of 70. j. K. Conover-
Manfred Sobernheim, compet-
ing in the same direction
merited runner up honors
with a 81 per cent game, sec
ond highest average in the
field. Other runners-up were
Kathleen McNutt-Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher, Mrs. j. A.
Weber-Dr. w. S. Benedict,
Mrs. Margaret Rucker- Rush
Buckley, Claire Cox-R. j.
Fetzner. M. B. Browne-Robert
Osborne.
HoIf-Woy Through
At the halfway mark in
the leagues current point
award series, six games played,
Kathleen McNutt tops Glass A
competitors (players holding
100 or more master points,
with 10 credits, w. M. Lingley
and William Million tying for
second with 9 each. NJ. D.
Goldstein heads Class B Go
80 master points, with II cred
its. David Wilder is second
with 9, and Mrs. Margaret
Rucker and Ruth Buckley are
tied in third spot with 8ha.
In Class G (under 10 master
points,, Robert Tins is in
lead with 9 credits. Tied for
second with 5 credits each are
1t. Paul Heyman, DR.. H. M.
Stolar, Charles Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Fribourg. The
point award series, wherein
WBL members are awarded 4,
2 and l credits for finishing