Evening star., 1953-01-18
Bridge Players

For the third successive
time, United States players
have captured the worlds
contract bridge championship.
Last week they overwhelmed a
Swedish team by an 8.260-
point margin. During the eight
sessions of play. 256 deals at
total points were played.
The match was held at the
Sherry Netherlands Hotel in
New York City before a packed
gallery of spectators who in
terestedly compared the differ
ence in bidding styles between
European champions and the
Americans.
The American team was
composed of Howard Schen-
ken, George Rapee, Samuel
Stayman, B. j. Becker, Theo-
dore A. Lightner, all of New
York, and John Crawford of
Narberth, Pa.
Sweden's top stars, DR.. Einar
Werner, Rudolf Kock, Jan
Wohlin, Nils-Olof Hitchcock,
G. Anulf, and r. Larsen, chal-
lenged the American cham
pions after defeating teams
representing 13 nations in
Dublin for the European title.
During a brief visit to Wash
ington last Wednesday. Lar
sen, Lilliehook and Wohlin
were honored at the Swedish
Embassy by Ambassador and
Nine. Erik Bohemian, and later
were welcomed at the Wash
ington Bridge League.
Beginning next Friday eve
ming and continuing through
Sunday night, washington
area bridge fans, expert and
novice alike, will compete for
individual honors in the
Charles Goren Individual. The
Philadelphia bridge master will
compete in the five-session
tourney named in his honor.
The match will be held at the
Willard Hotel Friday at $3.50
p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8
pm, Sunday at l and z pm.
The first three sessions will be
qualifying rounds.
Master points will be
awarded on a sectional basis
under sanction of the Amer
lean Contract Bridge League,
and all proceeds of the match
will be donated to the Amer
ican Heart Fund, ACBL char
ity. Entries may be obtained
at the Goren School of Bridge,
6 Dupont circle NV, or by
calling Adams 4-0116 before
midnight January 81, deadline
for registering.
More than a score Of WASH
ington fans journeyed to Rich
mond last week end to vie for
the annual open and team
titles of the Richmond Bridge
Association. On Saturday 1t.
Col. John Geddes and Paul
Neff scored a close victory in
winning the open pair event.
leading runnersup David Muir
ray, also Of Washington, and
w. B. Woodson of Burlington,
N. c., by half a match point.
Another District pair, Mrs.
Jenny Bryant and Charles
Lovenberg, were close con-
tenders, finishing third over all
with one point less than the
winners. Top score in the Sat-
urday night consolation game
fell to Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
and James G. Stone.
On Sunday, Bryant-Loven-
berg. teaming with Israel
Cohen and Paul Kibler, again
narrowly missed winning the
foursome match, losing by one
half a board in the 55-deal
play to the Norfolk quartette
Of Mrs. w. r. Cofer, Mrs. Ward
Howard, Mrs. A. j. Wilson and
DR.. Arthur SalaSky.
Top scores were worth dou-
BILE master point awards for
four pairs in the monthly
winners" contests sponsored
by the Washington Bridge
League last Wednesday. Rat
ing the special bonus in Sec
ton A were j. r. McGhee, jr.,
and William Million (N-S),
Mrs. Jenny Bryant Charles
Lovenberg CE-W), while in the
companion Section B Mitchell,
Mrs. H. s. Klein Mrs. Florence
Millspaugh N-S) and N.
Cooper-H. M. Siegel CE-W)
were top scorers.
Runnersup in the winners
flights were 1t. Col. John
Geddes-Paul Neff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian Gilmour, D. A.
Williamson-Kiffin Rockwell,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Snyder.
An equally large field, A
pairs. competed in the two
"non-winner" Mitchell Sec
tions. High scores in Section
c fell to DR.. Charles Green
howl. Selover (N-S) and P.
Heyman-L. Ansbalaer CE-W).
Their runnersup were DR.. w.
n. Gorton-D. j. Peters tied
with Said Haddad-C. M. VIII
liams and DR.. and Mrs. r. w.
Bates.
In Section D. Sue e. CAN'T
Mrs. Ann Scruggs were Ms