Evening star., 1953-01-11
Bridge Players

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contract bridge was proved last
week end when capacity crowds
filled the Willard Hotel to COM
pete in the 10th annual North
ern Virginia championships.
Added to the record were num-
erous personal successes Of
many members of the WASH
ington Bridge League. sponsor
ing the tourney.
In the opening sessions, Mr..
and Mrs. Gene Hermann staged
a highly successful comeback
after several years absence from
duplicate competition by an
nexing the mems and women's
pair titles. Mr.. Hermann paired
with 3. J. Harris to win over
So male duos. Mrs. Hermann,
partnered by Mrs. H. G. White,
out-ranked A pairs in the
distaff match.
Defending champions John
c. Kunkel-Alvin Roth dropped
to second in this years mems
contest. Max Bershad-M. D.
Goldstein were third, Richard
Freeman Charles Johnson
fourth, and Phil Garland-J. F.
Gilmour, fifth. In the women'S
game. Baltimoreans Mrs. Julian
Adler-Mrs. Stanley Newman
finished second, but the re-
mainder of honor spots went to
Washingtonians: Mrs. H. j.
Alexander Mrs. T. L. Good,
third; Mrs. Marianne Boschan-
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher.
fourth, and Mrs. Harry Siegel-
Mrs. George Hertz. fifth.
Friday nights mixed pair
contest drew 88 duos. Again
Washington took all the hon.
ors. Mrs. William Mcintyre
Robert Bierly were the win
ners: Stella Kaplan-J. L. Kos
ter runner-up. Mrs. Jean
Ellis-Miller Roberts were
foruth; Mrs. Margaret Myrtle
William Million, fifth; Mr.. and
Mrs. John G. Fletcher, sixth:
Mrs. Agnes Fischer-George
Black, Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levenson and Mary Anne Ter
gis-Charles johnson tied for
seventh.
Raymond j. Fetzner and
Michael Michaels scored an
other victory for Washington
on Saturday by topping the So
pair field competing for the
open title. Charles Johnson
Henry Stearman trailed the
champs by one and a half
match points for runnerup
honors. 1t. M. M. Hall F. #.
Leahy. jr., were fourth; 1t. Col.
John Geddes-Paul Neff, fifth,
and Lewis G. Tubbs-Lloyd L.
Tubbs, ninth.
E. G. Harris, jr., and j. r.
McGhee. jr., who led the quail,
flying session by a 30-point
margin, failed to finish in the
over all master point division.
Other localities who rated sec
ton tops in qualifying were
Mrs. Bentley-Lew Levenson,
j. D. Boyd-Henry Rau, Mrs.
Kathryn Johnson Thomas
Dunno. Section seconds were
credited to Mrs. Anna Kaplan-
Stella Kaplan, Israel Cohen
Robert Jordan. Nat Cooper
Michael Meyers, George Kath-
an-Mark Lake and j. c. Kun
kel-Alvin Roth.
The only title of the series
lost to visiting forces was the
team of -four title. Baltimore
ans Irwin Fisher. Ira Haygooni,
william McDevitt and Kiffin
Rockwell edged out District
stars in the two-Session event
on Sunday by a close margin.
scoring 3112 wins in 48
matches, one more than two
local teams tied for runnerup
honors: j. D. Boyd. DR.. E. M.
Short, Henry Rau, Miller Rob-
erts might session winners).
and Gary Arkoian, Richard
Lesko, Wallace Ashby. 81 Katz.
Fourth among the 25 teams
competing were Israel Cohen,
AL Roth, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Kunkel with 80 wins, while
Mrs. Terry Haas, Robert Reyn-
olds, Michael Michaels, Vic
Zeve tied with Mrs. j. r. Nc
Ghee, jr., Mrs. M. L. Fisher.
James G. Stone, L. g. Tubbs
for fifth with 29la wins. Paul
Kibler, Charles Lovenberg. r.
Freeman. Robert Viner shared
matinee session top honors
with the Baltimore winners.
The special pair games on
Saturday and Sunday nights