Evening star., 1953-08-16
Bridge Players
Bridge Players
Washington Players Win
Eiqht National Awards
BY Margaret l. Fisher

With the formal presenta-
ton Of awards late last Sum
day to eight of their fellow
players, some 80 members Of
the Washington Bridge
League, in st. Louis. Mo-, for
the summer national cham
pionships Of the Ameri-
can Contract Brige League,
had good reason for their gen.
erous applause.
Heading the D. c. honorees
was Alvin Roth, Washington'S
top bridge ace. He and team
mates, Mrs. Anne Burnstein
and Harold Harkavy Of Miami,
Fla. and Mrs. Henry Kemp Of
New York City, were presented
with the Lebhar Trophy for
winning the masters mixed
team-of- -four championship.
They led a field of 83 teams
through three gruelling ses-
sions to gross the amazing
total Of SO wins in 80 matches.
scoring 221a wins in the final
sessions 28-board series.
Roth was further individu-
ally honored by the presenta-
ton of the Lou Herman Tro-
ply in recognition of his win
ming the most master points
at the Winter Nationals last
December in Miami Beach,
Fla.
LocoI Foursome Wins
Fine teamwork again paid
off when the all-WaShington
life-master foursome of Israel
Cohen, Richard Freeman. Fred
L. Karpin and Michael
Michaels shared in the mas
ter's open board-a-match team
victory with the New York
foursome of Ruth Sherman,
Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn,
Edgar Kaplan and DR.. William
Upton. They were presented
with the E. N. Marcus Memo
rial Trophy for topping the
57-team field.
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
and Kiffin Rockwell received
the R. L. Miles, jr.. Trophy
for earning top score in the
128-pair field competing in
the second fight of the mas
ters' pair event. This match
also ended in tie, co-winners
being DR.. Robert Lloyd of
Pittsburgh and E. H. Martin
of Scranton, Pa. National
("red'D master points won by
Rockwell in this event boosted
his total past the magic 300
mark to accord him AVBL'S
highest honor, life mastership.
Mike MichaelS was again
honored with the presentation
of another of the huge and
highly coveted sterling tro-
phies. He and Vic Zeve,
Washington life master who
currently holds the United
States open pair title, were
winners of the pair contest
sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic
Conference. This event, which
opened the nine-day national
bridge classic on August /,
attracted a record first-night
throng of 278 pairs.
CommendobIe Showing
In this most rigorous and
expert of all bridge Journeys,
practically every member of
the Washington delegation
gave a commendable perform
ance. venting a worthy chal-
lenge to the remainder of the
Nations experts in anticipa-
ton of the 1854 Summer Ma
tionalS, to which Washington
plays host.
Mrs. Terry Haas claimed two
session tops in the 70 per cent
range. paired with Mrs. Jenny
Bryant in the women's title
match, and with Robert Reyn-
oldS, former D. c. star now of
Coral Gables, Fla, in the mas
ter pairs. Haas-ReynoldS led
the entire field of 228 duos in
the first of five sessions. Mi
chaels-Zeve also won a session
top in this event.
Kiffin Rockwell Charles VOL
pert (Baltimore) and Mrs.
Margaret L. FiSher-James G.
Stone, topping their respective
sections in the first session,
held first and second positions
in the 132-pair field of the
Leventritt event, two-sesSion
second flight of the master
pairs title match. Fisher Stone
finished fifth over all in the
combined session play; Rock
well-Wolpert. sixth; Mrs. Jen-
ny Bryant-Charles C. Loven-
berg eighth. Red points won
in this event raised Mrs. Fisher
to the rank of life master.
Master Poirs Contest
In the master pairs contest
Cohen-Freeman made the best
overall showing for Wash
ington, finishing 18th. Roth
Burnstein ended in 10Th place,
after topping their section in
an earlier round. The title,
together with the famed Won
zedtwitz $4,000 gold cup. fell
to two young Chicago celebri-
ties, Milton @. Ellenby and
William Rosen.
Ellenby and Rosen continued
in championship stride, team
ing with Clifford Bishop de-
troiD, Donald Oakie (San
Francisco) and Douglas Steen
clos Angeles) to win the mas
ter team title. This team,
victorious after four knock
out and seven round-robin
sessions pitted against the
toughest competition, will
represent the United States in
the world championship match
next January. AL Roth's team
(Mrs. Kemp, Harkavy, Tobias