Evening star., 1953-05-10
BridgePloyers
Bridge Players
D. c. Delegation Wins
Victories at Cumberland
By Morqoret [. Fisher


Three nearby sectional meets,
at Cumberland. Nd. Philadel-
phia, Pa, and Lynchburg, Va,
last week end attracted nearly
half . hundred Washington
tournament fans. The major
ity chose the Western Maryland
meet at Cumberland. They
were rewarded with o good
share Of title victories and
master point credits.
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg,
Mrs. j. r. McGhee-JameS G.
Stone, gave outstanding per-
formances. The SteinbergS cap
tured the open pair title Sum
day, and were runnerSup in the
mixed pair and master pair
events. McGhee-Stone won the
mixed contest by q comfortable
margin and rated overall show
honorS in the opens after tie
ing the SteinbergS for the open
qualifying session top score.
In the master point division
Of the 60-pair open contest
were the defending champions,
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Leven-
son, who finished fourth, John
c. Kunkel-Robert CaideS, fifth,
and 1t. Col. John Geddes-Paul
Neff, sixth. Mrs. Mariane Bos-
chan-Lewis G. Tubbs scored
section second honorS In the
qualifying round.
Mrs. McGhee and Mr.. Stone
topped the mixed pair con-
testants Saturday evening with
211 matched points out Of 316
possible. Sue E. Can't paired
with M. L. Gruebinger of AL
toona, Pa. for third honors
among So pairs. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. c. Kunkel were fifth, Bent
ley-Levenson tied for sixth.
Runnerup honors in the
women's pair contest went to
Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. c. w.
thinner. Mrs. Kunkel paired
with Mary Anne Tergis of Bal
timore to finish third, local de-.
tenders Sue Gantt-Freida Ken
yon, sixth. In the one-sesSion
master pair contest which
opened the meet, the Stein
bergS, second, and Mrs. zim-
mer-Miner Ellis. fourth, were
point winners.
Among D. c. participants in
the Philadelphia Whist ASso-
citation championships, Alvin
Roth, nationally famed bridge
champion, and Tobias Stone of
New York, John Crawford Of
Narbeth, Pa, and Boris Cour-
chou of Paris, France, were
winners of the team-of-four
match.
At the Central Virginia in
Lynchburg. Kathleen McNutt,
Kiffin Rockwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Snyder won the team-of-
four event when they turned
up with "a wins in 81 matches
in the two-seSsion contest last
Sunday. On Saturday, A. K.
Darby, partnered by Paul
Zweiful of Durham, N. c., mar
rowly missed winning the open
title, losing by 40 of a match
point to a pair of North Caro-
lima stars.
Major interest this week for
more than 600 members of the
Washington Bridge League is
the annual meeting and elec-
ton slated for'7 pm. at the
Willard Hotel. The official 10
cal unit Of the American Con-
tract Bridge League, which
supervises organized duplicate
bridge play in the Metropoli-
tan area, will chose a presi-
dent, vice president, secretary,
treasurer and three members
of the executive committee.
Members of the election board
are Manfred Sobernheim,
chairman, Frieda Kenyon.
Mrs. J. r. McGhee and DR.. E.
M. Short.
The WBL Women's Auxili-
ary to hold its annual netting
and election at the Woodner,
1886 Sixteenth street NV,
May %, at11:30 am. Serv-
ing on the nominating COM
mittee are Mrs. w. j. Tidball,
chairman, Mrs. N. A. Ohm
stead and Mrs. Charles Rich
ter.
Last Wednesday at the
WBL, close to 200 members
competed for master point
awards in a three section Nit
chell contest. 1t. Col. John
Geddes-Paul Neff, E-W in
Section A. rated top-of-the-
field distinction by totalling
1891 match points out Of 264
possible. First Ms were B.