Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-15
Bridge Players


the Virginia spring classic, but
the bulk of D. c. bridge en-
thusiasts await next Friday
afternoon and the opening Of
the seventh City Of Washing
ton championship series. The
tourney will be held at the
Willard Hotel.
Throughout five major title
bouts an all-local cast of de-
tenders will be pitted against
visiting luminaries from neigh
boring States as well as sew
eral hundred home stars and
budding bridge talent. Entry
to this, as in all other sec
tional Journeys, is open to any
member of the American Con-
tract Bridge League.
First to defend will be Mrs.
Freda Bentley Mrs. Henry
Wolfe and John c. Kunkel-
Alvin Roth. holders of the
women's and mems pair titles.
These contests are concurrent
ly scheduled for 2 pm. Fri
day. That night Mrs. j. r.
McGhee-Robert Bierly defend
in the mixed pair match,
starting at 8 o'clock.
On Saturday Mrs. Bentley
again defends, this time with
Lew Levenson in the open
pair contest. Both have re-
Gently attained life master
status. The two-Session con-
test, consisting of a qualifying
round in the afternoon and
championship round at night,
gets under way at 2 pm. Spe-
cial one-session pair games will
be held Saturday and Sunday
evenings. Feature attraction
next Sunday will be the two
session team play.
Director of the tourney will
be Mrs. Frank Weisbach Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, a top score
keeper for ACBL. She will be
assisted by local directors Paul
Golden and j. S. Machlin. The
series is sponsored by the
Washington Bridge League,
official local unit of the ACBL.
Tournament CHI irman
Charles Johnson and Mrs.
Margaret L. Fisher have ap-
pointed the following commit
tee chairmen to assist in ar
ranging partnerships: Women'S
pairs. Mrs. Dora Schwartz,
Randolph 6-7170; mems pairs,
Manfred Soberheim, Wood
ley 6-9891; mixed pairs, Frieda
Kenyon. Columbia 5-5786, and
D. j. Harris, Jackson $4,000;
open pairs, Mrs. E. P. Cotter,
Adams 4-7864, and David Muir
ray, Overlook 3-1109; team
of-four. Mrs. j. r. McGhee,
King 9-4172 and Charles Low
enberg, Tuckerman 2-5353:
special games, Rosemary Rior-
dan, Columbia 5-4306, and
Said Haddad, Ludlow 1882.
February duplicate winners
claShed last Wednesday eve
ming for double master point
awards offered once each
month by the Washington
Bridge League. Close victories
/, were scored MS and E-W in
both sections of the winners
fight. In Section A, Mrs.
Freda Bentley Lew Levenson
topped the stationary pairs.
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
James G. Stone. the moving
pairs. Section B high scorers
were Mr.. and Mrs. Julian F.
Gilmour (N-S), Mrs. T. M.
Boyle-Mrs. M. r. Reddy and
Kitty Osgood-Nat Cooper, who
lieu III G-W pOS1GIOI.
Runnerup awards 60 to
Frieda Kenyon-Kathleen Nc
Mutt, j. T. McDermott-Wil-
liam Million, DR.. Leroy
Robins-Simon Gerber. In the
non-winner Mitchell sections,
DR.. and Mrs "A. j. Steinberg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Fribourg,
D. S. Goalwin-Dr. c. r. Green
how. H. c. Claiborne-C. M.
Williams were top; Mrs. Robert
DuBois-Mrs. P. E. Golden,
Mrs. j. A. bearing Mrs. Ida
Terrant, w. E. Linden-F. F.
Selover, Mrs. Harry Kaplan-
Mrs. Edna Evans, second.
Other master point winners
and runnersup last week were:
H E1h1c Senis6n. H SSs M MsTsn
Thomas Dunne-J. ]. Connors.
J. 6. Fletcher-Mrs FLORENCE Mills
ginia Dye. 2WMr. and Mrs. r. W.
Byrns; Irwin Aisenberg-Thomas Dunno
tied with Mrs. Bess Noland-Manfred
Ms sTEFHSE gTgD59; March Ne g: H.
and MIS-. Ben Rosson. 2-Dr,, and
Mrs; Gilbert Rude. Harold Dahlbeck-
At the annual meeting last
week Of the Capital City Chess
Club, Oldest Of local duplicate
organizations, M. E. Sheedy
was elected president; Robert
w. Byrns. vice president: Mi
ner Ellis, secretary-treasurer;
A. c. Raynor, Statistician, and
j. G. Fletcher, director. Serv-
ing on the board of directors
are j. D. Boyd, E. r. Shop
ard and c. w. Stark.
On Tuesday evening, the
State Department Bridge Club
begins new six-session per-
centage series. A silver cup
will be awarded to the player
maintaining the highest aver
age in the games to be played
on March II, 81, April IA, %.
and May IL, 26. The series
will be open to State Depart
ment personnel and guests. In
order to win the cup. players
must compete in two out of
four contests in March and