Evening star., 1954-08-08
Around the Bridge Table
Attendance Record Set
At ACBL Tourney Here
By Margaret [. Fisher

Fahrer and Richard Troxel,
both Of Dayton, Ohio, nosed
out Richard Lesko Of Wash
ington and Paul Schwarz Of
Pittsburgh to claim the Miles
Trophy. Robert Bierly and
e. G. Harris ended in a tie for
sixth-over-all spot. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Barnard were
eighth and Stuart1 Dunlop,
paired with Mrs. Mary Ann
Tergis of Baltimore. ranked
30th.
Winners of the Leventritt
Trophy, second fight Of the
master pair event. were Fred
Berger of Natchez. Miss. and
Sid Lazard of New Orleans.
Mrs. Catherine McGhee and
Mrs. M. l.. Fisher held 18th
spot. Mrs. Marianne Boschan
and DR.. w. S. Benedict shared
a section top score, while DR..
N. A. Brigham and Wilson
Satterfield were runners UP in
their section.
Chevy Chase TitIist
First local player to claim
a title honor was Kent Boyle
Of Chevy Chase. Teamed with
Mrs. Don Currie of Ft. Wayne.
Ind. Tom Burris of Raleigh,
N. c., and Louis Sopkin of
Gary, Ind, his aggregation
split top honors with the Will
mington, Del, foursome of
Edward c. Worden, r. j.
Clarkson, A. j. Sparks and
Ralph C.. Schreyer in the two
session non-masterS' team-of-
four championship last Sun
day. Each team won 33h
matches in the 47-man field.
In the special pair events.
Washington area players gave
the best performance in the
Gregg Custis Memorial pair
game Wednesday afternoon.
Splitting winners awards were
Gale w. Allen Of Arlington.
and John D. Holman Of Falls
Church; and Col. r. H. Skim
ner of Washington and Alton
Bay, N. H.. and John Mothers
head of Harlingen, Tex. for
mer Washington resident. Mrs.
Raymond j. Fetzner and
Temple Hollcroft, and r. j.
Griffen and DR.. C. r. Green
how tied for fourth overall
honors in this field. 1t. Col.
G. A. Sans of Arlington paired
with Mrs. M. N. Sumner Of
Chicago to finish 18th. Capt.
Hart Wright and j. Kenneth
Conover ranked 18th.
The previous attendance rec
ord Of 244 pairs was more than
doubled on the opening night
when 538 pairs competed for
the Mid-Atlantic trophy. The
event was won by George Mil
lett of Wichita. Kans., and q.
B. Stone of Detroit.
Points won in this event
credited locahte Gary Arkoian
with life maStership. highest
ACBL honor He paired with
Si Katz to finish fifth. Others
in the master point division
were George Dickerman and
Miller Roberts. Mrs. Alice Rob-
inson and F. D. Thompson.
F. M. Lake and George
Kathan, and Hans Berliner
and Richard Freeman. Gene
Metz, Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Wins
low, Wallace .Ashby, David
Murray and 1t. Col. G. A.
Sans won section top honors
while Mrs. Marianne Boschan,
Kiffin Rockwell. George Black,
John Basch and Harold Dahl
beck took runnerup awards in
their sections.
Among other Washington
ians taking national master
point credits in ".side" games
were j. D. Boyd, III. M. Molony
James Sourilas, Mrs. j. Fred
Staver, Mrs. w. B. Russell, j
T. McDermott, DR.. and Mrs
A. J. Steinberg, Robert Stuck
er, Erwin NJ. Kenison, Mrs. H
G. Campbell. Mrs. Florence
Millspaugh. Mrs. H. S. Klein,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Moe,
Mrs. Agnes Fischer, George
Wyman. Robert Jordan, Said
Haddad. Saul Reiter, Robert
s. Yaffe and George Black.
The Washington Bridge
League, official local ACBL
unit, was host to the tourna-
ment. John T. McDermott,
president of the Washington
Bridge League. was general
chairman and Frederick w.
George, vice chairman. Mrs.
William A. Poissant, Mrs. Ed
ward A. st. John, Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher. w. M. Lingley,
Col. r. H. Skinner, Paul E.
Golden and Louis M. Rosen-
field were members Of the
Planning Board.
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