Evening star., 1954-01-10
Bridge Players

SpOCllEHC tOQay III Tic CIOSluB
sessions of the first local 1854
sectional clash. Final events
Of the 17th annual Northern
Virginia tournament in the
Crystal Room of the Willard
Hotel are the two-session
match for the foursome tile
and a one-session pair game.
The tourney Is sponsored by
the Washington Bridge
League. Miss Sue E. CAN'T
and DR.. E. M. Short are CO.
echairmen.
Baltimoreans Irwin Fisher,
Ira Haygooni. William Nc
Dewitt and Kiffin Rockwell Of
Warrenton, Va. are defending
titlists in the team match.
Boards go into play at 1890
pm. final session beginning at
7p.m. Teams compete through
both sessions at board =
match play.
Starting time for the special
pair game is Z pm. This game
Is open to any member Of the
American Contract Bridge
League and will provide sec
tional master point awards to
winners and runnersup. q
City Of Richmond Contests
Next Saturday and Sunday
many from here will match
skills with the Richmond
Bridge Association members
in the annual City-of- Rich
mond open pair and teams
contests. Localities Col. John
Geddes and Paul Nef current
ly hold the pair title. The con-
tests will be held at the John
Marshall Hotel. The pair
event Is slated for 2 and 8
pm. Saturday and the teams
at and 6 pm. Sunday.
Also available next week end
is the Berks-M Montgomery
tournament at the Abraham
Lincoln Hotel. Reading. Pa, a
three-day meet scheduling
mems. women's. mixed pairs
Friday; opens, Saturday;
teams, Sunday.
Charles c. Lovenberg Jour-
neyed to Philadelphia recently
for a crack at the Philadelphia
Whist Association mems pair
title. Partnered with Ira Ru-
bin (New York;, he scored a
section top in the matinee.
narrowly missing the master
point division in the finals.
70 Per Cent Come
M/Sergt. E. L. Esh-Ervin M.
Kenisop won "top-of- field"
distinction at the Washington
Bridge League Wednesday,
leading Ms contestants, Sec
ton c. with a 10 per cent
game. Meanwhile. John Les
sing George Remais, competing
E-W, scored their first master
point victory.
Other winners: Mrs. E. p.
Cotter-John j. Parish, Hardee
Allen-Dr. Louis Lang (Sec-
ton Al and Mrs. Marianne
Boschan-Mrs. j. A. Weber,
Jerry Zawisza-A Andrew Skalski
(Section c.. Runnersup in
the three Mitchell sections
were Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew
Levenson, B. Cohen-Martin
May, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Barnard, Edgar Macarthur
Norris Hekimian. L. F. Shrum-
w. j. Halstead. Dorothy Ames-
DR.. Emily Grewe.
Reservations are still being
accepted for the second annual
Charles Goren Individual
(Williard. January 1929 by
the Goren School, 6 Dupont
circle adams 4-0116). Pro-
ceeds Of the five qualifying
sessions and the two final
rounds January %, will be
donated to the March Of Dimes.
Members of the Washington
Bridge League are invited to
play in the January 20 session.
Douglas Groves Richard
Zachary hold a comfortable
lead at the halfway mark in
the Chess Clubs annual pair
championship. Tuesday they
scored 16812 match points out
Of a possible 264 to top the
26 duos entered. Mrs. Thomas
Hamlin-Mrs. M. r. Reddy,
1853, rank second; Miller Rob-
erts-Dr. E. M. Short. 1917,
third. and j. D. Boyd Gene
Metz, 100. fourth. (Final ses-
sion Tuesday, 7:45 p.m.)
Kathleen McNutt's name is
the latest inscribed on the
Chess Clubs women's plaque.
She scored "A points over o
six-rnonth period In both the
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