Evening star., 1954-03-07
Bridge Players
By Margaret [. Fisher

tournament ana rubDer bridge
players, turn their talents to-
day to aiding the March of
Dimes campaign against polio.
The third annual charity fete.
sponsored by the Washington
Bridge League and the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League.
will be held at the Willard
Hotel starting at pm. Sec
ond session begins at Z pm.
all participants competing
through both sessions.
In addition to a years Gus
tody of the Dubois Trophy,
winners will receive a gener-
Gus master point bonus, pro-
portionate awards going to
those finishing in honor po-
sitions. The event has been
accorded ACBL sectional
rating. Highest combined
session match point score de-
cides the winning pair.
Tickets at SITS per player
for each session may be OBJ
tanned at the registration desk.
All ACBL members and friends
may participate.
Washington players made a
clean sweep in the fifth an
nual Fauquier championship
series at Warrenton, Va. The
three-day meet, refereed by
WBL directors Paul Golden
and j. S. Machlin. drew some
IS entries.
In a tight race for the team
crown Sunday, Kathleen Nc
Mutt. Henry Rau. Mrs. Freda
Bentley. Lew Levenson edged
to victory, scoring 1917 wins in
% matches. D. c. teams took
the remaining honor positions
in the 19-foursome field. Wal
lace Ashby. A. K. Darby, ST
KatZ. Charles c. Lovenberg
tied with Mrs. E. P. Cotter.
Richard Freeman. Kiffin Rock
well (Warrenton). Charles
Wolpert CBaltimore) for run
nerup honors, each scoring
171a wins. William Clark, Will
liam Nucker, Richard Kern, F.
T. Leahy tied with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Wrigley. Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Fetzner for
fourth awards.
On Saturday Michael Mich
aels paired with Mrs. Margaret
Alcorn champion, Va) to
tally the winning score of 324
match points in the two-ses-
sion play for the open title.
Second among So duos were
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Lev
enson, 321ka. while Fred
George-J. T. McDermott, who
topped the matinee qualifying
round with a 10 per cent
game. fell a half point short
in the final total to rest third.
Col. John Geddes-Paul Nef
were fourth; William Pois-
SAINT Henry Rau. fifth; Mrs.
Michael Michaels-C. c. Low
enberg, sixth. All are Wash
ingtonians.
Other D. c. players scoring
points in the qualifying ses-
sion were Said Haddad-David
Wilder, Rosemary Riordan-
Mai. Thomas Laughlin, section
tops; and Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh-Hardee Allen, Frieda
Kenyon Kathleen McNutt,
section seconds. Mrs. Edna
Evans-Mrs. Richard Lesko.
Mary Lane-Don Balfour were
winners in the special Satur-
day night pair game. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Barnard were
runnersup
In the opening session Fri
day evening, Washingtonians
again were winners. Mrs. Irl
E. Baldwin-John j. Connors
and Mrs. Edna Evans-Harry
Siegel, each scoring 1877. tied
for the mixed pair title. Mrs.
Bentley-Lew Levenson were
third.
Next week end will find
many tourney trotters in Rich
mond for the Virginia spring
classic at the John Marshall
Hotel: women's and mems
pairs Friday at 2 pm. mixed
pairs at 8 pm: open pairs
for the Times-DispaUch Tro-
ply in two sessions Satur-
day at 2 and 8 pm; News
Leader Trophy team-of -four
contests at / pm. and z pm.
Sunday.
Master points were the bait
at the Washington Bridge
League Wednesday, attracting
200 players. Top scorers in the
three Mitchell sections were
John C. Kunkel-David, Wilder
with a II per cent game.
Robert Kay-Carl Seller with q
IS per cent game were un-
fortunte enough to compete in
the same direction, E-W in
Section B, hence rated only
runnerup honors.
In other master point con-
tests last week, winners and
runnersup were:
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