Evening star., 1955-05-15
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

Top billing on this weeks
bridge calendar goes to the
Washington Bridge Leagues
mems and women's pair cham
pionships. Some TOO members
of the league, official local
unit of the American Contract
Bridge League, are eligible to
participate in the two-session
play which opens Wednesday
at 7:45 pm. at the Willard.
Second and final session of
both contests will be May 25.
All contestants will compete
through both sessions of their
respective matches. Highest
combined session total will
win. Prizes for permanent
possession will be awarded to
the overall winners and run
nersup in each event. Also,
winning pairs will gain Gus
tody for one year of the new
travelling trophies: The Mari
anne Boschan-Margaret Fisher
Bowl for the women's event,
and the Israel Cohen Trophy
in the mems event. Both
trophies are being introduced
in play this year.
Present WBL women's and
mems pair titlists are Mrs.
Howard G. Campbell Mrs.
Jack A. Webb and Jesse D.
Boyd-Gene Metz. Contest
chairmen are Mrs. Jean Ellis
(ME. 8-5362) and w, Mott
Lingley (JE. 3-9332).
"Winners" Contest Results
Double master points were
rewards for top scores in the
Washington Bridge Leagues
monthly winners contest
last Wednesday. In Section A,
Conrad Person Jim Keegan,
1t. Col. John GeddeS Paul
Neff were the winners, William
Poissant-H Harry Seigal, Harold
Dahlbeck-Richar Zachary the
runnersup.
Mrs. Howard Campbell
Manfred Sobernheim, DR.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Rude topped Sec
ton B competitors, seconds to
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Lev
enson, Mrs. Jean Ellis-Miller
Roberts. In the non winner
competition, high scorers were
Charles C. Johnson-J. r. Nc
Ghee, Margery H atchell-
Charles A. Cohen. Runnersup
were Mrs. Alma Byrne John
Marville, J. X. ConoVer Tim
Hollcroft.
At the initial meeting Tues
day of newly elected WBL off,
GERS, President Leroy Robins
appointed the following COM
mittee chairmen: 1t. Raymond
j. Fetzner, duplicate; DR.. E. M.
Short, laws and ethics; Man.
fred Sobernheim. membership;
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher, pub
licity; Andrew Gabrilovitch
and w. M. Lingley. tourna-
ment; Mortimer D. Goldstein,
ways and means. WBL men,
bers desiring to serve on a
committee are invited to con-
tact the CHI al ir m en- before
May 81.
Mrs. William Poissant,
president of the WBL Wom-
ems Auxiliary, announces that
the annual meeting and elec-
ton will be held Saturday,
May 20 at the Sheraton Park
Hotel. The meeting will be
held at l1:15 am. and will be
followed by a luncheon and
master point pair game. Mrs.
Rose Robins is chairman of
the nominating committee. as
sisted by Mrs. Charles Richter
and Miss Rosemary Riordan
Two Sectional Meets
Two Pennsylvania sectional
meets vie for tourney fans at
tention next week end: the
Lehigh Valley Bridge Associa-
tion's Allentown Champion
ships at the Hotel Traylor,
Allentown, and the 9th an
lual Tri-State District cham
pionships at Gorley's Lake
Hotel, Pennington tnear
Uniontown). Both tourna-
ments schedule mems and
women's pair contests Friday
afternoon, mixed pairs Friday
evening, open pairs Saturday.
teams Sunday. The Allentown
meet also states an individual
match Thursday evening.
Col. Fred Oettinger Of Alex
andria paired with Mrs. j.
Norris of Wheeling, w. Va, to
take overall runnerup awards
in the mixed pair event ofthe