Evening star., 1955-01-02
Around the Bridge Table
Open Pair Competition.
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By Morgoret I. Fisher

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The 18th annual Northern
Virginia championship slated
to open Friday at the willard
Hotel. provide washington area
bridge fans with their first big,
tournament test Of 1855. Play
will continue through Sunday
evening.
First on the schedule are the
concurrent women's and mems
pair contests starting ct 2 pm.
Friday. Mrs. Ann Scruggs and
1t. Raymond !. Fetzner head
committees in charge. The
mixed pair event win be ct $50
pm. with Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh and John ]. Connors In
charge.
Stellar event Of the series Is
the open pair contest. set for
Saturday at 2 and $3.50 pm.
The matinee session Is d Quali-
flying round. In addition TO-
the championship round SAT-
llrday night, q special pair con-
test viii be held for those elir1-
mated Ii the afternoon and
others.
Concluding the series on
Sunday Is the team of -four
game at board-a- a-rnatch play.
Matinee session starts at 80.
night session at Z: all en-
trants play through both
sessions. Mrs. Howard Camp
bell and William Mott Lingley
are co-chairmen. A special
one-session pair contest win
again be featured Sunday eve-
ming. Mrs. Louis Stein and
Rush Buckley in charge.
Mrs. Edna Evans will de-
fend the women's pair title
with Mrs. Harry Siegel, and
the mixed pair title with Lewis
q. Tubbs. Charles Geier and
Lew Levenson hold the mems
title. Open pair defenders
are Richard Freeman and
Fred i. Karpin.
Wallace Z. Ashby. 81 Katz.
David Murray and Paul ZWei-
full are the current team cham
pions. With the exception OF
Zweiful, who resides In
Schenectady, N. Y, all de-
tenders are members Of the
Washington Bridge League.
Master points viii be
awarded on q sectional basis
in all events, including the
special Saturday and Sunday
night pair games. Daniel j.
Harris and Or. Edwin M.
Short. tourney chairmen. an
i1Ounce that trophies for per-
manent possession win 60 to
winners and runnerslp.
Among visiting fans win be
q large delegation from Balti-
more. Invitations are already
out for Washington players to
take part In the 21st annual
Maryland State champion
ships January $3.50 ct the
Hotel Emerson IN Baltimore.
WBL Series Final Result
washington Bridge Leagues
1854 board-a-match team
championship ended Wednes-
day with Israel Cohen, Said
Haddad, 1t. Raymond j. Fetz-
ner and Michael Michaels the
victors. They scored d total
Of SO wins In five sessions Of
play.
Mrs. Howard Campbell. Fred
George, Wilson Satterfield and
Manfred Sobernheim scored
l7ia wins out Of "a matches in
the final session to bring their
overall runners-up total to So.
Dr. Louis Lang was NTH man
on the team.
Winning pairs In the two
Mitchell sections were John
Grover-Lester Well, 1t. Col.
Jean Bleach-Lt. Col. Ruth AM
derson. Ed MacArthur-Rich-
ard z. Zachary and Mrs. Harry
Kaplan-Mike Meyers. In sec
ond spots were Ruth Everett-
Kathleen Smith, Or. Emily
Grewe-Mrs. June Hodgkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion L.
Powell, Norman Doctor John
w, Kiebler.
Starting wednesday. WASH
ington Bridge Leaguers viii
participate in another point
award series contest for pairs
the first. second and third
Wednesdays of each month
through April 90. Members are
divided into three attainment
groups and to qualify for prizes
credits must be won with at
least three different partners.
The WBL Duplicate Commit
tee, headed by DR.. Leroy
Robins and w. M. Langley. also
announces q new team series
January 26. February %.
March 23 and 80. and April ~.
the field restricted TO the first
is teams registering. Six play
ers win be permitted to q team.
Both Knockout and round
robin play, using total point
scoring. will be employed. The
first two sessions win be knock
out rounds.
Moster Point Results