Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. BRIDGE
City Title
Play Ends
Tonight
By MARGARET L. FISHER

shares the bridge spotlight to-
day with intermediate pair
play as the 10th annual City
of Washington championships
wind up at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel. Contestants in both
events are required to play
through the matinee and eve
ming sessions, 1890 and $3.50
pm.
Team play will be conducted
at board-a-match. open to any
ACBL member regardless of
master point holdings. Many
WBL-affiliated clubs will enter
teams In the foursome match.
The registered team winning
the highest board-a-match to-
tai, regardless Of whether it
holds the high over all score,
rates a special prize for its
club.
The pair event is for play
ers having no more than rs
master points, thereby giving
newcomers to duplicate COM
petition a fairer chance to win
master points and prizes. The
winning duo will receive the
James G. Stone Trophy for a
years possession.
Winchester Warrenton Play
Washington-area players
made q clean sweep Of the
Winchester Warrenton title
series last week end in Win
chester, Va. Mrs. Freda Bent
ley-Lew Levenson won the
mixed pair event; Mr.. and
Mrs. H. M. Molony captured
the open pair title. and Lewis
q. Tubbs, Lloyd L. Tubbs,
Kif1n Rockwell teamed with
Charles Wolpert of Baltimore
to win the team of -four match.
All were winners by q wide
margin.
OF the 40 WBL members
participating, others who rated
over all master point honors in
the three contests were: Mrs.
Paul Golden-Lt. Col. F. N.
Oettinger, third in the mixed
pairs; A. H. Fribourg-Marvin
Wofsey, third; Charles E.
Richter-J. B. Rintels, fourth;
Mrs. Bentley-Mr. Levenson,
fifth in the open pairs; Temple
Hollcroft, Roger Wrigley, 1t.
and Mrs. Raymond J. Fetzner
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
c. Lovenberg, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
D. Snyder for third in the
team event.
In the qualifying round Of
Saturdays open event, Bent
iey-Levenson, Richard Crump-
Ted Leahy scored section tops;
the Molonys, the Lovenbergs,
Col. John Geddes- Paul Neff
rating section seconds.
New York Event
Howard Schenken, George
Rapee, B. J. Becker, all Of
New York; John r. Crawford
and Sidney Silodor, both Of
Philadelphia, scored a brilliant
repeat victory in the recent
all-star Vanderbilt Cup match
in New York City. They won
the gruelling 11-session team
test from an original field of
SO top teams.
Alvin Roth, Washington
ace. competing with New
York's Tobias Stone, Ira Ru-
bin and Victor Mitchell, sur
vived the qualifying rounds
and two sessions Of the knock
out play. Other D. c. stars
who scored honors in the quail
flying rounds were Richard
Freeman, Israel Cohen. Paul
Kibler, Jerry Machlin and
David Murray.
Richmond Play Next
Next week end the annual
Richmond (Va.) spring meet
at the John Marshall Hotel
will attract a stable District
delegation. Sc h e du1ed are
mems and women's pair con-
tests Friday at 2 pm, mixed
pairs Friday at 8 PM, open
pairs Saturday at 2 and 8 pm,
teams Sunday at l and z.
Washington defenders are Mrs.
George Reith in the women's
contest, Charles Johnson-Said
Haddad in the mems contest,
Jenny Bryant, c. c. Loven-
berg, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Michaels for the second sue
cessive year in the team match.
WBL Results
At the Washington Bridge
T.napue last "Wednesday fea-