Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-11
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

BY MARGARET l.. FISHER
Area players claimed the
titles in all six events compris-
ing the 10th annual City of
Washington champion
ship tournament last week end
at Sheraton-Park Hotel. The
series was sponsored by the
Washington Bridge League.
WOmen's Championship
Mrs. Claris Adams and Mrs.
Carl Tessmer are the new
women's pair champions
They scored 2051a match
points to lead runnersup Mrs.
w. R. Plum-Mrs. w. B. Russell
by four points in the 64-pair
field. Mrs. j. P. Goode-Mrs.
Beverly Weigle were third;
Mrs. Agnes Fischer-Mrs. Gene
Hermann, fourth.
Mems Titlists
simultaneously in the OPEN
ing session Friday afternoon,
one of the tourney chairmen,
w. Mott Lingley, paired with
Nat Cooper to top % pairs in
the mems contest. Said Had
dad-Alvin Roth were second,
WBL prexy DR.. Leroy Robins
and DR.. E. M. Short finishing
third.
Mixed Pair Winners
Topping 90 couples Compel
ing for the mixed pair title
Friday night were DR.. and
Mrs. Gilbert B. Rude. They
scored 166. 1872 average.
against 1862 for runnersup Mrs.
Margaret Keach-Paul Neff.
In a three-way tie for third
place were Mrs. Lois Cassell-
Charles C. johnson, Mrs. G. D.
Synon- Mathew Solomon, and
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher-Wil-
son Satterfleld. Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Gabrilovitch finished in
sixth spot.
Open Pair Title
On Saturday, D. A. William
son of Bethesda paired with
DR.. Fumio Yagi of Baltimore
to oyerwhelm 80 duos COM
peting for the open pair title.
Their combined session total
was 900. Mrs. j. A. Weber
CBethesda) and william
Joseph paterson. N. j. scored
202 for second honors. Kiffln
Rockwell and Charles Wolpert
(Baltimore) were third. Other
area players in the over all
master point division were
Mrs. George Kathan-Mrs. w.
r. Plum, who were tied with
Michael Michaels Fred L.
Karpin for fourth place, and
Mrs. Michael Michaels Mrs.
Robert Burnstein miami
Beach, fla. sixth.
Team of Four Results
Washington ace Alvin Roth
teamed with Mrs. Robert
Burnstein and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tobias Stone New York City
in SUNDAYS foursome contest
to lead the 26-team field with
341a wins in 48 matches. Mrs.
Stone is the former Janice
Gilbert, well-known to televi-
sion audiences through her ap-
pearances on the Bert Parks
show. Runnerup honors were
divided between defending It'll
lists Charles C. Lovenberg,
David Murray. Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Gabrilovitch, and the
team of Jenny Bryant, DR..
Leroy Robins, Nat Cooper.
Mort Goldstein, C. C. Johnson,
each with 80 wins. Mrs. Betty
Windley and Said Haddad with
a Baltimore pair were fourth,
while Mrs. Freda Bentley, Lew
Levenson, E. G. Harris, Henry
Rau ended in fifth spot.
WBL-Afiliated Contest
OF the eight teams entered
in 'the special competition for
WBL affiliated clubs, Federal
Bridge League was the winner.
Federal was represented by
Mrs. Marianne Boschan, Mrs.
Catherine McGhee, Mrs. M. L.
Fisher, Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs.
Hardee Allen and M. D.
Goldstein were overall win
ners of the special pair COM
petition Saturday night. Sec
ond honors went to Charles
Williams and former Wash
ingtonian Charles Greenhow.
who now lives in Denver.
A Wilmington DelD pair
won the Sunday pair event for
players under rs master points.
John Siverts and jerry Ia
wisZa, the latter a former
Washingtonian, topped Sc
pairs with an overwhelming
score Of 394 for the combined