Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
AROUND THE BRIDGE TABLE
Several Interesting
Card Events Ahead

Roads tournament will be
held at the Chamberlin
Hotel at Old Point Comfort.
The schedule: Mixed pairs,
Friday night: open pairs
1.-TWO sessions, Saturday;
teams 1.-TWO sessions, Sun
day.
The goth annual summer
edition Of the national cham
pionships will begin Satur-
day afternoon. July 81, at
the Penn-Sheraton Hotel,
Pittsburgh, continuing
through August 4.
Locally, July bridge high
light will be the Washington
Bridge Leagues annual
mixed pair championship, a
two-sesSion match open to
all WBL members. It is set
for July II and "a at the
Mayflower Hotel. Cochair-
men 1t. Col. jeanette Blech
GEM. 2-754D and Col. j.. G.
Seabourne CAD. 4-4578) will
assist in arranging for part
ners where needed.
Mrs. Simmons Champ
Mrs. John F. Simmons is
the new individual champion
Of the GAO Bridge Club.
Scoring 142 Clio averagel.
she was the winner by one
half match point in a field of
88 competitors for the title on
June %. Runnerup was Mrs
c. Virginia Dye. scoring
1411a.
Others. in order, were
Laura Penland, 1882: Helen
Richards. 1873: Thomas Mob
ley, 1874; Clara Sternecker
1872; Matthew Solom o n.
1914; Jane JamiSon and
Jacob Wolff tied. at 129.
The July 9 GAO game is
Cancelled, according to Henry
Wells, director. Next contest.
a master point match, will be
July %.
Other Bridge News
Mrs. Kathleen Bragg, de
rector Of the Alexandra Du-
plicate Club. announces sus-
pension of Friday night du-
plicates until September 10.
World Championship Con-
tract Bridge Team Match"
1857 version. is currently
ACBL's best seller. A ia
vored few, some $50 kibitzers
per session. witnessed the re-
sounding defeat of American
stars at the hands of the
Italian champions in New
York last January. Now,
ACBL offers to the bridge
world at large an authentic
account. bid-by-bid, play
by-play. Of the entire 224
hands which constituted the
nine-session match.
Accordingly interesting to
any duplicate or rubber
bridge player, expert or nov
ice, this factual compilation
allows the reader to view the
experts in action and draw
his own conclusions as to why
the historic match turned
out the way it did.
Copies at $1.35 each, post
paid. may be ordered from
the American Contract Bridge
League. 33 West Sixtieth
street, New York %, N. Y.
Master Point Results
:. Agriculture: Mrs. Jean Ellis
MIS-. Asnes Fischer. Opal Van
Holmes GIns:.i s:s'l % s a lM rs H:4.
nan man Moe-Arthur Z. Lane. 2-J. J.
z Mnyns , " waskins-Mrs violet
Aronson-Mrs. Florence Millspaush.
FRANCIS Drake-E. r. SHEPARD.
James Q Lipman- Chester Watson
NH; Robert. Berry-Earl EnTle-
LI:s'sT@osih M MRS hdith sa'a Rds:s6ri
Willie ". Smith
Jack shsrtsis. ROY Bsnner. ff
MAq ps Msrv,g wd,s:v Ear " EnslePan-
Allyn @. Whitehead
Thomas Circle: Mrs. Mslora
Christman-yose Pinto. Heber B. Os-
storns yr Robert shankle Mrs.
Jean EiIis-sumner Biiiey. i''
kohr-Mrs. II Boegler 2-Mrs. D. T.
Smlth-W William Brinsfeld.
Walsh: Section AZ Mrs
Mrs. Florence Grtfnth-Lt col. Jean.
cite. Blech, Marie Janinek-c. N.
Walker. Section b. Mrs. viz
ginia Dye-John Merville. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Maddox, Jr, 2--Mr.
and Mrs. Johnston Hyde. Mrs. Eva
Barsis-Harve Mobley.
other Duplicate winners
Mote: Some club results unreport-
sd this issue viii be given In fun
Bethesda: Mrs Lester oibson-Mrs.
William p. Withers.
Chess: Mrs Jesse D BOYD Gordon
Holterman. Mrs. Alice q. Robinson
Euclid: Mrs. George Herts-Mrs.
H IirT. apian' Sam oOOdman-Jamss
FEDERAL; Roy Banner-Frank Holts-
man. Frank Irish-Thomas Throot
Becl1f-Mrs. Mary Haddad, Mrs. 2.
Benaon-Reya Renner. June 30l
Mrs.. Robert DuBois-Mrs. Edith