Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
AROUND THE BRIDGE TABLE
WBL Endorses Short
For Second Term

RSAAASOs ASCSOAA0 AAA Vic 41CAA Va
So pairs were Mrs. Virginia
Dye-Mrs. Hazel Loftin, 1877;
third, Mrs. j. J. l.. Young
Mrs. Alice Miller. 1882. Next,
in order: Mrs. Daxie Bortz-
Mrs. James P. Goode; Mrs.
Mildred Dostart-Miss Serena
Kramer; Mrs. Franklin
Brown-Mrs. Miller Popple-
ton.
BY margin Of one match
point. Connie Clark and Will
bur Norris were named the
first open pair champions of
the Irving Street Duplicate
Bridge Club. Their score was
1872. Next, in order. we're
Mrs. Mia Talbot and Robert
S. Bethe, the Jonathan Rim
tells. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Maddox. jr.. and w. Mott
Lingley-Heinz Seigmann 49,
pair field.
Mrs. Jack Cole and Lewis
G Tubbs gained a big adj
vantage in the first session
Of the annual competition
for the Chess Clubs mixed
pair championship. In E-W
position they scored 205
match points March 90
against 1922 for the lead
ers. Mrs. T. M. Boyle and
Herman Moe. who ranked
second in the field of 26
couples. Mrs. Mary Phillips
and Erwin KeniSon. 1917,
and Mrs. Alice Gram Robin
son-James Lipman. 178. were
next highest ranking pairs.
The sixth annual intra-
fraternity bridge tournament
held recently at the Univer-
sity Of Maryland ended in
victory for Joan Zimmerman
and Joan Smelkinson, repre-
senting Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Runnerup honors among the
the % Greek-letter organi-
cations went to Charles Bar
low and James Prettyman of
Phi Sigma Kappa. Mrs. AL
fred Stidham directed the
match.
Upcoming club champion
ships:
Bethesda: Open pairs,
April 8 and Is. noon, at the
Bethesda Women's Club.
Members only; reservations
required. call OIL. 4-593l.
Mrs. J. j. L. Young and Mrs.
j. A. Weber are defenders.
Arlington: Open pairs,
April Is and %, 7:45 pm,
5000 Lee highway, Arlington.
Reservations are required,
call ia. s-l585. Cell Craven
and Tex Rankin won the
title last year.
Thomas Circle: open pairs,
April IA and 81, 7:30 pm,
Apt. 100. 244O Sixteenth
street NV. Call DU 7-7l34
for reservations. MIS-. Vir-
ginia' Dye and D. r. Ander-
son are the defenders.
Last Monday Andrews Air
Force Base Officers Bridge
Club sponsored its traditional
fifth" Monday master point
game for benefit of the cur
rent ACBL charity All entry
fees were donated to the
American Cancer Society.
Sharing Ms top honors with
a tied score we're Mrs. 10
Burgess Mrs. Iris Wheatley
and Col. and Mrs. j. H. Sny-
der. E-W winners were Mrs.
T. c. Keacn-Paul Neff, Sec
onds to Mrs. Charlotte Brasel-
Mrs. Helen Thompson.
Next Friday at 7:45 pm.
the Alexandria Bridge Club
initiates a new game for
duplicate beginners. Entry
will be restricted to players
with less than 20 master
points. For the FIRST several
weeks instruction will be Of
fered in duplicate technique.
The junior masters game
will be held at The YWCA,
502 Cameron street. Alexan-
dria. Va. For additional in
formation call the director.
Mrs. Lillian Durkee. XII. g.
1896. The Alexandria club
is also now sponsoring a
Wednesday evening duplicate.
7:45 pm. at the Belle Haven
Country Club.
Master Point Results
Bethesda; lit Col Jeanette
Blech-Mrs. Rose Robins, Mrs Herr
man Moe-Robert Wilson; Mrs.
ir Mrs. Lester 0ibson-Mrs. Carl
Tessmer
Chess. - Mrs. Stanley Beasley.
Mrs. Ida M. Terrant, Miriam Holiness
Francis Drake: EMILY Mountain