Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
By MARGARET L. FISHER
Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer
Team play and pair COM
petition today at the May
flower Hotel offer Washing
ton Bridge Leaguers their last
chance to compete this year
for the Charles c. Lovenberg
Memorial Trophy.
The trophy is awarded an
nually to the Player of the
Year or that member of
the local ACBL dn:t who wins
the most full master points
in five WBL-sponsored Sec
tional tournaments and club
championships held during
the calendar year. Barring
a last-minute upset, Andrew
Gabrilovitch, who won the
trophy last year, will prob
ably retain custody for an
other year. To date, he has
won 80 points. Mike Michaels.
with 66 points, is his closest
competitor. Alvin Roth is
next with 81.
Big Trophies at stake
The 10th District of Columbia
championships wind up today with
team competition for the EynOn Bowl,
ana the Metropolitan pair match for
nrst 90 into play in both contests at
! pm. Competition in the Metropolis
tan pair game Is restricted to play
srs with less than 80 master points.
There Is no master point restriction
IN tne team contest, nor in the two
that Will be held this afternoon and
evening concurrent with the title
matches.
The American Contract Bridge
League stages its 32d annual Fail Ma
tlonals At Coronado, Calf, beginning
t hexI SStuIdsy and continuing
out there will provide the big bridge
news for the next several weeks,
Only few area fans plan to take
In this tourney, but there'll be plenty
OF activity at the local clubs-club
KAnGSy
and the customary rating point con-
tests.
Two Club Battles
Tomorrow night two club cham
pionships get under way-mixed pairs
at the Arl-Fax Duplicate Club and
open pairs at Fort Meade. The Arl-
Fax match is one-session event,
completed tomorrow night, but the
Fort Meade contest will be in two ses-
sions, nnals on November 30.
Reservations are now being taken
BY by Ms f: Carl S.,h. Ts:smer SoL 4593D
Clubs annual individual champion
ship. The contest will be held on
Wednesday mornings, December
and 9, beginning at 1915, at the
Woman's Club Of Bethesda.
Lyon Village Decision
Mrs. Marie HiIliard and Mrs. Bev-
erly Torrey are the new women's pair
champions at the Lyon Village Du-
plicate Club. At the conclusion of
the two-session event on November
13i they III had ,.s am assoc 292 match
up, Mrs. Robert Addie and Mrs.
ended in a tie between Mrs. James
P: Goode-Mrs. Charles Prall and
Mrs. Esther DeRaad-Mrs Norma
s oaielMTs Proc sOy MTs as saSG snd
Mrs. Margaret Lynch-Mrs Wallace
Wright. 25S. finished NTH and
sixth.
Irving Street Winners
Last Friday night at the Irving
street Bridge Club in Arlington. Cell
Craven and Charles Richter tailed
1851 match points to take the
mixed-pair title. Runnersup in the
one-sesSion match we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Norris, with 1891
points. Next were Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Oldfield, 1873: Mrs. H G.
FGampbell-Simon Gerber, 1901: Mrs.
Harold s. Klein-Col. Roger Payne
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Trap
= nell. 1854
Monday Duplicate Title
In the annual competition for the
women's pair title at the Monday
Duplicate Bridge Club, Mrs lanes
P, Goode and Mrs. John o HasseII
with S2R points, and Mrs. Torfinn
Oftedal and Mrs N. A, Olmstead
with 174h will be hard to catch
Ranking third in the match Whicb
was begun last Monday and ends
tomorrow, are Mrs George p
Schoolcraft-MrS. C. C Mcdonnell
1884. Mrs. Stanley Beasley-Mrs'
Florence Grifith. 1914, are fourth
in the 26-paiT field.