Evening star., 1959-06-28
3 District Players
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Three Of Washington's top
bridge players. Mrs. Terry
Michaels. Israel Cohen and
Andrew Gabrilovitch, shared
the spotlight last week end
in~the 18th annual Potomac
Valley Championships. Each
was credited with winning
two Of the five titles in the
three day sectional tourna-
meht held at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Teamed with Alvin Roth
and Paul 'Kibler. Mrs.
Miehaels. Cohen and Gabril-
ovitch handily won the team
title last Sunday. Leaders
for both sessions in the 23-
team field competing for the
Paul E. Golden trophy, their
aggregate Of 80 wins in so
matches gave them a two
board margin over the run
nerup combination, Mrs. Al
lyn G. Whitehead, Tom Excl,
Mrs. Marie Hilliard. Gerald
Bare and Martin Rossi.
Third over all with 351z
wins we're Mrs. Rose Robins,
Edward L. Allen, Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher and Henry
Rau. Mrs. Sidney Aronson,
Mrs. H. S. Klein. Norman
Gormsen, AL Smigel were
fourth with 341a. Tied for
fifth with "a wins apiece were
1var Stakgold, Richard Free
man. Richard Walsh, to-
gether with Alfred Shein-
void Of New York. and Paul
Zweifel Of Ann Arbor, Mich;
and the combination of Marty
Chaitt and David Wilder with
BaltimoreanS Mrs. Walter
OLoughlin and Charles VOL
pert.
On Saturday, Gabriloyitch paired
with SAD Haddad to take the open
tltle; Their combined session score
OF 3O2 match points gave them q
bare point nt-and.a-hah edge over DR..
Nd. who rated second honorS. Third
AMONG l24 pairs competing for the
Vosburgh Trophy were Or. Jack
SaIian and Richmond Hamilton Of
Remaining overall awards fell to
Alvin Roth. 2sI. fo1rth: S AlItSar Arthar
Fribourg Manfred soberhsin, as5H,
NTH; Stakgold -SheinWold in three
way tie for sixth spot with Frank
Aoadley-Mike Htchaeis and Don
Earwell-James Lipman. each with
SsS; Roy Banner-James sourilas.
MIS-. Michaels and Mr.. Cohen
overwhelmed 1872 couples eompetinS
Friday night for the stoekvis Trophy
and the mixed-paiJ title They scored
I'll match points 1855 ayeraaeI 20
nnish 10 points ahead OF the next
pest pair' Mr. and Mrs. Said Haddad.
mated the remaining overall honors:
DR., Willie w. Smith Temple HoIl.
croft, 1917 third; Mrs. Edna Evans
4: x. Darby tied for fourth with
beate Bloeh-HarVe Mobley. 1881;
MS Kay Benson-Richard Glenn
In the opening Sessions FRIDAY
afternoon. visiting players posed I
serious threat to local contestants.
taxing nrst and second spots In the
women's match and sharing FIRST
place IN the mems contest. Balti-
as moreans Mrs; John LiSsberger- Mrs.
Mrs. C Stanley Davis copied nrst
ana second place, respectively, in
the women's match.
Area women rated these overall
positions in the 70-pair field: Mrs
" X Plum Mrs. Robert Williams,
srly Torrey. fourth: Mrs. Evelyn
Bradley,Mrs. June HodRkins, sixth
Washington's Mathew Solomon
teamed with Chester r.. Davis q
Arlington. Mass. TO top 40 pairs n
the mems contest. Nate RosenberF
gaired with Dick Leonard, former
WashinEton player who now lives in
Other honors to these Was6inS.
tonians: Charles c. johnson -MiE,
Miehaels. third: Thomas B. Maddox
}T-J. Scott II, fourth; Robert Byrns.
han wilson. NTH; Simon Gerber.
In. the three large special pai,
events held in addition TO the cham.
,1l.a pionlsnip matches. these were th'
sstgrd.y Night david vii.
Eept Ss5 wslssr yatsrp.So otESgshIin. Eo1sh. Mrs
Bliley- BENJAMIN Dickson; fhSel 5o
Mrs: A. W. .Becker-Rathryn Everett
6-.Mr and Mrs Jesse b. Boyd.
sunday Afternoon: Louis Sal
satS9rMel-MashsW vnS ell Solomon; 2-Mr
ginis Dye-Sumner Bliley: A. X. ri.
bourE Manfred Sobernheim;
Richard Crump-Ted Leahy: 6-Mrs
GLADYS Morgan 1t. Kay Mowery.
sunday Night; Mrs Virgins
KInt5nsn; EGats q 2: sheiSon sav Diener; s@EsT
Mrs. Mary Palladino-Paul Keesel
0-Rita Leyi-Carl sieweke.
IN addition to the overall
sredited e'ei Mr 'sGslpn snd MrS rSO' Rsipi ss5
Turoff, Stella Kapian-Tom Excl
June LiVerman-H Harry schurr, MIS-
Florence Stein-Lloyd Schermerhorn
Mrs. Nina Iseman-DT. Jack Garlan
Mrs. Marianne Boschan Simon Ger
Der in the mixed pairs: John Couch
ley-Lew LevenSon. Col. John 0eddes
Paul Neh in the qualifying rount
OF the open pair event.
The tournament was sponsored b,
the Washington Bridge League. ON
eial local unit OF the American
Contract Bridge League.