Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Championship Comes
Mark Club Pluy

Club championship begin to dot
the area bridge calendar. Mont
gomery team and GAO pair titles
have been IsSsn'iy asSiaed se.nss
Championships got under way sew
eTal days ago--finals this week
and Euclid and Federal open-pair
championships are slated for the
upcoming week. Later this month.
March 20. the WBL team plaYofi
WOmen's Auxiliary schedules its
annual members pair champion
ship Tor the Bennett Cup.
Mrs. Dixie Bortz. Mrs. Malora
ChriStman, Mr.. ano Mrs. Norman
Ootthardt for the second year
straight, have won the team title
Al the Montgomery County D1p SI:
wins in the March 3 contest. Run
nersup Mrs. H. s. Klein. jules six,
Saul Reiter, Sidney Weinberg scored
I'm wins in "a matches: lied tor
third in the l3-team field we're y.
Col. Ruth Anderson. Mrs. Ronert W.
Bates, Robert Shankle; william
Lee Ritser. DR.. James Reid. DR.. J.
Mrs. Myrtle Timmins and C. M.
Walker won the General Accounting
Once Bridge Club open pair title.
They scored 2g7.l7 match points
FER the Nps v9a,n play e1asa
Mobley, 293.5, we're runnersup in
the l9-pair field. Next in order:
Chester Shore George Seller. 255. 3:
Helen Richards Mrs. Margaret Nc
Glnnis. 1883: Mrs. Alice Hatch
Grace Moody, 1863.
Though no tue .e,, hono ns,,S were az az
Columbia Country Club. and Ken:
wood Country Club fought the hard
fght in their annual spring en-
counter on February "A. Six four
someS from Columbia won over six
times from KenToods % to ~.
and f Mrs. MRS s. L. sOmm sch TeDrssent
ing Columbia. turned up with the
best team result. winning IA matches
MRS. Claris Adams-Mrs. John O.
Fletcher hold q. viewpoint lead in
s iss tD bapes ls c SSSEDs open p iGF
title. they scored 154h in the first
session last wednesday. Tied for
second Mrs. Fred windsor Mrs
Karl Yunker and Mrs. Henry. Lee
Mrs. Mary stephens. each l4gh.
Next are n,s Mrs ,.J Bankh bar Rn,:
RoSins-Mrs' Louis saivatorsi lIS,
. The Euclid Bridge studio holds
its FIRST open-pair championship
match March 20 and "a. The con-
test will be held at the home Of the
director, Mrs. Mary T Phillips. 2440
beginning at 7,45 pm. Reservations
are required, call DU. 7-7134,
Headliner for next Sunday Is Fed
eraI Bridge Leagues open-pair cham
pionship. Open to all area ACBL
members, the big. two-session match
S Be s aia al W. F Fst s sessions sf
set for / pm, evening session be-
ginning at $50. Richard Walsh.
tosether with Richard Leonard who
now lives in Syracuse. N Y. pres;
emily holds the open title. Richard
EisSty du M1 d,rf fans, all employed
in the Federal Government. com;
peted February % in. the second
all.aSency pair contest under the
Bridge Association; NC Rich si, Cru mp
in the 40-pair f1eld, Walter Mobley
Secs were second, Emmett Kinner-
Paul Moore tstatel, third; H. x;
Chspmsn-E r koth G3SA tied
(sEC) for fourth. All topped their
Results Of oEBA team matches
held the week Of March >: Labor
won over GAO. Congressional Secre-
tarles over State-USIA, Justice over
HEW
Next Wednesday the State UsIA
Bridge Club will be host 70 some
75 graduates" OF Q recently COM
pleted course Of bridge instruction
held under the auspices Of the club
Competition will be in the form Of
rubber bridge. regular club members
playine at the same table with the
novices TO give them guidsnce. A
SOCIAL hour and refreshments will
follow.