Evening star., 1960-02-07
By MARGARET L. FISHER


In Baltimore last week end,
the silver anniversary compe-
tition for Maryland State
bridge titles was a rousing
success, especially for the
Washington area players who
captured five out of the six
titles. 1t was by far the best
attended sectional meet to
date under sponsorship of the
Maryland Bridge Association.
On January 20 in the opening
session, Mrs. George Hertz and Mrs.
Harry Siegel tied with Mrs. Marianne
BOSehan and Mrs. Patsy Adler to
win the wOmen's pair title AL are
Washingtonians except Mrs. Adler.
Mrs. Allyn @ Whitehead of Chevy
Chase and Mrs. Evelyn Bradley OF
Arlington finished third among "A
pairs, Mrs. Betty Haddad-Jenny
Bryant, NTH. Mrs. Marie Hilliard
ended in sixth place with Mrs. C.
STANLEY Davis Of ,s',lth BaltimqTe. s,,s MIS-;
were section runnersup.
The mems pair title, only one
which Washington Bridge League
players failed to capture, was won
by young Baltimoreans Bob Kivkin
stars Andrew Gabrilovitch and Mike
Michaels rated overall runnerup
honors in the 60-pair field. Roy
Banner, with Brooks Bosley of Balti-
more, rated q section top, Said
Haddad, with John Coppie Of Balti-
more second in thes section.
Haddads Win DeeisiveIy
On Friday night the perennial
winners in Baltimore tournaments,
Mr. and Mrs. Said Haddad de-
liyered another smashing perform;
year the mixed pair title Mrs.
Tessmer and David Wilder finished
third in the l36-pair field, Mrs.
Mary Somers-Gene Hermann, fourth.
Mike Michaels, with Mrs. Mary Anne
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter OLoughlin Of
Towson, Md. former Washingtonians,
sixth.
Richard Freeman with Mrs. John
Lissberger Of Baltimore scored
section top in the mixed contest.
runnersup: Mrs. A. @. Whitehead
Richard Walsh. Mrs Harry Siegel-
DR. Mike Meyers, Mrs. John HasSell-
Jules Chodak baltimore Mrs. J s.
Machlin,JameS o Llpman, Mrs.
Marie Hilliard-Maj. William Chris
tian, Mrs. T c. Keach-Psul Nefi.
Most popular victory of the three
dav tourney was that scored on Sat-
urday by Mrs. Kathleen Benson and
Norman GOrmSen. In the tough
two-session match for the open title,
they outwltted many top-flight
pair including the ranking husband
wife team Of Mr. and Mrs Charles
Solomon of Philadelphia The
Solomons finished in runnerup spot.
David Wilder with Charles Wolpert
of Baltimore were fourth in the
original field OF 1874 pairs. Mrs.
Somers-Mrs. Hermann were fifth,
Jenny Bryant-Robert Vierly tenth.
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William Christian Thomas Excl,
Mrs Hassell-Jules Chodak, Richard
Waish-Mrs Patsy Adler, Mr.. and
Mrs James P. Goode. These District
players were section runnersup: Mrs.
ddfEdGasEsS e J0hhsOn' 0h5sS eH MI
George Brewer-H B. Osborne. IT,.
Mrs. Dixie Bortz-Psul Kibler.
Overall runnerup prize in the
special pair game Saturday night
IeI 10 Col Jonn GeQues ana Larry
REYNOLDS. Comdr. J. A Torrey with
Mrs. Sylvia Wilmer of Baltimore
finished fourth in the contest.
Wrap Up Team Title
On Sunday Washington aces Rich
ara Freeman, Andrew GabrilOvitch,
and Mai. william Christian wrapped
up the important team title, scoring
80. out OF 80. Their teammates
were Norman Ray OF Merchantville,
N. j., ana Robert Jordan of Phila-
delphla, former Washlngtonian.
Runnersup 1922 were Mrs. Terry
MtchaeIs, Israel Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Said Haddad, all localities. Mrs. Has
sell on a Baltimore team finished in
tie for fifth with Washington
foursome OF Ed Haglund, Jack
HudginS, James Lipman and Nor
man Gormsen, scoring 301a.
r. D. Brandon and Tom Cannon
were winners by wide margin Of
the nonmaster pair event. Sixth
overall among 72 pairs were Tony
Moscatello-John s. Simmons. Other
WashingtonianS rating section tops
were Marvin Wotsey-G. R. Leer,
Dale Frese-George Kaufman; sec
onds to Ruth Eyerett-Mary Lipp,
MAZDA Cain-R. B Platt. Mrs. W, A.