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www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.orgJanuary/February 2013B§U©LªL¨E©T§IªNCome on out to theWashington Bridge League’sNon Life Master Sectionalat the NEWPORT MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL11311 Newport Mill RoadKensington, MD 20895Play for Silver Maryland HospitalityNLMs with fewer than Lunch and refreshments500 MPs included both days!Saturday, March 9NLM Stratified Pairs (500/200/100 and 50/20/10) .........................11:00 amNLM Stratified Pairs (500/200/100 and 50/20/10) ...........................3:15 pmSunday, March 10 (All day playthrough with lunch break)Stratified Swiss Teams (500/200/100) ............................................11:00 amJoin Usfor a fUnweekend!March 9-10, 2013TOURNAMENT CHAIRShawn Stringer301-275-6363shstringer@aol.comDIRECTIONS: From I-495 (Washington Beltway) take Exit 33 (Connecticut Ave/MD-185) North towards Kensington. Go 2 miles and keep Left as Connecticut Ave splits. Afterthe split, take the third Right onto Lawrence Avenue. Take the first Left onto Newport MillRoad. The school is one-half mile on the Right.Then, from APRIL 4-7, 2013, it’s theWashington Bridge League’s67th Annual City of Washington Tournamentat the Kensington Town Hall/ArmoryCome on out for Friday’s IMP Pairs, Saturday’s Compact KOs andPanel Show, Sunday’s Bracketed Teams, a full schedule of Intermediate& Novice events, and lots more!See page 5 for the full tournament schedule...

suggestion BoxDo you have a suggestion thatmight help to increase membership orotherwise improve the WashingtonBridge League? Give any and all ideasto Don Berman, 301-776-3581,don.berman@verizon.net, 13707 EnglemanDr., Laurel, MD 20708, orwww.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.WBL omBudsmanAny player with helpful director issuesincluding criticism or praise of the directingstaff may contact the Ombudsman,Adrienne Kuehneman and be assuredthat the source of the information will remainconfidential. Information should beprovided in writing and may be handedto her at any game, or mailed to her at6333 Tone Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817-5811.§¨©ª ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨©ªdeadline: Febrary 25, 2013to submit new articles to the editor for the march/april 2013 issueWashington Bridge League BULLETIN (usps #861-240)VOL. 71, #1— SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR FOR MEMBERS OF UNIT #147 (INCLUDED IN ACBL ANNUAL DUES).NON-MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS $21 FOR THREE YEARS. PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE WASHINGTONBRIDGE LEAGUE AT 14517 PERRYWOOD DRIVE, BURTONSVILLE, MD 20866. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID ATBURTONSVILLE, MD. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO WASHINGTON BRIDGE LEAGUE BULLETIN,ACBL, P.O. BOX 289, HORN LAKE, MS 28637-0289. ALL EDITORIAL AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENCESHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE EDITOR AT 901 CLIFTONBROOK LN., SILVER SPRING, MD 20905-3711.Editor — Donna Rogall (301-421-9615), drogall@verizon.netI/N Columnists — Shawn Stringer, shstringer@aol.com and Ron Zucker, ron@motherzucker.comColumnists — Steve Robinson, Richard Colker, Don Berman, Chris Miller, Barry BraginThe opinions expressed by our columnists do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ACBL, the WBL,or even the editors of this publication. The WBL is not responsible for the claims of its advertisers.Richard Ferrin, President — (202-265-0718), rferrin@mac.comEllen Cherniavsky, Vice President — (301-649-1350), eachernia@yahoo.comRose Berman, Treasurer — (301-776-3581), Rose.Berman@verizon.netLinda Marshall, Secretary — (301-320-6057), ldajmarshall@msn.comDon Berman, Past President and Webmaster — (301-776-3581), don.berman@verizon.netUNIT DIRECTORSJames Geist — (301-675-6070), wwwjfg@yahoo.comClyde Kruskal — (301-927-1023), cpkfam@gmail.comCarole Banks — (301-622-0923), cy.banks@verizon.netNorman Mitchell — (301-762-8383), nmitchell@verizon.netBob Stearns — (301-657-2353), snraets@erols.comOllie Thomas— (301-951-0138), joliver.thomas@verizon.netSOME KEY VOLUNTEERSShawn Stringer — Regional and NLM Tournament Chair, (301-275-6363), shstringer@aol.comRon Zucker — Sectional Tournament Chair, (202-986-2166), ron@motherzucker.comAdrenne Kuehneman — WBL Ombudsman (301-229-2022)Frances Burke — Membership Secretary (301-384-6103)Chris Miller — Unit Game Chief Director & Club Manager (301-318-6083), wblmanager@gmail.comClyde Kruskal — Unit Game Chair (301-395-0480)Barbara Doran — Unit Game & Tournament Partnerships (301-608-0347)Kitty Gottfried — Unit Game and Sectional Hospitality (301-587-3981)Margarett Whilden — WBL School Bridge Coordinator, (202-237-5679), mx2whilden@gmail.comBarry Bragin — Unit Recorder (301-598-6853)WBL WEBSITE:DISTRICT 6 SITE:www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.orgwww.districtsix.orgTo geT on an email lisT for Bridge neWs & Bridge proBLems, send anoTe To sTeve robinson aT robinswr@erols.com requesTing such.contentsarticLepagePresident’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Richard Ferrin 2Bits and Pieces...Alice Yoke, 1921-2013; Bridge in Schools is Expanding itsPrograms; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Welcome to the Washington Bridge League; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4New 0-1500 Game in Laurel; 2012 Round Robin Winners; Runfor the Board?; 2012-13 WBL/NVBA Player of the Year . . . . . . . .34In Memory of Lee Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367th Annual City of Washington Tournament — April 4-7, 2013 . . . . . . . . 5WBL Solvers’ Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Steve Robinson 751st Annual Presidential Tournament: January 3-6, 2013 — Results . . .13Thursday Night Unit Game...2012 FINAL Trophy Race Standings . . . . . . . . . . . .by John Adams 180-20 Game & Lesson Thursday Nights, Carpools . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Schedule, WBL Cell Phone, Map, Guaranteed Partner Program . . .19The Unit Game—Spare Brains or Muscle?; Upcoming Sectionals . . . . . .20Congratulations!—2012 WBL New Life Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Andrew (Andy) Eugene Gabrilovitch, 1925-2012, and,50 Years Ago — Integrating Bridge in the Nation’s Capital . . . . . .25Bring a Friend to the 0-20 or NLM Unit Game!; The WBL Online . . . . .35NLMasterPointers . . .by I/N columnists, Shawn Stringer & Ron Zucker 36Stepping Up to New Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Need a Partner or a Ride to the Unit Game? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .back coverSolvers’ Club’s New Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .back cover~ §¨©ª ~- 1 -

aLice Yoke, 1921-2013The Laurel Bridge Club regrets to announcethe passing of Alice Yoke on January 5th at age91. Not only a long-time Laurel player, Alice wasone of the original players to choose membershipin the Washington Bridge League when the NVBAsplit off from it over the issue of desegregation ofbridge in 1962. An active player at that time (andup to her passing), she was a supporter of the split,and was upset by any mention of segregation.Alice was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia,and moved to Washington when her fatheraccepted an appointment in FDR’s administration.She was a graduate of West Virginia University,married early in World War II, and wasthe proud mother of two daughters. After the warshe divorced, began work at Fort Meade andmoved to Laurel. She was a regular player atLaurel and at local WBL and Baltimore tournaments,and earned over 2,800 masterpoints.president’s Letterby WBL President, Richard FerrinBits and pieces- 2 -Congratulations are in order to our trophywinners this year: John Adams won the LovenbergTrophy (open); Alex Prairie won both theIzzy Cohen Trophy (0-1500) and the TubbsTrophy (0-500 non-life masters); and MyronGoldstein won the Woolridge Trophy (0-20).(Final standings: p. 18 & winners’ pics: p. 13.)For everyone else, the good news is thateverybody starts from scratch on January 1 forthe 2013 trophy races! These trophy races arebased on masterpoints accumulated throughoutthe calendar year in all WBL Sectionalevents; all Unit Game events; and the WBLUnit Knockout and Round Robin events.I also especially recommend the WBL UnitKnockout (which just began) and Round Robin(which starts in May). Both events are teamevents. There are usually several brackets.Teams may consist of four, five, or six players.The date and time of the games are scheduledby the team captains to accommodate the teammembers’ busy schedules. Typically the eventsare played at the home of one of the membersof the two teams. Many people like this opportunityto play competitive bridge at a differentvenue. Masterpoints are awarded, and the winnerof each bracket gets a cash prize.On another note, I would like to remind everyonethat we have a guaranteed partner programfor the Unit Game. If your partner cancels at thelast minute, come anyway and we will make sureyou have a partner, either somebody else lookingfor a partner, or the person assigned as guaranteedpartner for the evening. However, to make thisprogram work, we need your help. Please considervolunteering to be a guaranteed partner. As theguaranteed partner, you play for free that night ifwe pair you up, and you get a free play for a futureUnit Game if we do not need a guaranteed partner.Contact our Partnership Chair, Barb Doran, at301-608-0347 (or barbd@starpower.net) if youwould like to help us out by volunteering as aguaranteed partner. Also, please note that theguaranteed partner program is designed to helppeople find an occasional partner, not a partnerevery week. The program normally will not allowany person to utilize the guaranteed partner morethan once a quarter.A political and social liberal, Alice alwayshad an opinion about local and national events.She was an avid movie goer, a serious reader,and a keen and opinionated observer of life.Alice will be missed by her many friendsfor her insightful and often scathing comments.Bridge in schooLs isexpanding its programs!Wanted: Bridge Players who like kidsand can give some time once a weekto help students have fun learning toplay our wonderful game!The WBL Board has generously made resourcesavailable for us to expand the Bridge inSchools program in the Unit 147 area. If you arean intermediate or better player, who thinkskids are the future of the game, please contact...continued on p. 4, column 2, middleIn Memory ofLee JensenLee Jensen, past WBL President(1994-96) and past TournamentChair (1992-2002), diedquietly in Suburban Hospital onMonday, October 29th from injuriessustained in a fall on the previousThursday. Lee was married three times andis survived by three sons, Joshua and Jacob,who live in Wisconsin, and Michael, wholives in Fredericksburg. Michael (who wasone of our caddies), and former wife, LeeAnn,held a gathering January 1st to honor hismemory. Hospitality Chair, Kitty Gottfried,expresses our unit’s gratitude to Lee and hisfamily for their generous donation of the remainingrefreshments to the WBL Sectional.Lee Jensen grew up in Sioux City, Iowa,where he excelled at math, played the violin,and loved to fish and camp. He joined the AirForce and lived in Idaho, Virginia, and NewMexico. He retired from the National Eye Institutewhere he worked as an electronics technician.A true animal lover, he raised andtrained Afghan hounds and Labrador retrievers.Golf was another passion. He became agolf professional and went on a couple of seniortours. Lee was a club pro and donated golf lessonsto the MABC Regional charity auctions.For years, Lee was one of Barbara Ames’favorite bridge partners. She says, “He hadan absolute calm and quiet demeanor at thetable. Lee’s criticisms extended to himselfand not to his partner. These are qualities Imuch appreciate in a bridge partner.“Years ago, Lee took on me and my husbandChris as golf students. To say we wereslow beginners is to be kind. Lee met with usweekly at the driving range and started withthe absolute basics of gripping the club andkeeping your eye on the ball. For the first fewweeks, we had trouble even connecting withthe ball, much less hitting a drive. I was beginningto believe we were hopeless, but Leedid not give up. He patiently kept trying differentapproaches. Then one magical night atthe range, Chris hit the ball a mile. It was awonderful moment. We stood there togetherand admired the drive. We got hooked on golfright then. It was the moment you believe youcan do something, you are improving, and it’sworth all the trouble. Thank you Lee.”Lee moved to Maryland in 1986. Heserved the WBL as Sectional, Regional- 3 -and NABC Tournament Chair,Unit President, HospitalityChair, and chief bartender intournament hospitality suites.To Kathy Hilbers, who oftenworked alongside him, Lee wasa hard worker, a gentleman, anda good friend. She says, “One ofthe reasons he attracted such agreat crew of volunteers was that eventhough he asked a lot from them all, he expectedtwice as much from himself. When Ico-chaired with him, I had a set of responsibilitieswhich he left me to do without interference,but he did by far the lion’s shareof the work. When I asked to help with othertasks, he would tell me, ‘You’re doing thethings I don’t like to do — that’s enough.’Even though he was a bit of a perfectionist,he always went out of his way to be fair tohis staff. He always made time to listen ifyou came to him with a problem, and hewould help you find a solution. He was bothTournament Chair and President of theWBL at the same time for a couple of years.Either of those hats requires dedication anda considerable investment of time and energy.Doing a good job at both, while workingfull time was an amazing feat.”Joan Lewis worked with Lee on the WBLBoard for five or six years. During their combinedtenure as WBL President, they felt thethreat of the impending closure of the SilverSpring Armory where the WBL held all of itsevents. She says, “We were told closure wasimminent at least annually during that time,and I don’t think it actually closed until longafter we finished our terms! We spent a lot oftime exploring other locations for the UnitGame and WBL Sectionals. I remember onesnowy night that Lee and I and a couple ofother WBL Board Members went to a meetingof the Kensington Town Council to discuss thepossibility of using the Kensington Armory.Council members were late and we beganwondering if they had canceled the meetingbecause of the snow. Eventually, two of themshowed up and after a very short conversation,we learned that the Mayor of Kensington livedacross the street from the Armory and hatedthe idea of so many bridge players parking infront of her house. On our way out, Lee commentedthat he thought we were doomed (inour quest to use the Armory) until the Mayorlost an election or moved. Turns out, he wasright. We were turned down then, but little didwe know that 10+ years later, we would be

—Paid Advertisement——Lee Jensen—holding many events in Kensington.—I stilldon’t know whether the Mayor moved or lost!“On the outside, Lee was quiet and unassuming,but I learned when we played togetheroccasionally, that he had a wonderful sense ofhumor as well. We didn’t play often enough tohave a lot of agreements, and there alwaysseemed to be one or two hands each sessionwhere we would get into bidding trouble. OneFriday, we had a terrible misunderstandingand went for 800. On the very next hand, westill weren’t sure about bidding methods andended up in a slam that made because of avery favorable lie of the cards. I rememberLee’s comments after those hands, ‘If we knewwhat we were doing, we’d be dangerous!’”Barbara Doran met Lee at the WashingtonNABC in 1993 while he was tending bar inthe hospitality suite and she was working withthe food. She got to know him better whilecooking at Nadine’s before WBL Sectionals.She says, “In 1995, Lee, who was running forWBL President, and Nadine came to me andsuggested that I run for the Board. That begana working relationship that developed into a- 4 -friendship that lasted long after our tenures.Lee’s contributions to the WBL were many,varied, and left a legacy that will live well beyondhim. He was always available to help outif his friends needed him. He was the go-to guyfor pet-sitting, moving heavy stuff and more.He was a good friend and I will miss him.”Ellen Cherniavsky was introduced toLee around 1996, when she had just comeback to duplicate bridge. She says, “I had40 MP and no idea of how to bid. He wasan incredibly kind and patient partner forover ten years, never criticizing, never resulting,always positively enjoying playing.“Lee was a generous, giving person. I’mnot alone in being grateful for the many wayshe helped out with fixing up the house, andtaking care of the cats when we were away.“A gourmet cook, he loved sampling newdishes and figuring out how he might makethem himself. A highlight of New Year’s Daywas to be invited to his home to have soupand recover from New Year’s Eve.“Those of us who had the privilege toknow him mourn that his life was cut sotragically short.”Bits & Pieces, cont. from p. 2...Margarett Whilden at mx2whilden@gmail.comor 301-641-4200; or speak to a director or amember of the WBL Board.If there are those who would like to helporganize and recruit in Montgomery or PGCounties, please contact me either by phoneor email. Thanks for your interest in keepingbridge alive and well in the 21st century.—Margarett Whilden,WBL School Bridge Coordinator.WeLcome to theWashington Bridge LeagueThe WBL welcomes the following newACBL members: Ms Daphne B Byron, Najat WMourad, Mr Gregory M Tepe, Sharon Zissman,Deborah B Drozen, Terry J Lesohn, Peg JRichter, Jack Teller, and Eleanor D Young.In addition, we welcome the following transfersfrom other units: Irene M Brandt, Mrs RitaS Kanter, Member has Snowbird, James BMentzer, Dr Susanne M Reese, Mr James SBerman, E-Mail: jimberman1@, Mr James ABroderick, Patricia J Lavengood, Dr RobertMaman, and Ms Victoria A Tigwell....continued on p. 34, column 1, middle67 thMid-chart allowed in all events except I/NAnnual ~ ~at the #)-&)$.*) *0) !'',(*,13710 Mitchell St, Kensington, MD ~ (except where noted)%/,-"!1 +,&' Stratified Open Pairs (unlim/1500/500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:15amRockville Duplicate Bridge Club, 301-503-3348 (Mark Lavine) NO ENTRYSt. James Episcopal Church, 11815 Seven Locks Rd., Rockville TILL 11AM StrataFlighted Open Pairs (A/X unlim/3000, B/C/D Separate 2000/1000/500)(both sites); Stratified NLM Pairs (NLM/100/50) & 0-20 Pairs (KensingtonArmory only); Stratified 199er Pairs (Beth El only)Beth El Congregation, 3830 Seminary Rd, Alexandria . . . . . . . . .7:00pmKensington Town Hall/Armory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30pm+,&' ,&"!1 +,&' *StrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) & B/C/D Pairs (2000/1000/500) . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00am, 2:00pm IMP Pairs A/X (unlim/3000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:15pm EARLIER START!It’s the Friday night IMPs! With only one partner, it scores like a team game. To get your IMP scoreon a board, we take your result and IMP it against each result at the other tables, then get the average. B/C/D Pairs (2000/1000/500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:15pm Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100/50/20) (single sessions) . . . . .10:00am, 2:00pm, 7:15pm(will run if we have 3 or more tables)!./,"!1 +,&' Compact KOs Four rounds of knockouts finish in one day! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 4:00 pmTired of pair games? You’re guaranteed to play a full session of two rounds of the knockouts. *StrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) or B/C/D Pairs (2000/1000/500) . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00am, 4:00pm Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100) or Newcomer Pairs (50/20/5)(single sessions) 11:00am, 4:00pm Don’t miss the between sessions Panel Show /)"!1 +,&' Bracketed Teams, (2 session playthru w/short break) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am & TBACheck out this format! Each bracket of eight teams (by masterpoints) plays all of the other teamsin its bracket! The top bracket will hold an unlimited number of teams and will play a Swiss format.Your team may choose to play up—but only into the top bracket. 300/100/50 Swiss Teams, VPs (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:00pm Lots of Intermediate & Novice Events with Silver Points! I/N events: 0-5, 20, 50, 100, 200, 300; Stratification at Director’s Discretion.Famous Washington Hospitality includes snacks, drinks, & Friday & Sunday lunchfree of charge. Chair: Ron Zucker, 202-390-3443, ron@motherzucker.com. Volunteer Coor dinator:Barbara Summers, 301-598-5838, jimbarb1184@aol.com Hospitality: Kitty Gottfried, 301-587-3981,kgottfried@hotmail.com Partnerships: Barbara Doran, 301-608-0347, SectionalPartner@DistrictSix.org*StrataFlighted if attendance warrants—otherwise combined into Stratified Pairs (unlim/2000/500)Directions to the Kensington Town Hall/Armory: 495 Beltway Exit 33, Connecticut Avenue North (Rt.185N—to Kensington). 1.5 miles, right at light—Knowles Ave. 1 st right at stop—Armory Ave. 1 st left atstop—to 3710 Mitchell St. & parking lot on right. Additional parking in nearby lots—see website maps.- 5 -

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Tied for seventeenth were SamPal, Neal Walters, Randall Holdon, Mike Deverin,Chuck Yaple, Arnie Frankel, Gene Fisher,Aykut Aksu, Allen Veasey, Saul Penn and WinstonEdwards with a score of 450. Tied fortwenty-eighth were Yi Zhong, Rick McDaniel,Rich Wallace, Albert Lauber, Jim Andre, WalterTaschek and Bob Libler with a score of 440.The average score of the 223 solvers was 377.The average score of the experts was 471.Bill Meeks had a 450 in my last contest.All readers are encouraged to send answersand/or new problems to Steve Robinson, 2891S. Abingdon St. #A2 Arlington, VA, 22206-1329. In addition to the winner receiving a freeplay at the WBL Unit Game, Steve will playwith anyone who gets a perfect score or who exactlymatches all five of his answers. If you senda self-addressed stamped envelope to the aboveaddress along with your answers, I will send youa copy of the new problems to ensure that youcan meet his next deadline. You can pick up acopy of the problems at the WBL Unit Game inMaryland, and can send answers or requests forproblems to robinswr@erols.com. You can alsosee and answer the problems at the WBL website. WBL Solvers Club uses Washington Standardas published July 1996. I accept only thefirst answer from each solver unless it is clearthat the solver wants to correct his answer.I personally score all the problems. If a majorityof the solvers vote for an answer, and theanswer is reasonable I will give that answer 100points. I will not give 100 points to an answerthat I consider bad no matter how many expertsWBL soLvers’ cLuBModerated by Steve Robinsonrobinswr@erols.com- 7 -vote for it. There are times when I want to makea point. I will give that answer 100 points andwill therefore give the majority answer 90points. For the other answers I consider howgood the answer is and how many experts votefor it for its score. If you submitted an answerthat got 20 points, that bid would get a badscore at the table. A good exercise would be tofigure out why I gave your answer 20 points.You might have misread the problem.The book Washington Standard secondedition is out. If you are a serious bridgeplayer, this book is a must. You can purchasea copy from Steve for $25.00 whenever yousee him or can send him a check for $30.15that includes $5.15 for priority mail.1) IMPs, Both VulnerableªAQ102©AJ32¨-§AJ654SOUTH WEST NORTH EASTPass Pass 1ª????Action Score Votes SolversPass 100 5 452§ 90 3 78Double 70 1 651NT 70 0 112NT 20 0 33§ 20 0 12ª 20 0 144¨ 20 0 23NT 20 0 12© 20 0 2They’ve open 1ª and we have a goodhand, however we’re void in an unbid suit. Ifwe double 1ª and partner bids diamonds,then what? We could overcall 2§ but the suitis horrific. We have 16 HCP and therefore wecould overcall 1NT but again partner couldtry to play in diamonds. We could pass andwait further developments. If RHO later bids2¨ we could then double it for takeout.Three experts overcall 2§. I don’t likeovercalling in minor suit holding AJ654.

Since there’s more to gain overcalling hearts,I would overcall 2© if the suits were reversed.Parker: “2§—Not good enough to doubleand bid 3§ over 2¨. Hopefully I can showhearts next if they bid diamonds. Pass canwork out if it goes 1NT by them – Pass — 2¨then I can double, but I don’t want them tofind their diamond suit.”Poe: “2§—This is a real tough problem.Could pass and hope it goes 1NT – P - 2¨and then double, but it does not always go thatway and then I might be badly placed. Somebodywill usually bid over 2§ and if theydon’t I might be in a decent spot. If they do Iwill be well placed to bid again, hopefully tobid 2©. I strongly dislike double or 1NT.”King: “2§—I can’t double or bid notrumpwith a void and I have too many points to pass.”Four experts join me and wait further developments.If it goes all pass, we could getmany hundreds.Woolsey: “Pass—It is very likely that theopponents will be in some number of diamondswhen it comes back to me next turn,and then I will be able to make a very descriptivetakeout double. If they are someplaceelse, I probably did well to shut up.”Schwartz: “Pass—The only hope to remotelydescribe this hand is to pass now anddouble if the opponents bids diamonds. Ifpartner doesn’t balance as a passed hand, Iwill be happy to collect my 100s on defense.”Adams: “Pass—1ª — Pass — 1NT –Pass – Pass — Double will be penalty, andif they rebid diamonds I have a good takeoutdouble. Bidding now risks misleading partnerand misses perhaps our best plus scoreby defending.”Landen: “Pass—I don’t see doubling witha void in diamonds and 2§ is far from idealalso. I expect LHO to bid 1NT and RHO tobid 2¨. I can then double showing a goodhand with hearts and clubs. In any event, myhand has very goods score.”One expert doubles 1ª and guess whathis partner is going to bid.Hopkins: “Double—The only response I reallyfear is 2¨. Then I will have to decide whichis the least of evils: 2©, 2NT, or 3§. Overcalling2§ could lose our heart game and trying1NT could lead to some very awkward momentsas partner tries to put us in diamonds.”- 8 -Don’t make a takeout double if you’re veryshort in one of the two higher unbid suits.2) IMPs, Both VulnerableªK74©A6543¨9753§ASOUTH WEST NORTH EAST1§ Pass1© Pass 1ª Pass????Action Score Votes Solvers1NT 100 4 412ª 90 3 383ª 80 2 32¨ 60 0 1012© 40 0 102NT 40 0 17Pass 40 0 43© 30 0 73NT 20 0 13¨ 20 0 1We have 11 HCP which is enough to invitebut not enough to force to game, however, thereare no reasonable invitational bids. You can’tjump in your five-card heart suit. We only havethree spades and a jump to 3ª shows four. Wecould bid 2NT which shows 11-12 HCP, howeverwe lack a real diamond stopper, we havean unbalanced hand and we don’t have asource of tricks. The experts agree that with noclear invitational bid we should go low. If you’regoing to make a minimum bid, there are twostandouts, none of which describes this hand.2ª shows four spades. You could also bid 1NTbut again you have an unbalanced hand withouta diamond stopper. Many solvers bid 2¨.2¨ is fourth-suit and is game-forcing. After2¨, you could pass one of your partner’s bidssince you’re the one that created the force butpartner can’t pass any of your non-game bids.Five experts raise spades with two expertsjumping to 3ª. The rule is that you don’t raisepartner’s second-bid suit without four-cardsupport. All rules have exceptions and is thishand an exception? If this is a partscore hand2ª will be as good as any partscore contractat IMPs. However, partner could have a verygood hand such as ªJxxx©KQx¨A§KQJxxand we would be playing in spades whenhearts or even notrump would be better strains.Parker: “2ª—Only if I could not bid 2¨as a one-round force. It’s too good to pass andnot good enough to bid 2¨. Heart suit is notworth a rebid either.”2¨ is game-forcing.Woolsey: “2ª—With my lack of interiorspot cards and the apparent misfit, we couldhave 26 or 27 HCP and still not have muchplay for 3NT. If partner can’t move over 2ª,it is unlikely that we have a game. If he drivesto 4ª, it wouldn’t surprise me if that were thebest game.”Poe: “2ª—This is not a notrump hand. Ihave bad diamonds and bad hearts oppositeshortness, and bad transportation problems.Spades may play well and I have to keep thebidding open with all of these values. I canenvision cashing high honors and ruffing fora lot of tricks.”Two experts jump in spades. 3ª forcesyou to play in spades.Hopkins: “3ª—This hand should play extremelywell on a cross-ruff.”Landen: “3ª—I owe partner a trump, butthis hand cries out to play in a suit. Even witha trump lead, we likely will be able to taketen fast tricks.”Three experts join me and rebid 1NT.They hope that their partner has three-cardheart support. 1NT also gives an opponentthe better opportunity to balance andwouldn’t that be tasty?King: “1NT—I have too much to pass andraising spades will force partner to trump diamondsin his hand and lose control. I willdowngrade from my point count because ofthe poor spots and the blockage in clubs.”Schwartz: “1NT—If partner passes thisshould make even if the opponents run somediamond tricks. If partner bids out I will bewell placed. Even clubs in a 6-1 could playbetter than a 4-3 spade fit. Raising spadesnow will make it very difficult to escapespades later and if partner has 4-6 in theblacks he will be disappointed with thedummy when he bids 4ª. Raising spades ismore attractive at matchpoints as that islikely to be the higher scoring part score.”Adams: “1NT—Unless partner has extras orthree-card heart support we are high enough. Iexpect partner to bid 2© on 4=3=2=4. I have nogood way to invite and the misfit potential is serious.Many play that 2© there shows extras. Myopinion is that’s not good bridge. 2ª by opener- 9 -over 1NT should show a serious heart raise and2© is just a minimum with three hearts. Am Iworried about missing a vulnerable game? Sure,but I also think if I stretch to a vulnerable gameand go down four due to misfits, maybe doubled,or down two for bidding too much, that that givesup more IMPs over the long run. 2ª is tempting,but won’t let us get to hearts when that is our fit.At matchpoints, I’d consider pass, as I expectSpades to take more tricks than notrump, but atIMPs, I want to give partner another chance tobid if he has a serious hand.”This is a rule that you’re not supposed toraise partner’s second suit without four-cardsupport, but like all rules there are exceptionsand maybe this problem is the exception.3) IMPs, Both VulnerableªJ32©QJ432¨A7§A109SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST1© 1ª 2¨ Pass????Action Score Votes Solvers2NT 100 5 532© 90 3 703¨ 80 1 143§ 60 0 252ª 40 0 27Pass 20 0 314§ 20 0 13ª 20 0 2Partner has made a bid that is forcing forone round but not necessarily forcing to game.He could have a 20-count so passing is out ofthe question. We have a minimum hand with noclear bid. We could bid 2NT and pretend thatwe have a spade stopper. We could also rebidour hearts but that shows six and all we have isa suit that will not play well opposite two small.The last thing you want is to have partner assumethat you have six hearts and jump to gamewith only two-card support. I think that thereare three reasonable lies that you could tell. Youcould bid 3§, raise diamonds or bid 2NT.Five experts rebid 2NT. 2NT shows a balancedhand and if partner has any spadehonor the suit will be stopped. If you bid 2NT,partner could remove it if he has an unbalancedhand. Even if there is no spade stopper,the suit might not be led.Woolsey: “2NT—I can’t let a mere 1ª over-

call prevent me from making my natural call.”Poe: “2NT—This shows what I have, aminimum semi-balanced hand. Partner mighthave Axx or Kxx of Spades in which casewe prefer to be declaring. Unfortunately I amvery weak with only a partial Spade stopperbut I have to bid and I have nothing else tosay. Notrump could play very well if partneralso has a partial stopper. I don’t strongly objectto the 3¨ raise, but I would worry that istoo encouraging to partner.”Schwartz: “2NT—With this trash I wantto make the most discouraging bid. Have tolie somewhere and with the opponents notraising spades this increases the odds partnerhas some help there. If partner happens tohave high honor third, notrump should beplayed from my side. “Hopkins: “2NT—Somebody has to bidnotrump. Partner has more bids if he is reallydistributional.”Landen: “2NT—Wrong to rebid hearts andI almost have a spade stopper. Having putpartner in a seven-card trump fit last hand I’llnot do it again with this ugly duckling.”Three experts rebid 2©. The problem isthat if partner has a good hand with twohearts, you’ll end up playing in 4©. I don’tthink partner should have to bid 2ª askingif you really have six hearts. The 2ª-cue bidis a game-force and could be a heart slam trywith only two hearts.King: “2©—All choices are awful; 2NTwithout a stopper; 2© without a sixth heartand weak spots or 3¨ with only two diamonds.I would choose 2© because I believethe cheapest bid should be the one that ismost suspect.”Parker: “2©—Should not promise sixhearts, just denies a spade stopper. Partnermust bid again so let’s see what he has in mind.”Adams: “2©—Cheapest bid leaves partnera full range of rebids and does not promiseanything.”I think 2© shows six hearts. 2NT is thebid that doesn’t show anything other than abalanced hand.My bid 3¨ shows a minimum hand withsome diamond support, denies six hearts anddenies a spade stopper. How bad can it be tomake a descriptive bid?- 10 -4) Matchpoints, They’re VulnerableªAK108©K¨AQJ10974§4SOUTH WEST NORTH EASTPass1¨ 3© Dbl Pass????Action Score Votes Solvers4ª 100 4 754NT 90 2 314© 80 2 775ª 40 1 13ª 40 0 186¨ 40 0 26ª 40 0 45¨ 40 0 54¨ 40 0 5Pass 20 0 5Partner has made negative double of 3©which usually shows four spades, however,there are many hands lacking four spades wheredouble is the best bid possible. What would youbid over 3© holding ªQJx©xx¨Kxx§Axxxxor ªQJx©xx¨Kxxx§AKxx? I would double3© with both hands. Also, there is a very widerange for his bid. The first object should be tofind out if partner has four spades. If he has fourspades then we could ask him how many aceshe has. I like 4©. Since partner will have noidea what 4© means, other than its forcing andprobably shows extra values, he will attempt todescribe his hand.One expert joins me and cue bids. Itmight not be a great bid since there are twopossible interpretations of the bid.Woolsey: “4©—The only suit partner has“promised” is spades, so this must be a slamtry in spades. If I wanted to play a minor, Iwould be bidding the minor at an appropriatelevel. I’m not good enough to risk RKC as 5ªmay be too high. If partner has the right cardshe will know it and take over.”Two experts bid 4NT which I assume isRKC for spades since spades is the last bid suit.Parker: “4NT—I will risk going down atthe five-level if he has no Aces. This is simpleand should lead to no confusion. If he has anAce I will bid 6ª, if he has two Aces, I willbid 5NT to try and locate the Diamond King.”Poe: “4NT—Partner should have valuesfor a negative double of 3©. If we have enoughAces, which I expect, I will take my chancesin 6ª after asking for the spade queen.”Four experts bid 4ª. Seems like an underbid.Would partner continue with ªQJxx©Ax¨Kx§xxxxx and what would he bid if he doubled3© with ªJxx©xxx¨Kx§AKQxx?King: “4ª—This seems clear. Yes, heartleads might make me lose control, but it ismatchpoints.”Schwartz: “4ª—Shows extra values withdiamonds and spades. Why confuse thingswith a cue bid?”Adams: “4ª—Going to gamble that I canmaintain control of the hand and still run diamonds.They may well lead a singleton diamondand if I avoid the early tap, the 4-4spade fit will play as well as the 7-x diamondfit. It’s also possible partner’s spades and diamondsgood enough so the tap is not fatal,or that partner has a control in whateverround suit they lead. If my spades were poorI’d pick the safety of long diamonds.”Hopkins: “4ª—Extras with four Spades.Trying anything fancy could lead easily getus overboard. If partner shows the Club Ace,I will try 6¨.”One expert invites with 5ª. Maybe hisnegative doubles guarantee four spades butmany players don’t.Landen: “5ª—Strong invite which logicallymust, logically, include a heart control.”This hand shows why you might overbida little to overcall 3©.5) IMPs, Both VulnerableªA765©103¨AKJ974§4SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST5§ Dbl Pass????Action Score Votes Solvers6¨ 100 6 865NT 90 2 76§ 80 1 5Pass 70 0 635ª 70 0 95¨ 70 0 466ª 30 0 57¨ 20 0 2Partners double of 5§ shows a strong handand his distribution is entirely random. Theonly thing you know for sure is that he’s not- 11 -doubling 5§ based on just club honors. Holdingªxxx©xxxx¨xxx§AKJ, you take yourplus score. You wouldn’t want partner to pullto his six-card major. Partner should have ahand with the strength of a strong notrump sowe could and should easily make a slam. Thequestion is which strain? By using both 5NTand 6§ as you choose bids we should be ableto find our best strain. 5NT says choose astrain. If partner has a five-card or longer suit,he bids it. If partner has a three-suited hand,he bids 6§ which allows you to choose a strain.If partner has both majors, he bids 6§ and corrects6¨ to 6©. If partner has diamonds andspades, he bids 6§ and corrects 6© to 6ª.5NT allows for any two-suiter or three-suitedhands. Only if partner has a one-suited hearthand and 6© is the only makeable slam wouldwe not get to the best strain. Not only shouldyou give up getting to seven in order to find thebest strain, you should not even think aboutseven. Lots of time you’ll be lucky to make six.Two experts join me and ask partner tochoose a slam.Adams: “5NT—I have two places to playthis, and partner has one to three places toplay. With just hearts or just spades, he canbid it over 5NT. With both majors he can bid6§ and correct 6¨ to 6© which I can correctto 6ª. With Diamonds and a major, he canbid 6¨ and we might miss a Spade fit, but sowhat. With a three-suiter he can bid 6§ andpass whatever I bid, which will again be diamondsinstead of spades.”One expert bids 6§. This bars partnerfrom bidding 6§.Hopkins: “6§—If partner bids 6¨, that’sfine and I can convert 6© to 6ª.”Six experts bid 6¨ assuming that partnerwill have a few diamonds. But why couldn’t hehave a hand such as ªKQJxx©AKQxx¨xx§x?Parker: “6¨—Partner may be doublingfor penalties but he typically just has a stronghand. This should make if he has no wastedclub values. It’s a bidder’s game.”Woolsey: “6¨—Partner thinks we can defeat5§, so he figures to have roughly astrong notrump. Whether his cards will be inthe right place is anybody’s guess.”Poe: “6¨—Double shows a very good hand.We may well make seven. Possible that partnerhas weak Diamonds but this is my best guess.

The opponents made it very hard for us, but thatdoes not mean we should settle for a penalty, ora game, when the odds a very good that we canmake more. Bidding seven, or even 6§, is justa shot in the dark. If partner hates Diamonds hecan bid 6© over 6¨ dage that if the opponentshave fixed us that we should stay fixed when theodds are very good that we have a slam.”King: “6¨—Partner should have convertiblevalues and I can’t bid less than six. Exploringfor seven could muddy the waters toomuch. Partner can still bid on with a firstround club control. “Over 6¨, there is no way that partner shouldsoLvers’ scoresJohn Adams Pass 1NT 2© 4ª 5NT 480Robbie Hopkins Dbl 3ª 2NT 4ª 6§ 430Fred King 2§ 1NT 2© 4ª 6¨ 480Steve Landen Pass 3ª 2NT 5ª 6¨ 420Steve Parker 2§ 2ª 2© 4NT 6¨ 460Lyle Poe 2§ 2ª 2NT 4NT 6¨ 470Steve Robinson Pass 1NT 3¨ 4© 5NT 450Alan Schwartz Pass 1NT 2NT 4ª 6¨ 500Kit Woolsey Pass 2ª 2NT 4© 6¨ 470- 12 -bid seven. Your 6¨ could be a big gamble.Schwartz: “6¨—Double is not necessarilyfor takeout but can’t see how I can involvepartner in a choice of trump as he is unlikelyto choose diamonds when that is right.”If he has a balanced hand, why wouldn’the accept your choice?Landen: “6¨—Our most likely slam, I can’tafford to cue bid and hear partner bid 6©.”If you bid 5NT (choice of slams) and partnerbids 6©, that could be your best slam.However, I would correct to 6ª.Using any notrump bid as choice is moreuseful than using notrump bids as natural.Paid Advertisement Paid Advertisement51st annuaL WBLpresidentiaL tournamentJanuary 3-6, 2013top ten cumuLativepoint WinnersAll Players1 40.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barry Falgout2 29.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Bell3 26.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rusty Krauss4 25.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sylvia Shi5 22.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Boyd6 20.73 . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Hopkins Jr7 20.52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Adams8 20.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ronald Kral9 18.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Robinson10 18.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fred KingPlayers with fewer than 2000 masterpoints1 25.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sylvia Shi2 12.79 . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Bingham3 12.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeffrey Halle4 11.71 . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexander Prairie5 11.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Branfman6 11.25 . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Reckford7 9.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Sanders8 9.66 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emerita Hayward9 8.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Reed10 8.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dennis SchwanzPlayers with fewer than 500 masterpoints1 12.79 . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Bingham2 12.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeffrey Halle3 9.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Sanders4 8.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wayne Bardsley5 6.88 . . . . . . . . . . .Annapurna Satpathy6 6.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kellen Leister7 5.91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sidney Graves8 5.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephen Weiner9 4.86 . . . . . . . . . . . .Penelope Paddock10 4.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ettie Gordon4.85 . . . . . . . . . .Michelle ZygielbaumPlayers with fewer than 100 masterpoints1 4.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ettie Gordon2 4.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret Cooke4.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Isard4 3.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Walsh5 3.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judith Dausch6 3.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Terry Klein7 3.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Dearolf8 2.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heide Blaker2.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lynne Battle10 2.70 . . . . . . . . . .W Karl Van NewkirkResults- 13 -2012trophY race WinnersThe 2012 WBL Trophy Race Winners wereawarded their trophies: l to r: Alex Prairie(Izzy Cohen, 0-1500 AND Tubbs, Non-LM),John Adams (Lovenberg, Open), not pictured:Myron Goldstein (Woolridge, 0-20).See p. 18 for all the 2012 final standings.Sept. 2012 THURS EVE FLT B/C/D PAIRSTheir winner’s pic was accidentally omitted fromthe results of the Sept. WBL D.C. Championshipsin our last issue. Larry & Thmas had a huge game!Stratum B, 24.0 Tables1 Larry Taylor - Thomas Jennings . .75.30%THUR MORN OPEN PAIRS,Stratum A, 21.5 Tables1 Barry Falgout - Diane Walker . . . . . .62.982 William Foster Jr - Charleen Brand . .62.963 Frank Shull III - Jon Ranhand . . . . . .61.524 Peter Boyd - Ruth Potter . . . . . . . . . .61.385 Robert Boyd - Alfred Duncker . . . . . .59.366 Charles Boteler Jr - Bert Chansky . . .56.55Stratum B, 14.0 Tables1 Frank Shull III - Jon Ranhand . . . . . .61.522 Mike Stoller - Amy Bloom . . . . . . . . .56.323 Alan Ferraro - Jeanne Ferraro . . . . . .53.75

4 Arthur Farbenbloom - Mark Eisenstadt 52.985 Robert Von Moss - Sue Swift . . . . . . .51.486 Gail Harrison - Brian Brunsvold . . . .51.36Stratum C, 4.5 Tables1 Gail Harrison - Brian Brunsvold . . . .51.362 Lester Slaback - John Jackson . . . . . .49.833 Rosemary Kuntz - Juanita Beeson . . .49.134 David Fitzwilliam - Lorraine Tyler . . .48.12THUR EVE FLT A/X PAIRSStratum A, 30.0 Tables / Based on 76 Tables1 Ronald Kral - Richard Bingham . . . .67.682 Melissa Price - Richard Price . . . . . .61.713 Guillaume de Decker - Dale Sanders .61.674 Brad Theurer - Robert Hopkins Jr . . .59.905 Daniel Feldman - Dhirendra Ghosh . .59.176 Donald Berman - Leon Letwin . . . . . .58.097 Irv Kipnis - Sorina Negulescu . . . . . .57.708 Marshall Kuschner - Thomas Lavender 57.61Stratum X, 14.5 Tables1 Melissa Price - Richard Price . . . . . .61.712 Guillaume de Decker - Dale Sanders .61.673 Daniel Feldman - Dhirendra Ghosh . .59.174 Irv Kipnis - Sorina Negulescu . . . . . .57.705 H John Edmonds - Larry Kahn . . . . .56.736 Kevin O’Brien - Francesco Parisi-Presicce52.11THUR EVE FLT B/C/D PAIRSStratum B, 29.0 Tables1 Rebecca Duty (pic) - WPaul McGowan . .67.802 Stephen Weiner - RobertBlatt . . . . . . . . . .63.073/4 John Gauss - CarolynBaird . . . . . . . . . .58.713/4 James Gerding - W KarlVan Newkirk . . . .58.715/6 Linda Padgett - Robert Padgett . . . . .58.145/6 Mike Ladd - Betty Ladd . . . . . . . . . . .58.14Stratum C, 22.0 Tables1 Stephen Weiner - Robert Blatt . . . . . .63.072/3 John Gauss - Carolyn Baird . . . . . . . .58.712/3 James Gerding - W Karl Van Newkirk 58.714 Mike Ladd - Betty Ladd . . . . . . . . . . .58.145 Thomas Jennings - Fred Gramlich . . .57.956 Craig Olson - Michael Lawrence . . . .57.01Stratum D, 13.5 Tables1 Stephen Weiner - Robert Blatt . . . . . .63.072 John Gauss - Carolyn Baird . . . . . . . .58.713 Mike Ladd - Betty Ladd . . . . . . . . . . .58.144 George Parkins - Hannelore Sofocleous 56.065 Paul Setzer - Kellen Leister . . . . . . . .55.686 Mark Jones - Jay Simon . . . . . . . . . . .54.73THUR EVE 199ER PRS @ NVBAStratum A, 7.0 Tables1 Patricia Stone - George Stone . . . . . . .64.582 Jeremy Billones - Kathleen LaMarre .62.923 Walt Pumo - Janice Pumo . . . . . . . . .60.004 Elliot Simon - Peter Town . . . . . . . . .55.005 Carol Goldstone - Jeffrey Yutzler . . . .51.25Stratum B, 3.0 Tables1 Elliot Simon - Peter Town . . . . . . . . .55.002 Amy Elmore - James Connor . . . . . . .49.17- 14 -THUR EVE NLM PAIRS @ WBLStratum A, 7.0 Tables1 Margaret Cooke - Peter Isard . . . . . . .62.502 Ollie Thomas - Julie Thomas . . . . . . .57.503 Terry Klein - Myron Goldstein . . . . . .54.584 Bradley Tash - Robin Tash . . . . . . . . .53.335 Mary Ourand - Michael Watts . . . . . .51.25Stratum B, 6.0 Tables1 Margaret Cooke - Peter Isard . . . . . . .62.502 Terry Klein - Myron Goldstein . . . . . .54.583 Bradley Tash - Robin Tash . . . . . . . . .53.334 Ted Van Dyke - Franny Van Dyke . . .49.58Stratum C, 4.0 Tables1 Margaret Cooke - Peter Isard . . . . . . .62.502 Terry Klein - Myron Goldstein . . . . . .54.583 Tina Brinsfield - Cheri Hayes . . . . . .49.17THUR EVE 0-20 PRS @ WBLStratum A, 3.0 Tables1 William Morrow - Joseph Quinn . . . .58.332 Sarah Jenkins - Carmen Fitchett . . . .56.67FRI MORN FLT A/X PAIRSStratum A, 8.0 Tables / Based on 30 Tables1 Kathrine Loh - Roma Chandra . . . . . .63.352/3 Arnie Frankel - Alfred Steinberg . . . .57.572/3 James Stormes - Leo Cardillo . . . . . . .57.574 Donald Berman - Leon Letwin . . . . . .55.905 Linda Marshall - Steven Schatzow . . .55.23Stratum X, 4.5 Tables1 Kathrine Loh - Roma Chandra . . . . . .63.352 James Stormes - Leo Cardillo . . . . . . .57.573 Michael Gottesman - Silas Wasserstrom 54.044 Linda Smith - Gerald Marcovsky . . . .49.28FRI MORN FLT B/C/D PAIRSStratum B, 10.0 Tables1 Robert Sturm - Ernie Schuler . . . . . . .60.712 Behnaz Fardshisheh - Thomas Reckford 60.123 Suzanne Floyd - Elaine Conway . . . . .58.634 David Montague - Norman Mitchell . .56.255 Ron Sutter - Yuen De Anda . . . . . . . .55.956 Louise Hayes - Penelope Paddock . . .55.65Stratum C, 7.0 Tables1 Robert Sturm - Ernie Schuler . . . . . . .60.712 Behnaz Fardshisheh - Thomas Reckford 60.123 David Montague - Norman Mitchell . .56.254 Ron Sutter - Yuen De Anda . . . . . . . .55.955 Louise Hayes - Penelope Paddock . . .55.65Stratum D, 4.0 Tables1 Robert Sturm - Ernie Schuler . . . . . . .60.712 David Montague - Norman Mitchell . .56.253 Ron Sutter - Yuen De Anda . . . . . . . .55.95FRI MORN NLM PAIRSStratum A, 12.0 Tables1 Heide Blaker - Lynne Battle . . . . . . .60.842 Herb Schulken - Wayne Bardsley . . .60.003 Richard Long - Marguerite Salah . . . .59.524 Randolph Elkins - Curtis Sandler . . .58.855 Marsha Shiff - Judith Riggs . . . . . . . .57.266 Margarett Whilden - Hanna Wagner .56.42Stratum B, 6.5 Tables1 Heide Blaker - Lynne Battle . . . . . . .60.842 Randolph Elkins - Curtis Sandler . . .58.853 Marsha Shiff - Judith Riggs . . . . . . . .57.264 Jill Benson - Gale Greenbaum . . . . . .56.175 Mary Iglehart - Geane Schubert . . . . .52.76Stratum C, 3.0 Tables1 Marsha Shiff - Judith Riggs . . . . . . . .57.262 Sharon Sutten - Donna Sinrud . . . . . .47.45FRI AFT FLT A/X PAIRSStratum A, 12.0 Tables / Based on 39 Tables1 Barry Falgout - Robert Bell . . . . . . . .60.982 Mike Cappelletti Sr - Ronald Kral . . .60.043 Peter Boyd - Ellen Klosson . . . . . . . .58.144 Bruce Houston - Kenneth Davis . . . . .57.395 John Adams - Sylvia Shi . . . . . . . . . .56.256 Jimmy Ritzenberg - Robert Levey . . .56.06Stratum X, 5.0 Tables1 Jimmy Ritzenberg - Robert Levey . . .56.062 Albert Lauber - James Beller . . . . . . .53.603 Lloyd Rawley - Kitty Gottfried . . . . . .51.704 Linda Smith - Gerald Marcovsky . . . .49.43FRI AFT FLT B/C/D PAIRSStratum B, 14.5 Tables1 Michelle Zygielbaum - Ettie Gordon .61.052 Calvin Konner - Alan Skvirsky . . . . .60.103 Elaine Conway - Suzanne Floyd . . . . .57.984 Andrew Jacknain - Annapurna Satpathy56.785 Liz Ferraro - Alan Ferraro . . . . . . . . .56.786 Larry Moran - Douglas Fox . . . . . . . .56.63Stratum C, 10.5 Tables1 Michelle Zygielbaum - Ettie Gordon .61.052 Andrew Jacknain - Annapurna Satpathy56.783 Liz Ferraro - Alan Ferraro . . . . . . . . .56.784 Larry Moran - Douglas Fox . . . . . . . .56.635 Michael Lawrence - Craig Olson . . . .55.47- 15 -6 Sidney Graves - Georgette Weiss . . . .54.82Stratum D, 6.0 Tables1 Michelle Zygielbaum - Ettie Gordon .61.052 Andrew Jacknain - Annapurna Satpathy56.783 Sidney Graves - Georgette Weiss . . . .54.824 Jennifer Elliott - Elliott Turley . . . . . .52.83FRI AFT NLM PAIRSStratum A, 12.0 Tables1 Ron Sutter - The Black Widow . . . . . .66.962/3 Mary Krenytzky - William Leishear . .60.712/3 Margaret Cooke - Peter Isard . . . . . . .60.714 Neil Crane - Geane Schubert . . . . . . .58.335 Randolph Elkins - Curtis Sandler . . .57.146 Joan Axilbund - Mary Lou McMorrow 56.55Stratum B, 9.5 Tables1/2 Mary Krenytzky - William Leishear . .60.711/2 Margaret Cooke - Peter Isard . . . . . . .60.713 Neil Crane - Geane Schubert . . . . . . .58.334 Randolph Elkins - Curtis Sandler . . .57.145 Joan Axilbund - Mary Lou McMorrow 56.556 Donna Sinrud - Sharon Sutten . . . . . .54.17Stratum C, 4.5 Tables1 Donna Sinrud - Sharon Sutten . . . . . .54.172 Eleanor Linde - Toni Sandler . . . . . . .50.893 Peter Pollak - Judy Ferraro . . . . . . . .49.114 Sarah Jenkins - Ruthjoy Leventhal . .48.21FRI EVE FLT A/X IMP PAIRSStratum A, 12.5 Tables / Based on 27 Tables1 Steven Schatzow - Linda Marshall . . .51.472 Donna Rogall - David Ruderman . . . .46.093 Steve Robinson - John Adams . . . . . .40.364 Pamela Bowman - Julian Boyce . . . . .23.645 Monique Smith - Merril Hirsh . . . . . .22.716 Ann Lindley - Hank Meyer . . . . . . . .22.36Stratum X, 4.0 Tables1 Monique Smith - Merril Hirsh . . . . . .22.712 Jason Meyer - Ronald Zucker . . . . . .11.613 Barack Peled - Sorina Negulescu . . . . .0.00FRI EVE FLT B/C/D PAIRSStratum B, 14.0 Tables1 Kitty Gottfried - Steven Fox . . . . . . . .65.342 Andrew Lipps - Eric Branfman . . . . .61.363 Behnaz Fardshisheh - Thomas Reckford 60.61

4 Tamara Vetter - Ken Kimball . . . . . . .57.015 Ted Proxmire - Charles King . . . . . . .55.496 Stephen Weiner - Louis Coccodrilli . .55.11Stratum C, 11.5 Tables1 Behnaz Fardshisheh - Thomas Reckford 60.612 Tamara Vetter - Ken Kimball . . . . . . .57.013 Ted Proxmire - Charles King . . . . . . .55.494 Stephen Weiner - Louis Coccodrilli . .55.115 Thomas Jennings - Fred Gramlich . . .53.606 Joy Oliver - Melva Urban . . . . . . . . . .53.03Stratum D, 8.0 Tables1 Tamara Vetter - Ken Kimball . . . . . . .57.012 Stephen Weiner - Louis Coccodrilli . .55.113 Catherine Bardsley - Wayne Bardsley 52.274/6 Georgette Weiss - Sidney Graves . . . .51.894/6 Paul Setzer - Kellen Leister . . . . . . . .51.894/6 Jim Walsh - David Marshall . . . . . . . .51.89SAT MORN FLT A/X PAIRSStratum A, 19.5 Tables / Based on 66 Tables1 Peter Boyd - Steve Robinson . . . . . . .67.012 Barry Falgout - Rusty Krauss . . . . . . .63.783 Leo LaSota - Alan Tenenbaum . . . . . .61.114 Earl Glickstein - Robert Bell . . . . . . .58.225 John Adams - Sylvia Shi . . . . . . . . . .57.696 Rose Berman - Carole Banks . . . . . . .56.717 Eugene Kales - Ruth Potter . . . . . . . .56.25Stratum X, 8.0 Tables1 Rose Berman - Carole Banks . . . . . . .56.712 Benjamin Stauss - John Glynn . . . . . .55.133 Lloyd Rawley - Hank Meyer . . . . . . .54.274 Bob Boyd - Jay Cherlow . . . . . . . . . . .53.365 Monique Smith - Merril Hirsh . . . . . .52.78SAT MORN FLT B/C/D PAIRSStratum B, 25.0 Tables5 Michelle Zygielbaum - Ettie Gordon .55.71SAT MORN NLM PAIRSStratum A, 17.5 Tables1 Jim Walsh (pic) -Charles Dearolf . .70.522 Kellen Leister - WayneBardsley . . . . . . .64.443 Diane Cohen - HenryWilson . . . . . . . . .63.704 Marge Amey - DavidAmey . . . . . . . . .63.395 Ruth Fu - Val Lubbers . . . . . . . . . . . .60.316 Alan Skvirsky - Stephen Black . . . . .58.71Stratum B, 13.5 Tables1 Jim Walsh - Charles Dearolf . . . . . . . .70.522 Diane Cohen - Henry Wilson . . . . . . .63.703 Ruth Fu - Val Lubbers . . . . . . . . . . . .60.314 Alan Skvirsky - Stephen Black . . . . .58.715 Joanne Berens - Michael Berens . . . .57.206 Peter Isard - Margaret Cooke . . . . . . .57.10Stratum C, 5.5 Tables1 Jim Walsh - Charles Dearolf . . . . . . . .70.522 Joanne Berens - Michael Berens . . . .57.203 Peter Isard - Margaret Cooke . . . . . . .57.104 Joan Axilbund - Mary Lou McMorrow 54.68SAT MORN 49ER PAIRS, Stratum A, 4.0 Tables1 Richard McMillan Jr - Michael Barth 61.112 Stephen Baldwin - Kate Baldwin . . . .58.333 Anne Shields - Bonnie Cohen . . . . . .54.86SAT AFT FLT A/X PAIRSStratum A, 16.5 Tables / Based on 46 TablesStratum B, 18.0 Tables1 Jeffrey Halle - Emerita Hayward . . . .63.972 Michael Teague - Robert Rose . . . . . .60.313 Steven Fox - Kitty Gottfried . . . . . . . .59.174 Louise Hayes - Penelope Paddock . . .58.705 Terry Klein - Duncan Thompson . . . .58.426 Mary Mudd - Barry Sparks . . . . . . . . .57.19Stratum C, 13.0 Tables1 Louise Hayes - Penelope Paddock . . .58.702 Terry Klein - Duncan Thompson . . . .58.423 Colin Schloss - Nick Migliacci . . . . . .55.464 Jim Anschutz - Stephen Salitrik . . . . .54.965 Sidney Graves - James Gerding . . . . .54.906 Donna Hankey-Woods - Douglas Woods 54.13Stratum D, 6.5 Tables1 Terry Klein - Duncan Thompson . . . .58.422 Colin Schloss - Nick Migliacci . . . . . .55.463 Jim Anschutz - Stephen Salitrik . . . . .54.964 Donna Hankey-Woods - Douglas Woods 54.135 Mike Ladd - Betty Ladd . . . . . . . . . . .51.84SAT AFT NLM PAIRS, Stratum B, 11.0 Tables1 Hugh McNaughton - Kathy Crandall .62.802 Dottie Terrell - Glenn Terrell . . . . . . .61.903/4 Marlene Gross - Eva Vorndran . . . . . .60.423/4 Mary Ourand - Michael Cooperman . .60.425 Diane Cohen - Henry Wilson . . . . . . .55.956 Alexander Gretsinger - Jane Dolkart .55.65Stratum C, 9.0 Tables1 Hugh McNaughton - Kathy Crandall .62.802 Dottie Terrell - Glenn Terrell . . . . . . .61.903 Mary Ourand - Michael Cooperman . .60.424 Diane Cohen - Henry Wilson . . . . . . .55.955 Alexander Gretsinger - Jane Dolkart .55.65Stratum D, 3.5 Tables1 Mary Ourand - Michael Cooperman . .60.422 Alexander Gretsinger - Jane Dolkart .55.653 Karen Sandler - Anne Weismann . . . .47.92SUNDAY BRACKETED TEAMS #115 Tables / Based on 56 TablesSUNDAY BRACKETED TEAMS #38 Tables / Based on 14 Tables1 Robert Schwab - Anne Derbes - HadiAbushakra - Daniel Koch . . . . . . . .110.002 Sorina Negulescu - Jeffrey Halle - TanyaRodich - Barack Peled . . . . . . . . . . .101.003 Albert Lauber - Dale Sanders - WalterSmith Jr - James Beller . . . . . . . . . . .99.00SUNDAY BRACKETED TEAMS #48 Tables / Based on 11 Tables1 Howard Grunin - Aaron Navarro - JudithDausch - James Wisman . . . . . . . . .110.002 Sue Swift - Mary Lafferty - Susan Weiss -Bernice Felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.003 Raman Srivastav - Joyce Wiley - DianeCohen – Henry Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . .71.00SUNDAY BRACKETED TEAMS #5, 10 Tables1 Emerita Hayward - Jeffrey Halle . . . .63.862 Jon Ranhand - Annapurna Satpathy . .62.143 Hadi Abushakra - Albert Lauber . . . .61.504 Colin Schloss - Nick Migliacci . . . . . .61.415/6 Amy Bloom - Margie Coccodrilli . . . .60.145/6 James Metzger - Michael Kuehl . . . . .60.14Stratum C, 16.5 Tables1 Jon Ranhand - Annapurna Satpathy . .62.142 Colin Schloss - Nick Migliacci . . . . . .61.413 James Metzger - Michael Kuehl . . . . .60.144 Thomas Jennings - Albert Stolpe . . . .58.065 Gabriel Cornett - Eldon Compton . . . .57.976/7 Jim Anschutz - Stephen Salitrik . . . . .57.436/7 Michael Goldman - William Mendez Jr 57.43Stratum D, 8.5 Tables1 Colin Schloss - Nick Migliacci . . . . . .61.412 James Metzger - Michael Kuehl . . . . .60.143 Gabriel Cornett - Eldon Compton . . . .57.974 Jim Anschutz - Stephen Salitrik . . . . .57.43- 16 -1 Sylvia Shi - John Adams . . . . . . . . . .63.082 Carl Nelson - Eric Branfman . . . . . . .62.823 Barry Falgout - Rusty Krauss . . . . . . .61.034 Eugene Kales - Ruth Potter . . . . . . . .58.195 Robert Hopkins Jr - John Miller . . . .57.646 Steve Robinson - Peter Boyd . . . . . . .57.22Stratum X, 7.0 Tables1 Daniel Feldman - Dhirendra Ghosh . .56.672 Howard Grunin - John Lowe III . . . . .55.773 Merril Hirsh - Monique Smith . . . . . .54.864 Robert Brady - Alexander Prairie . . .53.725 Bruce Roberts - Ajit Thyagarajan . . .52.82SAT AFT FLT B/C/D PAIRS1 Fred King - Ai-Tai Lo - William Pettis -Robert Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.002 Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis - Barry Falgout- Rusty Krauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92.003 Michael Gill - Noble Shore - AlexanderPrairie - Sylvia Shi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84.004 Alfred Steinberg - Andrew Gofreed - AlanTenenbaum - David Ruderman . . . . .82.005 Lyle Poe Jr - Brad Theurer - John Miller –Stephen Drodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74.00SUNDAY BRACKETED TEAMS #28 Tables / Based on 30 Tables1 Steve Reed - Richard Ferrin - ShawnStringer - Richard Deyerle . . . . . . . .111.002 Dennis Schwanz - Susan Miskura – FrancescoParisi-Presicce - Eric Poskanzer . . . . . .77.003/4 Timothy Smith - Jennifer Nisenoff - BetsyEliot - Louise Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . .71.003/4 Thomas Reckford - John Lowe III - PaulLeopold - Carol Kahn . . . . . . . . . . . . .71.00- 17 -1/2 Sidney Graves - James Gerding - W Morgan- Alan Munro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91.001/2 Kellen Leister - Catherine Bardsley -Wayne Bardsley - Paul Setzer . . . . . .91.003/4 Barbara Sadick - Erik Kitagawa - HerbSchulken - Andrew Jacknain . . . . . . .80.003/4 Richard Galleher - Odessa Morton - JosephPregosin - William Tallant . . . . . . . . .80.00SUN MORN NLM SWISS, Stratum A, 10 Tables1 Adam Winsler - Gary Hinson - Harry Potter- James Mosley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71.002 Ronnie Loeser - Temma Kanowith -Rachelle Sladoff - Rochelle Hilton . .51.003 Toni Sandler - Eleanor Linde - Alice Ling –Phyllis Hendler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.004 Ellen Pollack - Diane Liebman - MareeWebster – Reina Lerner . . . . . . . . . . .47.00Stratum B, 4 Tables1 Toni Sandler - Eleanor Linde - Alice Ling –Phyllis Hendler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.00

unit game ¨ WBL © unit game ª thursdaY night § unit game ¨ WBL © unit game ª thursdaY night2012 FinaL trophY race standingswww.WashingtonBridgeLeague.orgUpdated by John AdamsThe Lovenberg Race is open to all WBL members; the Izzy Cohen Raceis open to all WBL members who started the calendar year with less than 1500masterpoints; the Tubbs Race is open to all WBL members who started thecalendar year as a Non-Life Masterwith less than 500 masterpoints; theWoolridge Race is open to all WBLmembers who started the calendaryear with less than 20 masterpoints.Winners in each category re ceivefour sessions of free plays. Secondplace gets two and third place gets one.This list is final for 2012. All pointsare subject to audit by the WBL Director.Congratulations tothe 2012 Winners!Lovenberg1 317.29 John Adams2 252.94 Steve Robinson3 161.65 Clyde Kruskal4 160.78 Donna Rogall5 145.23 Mark Shaw6 143.32 James Geist7 135.64 David Ruderman8 125.68 Michael Richey9 124.90 William Cole10 121.89 Noble Shore11 120.77 Peter Boyd12 109.99 Alfred Steinberg13 109.12 Jason Meyer14 108.06 Michael Gill15 106.25 Brad Theurer16 97.36 Lloyd Rawley17 95.47 Steven Schatzow18 95.34 Martin Graf19 89.63 Robert Bell20 89.39 Andrew Gofreed21 88.14 Alexander Prairie22 83.89 Ronald Zucker23 83.20 Barry Falgout24 82.99 William Hacker25 81.68 Richard WegmanIzzy Cohen1 88.14 Alex Prairie2 68.28 Ajit Thyagarajan3 62.30 Guillaume de Decker4 52.23 Hadi Abushakra5 51.30 James Beller6 47.12 Eldon Compton7 46.64 Leon Masiewicki8 44.80 David Genne9 44.69 Dale Sanders10 43.59 Larry Wallace11 43.37 Alfred Liepold12 42.44 Gabriel Cornett13 42.07 Ernie Schuler14 41.83 Julie Thomas15 41.83 Ollie ThomasTubbs1 88.14 Alex Prairie2 68.28 Ajit Thyagarajan3 47.12 Eldon Compton4 46.64 Leon Masiewicki5 42.44 Gabriel Cornett6 42.07 Ernie Schuler7 41.83 Ollie Thomas8 41.83 Julie Thomas9 37.27 Mirsad Mujezinovic10 37.27 Namik HavericWoolridge1 36.07 Myron Goldstein2 25.53 Shala Panbechi3 25.53 Mahmoud Katirai4 24.21 Robert Linn5 15.76 Ted Proxmire6 15.08 Jill Benson7 14.06 Jane Marsh8 14.06 Johnny Marsh9 13.04 Tina Brinsfield10 11.83 Julie Marquetteunit game carpooL avaiLaBLeTo arrange a carpool, contact Don Berman, Carpool Coordinator, at301-776-3581 or don.berman@verizon.net. ....Or log on to the WBL’sOnline Carpool Notices at: www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.- 18 -0-20Lesson& gameguaranteedpartners!7:00pmLesson7:30 -10ishgameJoin anYtimeThe cost is $5. Thisincludes a 30 minutelesson followed by fun,enjoyable bridge forplayers with 0-20 masterpoints.Lessons will coverslam bidding, weaktwos, 3 level+ preempts,overcalls,take out doubles, negativedoubles, openingleads, andsignaling. Each lessonwill be tailored tothe needs and interestsof the players.This is a great programfor beginners aswell as experienced socialbridge players!Partners will be providedif needed. Formore information, contactBryan or Lois Geerat 301-236-0014 or byemail at geerbridge@verizon.net.~ §¨©ª ~~ § ¨ scheduLe © ª ~Most games held at Ohr Kodesh02/28/2013 ......StrataFlighted Grand National Teams03/07/2013 ......StrataFlighted Upg. Unit Championship03/14/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship03/21/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship03/28/2013 ......StrataFlighted Grand National Teams04/04/13** ......WBL Sectional04/11/2013 ......StrataFlighted D6 Charity Pairs04/18/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship04/25/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship05/02/2013 ......NVBA Sectional05/09/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship05/16/2013 ......Annual Meeting/StrataFlighted Membership05/23/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit Championship05/30/2013 ......StrataFlighted BAM Teams; NLM Pairs06/06/2013 ......StrataFlighted NAP; NLM Charity Pairs06/13/2013 ......D6 STaC Stratified Pairs06/20/2013 ......StrataFlighted Unit ChampionshipCheck website for any schedule changes. Bold dates held atother locations: *TBD; **Kensington Town Hall/Armory.For a Last-Minute Partner, to say you’ll be late, to hearannouncements (closings posted by 4pm), or to contact theUnit Game for any reason, call the WBL Cell Phone:(301) 395-2760map to ohr kodesh congregationALERT! The Unit Game is now played at Ohr Kodesh.NO OUTSIDE FOOD IS ALLOWED. Snacks and drinkswill be provided.- 19 -WBL guaranteedpartner programYou never need to miss theunit game because you don’thave a partner at the last minute!The WBL has a guaranteed partner(GP) program for players whooccasionally need a partner forthe unit game. Here’s how itworks: we provide a standbypartner; if an odd number of peoplein need of a partner arrive,we match the players as best wecan, and the GP plays with theone who is left. (If there is aneven number of players looking,the GP goes home). You can alwaysget a game.Players in search of partnersshould try to arrive between 7:00and 7:15 (or call ahead). Thepartnership desk closes at 7:25.You can call the WBL cellphone (301) 395-2760 at the lastminute if are on your way andknow you’ll be at bit late.To find a partner in the Openor B/C/D game at least a day inadvance, contact Barbara DoranatUnitGamePartner@DistrictSix.org or barbd@star power.net,or call 301-608-0347 be tween9am and 10pm. To find a partnerfor the NLM game, contactShawn Stringer at 301-275-6363 or ShStringer@aol.com .You might want to volunteer forthe GP program yourself. It’s a greatway to meet people. If you play onthe night you’re the GP, you playfree. If you volunteer, you receive afree play for any future unit gamewhether or not you play that night.Partnerships Close AT 7:25pmTO START THE GAME PROMPTLYAT 7:30PM. CALL IF YOU’RE LATE,OR YOU MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED.

- 20 -do You have anYmuscLes or Brainsto spare?The Washington BridgeLeague could use a little of either!In order to keep events excitingand entry fees low, the WBL relieson the goodness of our members tovolunteer for small jobs at the UnitGame and Sectional Tournaments.Some jobs require brains whileothers require muscle. We’ll behappy to employ either.From setting up and breakingdown tables, to publicity and events development, a little effort from you will makeour bridge community even better. Busy schedule? No worries. Most volunteer assignmentstake only 15 minutes to 1 hour a month.Here’s how to help:1. Reply by email, phone or in person if you are willing to help in any way.2. Please indicate if you can offer any special skills (such as marketing or a strong back).3. Someone will contact you shortly with a choice of assignments you can pick from.Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.Barbara Summers, Volun teer Coordinator, 301-598-5838, jimbarb1184@aol.com,Is your computer old? Sluggish?Brand new? Not connected?Your computer Rx is here!➨Get onlineLearn to use➨Help with purchase ➨Your PC➨Computer tuneup ➨Browser➨Virus removal ➨Word, Excel ➨Kidproofing➨Networking ➨Flickr ➨Security issues➨email ➨Youtube ➨Backup strategies➨OKBridge ➨Facebook ➨Chicken soup➨BridgeBaseOnline (BBO) ➨Twitter ➨and more...Diane Walkerupcoming sectionaLs©March 9-10, 2013, WBL, NLM, Kensington, MDªApril 4-7, 2013, WBL, Kensington, MD§ May 2-5, 2013, NVBA, Fairfax, VA¨ July 25-28, 2013, WBL, Kensington, MD©Sept 7-8, 2013, WBL, NLM, Kensington, MDª September 19-22, 2013, NVBA, Fairfax, VA§ October 3-6, 2013, WBL, Kensington, MD¨ October 24-27, 2013, NVBA, Fairfax, VA§January 2-5, 2014, WBL, Kensington, MDdibasoftComputer Consulting240 899-8534 - celldiane@walkersweb.orgPaid Advertisement Paid AdvertisementPatti and Jim Anschutz have a son, Barron, adaughter, Lesli, and seven grandchildren.Patti is a realtor with Long & Foster. Sheachieved a B.B.A. from Texas Tech University.Jim has retired from working in the medicallab for the US Army Medical ServiceCorps. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology.Both started playing bridge in college,but it wasn’t until 2007 when they decided toplay in tournaments and joined the WBL.Marie Berard has fourchildren: Michael, Jim,Bob and Jean. She is a retiredPayroll Clerk withCUA. Marie loves to cook.She and her neighborsenjoyed cards and decidedto learn to play bridge as asocial event for the neighborhoodmany decades ago.Seven years ago, Marie joined the ACBL andstarted playing in tournaments. Her favorite bridgeauthors are Mike Lawrence and Ron Klinger. Sheplays locally in Laurel and has also travelledto Ocean City, MD and several cities in PAto play in tournaments; but,Marie is happiest at bridge2012 WBL neW LiFe mastersJim Anschutz, Patti Anschutz, Marie Berard, RobertBlatt, Lotta Brafman, Julie Connor, Gabriel Cornett,Daniel Falk, James M Gerding, Peter Gould, Donna Hankey-Woods, LawrenceHeinen, Diane Keiper, Geoff Lewis, Leon Masiewicki, John McCormick, LarryMoran, Elizabeth Nash, Jerome Ostrov, Alex Prairie, Herbert Rubinstein,Annapurna Satpathy, Timothy Stewart, Ajit Thyagarajan, Mavis Walters, and Michelle Zygielbaum- 21 -when she is playing with her son, Michael.Robert Blatt has been acellist with the NationalSymphony since 1968with previous stints withthe St. Louis and Baltimoreorchestras. He is agraduate of the PeabodyConservatory, with studiesat Indiana University.He learned bridge from his aunt and unclewhile in high school and first played duplicatewhile teaching school in Winchester,Va. Aftercoming to Washington he played sporadicallyuntil meeting the former Karen Chagalis in2004. They married the next year. He says,“She is still a lot better than I am but occasionallyshe plays with me anyway.”Julie Connor is a Diplomat for the U.S. Dept.of State. She earned an M.S. from NationalWar College, an M.A. from the University ofHouston and a B.A. from Rice.She always liked cards and was taught socialbridge at 13. In 2009, her son’s therapist recommendedthat she needed an outlet besides workand worrying about James, so she decided to takebridge seriously. Despite work pressures, Julie leftwork—no matter what!—at 6:30 pm on Thursdaysso she could make it to the Unit game. Graduallybuilding up a group of partners, she beganplaying on some Saturdays and in tournaments.Julie wanted to make Life Master before2012neW LiFe mastersbeing transferred to Austinin 2012, so she determinedSome of our 2012 New Life Masters gathered for a photo during the PresidentialTournament (p.13) in January while we celebrated their achievements.

to get her gold points early by going to even moretournaments. She is grateful to her outstandingmentor, Hank Meyer, and her D.C. partners: MikeKuehl, Ed Gehan, Michelle Zygielbaum, ElizabethNash, David Marshall, Jim Walsh, GeneMassey and many VA players with whose helpshe was able to achieve her goal. But, partneringMichelle when Michelle achieved Life Masterwas truly Julie’s most exciting bridge experience.Daniel Falk passed away in June at age 72. Hissurviving family includes a son, Aaron, from hisfirst marriage, his wife Elfinsh, four step-daughters,Emma, Taluka, Nelao and Inamonikanale,his mother, Frances, a sister, and 10 grandchildren.He retired in 2007 from the Analytic SciencesCorp. where he worked as a ComputerSystems Analyst. Prior to his 23 years there, hedid similar work for CSC and the Planning ResearchCorp, His degrees, including a doctorate,were all in mathematics and he often lecturedat Marymount and George Mason Universities.After retirement, Daniel taught math inEthiopia. He also volunteered as a tax assistantwith AARP and as a financial counselor forEthiopian and Eritrean emigrants,Daniel played bridge frequently with LarryWallace, who made Life Master one year earlier.Donna Hankey-Woods ismarried to Doug Woods.She has a daughter, Hillary,a stepson, Paul, and a stepdaughter,Julie. They havefive grandchildren. Donnaretired in 2003. Sheworked for the federal governmentfor 28 years. Thelast 15 years, she was a Senior Accountant in theAudit Resolution Advisory Area for the HeadquartersIndian Health Service handling audit issueson contract health care for the federallyrecognized Indian tribes. In 1994, she won the IndianHealth Service Exceptional PerformanceAward. Donna earned these degrees: a Master ofScience Information Systems, a BSBA – Accounting,an AA - Computer Science (Business), withhonors, and an AS (Secretarial Science). Her interestsinclude deep water running, working out,and going to the theater. with Doug.Both her parents were bridge players, butDonna didn’t start playing bridge until 1991when she and Doug began dating. This was socialbridge with friends and family. When her life becamemore complicated, she didn’t have time forbridge. After retirement, they both began to takeregular bridge classes at the Holiday Park SeniorCenter from Sunny Levin and joined the WBLsix years ago. They had a cottage in Kalamazoo,MI, and used to play frequently at a great clubthere. They appreciated the class held beforeeach NLM game. Also, Donna took classes fromone of the instructors one summer. Unlike theWBL, all of the games and classes are in one location.Locally, they next joined Steve and SandyForsythe’s class (now run by the Geers) andstarted playing in tournaments in 2008. Then,they moved to Leslie and Charlie’s classes andare still there with Hank Meyer. At a regional inOahu, they were amazed at the number of peoplethere from Phoenix. Donna feels really fortunateto have so many regionals available in the East.Donna remembers two really exciting moments.First: They won the bottom bracket ofknockouts at the 2008 North Bethesda Regionalto win their first full gold points and Red Ribbonqualification. Second: Their team entered the2012 Lancaster regional determined to knock offthe 5-1/2 gold points Joe still needed for LifeMaster as well as to get Doug the remaining sixunpigmented points he was short. They were ableto achieve their objectives without a problemending up the tournament exhausted, but withover eight additional gold points. Donna’s nextgoal? Bronze Life Master. Beyond that? TBD.Diane Keiper has threechildren and six grandchildren.Currently retired,she was a PortfoloioManager for an investmentcompany. She grewup in Frankfurt, Germanyand then moved here andattended the University ofMD. With bridge, Diane would simply like todo her best and have fun. She also enjoys cooking,wine tasting, and the stock market.Both of her parents were Life Masters, butDiane didn’t start playing bridge until 1978 andplaying in tournaments until 2007. She enjoysplaying in Leisure World and in local clubs andtravelling to nearby regionals. Leisure Worldholds the Marriott Cup Tournament every yearon the second Tuesday in October. In 2010,Diane and her partner had a 72% game to winthe tournament and earn a spot on the trophy.Since Diane’s father won this same event in the‘80s, it was particulary special to see both oftheir names engraved on the trophy together.Leon Masiewicki and his(young) wife, a teacher atJewish Primary DaySchool, have two grownsons without any interestin bridge. Leon is analumnus of Warsaw Universityin Poland. He alsohas an MBA (from Harvard)and a PhD (from Columbia) in Mathematics.A few years ago, Leon retired afterdecades working as a Management Consultant.Besides bridge, Leon’s newest endeavor in hisseventh decade is trying to learn Hebrew.All his life, he has been buying books toread in retirement; but, alas, he started playingbridge again. An aunt taught Leon the basicsof social bridge when he was 12 or 13.He started playing in tournaments during collegein Poland. The opposition was tough andthe games were not stratified, so that eitheryou learned or you had to find another hobby,though it was bridge as played in the sixties.Then life and work intervened and Leonstopped playing for 30 years. One evening in2009, he went to Saint James, and got hookedagain. He joined the ACBL and the first pointshe won were 13 silver at a STAC that August.Thanks to that, Leon was the Rookie of the Year.He prefers playing Polish Club, of course.Leon says the 2010 version is particularly good;but, unfortunately, more players in Warsaw thanin District 6 are using it nowadays, so he plays2/1 with all the gadgets his partners allow. Leonalso particularly likes Key Card Swiss.Any squeeze makes his day, but the onetime he squeezed Don Berman, who couldn’tbelieve that a greenhorn did that to him, hewill remember forever. It would be a thrill towin any title — Leon says he’s not picky, he’lljust have to hurry before senility sets in.Larry Moran and his wife,Helga, have four grownchildren: Amber, Shane,Mike and Dallas. A graduateof Indiana Universitywith a Bachelors in Economicsand the Universityof MD with a Mastersin Mass Communication,Larry worked as an Economist for the U.S. Departmentof Commerce. He also worked as anewspaper reporter and has published twobooks: Hoosier Hysteria, Sons, and Other Stories,and, Invisible Influence. Some of Larry’sother interests are golf, magic and history.In 1972, he and some colleagues taught eachother bridge during lunch periods and he hasbeen an ACBL member off and on since 1974.Currently, his favorite authors are Cohen, Bergen,Lawrence, Stewart and Kantar. In 1976, Larry andhis partner, Jeff Koch, were in first place goinginto the second session of a novice event at a Nationals,but the evening session didn’t go well. Onone hand, they each asked the other for aces;Larry was bidding Gerber and Jeff was bidding- 22 - - 23 -Blackwood, but it was still a thrilling experience.Elizabeth Nash learned toplay bridge when shelived in Argentina for afew years. She began toplay more seriouslywhen her twin girls werein high school and herson in college. Elizabethexpresses her gratitudeto all of her different bridge partners andteachers for their patience.Jerome Ostrov is a retired Tax Attorney. Heearned his JD at Albany, his LLM at NYUand his MPA at Harvard. Jerry is the authorof two tax law treatises. He and his wife,Bobi, an Anti-Trust Attorney, have threegrown children: Becca, Max, and Julia. In additionto bridge, Jerry also enjoys skiing, hikingand writing. and contributes as a memberof the Board of Governors to the AmricanJewish Committee.Jerry first learned bridge in high school, butstopped playing for 30 years, until five years agowhen their kids left home. His most excitingmoment in bridge occurred when he becameLife Master at the third regional tournament heattended. Jerry prefers 2/1 and enjoys playingat the Rockville and JCC bridge clubs.Alex Prairie’s sister, Jennifer,started playingbridge in college and thentaught the rest of the family.She plays some bridgenow, but hates it. Theirbrother, Bradford, hatesbridge the most. SinceAlex is a weird nerd, hedecided it was fun and then spent all his summersplaying bridge with his mom, Elaine Chen,instead of hanging out with his friends.Despite Bridge, Go, Starcraft, Disc Golf,Nerdy Board Games, and being a hater, Alexearned a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis Universityand is currently a Research Systems Analyst(Programmer) for The Board of Governorsof the Federal Reserve System. He has also beenan Express Counter Helper for Panda Express.For five years, Alex has been playing duplicatein dozens of cities and states. His tournamentwins include the Flight C GNT, somecompact KO bracket 1, some other knockoutsbut not bracket 1, and a BAM at a sectional withRob Brady, who Alex is thrilled and honored toplay with as Rob is the best person alive.Alex says that due to a lack of talent, he has

no non-bridge related distinctions and that oursurvey was mean to ask. He also mentions thathis Dad, Michael Prairie, is really old. Back tobridge: Alex prefers to open every eight count,hoping no one calls the director. He doesn’t readbridge, it’s too hard; although, Alex does likeNoble Shore’s system notes which are interesting,but too long. His greatest wish is to have funand to play bridge without anyone yelling at him.Annapurna Satpathy’s familyinclude Sujata, Sarita,Surai and grandchildren,Devesh and Anisha. Annahas a Masters in BusinessAdministration in Finance.She has retired andcurrently travels and helpspeople in need.Anna’s mother was her inspiration. She didn’tplay bridge, but rather similar card games whichtaught Anna to have card sense from a very earlyage. She learned bridge with her husband whenthey were in India and joined the ACBL whileliving in Sacramento. At a regional there, withzero masterpoints, Anna was thrilled to win the0-20 Pairs, her first masterpoints, and a trophy,too. Her favorite bridge books are Eddie Kantar’sbooks on play and defense. Anna loves bridge,would like to keep learning and improving, andwill be playing as long as she is able.Timothy Stewart works as a MathematicalStatistician for the U.S. Census Bureau. Deafsince birth, Tim has had to overcome manyobstacles. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Appliedand Mathemematical Statistics from theRochester Institute of Technology in NY.When he moved to Laurel in 1999, he missedplaying Mah Jongg, board and card gameswith his college friends, so he decided to trythe Laurel Bridge Club for a new game. Timlikes either 2/1 or Standard American withgadgets. His favorite authors are BarbaraSeagram, Marty Bergen and Eddie Kantar.Tim’s biggest thrill came when his teamplaced second in an under 2,000 KO at theSanta Clara Regional to win the rest of theGabriel Cornett James M Gerding John McCormickgold points he needed to make Life Master.Now, he would just like to continue playingbridge with partners, Reni Malloy and JeffDale and have fun!Ajit Thyagarajan and hiswife, Soumya Alva, havetwo daughters, Avantika(8), and Sahana (5). Theyenjoy travel and internationalcuisine. Ajit is anentrepreneur working forBrookmoor Labs. He wasformerly a TelecommunicationsExecutive.Friends introduced Ajit to bridge as a sophomoreat IIT Madras. His late father was a verygood and passionate bridge player, but felt thatchildren should not play cards, so he nevertaught Ajit. As a little kid, Ajit went to the localbridge club, but his father would send him off toplay table tennis or badminton instead. With initiallydisastrous grades in college, Ajit had to giveup playing bridge until he was working on hisPhD at the University of Delaware. He has sinceplayed in India, Norway, Kenya, and Costa Rica.Mike Lawrence was his favorite author whilehe was first learning. Today, he reads notesanddiscusses ideas with experts on the internet. Ajitearned his first masterpoints in the Washingtonarea and joined the WBL 15 years ago. WhenAjit and partner, Guillaume de Decker, won theirappeal to qualify for the final session of the 2011Flight C NAP at the national finals, they were sothrilled that they came in second overall.Ajit tried to play a lot with his father duringhis final years before he passed and hecherishes those memories. For the future, hewould like to someday win a national championshipand to see his kids play and enjoybridge with the same passion that he has.Michelle Zygielbaum’sfamily includes husband,Naz, and sons, Dan andJon. She works as a PhysicalTherapist for MZPT.In addition to bridge,M i c h e l l ealso playsgolf. Hermother originally got her startedplaying bridge and she now enjoysplaying 2/1 in particular atthe JCC, the unit game and onlineon BBO. Michelle’s biggestthrill in bridge so far was becominga Life Master.- 24 -andreW (andY) eugenegaBriLovitch, 1925-2012Andrew Eugene Gabrilovitch, 87, died peacefully at home withfamily in McLean, Va on November 29, 2012. Born and raised inFrance, Andy escaped Nazi-occupied Paris as a teen and made hisway with his parents to New York. He proudly served in the US NavyPacific Fleet during WWII. As a student at Columbia University,he joined a group of young bridge players and “majored in bridge rather than English.”Smitten by the game, Andy became one of America’s top players. He also enjoyed sportsand played competitive table tennis in the Forties.Andy met his wife, Wanda, playing bridge, and together they raiseda family of three. After retiring as Director of Administration from ITTin 1984, he offered bridge instruction on cruise ships, and spent thousandsof happy hours on board with family and friends. Andy is survivedby two daughters, Tamara De Martino and Leonide Gabrilovitch(Blair Horner), and grandchildren Andrew, Matthew, Kira, Katharineand Grant. He was predeceased by his wife, Wanda, and son, Andrew.A Life Master at 30, his national tournamentwins include the 1947 National Amateur Team-of-Four Title for theRothschild Trophy and the 1961 Spingold (Master’s Knockout Team-of-Four Championship) at the 1961 Washington DC Nationals—pictured:Marshall Miles (captain), Eddie Kantar, Andy, and Bill Root. At theChicago 1959 Nationals, he and Dick Freeman, Mike Michaels, JanStone, Dick Walsh, and Frank Hoadley took 2nd place in the Spingold.His approximately 20 regional titles include Eastern StatesKOs Teams 1960, 61; Keystone Conference Open Pairs 1958,Men’s Teams 1970, 71, 73, Fall Men’s Pairs 1971, KO Teams 1974, and the BermudaSwiss 1978. Locally, Andy won the WBL Lovenberg Player-of-the-Year contest in threeof the first seven years of the trophy’s existence: 1958, 59, and 63.Andy was heavily involved in the fight to desegregate the WBL when that issue came tothe forefront as Victor R. Daly (1895-1986), applied for membership to the WBL on September14, 1956. After the WBL membership referendum to integrate was defeated, Andycontinued his efforts, working within the integrated Federal Bridge League, a local club.He served on the WBL Board in 1955-57, left after the referendum failed, then returned asWBL president in 1962 after a second referendum in 1961 succeeded in integrating the WBL.He continued on the Board for a couple more years as past president and was honored with lifemember status by the WBL for his strong advocacy for desegregation, and fair and honest play inthe bridge world. In so doing, the Washington Bridge League described Andy Gabrilovitch as “…distinguished as a player, for he is a national champion ... recognized as an outstanding gentleman,for he epitomizes courtesy, friendliness, and fair play ... appreciated for his service, for he becamepresident when leadership was critically needed to meet a challenge to the basic dignity of man.”50 Years ago:integrating Bridge in thenation’s capitaLThe story of integrating bridge in Washingtonwas written in this publication 27years ago by our editor at the time, JimWood. We present it here now in honor ofthe Gabrilovitch’s and other activist’s servicetoward integration. In his article, Mr.Wood refers to the obituary of Vic Dalywhich he wrote earlier that same year. We’ll- 25 -start with a reprint of partof that obituary. Both articlesare available in full atwww.districtsix.orgFrom the May/June 1986issue of the WBL Bulletin:VICTOR DALY,1895-1986A soft-spoken, tireless worker on behalfof bridge and of minority rights, Vic Daly wasa special gentleman who will not be forgotten

- 26 -by the Washington Bridge League.He applied for membership in our Unit September14, 1956. Since at that point we hadnever had a Negro member, the Board undertooka mail ballot of the membership on whether toaccept or reject Mr. Daly’s application. This actionwas not as silly as it may seem from our1980s perspective. Four years earlier, the ACBLBoard had voted to withdraw its invitation to holdtheir 1954 Summer Nationals here (MayflowerHotel) if Negroes were allowed to play.The furor surrounding the Unit integrationissue had numerous repercussions (then &later), including damage to the personal reputationsof several individuals (such as thethen president of the ACBL & Mid-AtlanticConference) and the sudden resignation ofour Unit President, W. Mott Lingley.In any event, our Unit Secretary, one JeromeS. Machlin, had the unhappy duty of writing toMr. Daly late that year to inform him of the outcomeof the balloting and to return Vic’s $2cheque. The vote totals were 315 against and219 for his admission to membership. [...]One of the 36 founding members of theAmerican Bridge Assn. in 1932 in Hampton,Va. Vic served as President of that organizationfrom 1949 to 1964. To quote from The OfficialEncyclopedia of Bridge, “An outstandingachievement of the administration of Victor R.Daly was the conduct of negotiations leadingto the building of mutual rapport & respect betweenthe ACBL and the ABA.”—————Here are some interesting headlines andintros from articles appearing in The NewYork Times on integration and bridge in theCapital area at the time:From August 08, 1959, Page 14:Contract Bridge; American Bridge Association,Mostly Negro, to Begin 26th TournamentA BRIEF TIMELINE — derived from Jim Wood’s articles1955: The first time a black bridge playerrequests WBL membership.Mar 1956: An incident at a local tournamentstirs up protest.Dec 1956: Vic Daly’s September applicationfor membership is voted down byreferendum. ACBL President, R. L.“Skinny” Miles’ mail campaign to theWBL membership was victorious.Mar 1957: Ray Fetzner, Andy Gabrilovitch,Mort Goldstein and Stu Dunlop look tothe Federal Bridge League to develop anon-discriminating unit.St. Patrick’s Day, 1959: Government Employee’sBridge Assocation (GEBA) petitionsto become a chartered ACBLUnit. Turned down at the end of 1959.Jul 1960 WBL board meeting: WBL Secretary,Irene Whitehall, moves that our regionalsnot integrate in deference to MABC membersouthern states. Passed.1960 Labor Day Regional: Activists stagean attempt for black players to purchaseentries. Refused.Oct 1960: Federal Bridge League appliesfor a charter as an ACBL Unit. Refused.1961 WBL Annual Meeting: Four pro-integrationplayers are elected to the boardand soon vote that our Summer Nationalsnot be segregated.Jun 1961: Pro-Integration mail campaignfrom the Board in concurrence withmembership poll soliciting a pro-integrationstraw vote. Opposition to themailing and the board members whosent the letters results in the referendumbeing replaced with a newlymailed referendum.Sept 1961: Results tabulated: 624 for integration,279 against, 8 no votes. TheWBL integrates. Vic Daly and five otherblack players join our unit. The MBAdesegregates the same week. Whetheror not to partition the WBL into twounits becomes the next controversy. Theidea is initially rejected.Mar 1962 WBL Annual Meeting: Proposal topartition fostered by ACBL executivesvoted down 167 to 128 by the membershipat the meeting. Days later, the NationalBoard authorizes the formation of asecond unit in the D.C. area. Players areallowed to choose to stay with the WBL ormove into the new (NVBA) unit.1967: The NVBA integrates.1984: Andy and Wanda Gabrilovitch moveback to this area (McLean, Va) as dulyassigned members of the NVBA, whichis fine by them.1986: Black membership is at 3 – 4% ofthe total WBL membership.Today, By Albert H. MoreheadANOTHER national contest beginstoday — the twenty-sixth annual tournamentof the American Bridge Association,which was founded in 1933.From 1961:BRIDGE CLUB ACTS TO KEEP RACEBAN; Group in Capital Balks Move toAllow Negroes to Play in National EventDirectors of the Washington BridgeLeague have tabled a motion to permit allmembers of the American Contract BridgeLeague to play in the summer nationals in thenational capital in August, 1961.From September 8, 1961, Section: food fashionsfamily furnishings, p. 28:CONTRACT BRIDGE; Group in WashingtonUnit Wishes to Secede After Vote to Integrate,By Albert H. MoreheadIt was reported here last week that theWashington (D.C.) Bridge League, which foryears had openly barred Negroes from tournamentsof the American Contract BridgeLeague, held a referendum among its memberson integration. The members voted, 624to 279, to permit Negroes to play.From January 30, 1965, Section: Business Financial,p. 55:RACE STILL FACTOR AT BRIDGE TABLES;Despite Gains, Few Negroes Join in LeaguePlay, By Raymond H. Anderson“Voluntary segregation” is the dominantpicture at tournament bridge tables today despitethe elimination of race barriers by nearlyall bridge organizations in the country.Here’s a longer abstract regarding the firstintegrated tournament of the WBL in which Dr.Joseph Henry (1924-2011) and Andy Gabrilo -vitch partnered to win the Open Pairs. The fullarticle is available at www.districtsix.org.From The New York Times, Dec. 24, 1961:BRIDGE: INTEGRATED TOURNEYNegro Stars in the First Inter-Racial Contestof Washington Unit, By Albert H. MoreheadOne of the most controversial causes inAmerican bridge during the last year and sixor seven previous years was that the WashingtonBridge League, in the nation’s capital,did not admit Negroes to membership orallow Negroes to play in its tournaments.The Washington Bridge League is part of theAmerican Contract Bridge League, which controlsthe important tournaments throughout NorthAmerica, but the local associations that make up- 27 -City News Bureau,Washington, DC photofrom the very early 60s:Dr. Joe Henry, (left),Wanda and AndrewGabrilovitch (right).the A. C. B. L. have almostcomplete autonomyaccepting or rejecting their own members.Last August, members of the Washingtonassociation voted by about two to one to abandontheir longtime policy of segregation and acceptNegro members. Many of those who hadmilitantly favored segregation immediately announcedtheir intention of withdrawing fromthe Washington Bridge League and forming aseparate local organization of their own.The first integrated tournament of the WashingtonBridge League was played Dec. 7 to 10,and it broke all attendance records for that area,even though the number of Negroes competingdid not reach quite 10 percent of the total. Perhapscuriosity and perhaps the normal growth ofattendance at bridge tournaments brought outthe record-breaking crowd, but in any case it includedmost of those who had threatened to resignif Washington tournaments were integrated.Tournament DebutBy coincidence, the star of the tournamentwas a Negro who was playing for the first time inan A. C. B. L. tournament in his home city, Dr.Joseph Henry, a professor of dentistry at HowardUniversity in Washington. Dr. Henry is the highest-rankingplayer in the American Bridge Association,a national organization whose membersare almost all Negroes. He had not been able toplay in A. C. B. L. tournaments often enough toachieve high rank in that organization.In the Washington tournament, Dr. Henrywon the contest for unranked pairs, the mixedpair contest and the open pair contest. In theopen pairs, his partner was Andrew Gabrilovitch,one of the most prominent A. C. B. L. players anda present holder of the Spingold trophy, whichrepresents the masters’ team championship. [...]—————From our May/June 1986 issue:25th Anniversary of Integrated Bridge inWashington, by Jim WoodIn our May-June (1986) issue, the Victor Dalyobituary gave a number of details regarding theabortive 1956 attempt to desegregate our Unit.Perhaps some background of ACBL history willbe helpful, so here we can quote from an articlepublished in the Federal Bridge League’s Kibitzer,October, 1961: “Negroes first applied for

permission to play …. in the spring of 1949. TheACBL Board submitted the question to its28,000 members and Negro memberships weredisapproved 58.5% to 41.5%. No breakdown isavailable for cities, but in all likelihood the Districtof Columbia was included in the South,which voted 81.6% against. Some sections votedto accept Negro entries in certain tournaments,but this did not confer full ACBL membershipprivileges. Several Units ... integrated.“The basic issue remained. In May 1953,the ACBL again polled the membership. A spe -cial committee headed by Gen. Robert J. Gillof Baltimore submitted for a vote what has sincebecome known as the Gill Amendments. In es -sence, these amendments made any person ofgood moral character eligible for membership;each Unit was to determine its own member shipqualifications; the sponsoring Units were to determineeligibility for participation in tournaments.These amendments were approved; ourUnit still remained restricted.” (Note: That articlewas written by Edna Evans, WBL Secre -tary 1961-62 and former Bulletin editor.)The first Black bridge player in D.C. with thegumption to come forward and request WBLmembership was Jas. F. “Jimmy” Lee. He andDonald Pedro were given a gentle brush-off; quotingexactly from our Executive Committee (Board)minutes of June 9, 1955: “Dr. Robins read the letterfrom the two Negro Boys and after much discussionit was decided that Dr. Robins should callthem and outline our posi tion at the present time.”During the next Board meeting: “A discus -sion regarding the position of the League inre gard to segregation brought forth no solutionexcept that any individual could make hisown poll of the members for what it is worth.”An incident which stirred up several previ -ously-inert WBLers occurred at the Sheraton-Park Hotel one Monday evening in March of1956, during a George Washington BirthdayCharity Open Pairs of the Federal BridgeLeague. Two couples showed up, hoping to finda truly open game; Jimmy Lee and Lucille“Tippy” Miller bought an entry but were sooninvited to leave, with an explanation that theirpresence would “make some of the players un -comfortable.” Don Pedro and Dr. Gwen Brownleehad also come to the game room, but left withJimmy and Tippy without actually purchas ingan entry. In a newspaper article later that week,Lloyd A. Schermerhorn, Federal presi dent, wasquoted: “... in Washington it has been the tacitunderstanding not to accept Ne groes into membership.Someone asked the couple if, under thecircumstances, they would rather not play. Thecouple said that they didn’t want to cause embarrassmentand left volun tarily.”Also leaving—in protest—that evening werehalf a dozen regular players, who drove to StuDunlop’s place and enjoyed some rubber bridgewhile discussing possible ways to Do Somethingabout The Situation. One of them, AndyGabrilovitch, made a point of developing an acquaintanceshipwith Vic Daly, who was thenpresident of the Labor Dept. Bridge Club. EventuallyAndy (and some like-minded friends suchas Ray Fetzner) persuaded Vic to formally applyfor WBL membership as a means to re solve theissue. They felt that most Unit game and tournamentplayers would support the idea of openmembership. They were probably right aboutthat, but well over half of our Unit mem bershipdidn’t play in tournaments or Unit games (stilltrue today) and most of them were afraid thattheir neighborhood/invitational clubs would beforced to open up also. Many of these folks wereborn. Before The Turn of the Century, and manyof them were raised in the South.In a politely-worded one-page letter, Vic summarizedhis professional background, ex plainingthat, “I have been a resident and prop erty ownerin the City for the past 30 years ... I have enjoyedthe privilege of playing in ACBL competitionsince 1949, but have never for mally applied formembership before. During this period I have accumulateda number of masterpoints. However, Icannot .get credit for them unless I obtain legalmembership. To cor rect that anomaly I am herewithapplying for membership in the League.”This sparked a series of events. On Oct. 9th,the Board set a date for a general membershipmeeting to consider the matter and “give ad viceto the Executive Committee.” The active supportersof continued segregation soon real izedthat they had a better chance of winning if thevoting could be done privately, via mail bal lots.They had the then-president of the ACBL,R. L. Miles, Jr. of Norfolk, come here November17th for an informal meeting with theBoard. Miles tried to persuade the Board(then known as “Executive Committee”) thatdesegregation was a poor idea, and the antiintegrationistsargued that it would be more“democratic” to conduct mail balloting.So, at a special Board meeting Nov. 21stthe referendum “for definitive action was set,with ballots to be mailed Nov. 28th andcounted Dec. 15th.That same week Mr. Miles, having returnedhome, sent a one-page letter to all WBL Boardmembers, stating among other things, “Yourgroup (Executive Committee/Board) is en trustedwith the well-being of the WBL but at the Saturdaynight meeting it seemed to me that no onewas thinking of the WBL or what was good or badfor it — it was purely and sim ply a clash of ideologies... I personally take the position that youwould be mistaken to have negro members ... Ifnegroes are allowed to play in Washington I thinkattendance at your Sectional Tournaments will bedecimated. I fur ther doubt that (the Mid-Atlantic)would con sider holding a Regional in Washington,and as the Director for District 6 on the NationalBoard, my position in regard to fighting tobring the Summer Nationals back to Washingtonwould be so weakened it is my honest opinionthat it is unlikely that I could swing it.”Mrs. Margaret Fisher, with “Skinny” Miles’permission, had copies of that obviously very influentialletter mailed out almost immediately toall WBLers who were getting ballots. (Note: 771ballots were mailed, but as our Secretary explained,“We have another 150 members on thebooks who paid directly to New York. How ever,we haven’t had direct sponsorship of those membersso did not allow them to vote. After all, oneor more of them might be Negroes, so we couldn’tconsider them as bona-fide members until theypresent them selves and get a sponsor.”)When Skinny Miles’ letter arrived in mail -boxes all over town, several people exploded,including WBL Treasurer Mort Goldstein. Heexplains that he felt Margaret’s action “was in -consistent with the objectivity required of amember of the balloting committee,” and hethreatened to embarrass the WBL by complain -ing to The Press if Margaret was not promptlyremoved from the committee. On Dec. 6th theentire committee was “relieved from furtherdu ties” and new members appointed.But it seemed to some that the membershipdeserved an official explanation of their receiptof this unusual letter signed by the president ofthe ACBL. So at their Dec. 11th meeting theBoard authorized the sending of such a letter.The vote was 6 to 1 with 3 abstaining: Lingley,Short and Skipper. They “disclaimed any re -sponsibility and refused to be a party on anyterms as long as the letter mentioned the nameof Mrs. Margaret Fisher in any way what soever.”And promptly the next day Lingley resigned aspresident of our Unit. Being caught in the middle,he’d had more than enough aggra vation.Lingley explained in a statement to mem -bers playing in a Christmastime Unit game(“Bring a Toy for a Child”) that evening at theMayflower Hotel that he deeply resented theway his comments published in the WashingtonDaily News had been “bandied around.” He’dbeen quoted as saying he thought “admittingNegroes will ‘break up’ the league ... About 120people would resign right off the bat.” Then the- 28 - - 29 -News published letters from both Gabrilovitchand Fetzner, calling his remarks “intemperate,”“flamboyant” and “grossly ex aggerated.”Andy stated that “Mr. Lingley, speaking aspresident of the League, has chosen to throwthe weight of his office behind the segregationfaction. In violating his obliga tion of neutrality,he has openly tried to subvert the democraticaction initiated by the executive committee.”The Gabrilovitches, Ray Fetzner, Stu Dunlopand other activists found their telephonecam paign something of an eye-opener. Theywould call friends and acquaintances whomthey had reason to expect would vote in favor ofopen membership and get cool responses alongthe line of “Thanks for calling, I’ll give this mattermy serious consideration.” Illustrative of thepassions aroused by this conflict amongst agroup of presumed ladies and gentlemen werethe anonymous phone calls allegedly receivedby 1955 president LeRoy Robins, threateningto ruin his medical practice should he continueto support the idea of integration.The drafted and authorized “explanatoryletter” was voided by a telephone poll of theBoard Dec. 20th, five days after the newballot ing committee had reported totals of219 “for” votes and 351 “against.”That same day, at the direction of the Board,Unit Secretary J. S. Machlin wrote a long letterto Skinny Miles; some of it bears quotation here:“The accusations against the Executive Committee,when disseminated with your per missionthroughout the entire membership, does not sitvery well. I wasn’t at that meeting with you, so Ican’t say what went on. Certainly, there musthave been some moderates there. The accusationis much too sweeping, taking in the moderates aswell as the extremists.” Also, “They wanted toknow whether you meant you would refuse towork for a Summer Nationals or whether Daly’sadmission would militate against it among theother directors. If the latter part is true, how comeNew York got a Summer Nationals?”The following March, Ray Fetzner. AndyGabrilovitch and Mort Goldstein all declined torun for re-election to the Board (“Executive Committee”).Understandably, Mort had had a bellyful,and the others had decided to try anothertack. Along with Stu Dunlop, they wanted tobuild up the Federal Bridge League as “a popularand respected place to play” which could beintegrated and thus serve either as a model forthe WBL or be chartered separately by ACBL asan independent, non-discriminating Unit.Early in 1958 Stu began directing the Federalgames free of charge, and Andy set up a seriesof 30-40 minute pre-game lectures, to which

he would bring every visiting out-of-town experthe could lay his hands on. Wanda Gabrilovitchand Stu were elected co-VPs in 1959; Stu becameprexy in 1960, with their friend BetsyStephens as VP. Now with a clear majority onthe Federal Board, they knew that de facto integrationcould become a reality with no challengeconceivable from the club man agement.So on Tuesday night January 26, 1960, byprearrangement five members showed up toplay, each with a Black partner. Three playersleft the game in protest, but the matter had beenquietly settled once and for all, with no specialmeetings or balloting — just patience and coordination.The following week, ten Blacks wereofficially admitted to club member ship, and thenewspapers duly notified.During this same period, GEBA (Gov’t.Em ployees’ Bridge Assn.) had been attemptingto attain the status of a chartered ACBL Unit,lim ited to “the community of Federal employeesin the greater Washington area, and only togames and tournaments conducted in govern -ment buildings.” Their petition, mailed on St.Patrick’s Day 1959, was signed by the requisite100 ACBL members, and it explained thatsuch a Unit would “provide a channel for individualmembership in the ACBL for those...who, un der the currently prevailing circumstances,do not have such an opportunity.”In response to earlier inquiries going backto mid-1958, ACBL Executive SecretaryAlvin Landy had promised to bring up thematter at the Board committee meetingsMarch 11th. The WBL Board quietly madeclear its opposi tion to the idea.Then the General Counsel of the StateDept. threatened to resort to legal processes,asking for a copy of ACBL by-laws. N.Y.Times bridge columnist Albert Morehead, alongtime strong activist in favor of opening upthe ACBL, ar ranged for a copy of the by-lawsto be supplied by ACBL counsel Lee Hazen.On June 19th Morehead wrote to Vic Daly:“As you perhaps know, the ACBL has notbeen happy for many years about the power ofthe WBL. The WBL was an independentorganiza tion with a large membership when itaffiliated with the ACBL about 20 years ago,and the con tract made between them at thattime gave the WBL a degree of autonomy thatis unusual in the ACBL’s relationships with itsUnits. Hazen said he would love to have someammunition, such as the present situation, tobring pressure on the WBL, possibly to withdrawtheir objec tion in this particular case butconceivably to revise the entire relationship.”In November Vic wrote back to Morehead to- 30 -review the status of the ABA’s (eventually futile)application to become an official member organizationof the World Bridge Federation. He concludedwith these details: “In another letter Landyshows fright over my suggestion that CongressmanAdam Clayton Powell might want to make anissue out of the exclusion of some Governmentemployees from the WBL …. Landy called melong distance as soon as he got my letter and assuredme that he is now in favor of a separate franchisefor government clubs in D.C., and will pushthe matter at the Board meeting in Coronado laterthis month. He is making a special trip down hereto placate the local people. He claims to have wonover Skinny Miles to his side.”Morehead responded that “Landy seems to bethoroughly convinced the WBL must give in, andmust be forced to do so if it cannot be per suaded.However, time goes on and nothing much is accomplishedbecause of the usual delays that affectalmost everything in bridge and the ACBL.”Then Morehead reported the next month:“The Board (in Coronado, Calif.)... voted not topermit another Unit in Washington, and to myamazement , the vote was unanimous ... Landy’sposition, despite his previous assur ances to methat the WBL would be forced into line, was notsurprising because Landy never risks any openopposition to the majority or the most powerfulelement.” Later, he elaborated: “Simply as ageneral principle, assume that you cannot get astraight answer from Landy on anything. He isa very nice fellow and an honest man, and I likehim very much, but he will not commit himselfon any subject until he knows the attitudes ofthose in control. If the present administrationchanged to one that were all in favor of integration,he would overnight be come the greatestproponent of integration in the country.”At the WBL annual meeting April 7, 1960,Dr. Robins (by then prexy of the Mid-Atlantic)moved that “all certified members of the ACBLbe qualified to play in the 1960 Regionals andthe 1961 Nationals.” This was tabled, and theminutes of next month’s Board meeting showthat he tried to clarify: “If we bar colored fromthe Nationals and Regionals the League will besubject to great publicity and he felt that ascreening method of some kind was neces sary.”President Joseph O’Brien reported, “Mr. Landystated that if we barred colored mem bers fromNationals they may appear for regis tration andwhen refused have a lawyer from the NAACPready to serve us with an injunction ... (also)stated that the Gill Amendment could possiblybe changed before the 1961 Na tionals”At this meeting a “ballot” was authorizedwhich would explain that the Board was con -sidering action to allow all ACBL members toplay in both the upcoming Labor Day Regionalsand ‘61 Summer Nationals, and ask members toindicate their opinion. This idea was later ta bled,then during their July meeting, WBL sec retaryIrene Whitehall “moved that inasmuch as thisConference includes N.C., S.C., and Va., in deferenceto those Units where integration is not allowedthat the Mid-Atlantic Regionals be notintegrated; seconded by McHugh and passed.”The pro-integration activists were not aboutto take this setback lying down. They arrangedfor four Black players from the New York area(all of them ACBL members) to come to theMay flower Sunday, Sept. 4th and attempt topur chase two entries into the “Open” Pairs.A Washington Post reporter was on thespot (not by coincidence), and he reported:“It is with regret that I tell you that I cannotsell you an entry,” said Ralph S. Turoff, chairmanof the entrance committee ... Robert W Byrns,president of the WBL, told Turoff as the discussionensued in the hotel lobby: “I don’t think weshould stand around arguing with them. Just saythe answer is ‘no’ and that’s the end of it.” ....When they found they could not play, they askedif they could enter the tourna ment halls to watchthe games. R.L. Miles, Jr., a conference officialand past ACBL president told them “it would beridiculous to say you couldn’t. The bylaws of theACBL say we can keep you from playing but theysay nothing about kibitz ing.” Byrns said, however,he would have refused the request if he had beenthere (he was playing bridge at the time), on thegrounds the presence of the Negroes might offendsome of the players. He said he was empoweredto bar their access to the halls. The four entered,however, and watched several of the contestswithout incident. They said players voluntarily di -rected them to the most expert games. After “kibitzing”quietly for about an hour, they left to go tothe home of friends — to play some bridge.The next step taken by the Federal BridgeLeague activist group was to apply for a charteras an official Unit of the ACBL, even thoughGEBA had already been refused such status. InOctober, Stu Dunlop wrote to ACBL Headquar -ters in New York, but Alvin Landy wrote backNov. 11th, informing the Federal that “two Unitscannot have jurisdiction within the same city.”(This was clarified as “playing area” by both Mr.Landy and Mr. Miles at meetings in June 1961.)Our 1961 annual meeting was well at tended,with many members on both sides of this issueexpecting some sort of showdown. Four pro-integrationplayers were elected: Mrs. MiriamCampbell as treasurer. Mrs. Edna Evans as secretary,and former president Lewis G. Tubbs and- 31 -Jules Jacobson to the “executive committee.”Then Lewie Tubbs spoke up, urging strongly“that the WBL reverse its present position andadmit Negroes to membership in the League, somoving.” This was tabled by a written vote of 96to 82. Then new prexy Wilber Norris announced“that a survey of the entire membership of theLeague would be consid ered.”At their April meeting, the Board voted that“our Summer Nationals not be segregated and noentrant be challenged as to whether a mem ber ofthe ACBL.” Then June 8th, Alvin Landy attendeda special meeting; the minutes show himstressing the difficulties attendant to a two-Unitsin-one-citysituation. Then, “Mr. Tubbs movedthat the membership of the WBL be pol led onwhether they favored or were against ad mittingNegroes to membership in the WBL.” (This wasto be mailed within ten days; motion passed.)Another special meeting was held June 19th.with Skinny Miles, who opined that a sec ond Unitmight be a possible alternative solu tion. Then,“the question of what Mr. Landy had said wasbrought to a vote ... he believed the ACBL wouldbe inclined to act favorably on a re quest for a secondUnit; motion passed 5 to 3 with 2 abstaining.”There’s a certain Alice-in-Wonderland qual -ity to these 1961 minutes. The final paragraphof the June 8th minutes is simply: “By the way,during the discussion, the Secretary resigned.The President refused to accept the resigna tion.”Two letters were mailed to the membership,dated June 22nd. Miriam Campbell explainedthat “the present policy of the WBLeffectively prevents Negro residents ... fromjoining ACBL. It also prevents them fromhaving their masterpoints recorded and evenfrom participating in tournaments (in otherareas)... This seems to me an opportunity toact in ac cord with the Constitution ... and touphold moral and religious precepts.”Lewie Tubbs stated that “It is no secret thatfive years ago I strongly supported keeping theLeague segregated ...” but, “Negroes are achievingever-increasing recognition in ... competitiveendeavors. Bridge, as practiced at ACBL Unitlevels, is much more of a keenly competitivecontest than a social event”; and, “Because ofthe President’s Anti-Bias Direc tives ... manygovernment clubs ... (may) be forced to abandontheir bridge endeavors or withdraw from theACBL”; and, “We are losing the services ofmany capable members as ra cial attitudes havebeen the sole criteria for committee appointmentsor nominations for of fice.” These are buta few key statements ex cerpted from his brilliantlypersuasive nine-paragraph letter.Well, as soon as those two letters showed up

in mailboxes, outraged screams were heard.(Shades of 1956!) At a hastily-called Board meetingJune 29th (two members not notified, includingthe Secretary—who should’ve been the onedoing the notifying) Mrs. Campbell and Mr. Tubbswere charged with using their elected positions toexercise “undue pressure” upon the membership.A motion was passed 5 to 4 with one abstentionthat they both “be re quired to appear July 10thfor the purpose of hearing and responding tocharges of conduct prejudicial to the welfare ofthe WBL resulting from their unauthorized use ofaddressgraph facilities of the WBL in contraventionof Execu tive Committee regulations.”A spirited Board meeting was held July10th, with attorneys for the accused in attendance.Lewie Tubbs’ attorney first pointed outthat Lewie made his living as a teacher ofbridge, then notified the Board that theywould be held liable, collectively and individually,for any dam age to his reputation.A motion passed (5-3) which declaredthat the “alleged meeting of June 29th was illegallycalled and held and constituted a nullityand that all action taken at that meetingbe declared null and void.” President Norris“then ruled that all correspondence on thematter be removed from the file.”The issue was resolved by cancelling thereferendum then underway and replacing itwith a new one to be mailed by July 24th andcounted on August 28th; additionally, addressographplates would be made available (forthe normal fee) to any member who wished towrite another letter. (Passed 6 to 5.)Those who had complained the loudest wroteno letters during this breather, but Arthur Fribourgdid: “The WBL’s segregation policy is receivinggrowing attention from those outside theworld of bridge ... The coming national tournamentwill be open to Negroes. We shall see therethat those who say they will refuse to play in agame with Negroes mean only that they will refuseunless there are red points at stake ... It ishoped that those who have up to now favored segregationon grounds of per sonal preference willsubordinate that prefer ence to the good of thecountry and to the wel fare of bridge activities.”Meanwhile another stop-the-tide stratagemwas tried: 30 members signed a petition askingthat the referendum be cancelled and that therebe a special membership meeting to con sider “theremoval from the table of the motions submittedMarch 9th and for the further pur pose of discussionand decision as to whether the selective standardsof admission to mem bership to the WBLshould be continued.” But the Board reaffirmedits decision to send out the ballot as scheduled,and informed Mrs. Helen St. John (the petition’ssponsor) that if her people still wished a membershipmeeting, we would call one.And such a meeting was duly held Sept.14th.called “by the President to: (1) learn the resultsof the mail poll; (2) confirm or void the action ofthe Board in conducting the poll; (3) considermaking a request to the ACBL for partition intotwo Units.” Mr. Morris reported the totals: “624favoring admission of Negroes to 279 against admission,8 ballots with no vote.” Legal and parliamentaryexpert opinions were in agreement thatthe Board had full authority to conduct the poll.Lewie Tubbs moved “that the WBL go onrecord that it is unalterably opposed to the grantingof a charter in which partition takes place.”Then a vote was taken “by members lin ing up onopposite sides of the room and being counted.”There were 160 for the motion and 92 against.One can get a sense of the level of debatein 1961 by reading the minutes of that meeting:“Mr. Hermann said the Negroes refusedto ask for a Unit of their own (and further volunteered)‘I know three thieves and Mrs.Wright intro duced them all.’ (He) said this motionwould give those who did not want an integratedgame no place to play; he said Mr.Tubbs had a financial interest in bridge. Mr.Turoff said Mr. Tubbs had contributed little; hemade further remarks. Mrs. Dixie Wright saidwe must have some protection against peoplecalling others crooks. Mrs. Skipper made ashort talk asking that we try to get along.”At the regular Board meeting four days later,the segregationists moved that the “Board willnot oppose formation of a second Unit if a properpetition is submitted.” This was tabled, after aninitial tie vote which president Norris refused tobreak. This group put themselves on record as“opposing action that took place at 9/14/61meeting” and later five of them co-signed a letterto Landy to that effect. During this meeting thenames of the first six Blacks admitted to membershipwere read; Vic Daly, D.C. CommissionerJohn Duncan, Dr. Joseph Henry, Carlisle Pratt,Mrs. Clyde Woolridge and Jimmy Lee.That same week the Maryland BridgeAsso ciation (often referred to as the “BaltimoreBridge League” both then and now) quietlyde segregated also, by a vote of 156 to 34.That Friday, the editorial column of theWashington Post quoted Vic Daly: “During thefive years between the first ballot and the sec -ond referendum, the concept of fair play andequal treatment for all Americans has spreadto all corners.” Their editorial comment: “Thisis the obvious explanation; and it is anexplana tion which does credit to all concerned— to those who, with patient persistence,knocked upon closed doors, to those who, asin the WBL, responded in a spirit of generosityand fairness, to the whole country of which thismoving tide is a hopeful sign for the future.”But believe it or not, Washington bridgeplayers had more on their minds that summer—during the period of the stop-the-referendumpetition we hosted the 33rd annual Summer Nationalsat the Sheraton Park (July 29 thru Au -gust 6). A review of the tournament report in theSeptember. 1961 ACBL Bulletin shows sidegame second overalls won by Robert McEwen& O. B. Cassell and Dr. Joseph Henry & RobertFriend; second overall in the Sub-Sr. MasterTeams went to Joe Henry & Bob Friend, playingwith Leon Jones & Roscoe Alexander. Scores ofWBLers had their triumphs delineated in theSeptember issue of the WBL Bulletin, but noneof those half-dozen men listed here — after all,they were not members of the WBL!As the schedule would have it, our 16th an -nual Potomac Valley Tournament was heldSept. 29 - Oct. 1 at the Sheraton-Park. A dozenor so Black players participated, without no -ticeable adverse effect upon the attendance:total tables in play came to 484, compared to404 the previous year. Known to have playedin that historic first open WBL tournamentwere Ollie Cassell, Katye Gibbs, Jimmy Lee,Carlisle Pratt, Col. W.D. Hunter and CaesarBarron. And appropriately enough, the two-sessionOpen Pairs was captured by two Blacks:Dr. Aaron S. Russell and Victor R. Daly! (JoeHenry and Bob Friend came in 4th; ClydeWoolridge and Dr. Joe were 4th in the Mixed.)Meanwhile, back in the real (?) world thatSunday, the Redskins inaugurated the newD.C. Stadium (later to become R.F.K.) byjumping out to a 21 -7 first-quarter lead overthe Giants, only to lose 24-21. Simultaneously,Roger Maris was busy in Yankee Stadiumsmashing his “record-breaking” *61st homer.That Fall was an active period for petitionpassers.Immediately after the Sept. 14th rejec -tion of the proposal to divide the WBL into twonew Units (“National Capita! Bridge League” —integrated, and “Greater Washington BridgeLeague” — segregated), new petitions (ad -dressed to ACBL) began circulating. They calledfor the chartering of “Capital Bridge Assn.,”which would get a prorated share of the WBLTreasury and the right to hold games and tournamentsin D.C. Eventually some 366 names werelisted with the initial application for charter, submittedin mid-November, just prior to the NationalBoard meeting in Houston. The Agendathere included the proposal to delete the words- 32 - - 33 -“but not in the same city” from the existing regulationon the jurisdiction of adja cent Units.A detailed report on that meeting’s discus -sions claimed that “Norwood (Dist. 7 rep.) mademotion that the real estate on which the Shorehamand Sheraton-Park Hotels are lo cated bemade available exclusively to the new Unit ... forthe purpose of holding weekly games and tournaments.Hazen stated that.... it would be bad toremove from the old, revered WBL’s jurisdiction,the right to meet at the very hotels which havebeen their accustomed haunts, without givingthem a fair chance at a hearing. (Motion withdrawnuntil Lexington Meeting, Spring 1962) ....Norwood said that Skinny took the position publiclythat... “The WBL is now run by a bunch ofriff-raff, perverts, leftwingers and communist fellow-travelers.They have taken over in recentmonths and the aristocratic, decent, fine Americanswho had controlled the WBL since its beginningare now out in the cold unless the ACBLBoard does something to help them.”Following the joint recommendation of athree-man delegation from ACBL (DistrictDi rector Miles, Executive Secretary Landyand President Max Manchester), our membershipwas asked at the next annual meeting(March 22, 1962) whether they would “permita sec ond Unit playing space in D. C. hotels.”This was denied by a vote of 167 to 128.Newly-elected members insured a virtuallyunanimous pro-in tegration WBL Board.However, in a matter of days, the NationalBoard voted “That a second unit be authorized inthe Washington, D.C. playing area, with the exclusiveright to conduct tournaments in the Virginiacounties of Arlington and Fairfax.” Od dly,this action — reversing the stand taken againstthe GEBA and Federal applications — does notappear in the minutes of that Lex ington, KY,Board Meeting as published in the May, 1962Contract Bridge Bulletin. A footnote states that“Matters of administration or of a routine naturehave been omitted...” Routine? —well, you couldmake a case for virtually any item on the Board’sthrice-yearly agendas to be described as a “matterof administration.” Al Morehead said that Landy“characterized it as a routine act of the directors.He didn’t seem very happy about it, but his principalunhappiness may have stemmed from thefact that the new Unit has no place large enoughto hold successful tournaments. I think probablythe sanctioning was indeed routine — simply thefact that Miles had enough votes to swing it.”Area players were then permitted to joinwhichever Unit they preferred — a situationwhich continues to this day and is duplicated(I believe) in only two other areas, metropol-

itan Detroit and Los Angeles county.In June of 1962 the WBL began holding twosplit-location Unit games per month, one sitebeing Agudas Achim Synagogue, Alexandria;these were monthly Masterpoint and monthlyWinners’ Games (two concepts abandoned by theACBL in 1968). Ostensibly these were for theconvenience of our Virginia members who refusedon principle to patronize the NVBA Unitgame and who found it difficult to drive toDuPont Circle and find a parking space Thursdaynights near the Duplicate Bridge Center (up -stairs over Peoples Drug Store). Anotherconsideration had to be the fact that NVBA’s originalcharter specified only Fairfax and Arlington,with no mention of Alexandria or Falls Church.But first the National Board ruled that onlyWinners’ Games could be held in split locations,then in September Landy telegraphed us a “ceaseand desist” order and we meekly complied.Five years passed and attitudes continued tochange (not just amongst bridge players), and theNVBA itself integrated, shortly before the ACBLmade open tournaments mandatory everywhere.Only a very few of that Unit’s founding group nowremain both alive and in the metro area a quarter-centurylater. Although we can be certain afew hard feelings still exist— in persons on bothsides of the issue — in general the two Units getalong beautifully, having co-sponsored two Summer“Nationals”, several Regionals, scores oftournament Thursday sessions, dozens of City-Wide Open Pairs and six Tournament-In-Clubs.Postscript: Two of the original “troublemakers”Andy and Wanda Gabrilovitch, livedin Connecticut from 1972 through 1984. thenmoved back here (McLean). ACBL Headquartersassigned them to the NVBA, whichis okay by them; they realize how muchthings have changed in 25 years.Bits & Pieces, cont. from p. 4...Please join us at our weekly Unit Game onThursday evenings and frequent the localbridge clubs in the area. Information can befound at www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.neW 0-1500 game in LaureLThe Laurel Bridge Club, 8564-A LaureldaleDrive, will be hosting a new 0-1500 gamestarting Sunday, March 10. There will be abrief lesson at 12:30 PM followed by a gameat 1 PM. Everyone is welcome to come for thelesson, or just to play.For additional information, contact BarryLieberman at blieber@quixnet.net .- 34 -2012 round roBin WinnersCongratulations to last year’s RoundRobin Winners! Here are the overalls:Flight A1) William Cole, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson,Mark Shaw2) Noble Shore, Bryan Coleman, Stephen Drodge,Michael Gill, John Miller, Sylvia Shi3/4) Donna Rogall, John Adams, ClydeKruskal, Stan Schenker3/4) Arnie Frankel, Andrew Gofreed, LylePoe Jr, David Ruderman, Alfred Steinberg,Alan Tenenbaum5/8) Ellen Cherniavsky, Lynn Jones, WilliamPettis, Shawn Stringer, Joseph Trapani,Diane WalkerFlight X1) Jason Meyer, H John Edmonds, LarryKahn, Lloyd RawleyFlight B1) Albert Lauber, James Beller, Jay Cherlow,Ned Griffith, Walter Smith Jr2) James Key, Bruce Goldstein, BruceRoberts, Ajit Thyagarajan3/4) Guillaume de Decker, William Dillon,Leon Masiewicki, Dale Sanders0-300 Flight C1) Julie Marquette, Karen Salem, Yaeko Perera,David Solo mon, Peter Isard and Cecily Wolferun For the Board?If you would like to run for the board, pleasesubmit a bio form and picture to the editor byFeb 28 to be published in the next issue. The officesof President, Vice President, Treasurer, andSecretary are one year terms. The six Unit Directorpositions are two year terms, at least threeof which will be open this year. Elections will beheld at the Annual Meeting and Unit ChampionshipGame on May 16 at the Unit Game.2012-2013 WBL/nvBapLaYer oF the YearTo be eligible, a player: (1) Must be a member(or pending member) of either the NVBA orthe WBL; (2) Must attend at least three WBLand three NVBA sectionals during the contestperiod (August, 2012 through May,2013). Points won on Tour nament Thurs dayevenings are in cluded in the totals, but do notcount towards eligibility; (3) Must be a memberin good standing of the ACBL and a localaffiliate throughout the contest period and remainso through the award presentation.Awards: Two trophies will be awarded.Standings: Here are the standings after five ofeight sectionals. The asterisk* indicates thatthe player has met eligibility requirements.Open LeadersPlayerPoints1 Steve Robinson . . . . . . . . . .103.072 Peter Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98.153 Robert Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92.414 Sylvia Shi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84.735 Mark Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.956 Fred King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.927 Ai-Tai Lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76.618 Alexander Prairie . . . . . . . . .75.429 Barry Falgout . . . . . . . . . . . . .64.0710 William Pettis . . . . . . . . . . . .62.3411 William Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.6512 Kenneth Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .55.9413 Steven Schatzow . . . . . . . . . .54.0214 Richard Wegman . . . . . . . . . .52.5415 Alan Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . .48.6816 David Ruderman . . . . . . . . . .48.5717 John Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.3118 Earl Glickstein . . . . . . . . . . .46.8919 Lyle Poe Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46.6720 James Geist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.99NonLM LeadersPlayerPoints1 Thomas Jennings . . . . . . . . . .25.232 James Gerding . . . . . . . . . . . .24.803 Wayne Bardsley . . . . . . . . . . .21.894 Sidney Graves . . . . . . . . . . . .20.755 Ron Sutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19.996 Yuen De Anda . . . . . . . . . . . .19.997 Richard Bingham . . . . . . . . . .19.888 Jeffrey Halle . . . . . . . . . . . . .19.529 Eric Poskanzer . . . . . . . . . . . .18.7210 Kellen Leister . . . . . . . . . . . .18.6511 Erik Kitagawa . . . . . . . . . . . .17.8212 Barbara Sadick . . . . . . . . . . .16.7713 Ollie Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.6614 Julie Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.6615 Carolyn Baird . . . . . . . . . . . .15.1616 John Gauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.1617 Ted Proxmire . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.4418 Mike Ladd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.1519 Margaret Whilden . . . . . . . . .13.9020 Penelope Paddock . . . . . . . . .13.55Bring a Friend to the 0-20or nLm unit game!Bring a new player (who has notpreviously played at the WBL) to theUnit Game to play in the 0-20 or NLMgame and both you and your partnerwill play free that evening.- 35 -saturdaY0-nLm game& mini-LessonEvery Saturday, the Rockville DuplicateBridge Club holds a 0 - Non Life Master gamewith a mini-lesson.Mini-Lesson: Saturdays, 12:30 pm0-NLM Game: 1:00 pmCost: $6.00Location: St. James Episcopal Church11815 Seven Locks RoadDirections: Take Rt 270 to Exit 4B (fromeither direction) Montrose Road. This will takeyou to Seven Locks Road. Left on Seven LocksRd 3 blocks. St James Church is on the left(going south), between Post Oak and GainsboroRd. There are two buildings, the game and minilessonare in the building on the left facing thechurch. There is plenty of parking in the rear,and a rear entrance to the building (1 flight ofstairs if you enter from the rear of the building).For additional information, contact MarkLavine, 301-503-3348 or mlavine@gcsii.comOpen Games: Sat.: 1pm, Mon, Thurs & Fri:11:15am, Tue: 7pm (Tue only at RockvilleSenior Center—see www.rockvilledbc.comfor directions.)the WBLonLineThe Washington Bridge League is providingtwo new online services:1. The WBL Online Bulletin BoardOn an OPT IN basis only, this service willinclude an online directory of members. Sendany of the following information that you’rewilling to have posted to the WBL webmaster,Don Berman, at don.berman@verizon.netor call him at 301-776-3581.Name, Email Address, up to two PhoneNumbers, ACBL Number2. The WBL Online Partnership DeskCheck it out at washingtonbridgeleague.orgContact Clyde Kruskal at cpkfam@gmail.comor 301-395-0480 with any questions.

minor suit Bidding:opener’s second BidYou open one of a minor and partner respondsone of a Major. Now what? This is your opportunityto define or “limit” the strength of your handas well as its shape - information that will helppartner know where the auction should end.Many opening bids tell immediately thestrength and shape of the hand: 1NT (15-17HCP and balanced distribution); 2ª (5 – 10HCP and 6 card suit); playing Flannery, 2¨(11-15 HCP, 5 hearts and 4 spades.) Anopening bid of 1§ or 1¨, however, covers awide range of sizes and shapes and requiressubsequent bids to further define the hand.1§ can show from 12 HCP up to about 21HCP (a difference of more than two aces!)and can be flat as a pancake or very shapely.So opener’s second bid must start to answertwo of the most important questions in any auction:in what strain (suit or notrump) and at whatlevel should opener rebid. We will focus on strainnow and level in our next article.What strain should we rebid?To make the bid that bestdescribes your shape and suggeststhe best strain, considerthe following questions:1) Can you support partner’sMajor? If you have fourcards in partner’s suit, showthat support with your nextbid. If the bidding has gone1§ -P - 1© - P and you havea typical opening hand withfour hearts, then bid 2©.Just as your first responsibilitywhen responding to partner’s1© or 1ª opening wasto raise where possible so,too, does opener raise partner’s1M response.2) If you can’t raise partner’ssuit, do you have a fourNLMasterPointersby I/N Columnists:- 36 -Ron Zucker, ron@motherzucker.comShawn Stringer, ShStringer@aol.comcard major suit that you can bid at thesame level? For example, after 1§ -P - 1©- P, do you have four spades? If so, rebid1ª. If partner responded 1¨ to your 1§opening, (hands we will discuss in moredetail in the future) do you have four heartsor four spades? If so, rebid in that suit.3) If you don’t have a four card major to rebidat the one level, do you have six cards inyour minor? If so, rebid the minor. Someplayers rebid 2§ with only five cards, butwe recommend that you promise a sixthcard when you rebid that suit. With onlyfive, try very hard to find a better bid.4) If you have neither a four card major nor asix card minor to rebid, can you bid NT?Most players try very hard to avoid rebiddingNT with a singleton or void anywhere, andwe recommend that you follow that practice.The more you play, the more comfortableyou will be with running through this thoughtprocess to come up with the best rebid to de-stepping up to neW heights:As of January 1, 2013Junior Masters:5 MasterpointsMr Khalid P ChaudhryMrs Conner ForsythJohn H GroverMr Michael L CoopermanMs Nancy J FeldmanBrian G GordonClub Masters: 20 MPsMaryann BishopMrs Barbara GoldbergMs Ettie H GordonMr Richard A HartMr Arnold QuintJudith A RiggsDavid StearmanSectional Masters: 50 MPsMs Sharon A BatesMs Lynne D BattleMahmoud KatiraiJoanne Massey HowesBeverly SimmonsRegional Masters: 100 MPsMr Gregory ChristianMs Cathy C McGarriganMr Richard J MossGay PirozziNathan WolfMrs Hanna WagnerNABC Masters: 200 MPsDr Margarett M Whildenscribe your hand. Rememberthat you willconstantly be dealthands that don’t fit therules. If you work on howyou think about varioushands, you will be ableto sort your options fasterand more consistentlyreach the best contract.With the aboveguide l ines in mind,look at some actualhands and plan your rebids.In all of thesecases, opener has aminimum hand, so isnot going to jump. Assumeyou open 1§ andpartner responds 1©.Next month, we’lllook at opener’s strengthfor different rebids. Untilthen, please contact uswith any questions, andwe look forward to seeingyou at the table!ª KT53© T4¨ AT9§ AQ62ª KJ© T543¨ AT9§ AQ62ª QT9© K9¨ QJ5§ AJT84ª QT8© 7¨ AT6§ AQJ862ª 86© KQ8¨ KJ5§ AJT42ALL WAYS TRAVEL INVITESYOUTO JOIN US ONA BRIDGE CRUISE ABOARD ARD RIVIERA APRIL 7,2014MIAMI TOBARCELONA14 -DAYVOYAGEFEATURING:9 DAYSATSEAMiami, Florida; King's Wharf, Bermudaovernight;Funchal (Madeira), Portugal; Tangierangier, Morocco; Barcelona, SpainVERANDA STATTATEROOMFAREfrom$ 3,699perguest*Rebid 1ª. While you are flat enough to rebid 1NT,partner might have bid 1© with four hearts andfour spades.Rebid 2©. Support with support. You know that youhave an eight card heart fit.Rebid 1NT. You are balanced with 12-14 HCP. Perfect.Partner knows you don’t have more, since, with15-17 HCP, you would have opened 1NT.Rebid 2§. You have a 6 card suit and a minimum.The singleton in partner’s suit is a bad holding. Ifpartner holds something like ©KQ94, some valuesare wasted opposite your shortness.This is not covered well by our guidelines. Many bid1NT and hope partner has spades stopped (or that opp’swill take their spade tricks and declarer will get the rest.)Others bid 2©. They don’t have four card support butwith a small doubleton in spades, a heart contract ratesto play better than notrump, since partner can trumpsome spade losers. 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WBL soLvers’ cLuB’sneW proBLems1) IMPs, None Vulnerableª986©965¨Q64§10652SOUTH WEST NORTH EASTPass 1NT 2©Pass Pass Dbl* Pass???? *Takeout2) Matchpoints, None Vulnerableª3©102¨AK9873§KJ54SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST1¨ 1ª Pass Pass????3) IMPs, None VulnerableªA953©K876532¨3§4SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST????4) IMPs, None VulnerableªAQ8753©-¨2§J87543SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST1¨?????need a ride or a partnerFor the thursdaY unit game?Contact Barbara Doran UnitGamePartner@DistrictSix.org,(301-608-0347 between 9am and 10pm) to find a partner inadvance. For a last minute partner, call the WBL cell phone (301-395-2760).Ron Zucker, Carpool Coordinator can be contacted at 202-986-2166 or (ron@motherzucker.com) or log on to the On-Line CarpoolNotices at www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.Good luck! We look forward to seeing you onThursday evenings.55) IMPs, You’re VulnerableªAQ86©3¨AK82§AQ94SOUTH WEST NORTH EASTPass Pass 1¨?????Return answers by February 28 to:Steve Robinson2891 S. Abingdon St #A2,Arlington VA, 22206robinswr@erols.comJanuary/February 2013