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From: Bob Lipton <blipton@sunet.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 07:13:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Partial Beach Bash Results
Message-id: <199710121113.HAA10694@www.sunet.net>

Here it is 6 a.m. of a Sunday morning and the 44 contestants participating in Mady Garner's annual Cocoa Beach, Fla., extravaganza (the "Beach Bash") are all snuggled up in their beds--most of them, I mean--while I'm here in Vero Beach, 60 miles to the south, wondering if my poor doggies Sabrina and Scrappy Doo will get to have their morning walkies before I set out for Steve Polatnick's house in Miami for our weekly SOWPODS tussle. But first I need to fill y'all in on what's happening in Cocoa. Mady was so desperate for word judge help yesterday she called me and after all she's done for the Scrabble community, how could I refuse? And SINCE I was there, how can I not report the results? Hopefully I'll be able to get the final tallies tonight when I return from Miami and have a report on the wire by Monday a.m.

Dog lovers, don't despair. I have a HUGE fenced back yard and a doggie door. Sabrina and Scraps don't really need to be walked. They just think they do.

The Beach Bash was sparsely attended because of the concurrent Jewish High Holy Days. Jack Eichenbaum was unfazed; he even bingo-ed out in one of his games yesterday with HOLINESS.

But enough levity. Here's what you're all waiting for. For Friday night results, I'm listing all 48 participants. The standings following Saturday's 7th-game and 11th-game breaks will show only the top 10 in each division. I'll try for same (top 10) when I call Mady late tonight.

"A" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

l. Jack Eichenbaum      3-0     +332
2. Gordon Shapiro       3-0     +214
3. Howard Pistol        2-1     +198
4. Doris Ripp           2-1     +164
5. Sally Starr          2-1     + 70
6. Barbara Hortsing     1-2     -131
7. Ralph King           1-2     -132
8. Toni Douglas         1-2     -263
9. Margaret Swanson     0-3     -124
10 JoAnn Burchett       0-3     -328

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"B" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

1. Sophie Marques       3-0     +374
2. Marcia Bowen         3-0     +283
3. Burke Riley          2-1     +171
4. Dorothy Luckey       2-1     +135
5. Bill Hortsing        2-1     + 99
6. Anita Coan           2-1     + 33

7. Gretchen Zimmerman   2-1     + 28
8. Joyce James          2-1     + 15
9. Chris Esposito       2-1     -  5
10 Tim Wise             2-1     - 73
11 Ruthie Levitts       1-2     + 82
12 Clark Little         1-2     + 13

13 Charlotte Gotsa      1-2     - 42
14 Chris Richards       1-2     -144
15 Linda Eddy           1-2     -190
16 Darlene Rouse        0-3     -128
17 Marie Gier           0-3     -314
18 Harriet Berkelhammer 0-3     -337
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"C" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

l. Ruth Barr            3-0     +247
2. Teresa Schaeffer     3-0     +192
3. Bruce Shuman         2-1     +160
4. Sandy Skolfield      2-1     +158
5. Connie Snead         2-1     +128
6. Bryan Rouse          2-1     + 42
7. Mary Miller          2-1     + 10
8. Lois Turner          2-1     - 10

9. Leonard Miller       1-2     + 43
10 Jeannine Lyons       1-2     -  2
11 Bert Comfort         1-2     - 67
12 Beverly Campbell     1-2     -114
13 Wendell Smith        1-2     -124
14 Beverly Huttinger    1-2     -148
15 Belinda Bell         0-3     -198
16 Lorraine Atlyn       0-3     -317

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Saturday's Lunch Break Standings:

"A" Division Player     Record  Cumulative
l. Jack Eichenbaum      7-0     +923
2. Sally Starr          5-2     +314
3. Gordon Shapiro       5-2     + 98
4. Doris Ripp           4-3     +261
5. Howard Pistol        3-4     + 52
6. Barbara Hortsing     3-4     - 86
7. JoAnn Burchett       3-4     -180
8. Ralph King           3-4     -317
9. Margaret Swanson     1-6     -435
10 Toni Douglas         1-6     -630

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Some of the B players forgot to turn in their scoresheets, so complete standings as of Saturday Lunch Break are not available. At the end of Round Six, coleaders (all with 4-2 records) were, in alphabetical order, Marcia Bowen, Anita Coan, Chris Esposito, Charlotte Gotsa, Bill Hortsing, Ruthie Levitts, and Gretchen Zimmerman. .............................................

"C" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

l. Connie Snead         6-1     +318
2. Teresa Schaeffer     5-2     +406
3. Lois Turner          5-2     +200
4. Bryan Rouse          5-2     +128
5. Wendell Smith        5-2     +119
6. Ruth Barr            4-3     +276
7. Sandy Skolfield      4-3     +252
8. Bruce Shuman         4-3     +242
9. Leonard Miller       3-4     + 52
10 Mary Miller          3-4     - 85

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Up-to-the-minute (7 a.m. and most players are awake by now, I reckon) standings:

"A" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

1. Jack Eichenbaum     11-0    +1472
2. Doris Ripp           7-4     +360
3. Howard Pistol        6-5     +422
4. Sally Starr          6-5     + 17
5. JoAnn Burchett       6-5     -221
6. Barbara Hortsing     5-6     -188
7. Gordon Shapiro       5-6     -232
8. Ralph King           5-6     -280
9. Margaret Swanson     2-9     -466
10 Toni Douglas         2-9     -884
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"B" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

l. Gretchen Zimmerman   9-2     +419
2. Marcia Bowen         8-3     +504
3. Ruthie Levitts       8-3     +367
4. Anita Coan           8-3     + 69
5. Dorothy Luckey       7-4     +476
6. Sophie Marques       6-5     +209
7. Charlotte Gotsa      6-5     +126
8. Joyce James          6-5     +107
9. Bill Hortsing        6-5     +100
10 Christine Esposito   5-6     +142
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"C" Division Player     Record  Cumulative

l. Connie Snead         9-2     +324
2. Ruth Barr            8-3     +724
3. Teresa Schaeffer     8-3     +551
4. Bryan Rouse          8-3     +436
5. Lois Turner          8-3     +337
6. Wendell Smith        7-4     + 12
7. Sandy Skolfield      6-5     +432
8. Jeannine Lyons       5-6     + 38
9. Leonard Miller       5-6     - 10
10 Bruce Shuman         4-7     + 35
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Th..th..th..that's all, folks. Pouring down rain, no walkies for doggies :(

--blipton