Judge — August 1933 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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Judge Vol. 105 HAVE ds from pleasant days at Dartmouth in Hanover, N. Hi American W Li Annual Congr old del just) return ten Col- where the ague’s forty-third held. d ghtiul and fashion I may be somet impres ames with lac ne \V torian srian Ve tt, | decided to que find out been playing W born in Ne She started pl Civil War, she had to be more or less co ark, when ng the mm deered because most of the en wer in the nd the old timers sul wante game of Whist. So she is one the founders and charter members of the Associated Memb of the American Whist I eon her ¢ th year she won two na- tional Whist events; one of them was New To see Mrs. whether Wh with all the woman of thirty, makes all of us hope that in our eightieth year we may equal her achievement in our favorite game, and we s the Amsterdam Troy Mott playing cards, t, Auction, or Contract, enthusiasm of phy. all always have before us her character and courage as an ex- ample. ROF so ZSSOR J. P. Mr. Walter Wyman, and two Dartmouth Colles Professor won the Hamilton Whist Trophy, em blematic of the Men's Team-of-Four National Championship TI ter paired with John Rau, partnered by Hobson Jackson of Montpelier, Vt. A rather dramatic incident occurred in the last few minutes of pl In the morr session we were two tricks ahead of the Richardson-Wy- man team, and the final hand would decide the championship. We have finished our boards but partners RICHARD- Messrs. and ing our ian B Edited by Philip Hal Sims _ JUDGE—AUGUST, 1933 tinst 1 rdson and partner, who | gain three tricks in the q hand. Mr. yoat t cided to fool P holdi ill playing ofessor ave t point de or Ricl a bust. and dson, 1, seeing no rea : should foc Jed trumps nd enabled the Richardson team pick up the tricks which they him neede: to win. The Whist ue made progressive step in tournamen this year by ina Leag rrating a ne mpionship which, in my opini tined to be the A. WV. Ls the Round Champions popular event that wi yed in e All- in which years to come. plays one session « Auction and one s Whist, all with the sar lowest cumul tract, one e partner, the session of ve position points de termining the winner. Mr. Arthur L. Ryan, the American Whist League, was the ror of a beautiful silver cup atic of this All Aw Vair Championship of Whist L I was fortunate enough to be Mr. Ryan's partner in this event, and we won the trophy for the first year, beating out that formidable reunited President of nble- ican All-Round the American gue. pair, Lenz and Liggett. Until the last session, Messrs. Lenz and Liggett appeared to be sure winners, but when the smoke had blown away they were second, be: g beaten by position points, and it took the Wh game to prove their final. undoing. Perhaps over confidence contribt to their defeat, but I would advise anyone desiring to win this trophy to look out for this pair in future com- petitions, We hope that the Whist League will hold their Congress next year in Atlantic City. Professor Richardson who acted as unofficial host made everybody that the Congress would have been entirely unsuccessful had they not at- tended. feel No, 265 RS. MADELEINE KERWIN is one of the leaders and pionec writers on Contract bridge. In fact I think tive le wrote the first authorita Contract, since been shameles n work on y instance: without credit to h Which reminds me that Madeleine the stormy petrel Her what of brie indfather was the is known as the sher 1 Madeleine aventor of vood” H he hy Perhap: vmind wher he decided to invent this deadly wea- pon, Mrs, Kerwin’s presence is a credit to the world of bric without a ¢ writer, She is tod: vubt, the roan remost wom teacher in t country, and hit has been said of her that yuld spot a rattle- snake the first bite and still fix hit e is very gentle, and a most delight- ful wit. In conclusion, it has been su: that I might say that Mrs. Kerwin is not hard to look at. leett althou “she Pi HS, s and Finesses Ry Zeromdoceus OVERHEARD AT HANOVER E Student: “Mrs. Sims, do you believe in psychics when playir Auction?” Mrs. § “Yes, they are very ef- fective provided you do not know Auction,” ager Walter says it is tough to win a championship and then have a news- paper call up about it at 2 A. M. Do a think Contract has a lot of conventions? If so, you should have heard Sidney Lenz rattling off tl conventions of Whist. After listen ing to them you no longer we why it was necessary to issue a book on the play of the hand at Auct Wernher: “Sid, we have been friends for years; yet you spelled ms name wrong when we were seed comicbooks.com