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Dallas, Texas 40th Spring North American Bridge Championships March 6 - March 16, 1997 Daily Bulletin Dallas, Texas Volume 40, Number 2 Saturday, March 8, 1997 Editors: Henry Francis and Jody Latham Win cash and Charity Foundation Don’tmasterpoints! miss out! Win cash and presents $30,000 masterpoints at the two-session re- gionally rated stratified open pairs that Thein ACBLmajor Charity grants Foundation will begin at 9 a.m. this morning and 9 will present grants totaling $15,000 continue tomorrow morning. for flood relief in the Northwest and The more masterpoints you win, the Midwest plus another $15,000 in the more cash you take home! Play- grants to honor three longtime ACBL ers will pay the regu- members. lar ACBL entry fees “We are so glad to find ourselves ($40 per pair) plus $50 in a position to earmark money for per player per session those who are longtime ACBL mem- to the Prize Fund. bers,” said Foundation President Entries go on sale Carol Sanders, who announced the about 8:30 a.m. in the grants. Cascade Ballroom. Three grants of $5,000 each will The five living members of the original Aces: seated, left to right, Mike be presented to the Age-Related Lawrence, Bobby Wolff and Bob Hamman; standing, Bobby Goldman and Bill Macular Degeneration Foundation, Eisenberg. honoring Sue Emery; the Chemo- therapy Foundation, honoring Edgar Junior Corps to gain Kaplan; and the Myasthenis Gravis Foundation, honoring Lynn Deas. 7ACBL’s members Junior players today -- ages 26 World champion Aces The flood relief grants will go to and younger -- will be treated to a din- states in the Northwest and Midwest, ner/reception and an update on Jun- took shapeBy Brent Manley in Big D including Ohio, Kentucky and Ten- ior activities today between sessions. nessee. Two years ago, the bridge world home of the 1997 Spring NABC. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 Before the Charity Pairs and the marked the 25th anniversary of the It all started with Ira Corn, a Dal- p.m. in Pullman B at Union Station, Charity KO Teams on Thursday, the first world championship won by the las businessman who was inspired by located across the street from the Foundation presented checks totaling Aces, the world’s first full-time pro- what he saw in the 1964 World Team Hyatt Regency. $105,000 to the National Council on fessional team. Olympiad in New York. Charlotte Blaiss, ACBL coordina- Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the The remarkable experiment which Corn had become interested in tor for Junior programs, said seven local chapter of the Susan G. Komen resulted in the creation of the legend- bridge, and he traveled to the world players will be inducted into the Breast Cancer Foundation. ary squad began right here in Dallas, championship in New York to have a ACBL Junior Corps, the group estab- Taking part in the presentation closer look at the top players in the lished in 1990 to promote bridge Continued on page 5 among young people. game. What he saw was the Italian Blaiss said that preliminary fig- Blue Team, a finely tuned bridge ma- ures, as of March 7, show that Junior chine which dominated the field and Month -- February Junior fund games defeated a strong American team in to promote Junior activities -- raised the final. Robison, Perlmutter $11,347 in the U.S. and $1,334 in Corn left New York with dreams Canada. Final figures will not be avail- of creating an American juggernaut leadJim Robison Open Jr. of PairsLas Vegas I and able until the end of the month. which would wrest world bridge domi- Mark Perlmutter of San Francisco Blaiss said four North American Continued on page 5 took a two-board lead into today’s fi- Junior teams -- two from the U.S. and nal two sessions of Open Pairs I. two from Canada -- are preparing for The two posted a 1741.83 total the World Junior Bridge Team Cham- after yesterday’s qualifying sessions. pionship in Hamilton ON in August. 10 Robison-Perlmutter were the only pair Among their preparations: to top 1700. Top was 51. · U.S. I and a mixture of the two Second with 1634.13 matchpoints Canadian teams competed in the Fifth were Bermuda Bowl champions Nick International Youth Bridge Festival in Nickell, New York, and Dick Free- Continued on page 7 man, Atlanta, followed by former world champion Fred Hamilton, Fresno CA, and Kyle Larsen, San Pre-registration Francisco. Their total was 1600. 11 The winner will receive the a must for Vandy Silodor Trophy -- presented in Pre-registration for the memory of Sidney Silodor, winner of Vanderbilt Knockout Teams is the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney required by 8:00 p.m. today. Trophy and more than 30 North Directors Steve Bates and/ American championships. or Henry Cukoff will accept Silodor, a member of the team that entries during the afternoon won the first Bermuda Bowl World and evening sessions in the Re- Championship in 1950, won the union Ballroom area here at the Vanderbilt eight times, the Spingold, Hyatt. the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed Teams three times each and the The Vanderbilt begins at The sixth member of the Aces was Ira Corn was the man who put the 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Mixed Pairs five times -- a record. the late Jim Jacoby, who was inducted Aces together and led them to Continued on page 6 into the Hall of Fame Thursday. several world championships. 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS 10:00 a.m. - Noon Free BridgeSaturday, Lesson, Reunion March A & C. 8 10:30 a.m. COI (Committee for an Open & Improved ACBL) meeting, Latimer A, atrium level (second floor). 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Jay Apfelbaum, Winning with Natural Bids in a Conventional World, Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Reception, Reunion A. 8 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Junior Reception, Pullman B, Union Station 7:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Ron Andersen, Good Bridge is Easy, Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. Midnight You’ll want to stay up late and be dazzled by the Cavalcade of Stars, featuring impersonations of Tina Turner, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Reba McIntyre and others. The Cavalcade delivers inspired creations and dra- matic portrayals of famous entertainment personalities. This is not a lip- sync show. Reunion Ballroom. ACBL President Howard Piltch visits with Edith Sunday, March 9 Freilich, who was inducted into the ACBL Bridge 9:30 a.m. - Noon Board of Governors meeting, Pullman A, Union Station Hall of Fame this week. Freilich, George Rapee 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Bill Root, Card Reading, and Bill Root were guests of honor yesterday at a Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. reception in the Presidents suite. 7:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Howard Piltch, Weak NTs! Why you hate them!, Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. Midnight The Rita Powers Band plus some of the best groups in Dallas. There will be every kind of music, from Fifties rock to country and western (line JustBy rewardsBarry Rigal dance instructions included). Good technique was rewarded on Board 8 of the Charity Pairs, where the field reached 3NT on a heart lead. (hand rotated for convenience) 9:00 a.m. - Noon Education Monday,Liaison Workshop March with Audrey10 Grant. Duncan B. 9:00 a.m. - Noon Tap II, Latimer A. Bd: 8 K 6 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Joey Silver, Character of a « Dlr: East ª A 6 3 Champion, Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. Vul: None K 8 4 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Goodwill Reception, Pullman B, Union Station © ¨ Q J 9 7 4 7:15 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Kathie Wei-Sender, 3 A 9 7 5 2 Championship Bridge, Reunion Ballroom A-B-C. « « ª Q 10 9 4 2 ª J 7 Midnight You’ll be entertained by Floyd Dakil, a regular performer in Las Vegas. J 6 5 Q 7 3 Regency Ballroom. © © ¨ A 6 5 2 ¨ 10 8 3 « Q J 10 8 4 ª K 8 5 © A 10 9 2 ¨ K ThanksBridge players for love tothe eat and goodies Dallas-area mer- TodayGoodwill is Junior Day, messagethe day we celebrate -- West North East South chants are supplying that craving. and salute -- our Junior players. At the Junior re- Pass 1« Hughson Nut Co. donated almonds which were ception this afternoon, we’ll induct seven outstand- Pass 2¨ Pass 2© distributed during Friday’s games. Frito Lay will ing youngsters into the Junior Corps, the group Pass 2ª Pass 2NT donate peanut butter crackers during Saturday’s charged with promoting bridge among young Pass 3NT All Pass games and the Bridgford Food Co. will supply bis- people. The auction put West on lead with an easy ª10. cuits, butter and jelly for the free bridge lesson Sat- Encourage new players. Today’s Junior player With the heart suit lying urday morning. is tomorrow’s Jeff Meckstroth. as it does, it is necesssary to consider Aileen Osofsky your first move care- Chairman, Goodwill Committee Open Pairs Continued from page 1 fully. If the heart suit splits 4-3, it is irrelevant At the time of his death in 1963, Silodor was whether you win the first third on the list of all-time masterpoint holders with The Alert strip or second round of the a total of 6,450 -- a figure great enough to hold suit. But as the cards lie, 7 that place until a year later when his total was sur- t is ACBL policy to have players tap the look at what happens if passed by Norman Kay, who had been his regular Alert strip and say Alert out loud at the you take the first heart partner.
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