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Ltd., by At~drtws & Wa rburg, Ltd., 35 Do•er Strut, London, W. I 3 November, 1962 Contents Page Editorial 5-6 The Haughty and the Humble, by Dan Burgess .. 7- 11 Lebanese Caprice, by Maurice Weissberger . 11 - 14 Keep Your Temper, by Barbarossa 15- 17 Pleased with Portrush, by B. Goldenfield 18- 19 To Bury, Not to Praise. by Edmund Phillips 20-23 Hands of the Month, by Ronald Crown .. 24-25 Repeat of October Problems 26 London and the South, by Albert Dormer 27- 32 Result <?f. October Competition 32 Master Points Register 33 Midland News, by A. Hutchinson . 34- 36 One Hundred Up: November Problems 37 One Hundred Up: Answers to October Problems 39-46 Directory of E.B.U. Clubs .. 47 Diary of Events 48 4 Editorial Next month we are increasing THE BRAVE OLD DAYS the size of the magazine to 64 J n a series beginning next pages. Some of the additional month Harry Ingram reminisces pages will be set aside for players about the last Schwab Cup match on the fringe of duplicate bridge, between England and America. who may find much of our present That was in 1934 and America material too advanced or too was represented by the great Ely technical. There will still be at the height of his fame, together plenty of extra space for articles with Josephine Culbertson, Theo­ of general interest, as well as dore Lightner and a very young more tournament reports, and Albert Morehead. we reckon that the British Bridge Harry is the only survivor of World is very good value. the English team and what a Whether we shall be able to personality he is-still playing keep to 64 pages depends on the the cards with expert skill and sort of response we get in the flair, and accommodating himself way of new subscriptions. There to modern bidding methods in a are many who could help by way which eluded most of the becoming subscribers instead of leading lights of those far-off days. borrowing the magazine from Those were the days when Lt. their friends. If half of the Col. Buller could write his press people who see the magazine report of the Schwab Cup match regularly were to pay for a copy under the banner headline, Bad we should be well placed. Bidding and Worse Play. That Meanwhile, with Christmas doesn't seem very complimentary drawing nigh, we hope that all to a team which battled into a readers will wish to take out sensational lead of thousands of gift subscriptions. The magazine points and held it for a large part makes an inexpensive but thought- of the journey, but no doubt we ful present and one that is a~ shaH be able to judge better when preciated throughout the year. we see Ingram's series. In hls An order form is enclosed with first article he recalls the famous this issue, and the first instalment names (his teammates were of your gift will be the December Richard Lederer, Willie Rose and issue, sent in good time for Stanley Hughes), the protests and Christmas with a greetings card. the atmosphere. 5 GYVES UPON HIS WRISTS The controversy started when Eyebrows were raised in the Ewart Kempson, editor of a Grand Hotel, Eastbourne when provincial magazine, asserted that the grave hallporter approached Reese made far too little use of teammate George Durran in the Barbour and Swinnerlon-Dyer in middle of a grand slam sequence Beirut. In the October British and whispered, " The police are Bridge World Reese replied that waiting for you, sir." they had played 13 half sessions George's partner assumed that as compared with 15 by Flint and these might be the bidding police Swimer and 16 by the vastly from some Orwellian future, but experienced Konstam and J. Tarlo. it turned out that he had been Since Konstam's letter was concerned in a minor motoring written Ewart Kempson has re­ incident on the way to the peated his criticism and the con­ tournament. troversy has been joined by the veteran Harrison-Gray. CAPTAINCY IN BEIRUT I did not think in Beirut that A letter in the following terms Barbour and Swinnerton-Dyer felt has been received from Kenneth they were being underplayed. My Konstam, one of the British impression was that the British players in the recent European captain's dispositions were well­ Championships:- judged. One naturally respects " I read with some annoyance contrary opinions, but Harrison­ the criticism expressed by Mr. Gray was not present in Beirut. Ewart Kempson recently con­ cerning the captaincy of the British open team in Beirut. "I think it only fair to say that A familiar figure in Lon­ the team were unanimous in don and Civil Service bridge thinking Terence Reese equal to passed away when Frank the best captain Britain has ever Pitt-Reynolds died in early had. He watched practically every October. He served the board- in itself a tedious task­ London Association for over and was at all times most helpful twenty years as honorary and encouraging to the team. It treasurer and secretary. is doubtft.•.l whether his critic Our sympathy goes to his watched m1ny boards and I con­ widow, Hilda, who con­ sider that remarks of this sort tinues to serve bridge. are unhelpful to the selectors." 6 The Haughty and the Humble by DAN BURGESS Having listened to a thirty­ four pretty girls. True, they are minute lecture by the head of the usually the perfect pupils, charm­ school, the pupils settle down at ing and appreciative, lacking both the tables. Now they will play the desire and the intellectual rubber bridge for an hour and a ability to embarrass the teacher half and, as a teacher, one is with awkward questions; the snag assigned to a table as adviser. is that presently the boss will The scheme is that anyone stuck launch a take-over and you will for a bid may ask you to expound be relegated to the table where the "general principle" governing two deaf old ladies are opposed the situation; you also advise on by two haughty young men. the play, and keep an eye on However, let us suppose that it things generally. has happened that way. Once Curious things happen, and the assigned to the table, your duty one certainty is that the subject is to ensure that the proud are matter of the lecture which has humbled and the weak exalted­ just been given will turn out to while endeavouring, of course, to have no relevance whatever to the instil the elements of the game perverse combinations of cards into all four. There is a golden which will turn up during the rule whose observance makes evening. I well remember a table constant demand on the good old of beginners who had just been CLA (Capacity for Lightning instructed in no-trump bidding: Appraisal): the beginner, if he is on their first rubber bridge deal, to respect you, his mentor, must each picked up an eight-card suit never be allowed to arrive at a headed by the KQJ; their pathetic contract which cannot be made bewilderment haunts me still.