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MAAX Manuscripts and all Bridge Correspondence to: • I 'fl.re EDITOR·IN-CHIEP, CoNlR.ACT BRIDGE JOURNAL., 3 loNDON LAm, BROMLEY, K.mr. All Correspondence on All Advertisements tD: Subscriptions to Publishers: CAPT. V. R. UUMAN, M.C. HuGH QUEJCETI' Lm., HuGH Qm:arr Lm., 35 DOV£R STREET, .35 DovER STREin', LoNDON, W.l. LoNDON, ·W.l. CONTENTS Page CONTENTS Page , EDITORIAL 6 LoNDON AND nrn Smrrn ... 26-31 THE MASTER PAIRS 7- 10 ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND ... ... 32-33 ANY OutsnoNs 11- 16 ExPERT JUDGEMENT ... 34-36 ,.-' DUP. FOR nm MILLION 17-18 OVER TilE BORDER ... 37-38 I SUIT PREFERENCE SIGNALS ... 22-25 COMPETI110N PAGES ' \ ... 42-47 s ' ·. " Reese and Schapiro, with The British Bridge League's Dodds and Konstam were part Dinner at tb·c Hamilton Club, of the team which played against given ·to the World Champions Scotland in the last Camrose was a very happy affair. From the , match at Birm~ngham. first minute formality was missing, " On one board Terence opened everything being on .free ,and easy one spade, Boris replied two lines. - - , After an excellent meal, Geoffrey , hearts and all passed. The · ' saintly pair ' had about nine Butler; chairman of the B.B.L. with a few well chosen words and points between them and Mister quips, recounted the achievements Boris was five down. A dear old of the team in Switzerland and couple had come into Birmingham America. The toast to the to see the match and at the cod winning team was received with of the band the gentleman turned applause by all present. Reg to his wife with a puzzled look Corwen as captain replied, thank­ on his face and said ' What ing the B.B.L. for the honour system did you say they were given to the team. playing dear' ?" ' Meredith was still in America . .- but the other five players had a When writing last month sug­ few words to say, some only after gesting the selection of four pairs pressure. Without exception each of ladies to play a match. against one paid great tribute to the the champions to help find the hospitality and sportsmanship women's team for Holland in shown to the British team whilst July, I had overlooked the fact in the States. that the B.B.L. had an'nounced Perhaps Terence Reese's re­ that the winners of the Lady marks were of the greatest interest. Milne Cup would be considered Teren~ attributed our success the probable team for the Women's • not to any particular superiority European Championship. This is of Acol or C.A.B. bidding over on the lines adopted for the open the Americans but rather to our event. Here the winners of - general partnership understanding the Gold Cup are the probabtes. but ~os~ of. all to our undoubted In both events however the B.B.L. SUJ?enonty m play and defence. are entitled to call for a challenge It !s easy to agree on this latter match against a selected team. pomt. One has only to look at In the circumstances, it is the records- some of the hands stra~ge that so many of our • were -published last month- to ~eadtng ladies did not compete apprectat.e ~he gain in points to m. t~e Whitelaw Cup, as the Great Bntam from this side of the Wtnnt~g of this automatically puts game. the wmners in the Lady Milne To. round ofT the evening at the final as representatives of Eng­ Hamtlton, after J. w. Pearson land against Scotland Wales and had suggested that all important Northern Iyeland. P~rhaps some teams-of-four matches should be ~re hoptng to be in anY ~n aggregate scoring, this snappy .challenge " team. They may be httle story-was told. dtsappointed. H.l. 6 . THE MASTER PAIRS by ALAN TRUSCOTJ' The contest for the Waddington The bidding : Cup this year was hardly exciting, West North East South but the result was entirely appro­ priate. The title won last year by I~ NB 2<vJ 30 Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro 3<vJ 40 NB 4+ was captured in the most con­ NB 50 All pass vincing manner possible by two The <vi A was led and ruffed by other members · of the World South (Dodds) who promptly Champion team.