71st Fall North American Bridge Championships • November 20-30, 1997 • St. Louis, Missouri

DailyVol. 71, No. 2 Saturday, November 22, 1997 BulletinEditors: Henry Francis and Brent Manley Bridge Camp plans, Rosenberg, Martel

Junior Corps feature leadMichael RosenbergLM Openand Chip Martel, Pairs two former world champions playing together for only the second Junior players -- manyDay eager toevents hear about plans for time, put together two strong sessions to take the lead ACBL’s second Junior Bridge Camp next summer -- are after two qualifying sessions of the Life Master Open invited to a Junior Day dinner and meeting at 5 pm today Pairs. in the Rose Garden Room on Level 4. Morrie Kleinplatz of Windsor ON and Donald Charlotte Blaiss, ACBL coordinator for Junior pro- 5 Rumelhart of Ann Arbor MI were in second place about grams, will discuss plans for Junior Bridge Camp, sched- one behind. uled for the Chicago area at the close of the 1998 Sum- Martel has wins in the and World mer NABC. Open Pairs. Rosenberg won the Rosenblum Knockout in The Costost of the camp is estimated at about $400 1994. They were teammates in the 1997 Bermuda Bowl per person, said Blaiss, and only Juniors who are ages in Tunisia but each played with his regular partner -- 16-23 are eligible. Rosenberg with Zia and Martel with Lew Stansby. To apply, contact Blaiss at (901) 332-5586 Ext. 214 In third place were Charles Kopp of Scottsdale AZ or by e-mail at [email protected]. and Gregory Potts of Portsmouth OH. The first Junior Bridge Camp was held in 1990 dur- ing the Summer NABC in Boston. The next camp, pat- terned after the camps, was held in 1996 at Marco Island FL, following the close of the Summer NABC in Miami Beach. Last year’s camp was held in Italy. Illinois-New York duo A highlight of the meeting will be the induction of five new members into the Gregory Berry of Buffalo Grove IL and Jay Segal Junior Corps. The ACBL ahead in Non-LM Pairs Junior Corps was estab- ACBL President-Elect Richard Anderson of New Rochelle NY took the maximum carryover of lished in 1990 and its mem- four boards into the final two sessions of the Non-Life bers are charged with pro- Master Pairs today. moting bridge among other New ACBL President’s agenda: Their carryover of 48 matchpoints put them 9.99 young players. have fun, promote bridge ahead of Hall Whitaker and Pu Yu of Rolla MO. In third By Brent Manley were Steven Greenstein and John Freed of New York Richard Anderson is known as an easy-going man City. with a good sense of humor, traits that were tested one mid-November day in Memphis. You see, Anderson showed up at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in a suit and tie. He was, after all, being Scandinavians lead photographed for the cover of The Bridge Bulletin be- cause of his election as 1998 ACBL President. Expulsion of Sion JillLM Mellstrom Women’s of Sweden and Pirrko Pairs Savolainen of That brought no end of kidding from other mem- Finland took a slim lead in the Life Master Women’s bers of the ACBL Board of Directors, who are more used UpheldThe Ethical Oversight by Committee Committee expelled Steve Pairs after two qualifying sessions. to seeing the smiling Canadian in a denim jacket. Sion of Las Vegas during the 1997 Summer NABC. No The Scandinavian women piled up 1632.71 Right after the photo shoot, Joan Remey Moore spot- one appealed this decision. By rule, the Appeals and matchpoints, just ahead of Barbara Fellows and Marilyn ted Anderson and could not resist. “You look so hand- Charges Committee must review every case where the Hemenway of Omaha NE, who had 1613.46. some,” she said to Anderson. discipline given is a one-year or longer suspension or In third place, with 1557.29, were Pam Wittes of “Sorry,” he said with a twinkle in his eye, “I’m not expulsion. The purpose of this review is different from Los Alamitos CA and Stasha Cohen of Glen Ridge NJ. available.” an appeal. The Committee examines the record to safe- Two Cincinnati players, Jan Weyant and Linda Although the other Directors enjoyed joking with guard the interests of the ACBL, not the player. In this Wolber, were in fourth place with two sessions to go. Continued on page 3 case the Committee did not change the discipline.

Hall of Fame, Morehead Library are dedicated

he ACBL celebratedBy Paul theLinxwiler grand opening and dedica- tion of the Albert H. Morehead Memorial Library T and the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 15. 6 Some 175 guests were in attendance, including such bridge luminaries as Norman Kay, Bobby Wolff and Tommy and . Dozens of special guests were also present, as well as the entire ACBL Board of Direc- tors and many members of the ACBL Headquarters staff. Many local guests and dignitaries came to take part in the celebration. Roy G. Green, chief executive officer of the ACBL, On hand for the dedication of the Albert Morehead Library and the ACBL Hall of Fame were, left to right: opened the program by thanking the attendees for “join- Tom Sanders, one of the speakers; Paula Sheinwold, widow of Alfred Sheinwold; Andrew Morehead, son of Albert Morehead; and Joli Quentin Kansil, who began his bridge career as an assistant to Albert Continued on page 2 Morehead. Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS

10:00 a.m. - Noon Seminar with JerrySaturday, Helms: Brush up Nov. your Teaching, 22 Brush up your Bridge, Director’s Row 47 10:00 a.m. - Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant, St. Louis Ballroom F-G-H 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Ken Monzingo: Thinking Bridge, St. Louis Ballroom F-G-H 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Reception, Promenade Foyer 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Seminar with Lynn Berg: Using your Computer with your Bridge Lessons, Director’s 4 Row 48 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Junior Dinner and Meeting, Rose Garden Room 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- George Pisk: Bridge Humanism: The Voice of the People, St. Louis Ballroom F-G-H 11:30 p.m. Player Hospitality, Rose Garden Room Midnight Spotlight Follies, St. Louis Ballroom

Judy and Norman Kay had high praise for the way in which the Albert Morehead Library and ACBL Hall of Fame 9:00 a.m. - Noon Teachers’ and EducationSunday, Liaisons’ Nov. Workshop, 23 Director’s Row 48 dedications were handled recently at ACBL Headquarters 9:15 a.m. - Noon Board of Governors, Rose Garden Room in Memphis. 10:00 a.m. - Noon Liaison Workshop, Director’s Row 48, 4th Floor For Education liaisons, bridge teachers and club managers 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Bill Root: Defensive Signals, St. Louis Ballroom F-G-H A letter from Judy 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Accredited Teachers dinner, Rose Garden Room 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Howard Piltch: Weak Notrumps! Why You We haveand just returned Norman from a fantastic, Kay enlightening Hate Them!, St. Louis Ballroom F-G-H two-day visit to ACBL Headquarters in Memphis, where 11:30 p.m. Player Hospitality, Rose Garden Room we enjoyed witnessing the dedication of the Albert H. Morehead Memorial Library and the official unveiling of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame portraits. What a treat to see what makes the ACBL tick! Most 9:00 a.m. - Noon Seminar: Bridge TeachersMonday, and Bridge Nov. Cruises, 24 Director’s Row 47 of us --- present company included --- routinely enter a 9:00 a.m. - Noon Club Director’s Course, Director’s Row 48 duplicate game or tournament, receive our masterpoint 11:45 a.m. Intermediate/Novice Speakers Program -- Joey Silver: Character of a Champion, St. cards and monthly Bridge Bulletin and don’t give it an- Louis Ballroom F-G-H other thought. We did, too, until Saturday, Nov. 15, when 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Goodwill Reception, Rose Garden Room we arrived at 2990 Airways Boulevard and saw the im- pressive four-story structure which houses the ACBL. Roy G. Green, our CEO, could not have been more congenial or charming as he welcomed us to Memphis. to a buffet. ACBL staff conducted tours of the Headquar- Hall of Fame Continued from page 1 The red carpet was whisked out and we were given a ters building which, in addition to the library and Hall of personal guided tour encompassing several departments, Fame, also displays hundreds of photographs of bridge from Education to Human Resources. ing us on this momentous occasion.” players, past and present. We enjoyed meeting dozens of employees who com- In addition to the opening of the Morehead Library Retired tournament director Jack Hudgins, who spent bine their talents and efforts to make it all work so and the official dedication of the Bridge Hall of Fame, much of his directing career in the Mid-Atlantic, Florida smoothly. More important, their camaraderie, warmth the ceremony also celebrated the ACBL’s 25th anniver- and New England but now lives in Memphis, was im- and spirit of working together was ever apparent. sary in Memphis. Green emphasized that he wants to pressed with the photos. Entering the executive offices, we were spellbound make ACBL Headquarters “the Bridge Place, not just an “This is just wonderful,” he said, pointing to a group as we gazed upon many of the legendary, coveted life- office building. This is the place where our bridge heri- picture that featured Oswald Jacoby, Dick Frey and Edgar size silver trophies on display. A touching highlight was tage is preserved for the future.” Kaplan. “I know these people. This was my life for 35 years.” a beautifully framed photograph and letter from Prin- ACBL President Howard Piltch reminded the audi- Anderson was also pleased with the results. cess Diana encouraging the youth movement in bridge. ence of the true significance of the late Albert Morehead’s “I really got a tug tonight walking around looking at We moved on to the impressive Hall of Fame gallery, contribution to the world of bridge. “The library is a the pictures, especially the black and white ones,” he said. exhibiting the portraits officially dedicated that weekend. touch from the past that links us to the present,” he said. The evening was topped by a team game. Guests, The Morehead Library was amazing, particularly the recent Longtime Albert Morehead friend Joli Quentin dignitaries, ACBL Board members and staff were ran- Kansil described the Hall of Famer as “the most aston- addition of many pieces donated by Paula Sheinwold from domly mixed to create the 26 teams that participated. r ishingly brilliant man I’ve ever met.” Kansil entertained her late husband Alfred’s personal collection. the crowd with personal anecdotes that underscored the But the piece de resistance, at least to us, was the genius and civility that was Albert Morehead. bridge player’s own rogue’s gallery which adorns just Special guest speaker Andrew Morehead, son of about every hallway in the immense building. What a huge undertaking to assemble, frame and arrange photo- Albert, said, “My father specified in his will that his per- Something new will be tried tomorrow A new idea graphs of hundreds of bridge luminaries as well as a few sonal library should go to ACBL. That was the seed. I am in connection with the Swiss Teams. A spe- ordinary bridge players who made their marks on our pleased that the library has reached such fruition.” cial IMP Pairs event will be staged in the wonderful game in some measure. Green also thanked Paula Sheinwold, widow of evening for all those players who wish to drop We compared our reaction seeing the ACBL’s wall bridge giant Alfred Sheinwold, for her contributions to out of the Swiss events after the first session. of fame to our trip through the Louvre. Believe it or not, the library project. If you play in the afternoon you will not have to pay the bridge collection was even more meaningful and Former ACBL President Bobby Wolff spoke of how an fee to play in the special game. New entries also stimulating to us. Many of these personalities had touched the vision of the Hall of Fame was kept alive by Green will be accepted, but they of course will have to pay the our lives over the past 40-some years, many being close and former ACBL President Virgil Anderson. Wolff, out- usual entry fee. friends and others who are no longer with us and whose going chairman of the Hall of Fame committee, praised The new game takes the place of the consolation cherished memories were recalled. the efforts of everyone who had labored to create the events. It will be stratified. Do yourself a favor. Put a trip to ACBL Headquar- institution to honor the greats of the game. Any team wishing to continue in the Swiss Teams ters high on your list of things to do and places to see. At the close of the ceremonies, guests were treated may do so, no matter what their record is. Your hearts will swell with pride as ours did.

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President's Agenda Continued from page 1 ACBL denies petition, the 57-year-old resident of Regina SK, there is a high level of respect for him on the ACBL Board. suspends John Peters “Dick and I came to the board together,” says Howard Piltch, 1997 ACBL President. “Our first meet- ohn Peters of Birmingham AL petitioned the ing was the one at which (former CEO Steve) Signaigo 7 ACBL for additional membership privileges. was let go, and Dick and I voted the opposite way on JThe Board of Directors readmitted him on every vote. I wondered how we were going to get along. condition that he play only at club games in his Now my opinion of him is so high that when I made my home unit. However, the evidence proved he first appointment as president I picked him to be the played at tournaments during 1996 and 1997. chairman of one of the most important committees, by- The Appeals and Charges Committee denied laws and study.” his petition because he violated the terms for his Anderson, says Piltch, “is not flashy, but he is a per- readmission. In addition, he forfeited all son of deep substance. He doesn’t speak often, but when earned while playing above the club he does, his fellow board members listen.” ACBL President-Elect Dick Anderson with his wife Jan. level and he was suspended for 90 days. Cecil Cook, who represents District 23 on the ACBL trict 18 -- covering Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern Board, agrees. “Dick is quiet, but he listens well and talks Manitoba in Canada and Montana, Idaho, Utah and north- only when he has something to say. People listen to him.” ern Wyoming in the U.S. He became interested in district son. “We were impressed by that,” he says. Richard Anderson was born in Broadview SK, but affairs because he found it difficult to get information. As a school teacher, Anderson maintained a casual his family left for Regina shortly after he was born. He “I thought it should be more open,” he says. approach to teaching and found that it worked well. He has been there ever since. “I’m a Regina boy, tried and Twenty years ago, Anderson met Jan Ganley, another expects to be relaxed as 1998 ACBL President. “My goal true,” he says. school teacher, at a bridge game. They now have two is to be a PR person, if you like.” Anderson is the middle child of three, the son of a children --- Leah, 16, and Erin, 14. He has a son, Aaron, If you see Richard Anderson at the bridge table, say school teacher who later ran a small family restaurant -- from a previous marriage. Aaron, also a school teacher, hello. He’s as friendly a bridge player as you’ll want to “a beanery,” as Anderson puts it. His younger brother and his wife, Rochelle, will make Anderson a grandfa- meet, even if he is trying to take your matchpoints or IMPs. Lynn lives in St. Albert, a suburb of Edmonton. His sis- ther for the first time in February. “I pride myself,” Anderson says, “on being able to ter, Carole, lives in Vancouver. Leah doesn’t play bridge --- she prefers figure skat- get along with everybody.” r Residents of Regina, located 100 miles north of ing and playing the piano --- but Erin is a born player. Plentywood MT, are necessarily hardy types. “Erin is a quick study and really enjoys the game,” “We enjoy very cold winters with lots of snow, run- Anderson says. “She would play five times a week if I let ning from November to March,” he says. “A few weeks her.” of the year at minus 40 degrees is not unusual.” Anderson, a Life Master since 1973, still regards Jan When the opponents are bidding all around you and As a youngster, Anderson was very much into sports as his favorite partner. “She’s a good player, but she took Clued in they have a grand total of 9 high-card points, that’s in- and competition, and he spent a lot of time at the YMCA. 15 years off from the game to raise the family.” formation you can often use to your advantage. His preferences were football and baseball. “There was Anderson said he and Jan belie the commonly held Marinesa Letizia, fresh from her triumph in the very little demand,” he says with a laugh, “for five-foot- notion that husbands and wives can’t play together. in Tunisia, showed that she can read clues as four guards on the basketball team.” “We’ve had our tiffs over the years,” he says, “but usually well as anyone on this deal from the first qualifying ses- Anderson discovered bridge --- “another natural it’s when we’re playing and I bid a grand sion of the Life Master Women’s Pairs. She was playing form of competition” --- between his junior and senior slam on a .” with Rhoda Kratenstein. years of high school when his grandmother taught him Jan is also deeply involved in bridge administration Dlr: North ♠5 4 3 2 and his brother to play. Anderson’s grandmother played as secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Bridge Federa- Vul: E-W ♥A K 3 in Vancouver with a group of friends who called them- tion and of Unit 573, club manager and a member of the ♦10 4 selves the Sunshine Girls. Later, when Anderson became ACBL Board of Governors. ♣K 7 5 4 more serious about the game and began to learn conven- Anderson retired in January of 1997, which he con- ♠K 10 ♠J 9 8 6 tions, his grandmother was appalled. siders a prerequisite for undertaking the duties of ACBL ♥7 ♥Q 10 8 6 4 “She thought it was cheating to use Stayman,” he President. ♦Q 9 7 6 5 2 ♦J 8 3 recalls, “because it was bidding a suit you didn’t have.” Now that he’s retired, Anderson is able to play more ♣Q 6 3 2 ♣10 Lynn didn’t take to the game, but Richard did. He soon bridge --- three to four times a week at the club, and he’s ♠A Q 7 found three others interested in bridge and they all went planning to travel to 10 to 15 regionals as ACBL President. ♥J 9 5 2 down to the Regina Club to try their luck. Looking forward to 1998, Anderson sees it as a year ♦A K “We quickly discovered that we didn’t know much of change. “Our new marketing plans will go into effect ♣A J 9 8 after all,” he recalls, “and we decided to learn more. We and there will be a change in our CEO.” West North East South were not discouraged by being destroyed a few times.” Anderson is a strong backer of Zero Tolerance, the Letizia Kratenstein Bridge quickly became a passion for Anderson, in- effort to raise awareness of the importance of good be- Pass Pass 1 ♣ tensifying when he enrolled at the University of havior at the bridge table --- a movement which started 1♦ 1♠ 2♦ 4♠ Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. “That’s where I really caught in Canada. All Pass the bug,” he says. “A lot of lectures didn’t get attended, “Duplicate has a bad reputation,” Anderson says. “If East led the ♦3, taken with dummy’s ace. With such but I managed to get through all right.” we can overcome that, we will succeed.” weak trumps, Letizia knew she needed some help, so she Anderson started out as an engineering student but Bridge, Anderson believes, should be played for fun. tried a gambit she has seen her mentor, Dennis Clerkin, ended up earning two degrees in education. “I understand that it’s a serious game, but it doesn’t re- use many times --- a low away from the A Q 7. While he plied his trade as a high school math teacher, quire quite the intensity that some people have.” West hopped up with the ♠K and returned her singleton Anderson continued to play bridge. Inevitably, he be- Many of Anderson’s best times at the table have come heart as East signaled encouragement. came involved in the administrative side. In fact, he’s sitting opposite Cecil Cook, who says Anderson “responds Letizia won the ♥A and played a trump to dummy’s been working for bridge for more than 25 years. to my one-liners very well.” ace, noting the fall of the 10 -- a sign that trumps were It started with an interest in unit affairs. “They were Anderson also has a strong belief that the Internet dividing 4-2. It was certain, of course, that West had not always looking for people to do jobs,” he says. Anderson and computers are important to the future of bridge. “The started with ♠K J 10. has been president of Unit 573 since 1979. He is also the electronic age is calling,” he says, “and we have to an- Because both opponents had bid with almost no val- unit’s novice chairman, an accredited teacher and a cer- swer the call.” ues, Letizia deduced that at least one of them was acting tified director. He says fears that OKbridge and the Internet will because of her shape. He is a Gold Life Master with more than 4000 hurt bridge clubs have proved to be unfounded. “People Figuring West for a possible 5-5 or better in the mi- masterpoints, nine Blue Ribbon and five Silver Ribbon are learning bridge on the Internet,” he says. “We can nors, Letizia made the key play at trick five -- she called qualifications. actually gain members.” for the ♣J from dummy, letting it ride when West played In 1981, Anderson became a zonal director for the At Regina’s last sectional, Anderson recalls, two low. Canadian Bridge Federation. Eleven years later, he was players who had met on OKbridge traveled long dis- That play ensured the contract. Letizia lost two spade elected to the ACBL Board of Directors to represent Dis- tances from opposite directions to play together in per- tricks and a heart. Plus 420 -- 43 out of 51 matchpoints.

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The United States regained possession of the Venice Cup, emblematicU.S. of world I supremacy holds in women’s off bridge, Chinese rally to retake Venice Cup at the world championships in Hammamet, Tunisia, in late October. The Americans defeated a tenacious and talented Chinese team, 244-184. China fell far behind after 96 boards on the first day, but they scored swing after swing in the early going of the final 32 boards and closed to within striking dis- tance. Just when it appeared the Chinese might have a 3 chance to catch up and go ahead, the Americans caught fire and pulled far ahead. “I beat David,” exulted Lisa Berkowitz, who became the first in her family to win a world championship. Husband David is one of the highest-ranked players in North America. “I’m the first in the family to win a world Here is how the new Venice Cup world champions looked as they accepted the plaudits of the spectators title, but I won’t be the last,” said Lisa. immediately after they had defeated China in the final. Each was presented with a bouquet of flowers, and moments “And I beat Fred,” said Marinesa Letizia, who was later each was given a glass of champagne as the spectators cheered. Left to right: Marinesa Letizia, Lisa Berkowitz, winning her second world gold (McConnell Cup 1994). Mildred Breed, Randi Montin, Jill Meyers, npc Sue Picus and . Fred is her close friend, , another major star Board 30 ♠ 7 5 3 2 a diamond on the ♣K and ruffed a club. She proceeded in the ACBL sky. Dlr: East ♥ 7 6 3 2 to crossruff until Lu finally ruffed with the ♠J in front “Winning a gold is a helluva lot better than winning Vul: None ♦ 8 5 2 of dummy. Plus 450. a bronze,” said Mildred Breed. “No doubt about it -- this ♣ 4 3 Closed room is the highlight of my bridge career.” ♠ K 9 ♠ 10 West North East South “This is a lot better than Yokohama,” said Randi ♥ Q 10 5 4 ♥ K J Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu Montin, who was fourth in the Venice Cup in 1991. This ♦ A K Q J 6 ♦ 10 9 7 3 1♠ Pass 2 ♣ was her first world title. ♣ Q 5 ♣ J 10 9 8 6 2 Pass 2♦ Pass 4♠ “I’m thrilled. I’ve never been so excited,” was the ♠ A Q J 8 6 4 All Pass reaction from Tobi Sokolow, also winning her first world ♥ A 9 8 Letizia found the best -- a trump. Zhang championship. ♦ 4 won, cashed the ♦A, ruffed a diamond, cashed two top Jill Meyers, the only player who was a holdover from ♣ A K 7 hearts and ruffed a heart. Letizia overruffed with the the 1993 Venice Cup winners, said the victory was the West North East South jack and led her last trump. With no trumps in dummy result of a tremendous team effort. Several of her team- Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu and no entries to dummy, declarer lost two diamonds and mates were quick to agree. Pass 1♣ (1) a club for down one. 11 IMPs to U.S. I, now down only 1 One other team member also won the Venice Cup in Pass 1♦ (2) Pass 1♠ IMP. 1993 -- Sue Picus, the non-playing captain. “This is the 2♦ 2♠ 4♦ 4♠ The Americans regained the lead for a while in this toughest of the five world medals I have won,” she said. All Pass set, but they lost it on this board. She has two previous Venice Cups and the McConnell (1) Precision: strong, artificial and forcing. Board 57 ♠ A 9 Teams to her credit, and she was second in the Venice (2) Negative. Dlr: North ♥ Q 9 7 3 Cup in China two years ago. Berkowitz earned her team a push by rising to the Vul: E-W ♦ A 9 8 7 5 The team had one more member -- an adoptee. occasion -- literally. She led the ♦A and continued the ♣ Q 6 Wejdane Majeri, a Tunisian, was assigned as their re- suit, although a heart switch would have been better. Gu ♠ 8 7 6 3 ♠ K Q 10 corder, but she fast became their friend and confidante. ruffed, cashed her top clubs and the ♠A and led her third ♥ 10 5 4 2 ♥ K J 8 6 They adopted her as their team mascot. club. Berkowitz discarded, so Gu ruffed and then ruffed ♦ J 6 2 ♦ K 4 As the team made their way from the vugraph play- a diamond back to her hand. Berkowitz won the spade ♣ 9 5 ♣ A 8 7 2 ing rooms to the vugraph theater, World Bridge Federa- exit and got out with a heart to the king and ace. Declarer ♠ J 5 4 2 tion President José Damiani and American members of then led the ♥8. After considerable thought, Berkowitz ♥ A the WBF Executive were waiting with flower bouquets rose like a crocodile with the queen, swallowing her ♦ Q 10 3 and champagne. As they entered the theater, the Ameri- partner’s jack. She then was cashed the ♥10 for the set- ♣ K J 10 4 3 cans were greeted with thunderous cheers and applause. ting trick. Open room ACBL and WBF Board member Joan Gerard presented China had a good third segment to take a 73-61 lead West North East South the bouquets, and the champagne was poured and deliv- after 48 boards. The Americans did something about this Sun Sokolow Lu Breed ered by Virgil Anderson, Cecil Cook, Dan Morse and on the first board of the fourth segment. 1♦ 1NT Dbl George Retek. Board 49 ♠ A K Q 10 5 Redbl Pass 2 ♣ Dbl Meanwhile the courageous Chinese team had to Dlr: North ♥ 5 3 Redbl Pass 2♥ Pass resign themselves to second place for the second Vul: None ♦ A 8 6 5 4 Pass Dbl Pass 3 ♣ straight year -- they fell short in the World Team Olym- ♣ 3 All Pass piad last year, again losing to the United States. The ♠ 8 2 ♠ J 4 3 When Breed doubled the notrump , Sun re- Chinese women have established once and for all that ♥ Q J 10 6 4 ♥ 9 8 doubled for rescue, then redoubled again after Breed China has become a major world power in bridge. ♦ K 10 9 2 ♦ J 7 3 doubled 2♣. Lu ran to 2♥, doubled by Sokolow. Breed Playing for China were Sun Ming, Lu Yan, Zhang ♣ Q 5 ♣ A J 8 7 4 wasn’t sure this was for penalties, so she pulled to 3♣, Yalan, Gu Ling, Zhang Yu and Wang Wenfei. Sun, ♠ 9 7 6 making four -- plus 130. Chances are 2♥ would have Zhang Yalan and Gu have been regulars on the world ♥ A K 7 2 been no fun for Lu, considering the lack of dummy en- scene for many years. ♦ Q tries. The other American team, United States II, won the ♣ K 10 9 6 2 Closed room bronze medal by defeating France, 114-66, in a 48-board Open room West North East South playoff. Lynn Deas, who is confined to a wheelchair as West North East South Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu she plays, was carried onto the stage in her wheelchair to Sun Sokolow Lu Breed 1♦ 1NT Dbl receive her medal at the prize-giving ceremony. Her team- 1♠ Pass 2 ♣ All Pass mates were Beth Palmer, Kathie Wei-Sender, Juanita Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ Letizia made the same notrump overcall, and she Chambers, and Irina Levitina, with Sue Pass 3♦ Pass 4♠ too was doubled. But Berkowitz decided to stand her Sachs as non-playing captain. All Pass ground rather than redouble -- courageous but ill-ad- In the final U.S. I got off to a fast start, winning the Lu led the ♥9. Sokolow won in dummy and led a vised as subsequent events proved. Gu led a club to the opening 16-board segment, 36-5. China quickly turned diamond to the ace to lead her singleton club. Lu rose queen, and Letizia took her ace on the third round. She this around with a 27-4 session. with the ace and led a second heart. Sokolow won, pitched led the ♠K to Zhang’s ace, and the switch was to a low

ad Daily Bulletin Page 5 diamond, ducked to Gu’s queen. Gu took her clubs but then erred by leading a spade. As a result Letizia was able to scramble home with four tricks -- minus 800 for a 12- Board of Governors meeting ACBL’s third Junior Month: IMP loss. It would have been minus 1100 if Gu had re- The ACBL Board of Governors will meet turned a diamond instead of a spade. Sunday at 9:15 a.m. Sunday in the Rose Garden winThe points,third annual Junior support Month at clubs Juniors throughout Overall, however, it was a good set for the Ameri- Room (Level 4) at the Adam’s Mark. the ACBL is scheduled for February 1998 -- and for just cans. They increased their lead to 140-102 at the halfway $1 extra, all players will be eligible to win masterpoints mark. This was one of the key boards. at sectional rating. Board 63 ♠ J 10 9 8 7 5 3 Clearly 3NT is not the place to be -- no chance with U.S. funds have been earmarked to support ACBL’s Dlr: South ♥ A 10 6 2 an opening heart lead unless clubs split 2-2. Equally Junior Bridge Camp, scheduled for the Chicago area fol- ♦ Vul: N-S K clearly, 5♣ is the place to be, making easily even if clubs lowing the Summer 1998 NABC. ACBL’s previous Bridge ♣ 4 split 3-1. In fact, with the 2-2 split necessary for 3NT, Camp was held in 1996 following the Summer NABC in ♠ ♠ K A Q 6♣ will make. But both Gu and Breed found themselves Miami Beach. ♥ K J 8 7 ♥ 9 5 3 in the notrump game. Clubs may run as many Junior Fund games as they ♦ 9 4 ♦ A Q 6 5 have sanctioned sessions. A special reporting form for Berkowitz led her partner’s suit, so they were able to ♣ K J 9 6 3 2 ♣ A Q 8 5 the games will be included in a December mailing to take four heart tricks and a club trick. Down one. ♠ 6 4 2 club managers. ♥ Q 4 Breed was infinitely luckier. Wang felt that declarer In addition, clubs may now schedule up to four Jun- ♦ J 10 8 7 3 2 must have a double heart stopper, so she tried the surprise ior Fund games every month. For more information, ♠ ♣ 10 7 lead of the Q. Breed may have been surprised, but she contact Charlotte Blaiss, ACBL coordinator for Junior Open room knew what to do. She won, knocked out East’s club stop- programs, at (901) 332-5586 Ext. 214. West North East South per and claimed nine tricks, gaining 10 IMPs. ACBL’s first Junior Month was held in February Sun Sokolow Lu Breed The match was effectively over when this board came 1996 and players contributed more than $10,000 for Jun- Pass along, but the result was so bizarre that it deserves men- ior projects in the U.S. and Canada -- primarily, ACBL’s 2 ♣ 2♠ Dbl Pass tion. Junior Bridge Camp. 3♥ Pass 4NT Pass Board 125 ♠ A Q 10 7 4 Last year’s total was $22,065 with U.S. funds ear- 5 ♣ Pass 6 ♣ All Pass Dlr: North ♥ 10 marked to send Juniors to Bridge Camp in Italy and Ca- Closed room Vul: Both ♦ A K 10 6 5 nadian funds going to the Canadian Junior Development West North East South ♣ K 6 Fund with special emphasis on CYBORG (Canadian Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu ♠ K J 9 8 2 ♠ 5 3 Youth Bridge Organization) and Canada’s Junior bridge Pass ♥ 7 ♥ K Q J 9 5 4 teams. 2 ♣ 2♠ 4♦ Pass ♦ ♦ Junior bridge programs, limited to players aged 25 ♠ ♣ Q J 7 4 3 2 4 Dbl 6 All Pass ♣ 9 8 5 ♣ Q 4 3 and younger, were developed by ACBL in the early Eight- Both Wests started with a natural 2♣ opener (usu- ies. The World Bridge Federation inaugurated a world ♠ 6 ally six clubs and the equivalent of an opening bid in championship for Junior players in 1987. ♥ A 8 6 3 2 high-card points). Both Norths overcalled in spades, and ♦ The U.S. won its only gold medal in 1991 when the both Easts took approximately the same path to the slam. 9 8 ♣ third World Junior Team Championship was played in In the open room Sun had shown hearts, and since A J 10 7 2 Ann Arbor MI. Winners were Wayne Stuart, John Dia- there was nothing in the auction to indicate that any de- Closed room mond, Martha Katz, Debbie Zuckerberg, Jeff Ferro and fensive heart tricks were going anywhere, Sokolow led a West North East South Brian Platnick. Chip Martel was non-playing captain. spade. As a result Sun had to play the hearts herself, and Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu Canada had its best result that year also, finishing in she lost two tricks when she led low to the 8. Down one. 1♣ (1) 2♥ 3♣ the runner-up spot. Berkowitz and Letizia had not mentioned hearts in Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Many Junior players have enjoyed success in their the closed-room auction. As a result, Zhang cashed the Pass 4♦ Pass 4NT “later” years -- including Geir Helgemo of Norway, sil- ♥A at trick one -- and that was that. Plus 920 and 14 Pass 5♦ Pass 5♠ ver medalist in the 1993 Bermuda Bowl and bronze medal IMPs to U.S. I. Pass 6 ♣ All Pass winner in this year’s Bermuda Bowl, and Canada’s Fred The Americans had two more good sets on the first (1) Precision: strong, artificial and forcing. Gitelman, Bermuda Bowl runner-up in 1995. day. After 96 boards they led 224-147. Not an impossible contract, but certainly well against ♠ Board 115 A 7 6 2 the odds. Letizia led the ♥K, and Zhang actually could ♥ Dlr: South 3 have made her contract after winning the ace. She could ♦ Vul: E-W A K lead the ♦9 and pass it. The defense would be helpless ♣ A K 9 6 3 2 since the opponents’ trumps can be picked up as they lie. CasinoA free shuttle to Queen the Casino Queen shuttle across the river ♠ Q J 10 8 3 ♠ 5 4 will operate during the tournament. Pickups will be out- Zhang was down two vulnerable tricks, however, when ♥ J 6 4 2 ♥ A Q 8 7 5 side the Adam’s Mark on the following schedule: she failed to find this line. ♦ 7 3 2 ♦ Q 10 8 Friday, Saturday and Sunday ♣ 5 ♣ Q J 10 Open room Pickup at 8:45 a.m., return at 11:30 a.m. ♠ K 9 West North East South Pickup at 4:45 p.m., return at 7:15 p.m. ♥ K 10 9 Wang Sokolow Zhang Yu Breed Pickup at 12:30 a.m., return at 3:30 p.m. ♦ J 9 6 5 4 1♠ 2♥ Pass The shuttle will operate on the same schedule dur- ♣ 8 7 4 Pass Dbl Pass Pass ing the week but without the 12:30 a.m. run. Closed room 2NT Dbl All Pass Mention the bridge tournament and West North East South Wang’s 2NT was a desperate attempt to find a bet- you will receive a free pass into the Berkowitz Zhang Yalan Letizia Gu ter spot, but it didn’t work. Sokolow led her ♦K and Casino Queen. Pass continued with the 6. Declarer won and tried a heart Pass 1♣ (1) 1♥ Dbl to the king, but Breed correctly took her ace immedi- 2♥ 3♣ Pass 3NT ately and smartly switched to her singleton spade, the All Pass king losing to the ace. Sokolow cleared diamonds, but Shuttle service (1) Precision: strong, artificial and forcing. when declarer led a club, she hopped up with the king, A free shuttle operates daily from the Adam’s Mark to the Marriott and to the 8th and Pine Metrolink station. Open room cashed her winners and led a club. Sokolow and Breed The shuttle operates between 6:30 pm and 12:30 am West North East South took the rest to inflict a six-trick set -- plus 1700 for Wang Sokolow Zhang Yu Breed through Nov. 29. The eastbound Monday 18 IMPs. Pass through Friday is at 12:29 am, on Saturday at 12:32 am, The Americans were exhausted after dealing with Pass 1♣ 1♥ 1NT and on Sunday at 11:38 pm. The last train westbound the Chinese comeback, but the elation of victory quickly 2♥ 3♥ Pass 3NT Monday through Friday is at 12:11 am, on Saturday at All Pass rejuvenated them. 12:08 am and on Sunday at 11:42 pm.

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World Championships OnEight some deals, declarer is enoughor defender is on the look- out for a certain card. That was the case on this deal from -- Awhat world championship they in awere little town in like Tunisia? the first qualifying session of the Stratified Open Pairs, What was it like to play in a Third World country, the played by and Beverly Perry. first Arabic nation ever to host a world championship? Dlr: West ♠A Q J 10 7 6 5 It was great! The site was beautiful -- right on the 1 Vul: Both ♥K 10 7 6 Mediterranean. The hotel was modern with an efficient ♦--- staff and good facilities. Many restaurants with a sur- ♣K 5 prising array of choices were within a dollar’s drive in a ♠K 9 4 3 2 ♠8 taxi. ♥4 3 ♥A J 5 That’s all well and good, but what about the bridge? ♦8 7 2 ♦K Q J 10 9 3 The playing areas were spacious and well ventilated. ♣A 8 6 ♣4 3 2 Screens and bid boxes were used throughout, including ♠--- the Transnational Teams, a new event which drew a highly ♥Q 9 8 2 satisfactory 74 teams. Large Daily Bulletins in a news- ♦A 6 5 4 paper format were available early every morning. One ♣Q J 10 9 7 of the computers in the Press Room was open to persons West North East South who wished to send and receive e-mail messages. Rigal Perry However, the vugraph auditorium left a lot to be ♠ ♦ desired. It was constructed shortly before the tourna- Pass 1 2 Pass The World Bridge Federation flag was flown at half-mast ♠ ment specifically to be used in connection with the tour- Pass 3 Pass 3NT throughout the World Championships in Hammamet, ♠ nament. The problem was that it was too small and not at Tunisia, in memory of Edgar Kaplan. Pass 4 Pass Pass all well ventilated. Luckily, spectators could watch the of France, and his other assistants were Britons Mark Dbl All Pass action on any television monitor in the hotel complex. Horton and . When 4♠ is doubled, it is easy enough to predict Four channels were dedicated to bridge -- one to the Of major interest to all bridge players -- the move- that trumps are not going to split favorably. On the lead play, one to the scores and standings, one showing the ment aimed at making bridge an Olympic sport is pro- of the ♦K, it is necessary to play low from dummy and players in action in the vugraph playing room, and one gressing. There is a good chance that bridge will be a instead of playing the ace so as to leave the ace as an devoted to results and standings in the Transnational demonstration sport at the Asian Games in Bangkok next entry to dummy and to start reducing trumps to the same Teams. year. Mark Hodler, vice president of the International length as West. But reports of the action weren’t limited to those in Olympic Committee, visited the tournament and offered You lead the ♠A, and the sight of the ♠8 is a deli- attendance. Tens of thousands of fans all over the world optimistic views about bridge as an Olympic sport. cious one. Next comes the ♠Q. West wins and switches were following the action on their home computers. The Former WBF President Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, now to the ♥4. Your second stroke of luck is that East is un- Daily Bulletins also were published on the Internet and president emeritus, conducted a special service for the able to read the position in hearts and wins the ace imme- could be reproduced to look just like the ones at the tour- late Edgar Kaplan at which many friends of Kaplan of- diately instead of ducking. East returns the ♥J and you nament. fered special tributes to their long-time friend. WBF win the ♥Q, unblocking the ♥10 from your hand. You One of the vugraph commentators riveted the atten- President José Damiani authorized the WBF flag to be ruff another diamond and exit with the ♣K, which is tion of the audience -- Omar Sharif took regular turns on displayed at halfmast throughout the tournament in rec- ducked by West. Another club to dummy puts West on the microphone whenever he wasn’t playing in a ognition of Kaplan’s tremendous contibutions to the lead in this position: Transnational match. game. ♠J 10 7 Guido Ferraro of Italy, formerly a partner of many- The contract for the 1998 championships in Lille, ♥K 7 time world champion Pietro Forquet, was especially ef- France, was signed. A letter of intent to hold the Ber- ♦--- fective as a vugraph commentator, despite his Italianized muda Bowl and Venice Cup in Bermuda in January 2000 ♣--- English. He offered knowledgeable comment in three also was signed. This will mark the 50th anniversary of ♠9 4 3 ♠--- languages -- English, Italian and French. the Bermuda Bowl, which was played for the first in ♥--- ♥5 Billy Eisenberg was back as one of the chief com- 1950 -- and of course the site was Bermuda. ♦ ♦ mentators, and Eric Kokish was a frequent contributor at 8 Q J 10 ♣ ♣ the mike. The chief commentator was Jean-Paul Meyer 8 4 ♠--- ♥9 ♦A Marriott buffet ♣Q J 10 $9.95 Even if West has a third heart you are safe. You win Includes salad bar and the return in dummy and run the clubs, remaining in non-alcoholic beverages dummy for trick 11 and the trump . Saturday, Nov. 22 Jinxed again! n the opening round of the first session of 2 Fried chicken (with gravy) the Life Master Open Pairs, Zia and Peter Meat lasagne O Weichsel were scheduled to play against Mashed potatoes Russ Ekeblad and Ron Sukoneck. However, Ekeblad got mixed up on the starting times, and Corn and peas Marty Chaitt had to fill in for him for two boards. Baked beans Weichsel muttered, “Nothing good ever happens when it goes like this.” Peach cobbler Well, he was right. On the first board Marty and Ron made 2♥ doubled and on the second they made an overtrick in 2♦ doubled. Not bad Omar Sharif was besieged by news reporters as well as bridge journalists at a special press conference at the for Chaitt -- he played two boards and scored 97 World Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia. Sharif was A Catholic CatholicMass will be celebrated Mass at 7:30 pm today out of a possible 102 matchpoints. asked many political questions by the Arabic reporters in the Fort San Carlos Suite at the Marriott. present.

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53rd wedding anniversary ManyHow players to new Matchpointto duplicate bridge are puzzled InterestingBy Barry Rigalpositions An interesting deceptive defensive position on this Three years ago Simme and Jerry Frank trav- about scores which come out with strange numbers that hand from the Stratified Open Pairs. eled to the North American Championships to seem to have no relation to the trick scores and bonuses ♠ which show on a table. Board 17 10 7 celebrate their 50th Dlr: North ♥ Q J These duplicate bridge scores are the result of wedding anniversary. Vul: None ♦ Q 6 5 4 3 “matchpoint” comparisons of the scores of the pairs which They had such a good ♣ A J 8 3 played identical hands. No doubt you are aware of this, ♠ Q 4 2 ♠ J 9 8 5 3 time that they came but you may not understand exactly how it works. ♥ 10 9 8 6 5 2 ♥ A back again this year to For each pair that played in your direction that you ♦ A 9 ♦ K 8 7 2 play and celebrate their outscore on a duplicate pair hand, you receive one ♣ K 2 ♣ 10 9 4 53rd anniversary. matchpoint. You receive one-half a matchpoint for each ♠ A K 6 pair you tie. You get nothing when a pair outscores you. ♥ K 7 4 3 The sum of your matchpoints for all hands determines ♦ J 10 your score for the game. ♣ Q 7 6 5 Back came a low club, and a third spade forced me to The high score for each hand is determined by the West North East South ruff. Now I cashed the ♠A-K to pitch dummy’s last club, number of times it was in play. If the hand was played Pass Pass 1♣ and the ♦Q went to the king. This was the ending: eight times, the high is seven because seven other pairs 1♥ 2♣ Dbl Pass ♠ -- besides you played this hand. If it was played 13 times, 2♥ 2NT (1) Pass 3♣ ♥ J 9 4 the “top” is 12, etc. All Pass ♦ 10 For every pair that gets a “top” on a board, there is (1) Minors. ♣ A another that gets the corresponding “bottom”. As a mat- I missed the best defense to 3♣ so I had to make up ♠ -- ♠ Q 5 3 ter of fact, every North-South score has a reciprocal score for it by trying to pull the wool over declarer’s eyes. On ♥ 8 7 3 ♥ K 10 on the East-West tally sheet. a heart lead to the ace, I had to find the diamond shift to ♦ J 8 ♦ -- Scoring a bridge game these days is ever so much beat the contract legitimately. Instead I played a spade ♣ -- ♣ -- easier than it used to be before computers. Usually the which declarer won, and he led a club to the jack. To ♠ J 10 8 director can print out the final scores only a few minutes created possible confusion for declarer, I dropped the ♥ -- after he receives the last scoreslip. ♣9, trying to look like a man with the doubleton 10-9. ♦ 9 7 It worked! Declarer crossed to hand with a top spade ♣ -- and led the ♣Q to the king and ace. Now declarer cashed North has to exit with a low trump. I put in the 10 the ♥Q and led a low diamond. I hopped up with the king, and followed up with the ♠Q. When North ruffed he had cashed the ♣10 and played a third spade. Declarer could three losing options. A diamond would be won in dummy, ruff in dummy but was left with a diamond and heart still to a club lets me ruff on the table and play the ♦J, and a LivingBridge with a bridge Maximsexpert is more difficult than lose. The following hand was equally interesting. trump lead lets me score the king with dummy being being one. Board 18 ♠ 9 6 high. Slow play dictum: nice guys finish fast. Dlr: East ♥ A J 9 4 But if North had discarded the ♦10 on the ♠Q, I can Rule 1: Partner is always wrong. Vul: N-S ♦ A K 10 get only one out of the last three tricks. Try it and you’ll Rule 2: if by some quirk, partner happens to be ♣ A 8 4 3 see. right, refer to Rule 1. ♠ 7 ♠ A K Q 5 3 There are three kinds of bridge players: the ex- ♥ 8 7 3 2 ♥ K Q 10 5 perts, the presumptuous experts and the majority. ♦ J 8 4 3 ♦ Q 5 “Is sloppy dummy play due to ignorance or apa- ♣ 10 7 6 2 ♣ K 5 thy?” ♠ J 10 8 4 2 St. LouisSection Ballroom Level locations 4, Adam’s Mark -- Sec- “I don’t know and I don’t care.” ♥ 6 tions A through L and O through T. Chinese proverb: “A gem cannot be polished with- ♦ 9 7 6 2 Rose Garden, Level 4, Adam’s Mark -- Sections W out friction nor partner perfected without adversity.” ♣ Q J 9 and X. ’Tis well to remember when judging partner’s ex- West North East South Promenade Ballroom, Level 2, Adam’s Mark -- Sec- pertise that she is judging you with the same smug, supe- 1♠ Pass tions AA through LL and OO through TT. rior impartiality. Pass Dbl Redbl 2♦ Pavilion Ballroom, Marriott -- Sections AAA The road to hell is paved with good conventions. Pass Pass 2♥ All Pass through HHH. There’s more than one way to play every hand; that We had found our best fit, but the defense started off Hawthorne Ballroom, Marriott -- Sections III is, unless it’s the hand you just played. on the right track. A diamond to the king was followed through NNN. Delay criticizing partner for one complete round by a low club. I won the king and led the ♥Q to the ace. All Senior games will be held at the Marriott. and the urge will die of starvation. If you must go down, for heaven’s sake, get on with it. Get your zeros early. That way, you have more time to catch up. Never insult an opponent until the round has been called. ACBL Thanksgiving Buffet If you haven’t found the best line of play by trick 10, try divine guidance. $26.00 per person (Includes Tax and Gratuity) The player who can smile when things go wrong has just thought o the dumb bid his partner made. Thursday, November 27, 1997 Never try to teach a pig to play bridge. It wastes Date: 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. your time and annoys the pig. Time: 2nd Floor Pre-Convene Location:

Menu to offer all your favorite Thanksgiving treats. A specialLiaison Education workshopLiaison workshop will take place Sunday at 10 a.m. in Directors Row 48 on the fourth No reservations needed. Please come join us for a great holiday feast. floor of the Adam’s Mark. The workshop is for Educa- tion liaisons bridge teachers and club managers.

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LEADING QUALIFIERS IN LIFE MASTER PAIRS 276 Pairs Musical and comedy revue 1 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Tuckahoe NY 2124.44 2 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 2070.51 set for Saturday night 3 Charles Kopp, Scottsdale AZ; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 2051.20 Get set to be 4 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Gerald Caravelli, Des Plaines IL 2013.89 dazzled by top-flight 5 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1993.57 6 Jim Foster - Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 1993.55 entertainment tonight 7 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Southfield MI 1982.53 after the evening ses- 8 Mike Passell, Dallas TX; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 1982.16 sion. 9 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 1967.85 The Spotlight Fol- 10 Mark Shaw - Barbara Benbow, Laurel MD 1938.54 lies, a musical and com- 11 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 1935.08 edy revue, is scheduled for midnight in the St. 12 Sigurdur Sverrisson, Tulsa OK; Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Reykjavik 1923.29 Louis Room on Level 4 at the Adam’s Mark. 13 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; , Jackson Heights NY 1922.15 14 William Lea Jr, Evansville IN; William Sokeland, Oakland City IN 1918.55 The production, directed by Fran Scheifler, 15 Kevin Collins, Atlanta GA; Paul Romig, Duluth GA 1912.37 features performances by members of St. Louis 16 Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA; Art Mathews, Atlanta GA 1910.07 Unit 143. 17 Corina Iukovici, Saint Louis MO; Jacques Laliberte, Cap Rouge PQ 1909.10 The cast will perform familiar songs with 18 Dennis McGarry, Ft Lauderdale FL; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1905.06 bridge themes --- “It Had to Be You” becomes 19 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Charles Coon, Marshfield MA 1901.16 “I’ve Had it With You,” and “The Great Pre- 20 William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; John Zilic, Houston TX 1899.03 tender” becomes “The Great Defender.” 21 Edward Wojewoda, Antelope CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 1893.74 22 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 1893.18 Between songs, you will be entertained by 23 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 1885.83 comedy skits. 24 Larry Mori, Charlton NY; Richard Zucker, N Tarrytown NY 1885.77 25 Alan Beir, Jacksonville FL; John Morris, Atlanta GA 1883.43 26 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Walter Johnson, Gahanna OH 1875.10 27 Douglas Heron, Ottawa ON; , Peoria AZ 1874.57 28 Jack Bryant, St Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 1873.23 29 Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC; Gregory Roberts, Longmeadow MA 1865.09 An impossible problem 30 Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Marvin Shapiro, St Louis MO 1860.94 Board 12 on FridayBy Barry afternoon Rigal posed an almost im- 31 Lynn Rose-Hall - Burt Hall, Lake Worth FL 1860.64 possible problem for many players. 32 Christopher Pisarra, Orinda CA; , Kensington CA 1860.31 Board 12 ♠ 5 33 Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Tokyo JP; Haruko Koshi, Tokyo 157 1860.07 Dlr: West ♥ 8 4 2 34 Hugh Maclean, Gonzales TX; James Fellows, Omaha NE 1858.10 35 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Richard Schwartz, E Elmhurst NY 1855.71 Vul: N-S ♦ Q 10 7 4 ♣ 36 Andrew Chesterton, Lexington MA; Howard Piltch, Andover MA 1854.26 10 8 6 5 3 37 George Rosenkranz, Mexico Df 11000; , Houston TX 1851.03 ♠ ♠ Q 9 7 4 3 2 -- 38 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London 1849.59 ♥ K Q J 3 ♥ 10 9 6 5 39 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 1841.02 ♦ 6 ♦ 9 5 3 2 40 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; David Sacks, Los Angeles CA 1838.89 ♣ A 7 ♣ K J 9 4 2 41 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1836.55 ♠ A K J 10 8 6 42 Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 1834.48 ♥ A 7 43 Tod Moses, St Louis MO; Michael Halvorsen, Champaign IL 1831.40 ♦ A K J 8 44 Robert Katz, Toledo OH; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 1821.58 ♣ Q 45 Eric Greco, Annandale VA; , Fenton MI 1814.86 When West opened 1♠, this frequently was passed 46 Varis Carey, Ithica NY; , North York ON 1813.84 47 Raymond Raskin, Gulph Mills PA; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 1811.44 around to South -- what should he do? I guess the best 48 Thomas Carmichael, Middletown NJ; Randall Pettit, Marietta GA 1807.87 possible result is to pass it out. 49 Don Probst - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 1807.72 An equally difficult problem occurs if East responds 50 Sidney Lazard Sr, New Orleans LA; Bart Bramley, Chicago IL 1806.79 a forcing 1NT. Of course you are haunted by the idea that West might have psyched -- but can you do anything? LEADING QUALIFIERS IN LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS At our table the auction was equally bizarre. West 108 Pairs passed (!) -- perhaps he mislaid an ace or two. Beverly 1 Jill Mellstrom, Sweden - Pirkko Savolainen, Finland 1632.71 Perry as South opened 2♣. Now West sprang to life with 2 Barbara Fellows - Marilyn Hemenway, Omaha NE 1613.46 an intrepid 2♠ call, passed around to Beverly. She 3 Pam Wittes, Los Alamitos CA; Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 1557.29 doubled. 4 Jan Weyant - Linda Wolber, Cincinnati OH 1496.95 West asked North, “What does the double show?” I 5 Sylvia Moss, New York NY; Janice Seamon, Miami FL 1495.26 6 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Cynthia Balderson, Minnetonka MN 1488.46 answered that I was not sure but I thought it was for 7 Mary Jane Farell - Joanne Minken, Los Angeles CA 1478.06 penalties. West and North passed, and East asked again, 8 Bernice Larson, Greenfield WI; Nancy Mandel, Milwaukee WI 1476.17 “What’s the double?” I said that we had no agreement 9 Sheila Pies, Potomac MD; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 1471.07 that it was for anything other than penalties. 10 Lorraine Vonk - Val Armentrout, Green Valley AZ 1469.96 East also passed after some thought, and I led a 11 Carol Sanders, Nashville TN; , Shreveport LA 1463.26 trump. Beverly won the king and led two top diamonds. 12 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Jeanne Kretz, McKinney TX 1460.13 West ruffed the second and exited with a low spade. I 13 Judi Smith, Houston TX; Temi Linzner, Pompano Bch FL 1450.89 showed out and West turned to me and said, “You are 14 Marilyn Keating, Fulton MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 1449.66 right -- it is a penalty double!” Plus 500 was a near top - 15 Marjorie Michelin, Venice CA; Janet Dunlap, Santa Monica CA 1443.68 - not surprisingly. 16 Linda Perlman, West Palm Bch FL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 1443.00 The above is Barry’s report. When your editor started 17 Eunice Rosen, Highland Park IL; Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 1432.59 asking people for Bulletin hands, one after another wanted 18 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 1427.79 19 Diane Graese, Evanston IL; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 1425.94 to talk about Board 12. Here are some the auctions and 20 Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Rozanne Pollack, Warren NJ 1425.29 stories. 21 Susi Katz, Longwood FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 1422.16 ♠ ♠ 1 Pass Pass 4 22 Annette Barrett, Miami FL; Jane Greenberg, Boca Raton FL 1420.09 This went down two undoubled. South was sure that 23 Gigi Geiger, Austin TX; Gen Geiger, Belleville IL 1418.40 West’s opener was a psych. 24 Mary Dusek, Dallas TX; Marcia West, Mercer Island WA 1416.27 Here’s how Roy Green, our CEO, handled the deal. 25 Sandra Lemon, Mayfield KY; Gayle Edwards, Hardin KY 1415.89 1♠ Pass Pass Dbl 2♥ 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass Pass 3♥ ? Green had no problem here -- he doubled and set the contract one trick for one of the few North-South pluses Goodwill message The Intermediate/NovicePartnership desks on the board. Today is Junior Day, the day we celebrate -- (0-199) Partnership Desk is Here’s what happened at Jo Morse’s table: and salute -- our Junior players. At the Junior re- located on Level 4 at the 1♠ Pass Pass Dbl ception this afternoon, we’ll induct five outstand- Adam’s Mark (near the Rose Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ ing youngsters into the Junior Corps, the group Garden Room). Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT charged with promoting bridge among other The regular Partnership All Pass young people. Desk is on Level 2. The opening lead was a high heart. Declarer won the Encourage new players. Today’s Junior player second round, cashed the two top spades and led the ♠J is tomorrow’s Jeff Meckstroth. to knock out the queen. After cashing the hearts, Jo cor- rectly led a club, and the defense collected four club tricks Chairman, Goodwill Committee TheACBL ACBL Information Information Desk is located Desk on the sec- Continued on page 9 ond level near the escalator. Daily Bulletin Page 9

NON LIFE MASTER QUALIFIERS 26 Pairs 1 Gregory Berry, Buffalo Grove IL; Jay Segal, New Rochelle NY 48.00 2 Hall Whitaker - Pu Yu, Rolla MO 38.01 3 Steven Greenstein - John Freed, New York NY 37.66 4 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Phil Simonds, Williamston MI 33.64 5 Russell Beale - Reed Yeater, Peoria IL 31.18 6 Barbara Youngworth - Donna Cutitta, Overland Park KS 29.96 8 7 Alan Carpenter - Michael Levin, San Francisco CA 26.10 8 Charles Brown, Denton TX; John McCleskey, Seminole TX 25.40 9 Andrew Savitz, Cambridge MA; Andrew Eames, Ashland MA 25.23 10 Daniel Small, New York NY; Joshua Small, Atlanta GA 23.30 11 Mark Laughlin - Jerry Laughlin, Omaha NE 19.62 Nancy Popkin and daughter Brook Spear show off a St. 12 Marcus Feldman - Susan Feldman, Kirkwood MO 18.39 Louis Rams banner to call attention to a drawing for an 13 Wojciech Kaniewski, Chesterfield MO; Wojciech Golik, St Louis MO 17.52 autographed jersey donated by Rams player D’Marco 14 Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Boston MA 16.82 Farr. You may register for the drawing Saturday and early 15 Kikuko Yamasaki, Mamaroneck NY; Setsuko Ono, Riverside CT 16.64 Sunday at the Partnership Desk on Level 4. The drawing 16 Ronda O’Farrell, St Louis MO; Lois Vaaler, Bridgeton MO 16.29 will take place between sessions on Sunday. Also, 60 17 Steven Millman, Chandler AZ; Gregg Griffith, Scottsdale AZ 15.94 Rams tee shirts will be given away Sunday. 18 Ron Combs, Saint Louis MO; George Hawley, Florissant MO 14.19 19 David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 13.84 20 Eddie Moriguchi - Alice Moriguchi, San Francisco CA 13.49 Board 12 Continued from page 8 21 Donald Kuenzel - Jay Poling, Decatur IL 10.86 22 George Marvin, St Louis MO; Luis Remis, Saint Charles MO 7.71 23 Jean Howard, Prairie Village KS; Lucy Stinson, Grandview MO 4.73 to inflict a four-trick set. 24 Ronald Klein, Redwood City CA; Andrew Binstock, Belmont CA 4.38 Lots of Wests wound up in 3NT. Those that decided 25 Donald Bladow, Anchorage AK; Ed Bladow, Wales WI 2.80 to make the best of a bad thing just cashed their seven 26 Gary Gang, Lombard IL; Alan Goldenberg, Oak Ridge TN 0.00 tricks and accepted a fair number of matchpoints. Zeke Jabbour managed to get to just 2NT, and when 199ER TROPHY PAIRS he drove out the ♠Q, West did NOT shift to a club -- plus 38 Pairs 120. 5.58 1 Lucille Wong - Daniel Wong, Honolulu HI 223.00 ♠ 4.19 2 Pat Bradley, St Louis MO; Betty Anderson, Chesterfield MO 201.00 Kathie Wei of course opened 1 as West -- and the 3.14 3 Shirley Wottman - Susan Lewis, Chicago IL 199.50 opponents let her play it there -- down two. 2.35 4 Dan Cavanaugh, Akron OH; Eugene Cavanaugh, Austin TX 193.50 Annette Barrett was one of those who jumped to 1.92 5 Beth Percich - Michael Pierce, St Louis MO 188.00 3NT in passout seat. Her story is unusual -- she went 1.92 6 Valeria Hollycross - Inge Barttelbort, Belleville IL 187.00 down two tricks without ever winning a second spade trick! She won the second heart and cashed one spade FRIDAY EVENING NEWCOMER 0-5 PAIRS and four diamonds. She decided to see what would hap- 28 Pairs ♣ 1.40 1 John Abernathy - Stan Davis, St. Louis MO 121.95 pen if she led a club -- East had signaled with the 9 on 1.05 2 Tom Kren - Lee Kren, St Louis MO 116.38 the spade trick. The defense got mixed up and she wound 0.79 3 Lillian Chinn, Honolulu HI; David Schroeter, Alvaton KY 112.78 up with a club trick. 0.59 4 Virginia Frederick, Manchester MO; Jean Obenhouse, Ballwin MO 109.60 George Rosenkranz made the right decision as South 0.44 5 Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL; Dennis E. Martin, Omaha NE 109.44 -- he passed 1♠. He and Eddie Wold defended accu- 0.33 6 Diana Strietelmeier - Gerogia Long, Columbus IN 107.72 rately and collected a 150-point penalty for a top. FRIDAY EVENING 50/20 PAIRS We’ve saved the most bizarre auction of all for last. ♥ ♥ 22 Pairs 1 Pass Pass 2 A B Pass 3 ♣ Pass 3♠ 2.21 1 Ben Fu, Maryland Hgt MO; Percy Wu, Town & Country MO 106.00 Pass 3NT Dbl 4♠ 1.66 2 1 James Kistner, Edwardsville IL; Throck Osborn, Manchester MO 105.50 Dbl 4NT Dbl Pass 1.24 3 Fran Bernstein, Leawood KS; Gail Himmelstein, Prairie Village KS 100.50 Pass Redbl All Pass 0.93 4 William Ervin, Indianpolis IN; Mark Greenwell, Newport IN 94.50 No, that 1♥ bid is not a misprint. Russ Ekeblad and 0.70 5 Jane -Anne Gawlas - Roy Berkon, Nashville TN 93.50 0.98 6 2 Jeanne Weidenbenner - Robert Weidenbenner, Ballwin MO 92.50 Ron Sukoneck play a canapé system whereby the first 0.65 3/4 William Tank - Ann Tank, Des Moines IA 89.00 suit named often is not the longest suit. Ekeblad as East 0.65 3/4 Jason Von Rohr - Scott Von Rohr, St Louis MO 89.00 was pretty sure Sukoneck’s bid was a canapé, consider- ing his spade , so he decided his best course of action FRIDAY EVENING 200/100 PAIRS was to pass -- he didn’t want to hear his partner bid spades. 22 Pairs From that point the North-South situation went from A B bad to worse to worst. Perhaps North redoubled out of 2.70 1 Edward Gale - Ann Gale, Richmond Hill ON 109.00 2.10 2 1 Xiaolin Ma, St Louis MO; William Tai, Ballwin MO 105.50 exasperation -- we don’t know -- but the final tally on 1.52 3 Joann Inskeep - Sherry McArdle, Columbus OH 101.50 the board was plus 1600 for East-West. r 1.00 4/5 Ed Sobolak - Diane Sobolak, Austin TX 94.50 1.58 4/5 2 Timothy Luker, Green Bay WI; Joseph Dicken, Louisville KY 94.50 1.18 6 3 Jane Ann Evans - Alan Evans, Springfield IL 92.50 0.84 4/5 Mary Lunsford - Tana Holt, Clinton IN 89.50 0.84 4/5 Robert McDill, Sappington MO; Harry Trickey, Jefferson City MO 89.50 AllSenior teams wishing Knockout to participate entries in the nationally- rated must sign up no later than noon on tomorrow. The game is scheduled to get under FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS way at 12:30 pm tomorrow. 82 Pairs A B 7.74 1 1 L Brown, Springfield IL; Roger Edwards, St Louis MO 208.50 5.81 2 2 Mary Gray - William Sullivan, Henderson KY 195.00 4.35 3 3 Henry Raymond, Red Bank TN; Rick Magro, Harrison TN 194.50 ACBL Calling Card 3.27 4 4 Marguerite Baker, Naperville IL; Mary Lindmark, Lyons IL 188.50 2.68 5 Curtis Hastings, Chesterfield MO; Denny O’Connor, St Louis MO 187.00 The ACBL is pleased to 1.96 6 Song Wang - Danniel S. Ku, Chesterfield MO 183.50 present a new calling card 1.59 5 Samuel Kutin - David Hemmer, Chicago IL 183.00 program. You are invited to 1.88 6 Jean Friedrich, Des Moines IA; Carl Frank Farley, Madison WI 182.00 drop by at the Calling Card booth at the ACBL Product Store on Level 2 at the Adam’s Mark any day during the tournament from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and from 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Omega World Travel, Entry fees per personEntry per session fees at the Fall NABC: Michael Rahtjen from Digital Network Ser- ACBL’s travel agency *Life Master Open Pairs, Life Master Women’s Pairs, vices will be on hand to answer any questions. It’s never too early to make your hotel reservations Open and Women’s Board-a-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon The new calling card program, as described for the next NABC. Stop by our booth on the fourth Pairs and Board-a-Match Teams ...... $12 in the CEO’s message in the November Bridge floor of the Adam’s Mark Hotel and make your reserva- Other North American Championships ...... $11 Bulletin, is a low-cost service for ACBL mem- tions for Reno (Spring NABC) and Chicago (Summer Regional Championships ...... $10 bers. The charge is 17.91 cents per minute, billed NABC). All other events...... $9 at a 30-second initial minimum with six-second While you’re visiting us, register to win free airline increments thereafter. tickets! *One dollar per person to benefit the International Fund. Page 10 Daily Bulletin

CHARITY KNOCKOUT TEAMS FRIDAY MORNING RENO CONTINOUS PAIRS Bracket 1 46 Pairs 16 Teams A B Hugh Maclean, Gonzales TX; Murray Melton, Las Vegas 5.01 1 1 Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama Japan; Kotoni Asakoshi, Tokyo Japan 114.00 NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA; Harold Feldheim, 3.76 2 Connie Pugh, Columbia MO; Dick Benson, Leroy IL 107.00 Hamden CT; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Randall Pettit, 2.82 3 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Francisco CA 106.50 2.45 4 Rochelle Popkin - Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO 102.00 Marietta GA 2.62 5 2 Gregory Berry, Buffalo Grove IL; Jay Segal, New Rochelle NY 100.50 vs 1.55 6/8 William Kulbersh, Tucker GA; Sully Randolph, Atlanta GA 99.50 Eric Rodwell, Naperville IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; 1.55 6/8 Mary Vickers, Northboro MA; Raymond Raskin, Gulph Mills PA 99.50 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Jerry Clerkin, North 1.72 6/8 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Kathy Ford, St Louis MO 99.50 Vernon IN; Paul Lewis, Powell OH 1.96 3 Villa Bean, West Paducah KY; Joyce Guhy, Paducah KY 99.22 1.47 4 Vincent Lopiccolo, Ballwin MO; John Schapflin, Florissant MO 99.00 Douglas Heron, Ottawa ON; Barry Rigal, New York NY; 1.31 5 Dolly Davis, Sparks NV; Marjukka Pesonen, Helsinki, Finland 93.78 Haig Tchamitch, Peoria AZ; David Lindop, Toronto 1.31 6 Molly Murphy - William Murphy, Dana Point CA 90.00 ON; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ vs FRIDAY-SUNDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS Richard Katz, Rancho Mirage CA; Steve Cohen, North 52 Pairs A B Hollywood CA; Beverly Rosenberg, Sherman Oaks 5.46 1 Phelps Lambert, Henderson KY; John Groben, Evansville IN 218.04 CA; Steven Onderwyzer, Venice CA 4.10 2 Zenon Rowicki, Lambertville MI; Walter Dedio, Morden MB 209.77 3.07 3 Frederick Hamilton - Rose Boot, Fresno CA 200.16 Bracket 2 3.79 4 1 Simme Frank - Jerome Frank, Milwaukee WI 194.71 16 Teams 1.73 5 Ken Gee - Betty Lou Heeg, Regina SK 193.97 John Groben, Evansville IN; Phelps Lambert, Henderson 2.84 6 2 Robbi Graf - Elizabeth Davis, St Thomas VI 193.11 KY; Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Alan Myerson, Sherman 2.13 3 Jerry Smallwood, Kitty Hawk NC; Jane Smallwood, Southern Shores NC 176.54 Oaks CA; Nell Schaefer - Phil Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 1.60 4 Patricia Blunt, Wichita KS; Ardith Alexander, Hutchinson KS 175.89 vs 1.47 5 David Mitzit, New Lenox IL; Karen Lazarus, Flossmoor IL 174.29 Glenn Smith - Alan Mariam, Creve Coeur MO; Richard 1.39 6 Peggy Gaskill, St Louis MO; James Crump, Saint Louis MO 173.54 Anderson - Janice Anderson, Regina SK; Robert McClintock, Chesterfield MO; Michael Carmen, St Louis FRIDAY AFTERNOON 100/200 PAIRS 16 Pairs MO D E 2.31 1 1 Susan Wolff - Karen Stern, St Louis MO 75.00 Anne Hoffman, Peru VT; G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver 1.73 2 Ed Sobolak - Diane Sobolak, Austin TX 69.50 WA; Thomas Carmichael, Middletown NJ; Ken Gee, 1.30 3/4 2/3 Tim Luker, Green Bay WI; Joe Dicken, Louisville KY 68.00 Regina SK; Sakiko Naito, Tokyo; Kenji Miyakuni, Chi- 1.30 3/4 2/3 Jane Ann Evans - Alan Evans, Springfield IL 68.00 cago IL 0.84 5 4 Jane Shapleigh - Georgia Van Cleve, St Louis MO 66.00 vs 0.63 5 Robert McDill, Sappington MO; Michael Thiel, Chesterfield MO 60.50 Hans Jacobs, Aurora ON; Duncan Phillips - Joy Phillips, Willowdale ON; David McLellan - L Hansen, Thunder STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS Bay ON 116 Pairs A B C Bracket 3 19.04 1 Lowell Andrews, Huntingtn Beach CA; Mike Shuman, Pasadena CA 389.50 16 Teams 14.28 2 George Ferre, Hamlet NC; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 380.50 Mary Spahr - Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna 9.37 3/4 Jeanne Stenger, Bethesda MD; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL 368.50 Hebermehl, Paris IL; Hal Cultice, Peru IN 9.37 3/4 June Singer, St Louis MO; Ted Singer, Creve Coeur MO 368.50 vs 6.02 5 Norma Goll - Richard Goll, Tekamah NE 364.00 Ann Marino, Papillion NE; Carol Sibbernsen - Minna 4.52 6 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 363.50 3.39 7 F M “Wen” Wenger - Barbara O’Neal, Houston TX 362.50 Lou Mercer - Leslie Hoberman, Omaha NE 2.69 8 Bobbie Carrick - Wayne Carrick, Long Grove IL 362.00 7.56 1 1 Paul Klaverkamp, Lake Shore MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 344.00 John Marlin, Frankfort KY; Sandra Thompson, Somerset 5.67 2 2 H Brunner, Marked Tree AR; Anne McNabb, Jonesboro AR 343.50 KY; Max Limbocker, Louisville KY; Jim Hoffmann, 4.25 3 Richard Howell - Phyllis Howell, Midland MI 333.00 Covington GA 2.79 4/5 Joy Willging, St Joseph MI; Theodore Robinson, Elkhart IN 331.50 vs 2.79 4/5 Carol Ehinger, West Seneca NY; Eleanor Barrett, Williamsville NY 331.50 Donna Pedrotti, Maryland Heights MO; Donald Van 2.51 6 Theresa Feng, Creve Coeur MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis MO 327.50 Buskirk, Whiteside MO; Mark Ehret, St Louis MO; Curtis 1.89 3 Shirley Johnson - Marlin Johnson, Ft Myers FL 314.50 Hastings, Chesterfield MO 1.42 4 Kenneth Korb, Lansing MI; David Sheedy, Grand Ledge MI 314.00 1.19 5 Thomas Kelso - Barbara Kelso, Spring Lake MI 312.50 Bracket 4 1.14 6 Steve Bach - Rosemary Bach, Mt Vernon IN 311.00 16 Teams STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS Andre Blum - Gitta Kastner, Madison WI; David Findley, 202 Pairs Broadview IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL A B C vs 34.67 1 Sharon Pobloske - Robert Jackson, Bensenville IL 387.67 Robert McPhee, Belleville ON; Rosemarie Miller, 26.00 2 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 382.50 Waverly NY; Christine Kirmaier, St Louis MO; R Charles 19.50 3 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 378.46 McLaughlin, Mississauga ON 14.63 4 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; John Bridgewater II, Columbus IN 377.04 10.97 5 Steven Pawliger, Hollywood FL; Gary Tomczyk, Parksville BC 376.50 Annette Bergstrom, Burbank CA; William Hugenberg 8.23 6 Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 373.84 Jr, Grand Junction CO; Perry Seal, San Mateo CA; Irwin 6.17 7 Lilian Scott, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Auburndale NY 372.75 Bender, Glencoe IL 4.63 8 James Carbaugh, Willmar MN; George Nett, Macomb IL 370.75 vs 4.38 9 Jo Johnson, New York NY; Jillian Blanchard, Riverdale NY 370.00 17.85 10 1 Janice Schroeder, Hendersonvill NC; Paul Streigle, Clearwater FL 368.50 Alan Resser - Steve Clark, Chicago IL; William 4.84 11 Bob Lafleur, Las Vegas NV; Allen McRae, Portland ME 366.00 Charowhas, Wheaton IL; Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 4.96 12 Ann Hoylman, Pittsford NY; William Finkelstein, Amherst NY 364.50 3.38 13/14 Ann Marino, Papillion NE; Carol Sibbernsen, Omaha NE 364.00 Bracket 5 3.41 13/14 Beverly Perry, New York City NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 364.00 16 Teams 3.08 15 , Little Rock AR; Sylvia Summers, Pasadena CA 363.83 Robert G Hicks - Barbara Hicks, Shawnee Mission KS; 3.42 16/17 Jeffrey Carter, Lombard IL; Marcia Aspinall, Naperville IL 361.50 Rita Estes, Hutchinson KS; Barbara Hicks, Kansas City 3.94 16/17 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Mamula, Kirkland WA 361.50 MO 2.04 18 Judith Zimmerman - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 359.00 vs 13.39 2 John Harris, Port Huron MI; Lawrence Diamond, Barbican London England 357.79 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Lois Killinger, Eagle 10.04 3 Greg Reich - Michael Kallman, New York NY 357.21 River WI; Eunice Cohodas - Marge Jones, Wausau WI 7.53 4 Noriko Kobe, Fort Lee NJ; Michiko Kondo, New York NY 355.00 5.65 5 Donald Hauser - Regina Hauser, Florissant MO 350.84 4.24 6 John Majors, New York NY; Harvey Bernstein, Cleveland OH 347.50 Dave Rahubka, St Louis MO; Raymond Wiese, Clayton 3.18 7 Fay Rakita, St Louis MO; Sammy House, Ballwin MO 345.75 MO; Jane Sample, Pickens MS; Inez Gray, Madison MS 2.80 8 Jennifer Carrier, Olathe KS; Carol Calkins, Overland Park KS 345.63 vs 5.25 1 Ronald Trimmer, Granite City IL; John Newman, St Louis MO 334.00 Marilyn Bell, Blue Eye MO; Shirley Wood, Branson MO; 3.94 2 Ruth Nehmad - Sara Hidary, Brooklyn NY 332.50 Phyllis Yates, Lampe MO; Audrey Long, Kimberling City 2.95 3 R Cramer - Nell Jane Cramer, Davenport IA 322.50 MO 2.88 4 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Clearwater FL 319.00 Continued on page 11 2.00 5 Townsend Brown, II, Sagaponack NY; Philip Tilearcio, New York City NY 316.79 3.32 6 Fred Rendfeld - Margery Rendfeld, Decatur IL 315.00 Daily Bulletin Page 11

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20-50 PAIRS 21 Pairs A B Smoking locations 2.21 1 1 Frank Trumpeter, Ballwin MO; Daryl Olson, Huntsville AL 108.78 1.66 2 D Marrion Mc Caskey - Colleen Sanders, Centralia IL Smoking is permitted in only a 108.41 few places at the Adam’s Mark. There 1.24 3 Donald Chase, St Charles MO; Harry Trickey, Jefferson City MO 100.95 is a foyer at the east end of both ball- 0.93 4 Julie Pringle - Rosa La Fortune, Tulsa OK 97.61 rooms -- smoking is permitted in the 0.70 5 Allen Shopmaker - Helen Shopmaker, St Louis MO 91.92 foyers. Smoking also is permitted in the corner 0.91 6 2 James Kistner, Edwardsville IL; Throck Osborn, Manchester MO 91.65 area near Rooms 21 and 41. These are the only areas where smoking is permitted. FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS 34 Pairs 1.58 1 Ginny De Clue - Jean Lowhorn, St. Louis MO 87.75 CHARITY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1.19 2 Fran Kallial, Chesterfield MO; Jackie Jackson, Ballwin MO 84.42 Continued from page 10 0.89 3 Kathy Foresman, Kirkwood MO; Linda Myers, Manchester MO 79.75 0.67 4 Sue Gallop, St Louis MO; Barbara Boxer, St. Louis MO 77.67 0.53 5 Mary Wolfarth - Karen Condie, St Louis MO 74.00 Bracket 6 0.38 6 E. Joann Stevenson, Manchester MO; Mary Bushawn, Chesterfield MO 73.08 15 Teams George Marvin - Sasanka Ramanadham - Mark Gilje, St Louis MO; Luis Remis, Saint Charles MO FRIDAY MORNING STRATIFIED 199ER PAIRS vs 20 Pairs A B C Celia Meyer - Lana Lu Hull, Manchester MO; Wojciech 2.57 1 Donald Tooloose - Ruth Tooloose, Terre Haute IN 104.07 Kaniewski, Chesterfield MO; Wojciech Golik, St Louis MO 2.10 2 1 Robert McDill, Sappington MO; Michael Thiel, Chesterfield MO 99.29 1.58 3 2 1 Fran Bernstein, Leawood KS; Gail Himmelstein, Prairie Village KS 97.29 Elizabeth Grace, Henderson KY; Nancy Thornberry, 1.18 4 3 Diane Norris - Georgia Pope, Atlanta GA 94.71 Robards KY; Joanne Wright, Evansville IN; Ann Lourie, 0.90 5 Patrick Shaw, Olean NY; Lois Scott, Carmel IN 91.93 Newburgh IN 0.89 6 4 Michael Waters, Dunlap IL; Peter Gieser, Gainesville FL 91.50 vs 1.10 5 2 A. Dewey Richards - Loretta Richards, Bridgton ME 87.00 Lee Miller - Pat Bradley, St Louis MO; Lois Miller, Vero 0.83 3 Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL; Dennis Martin, Omaha NE 84.00 Beach FL; Betty Anderson, Chesterfield MO

LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B, C, D, F EAST-WEST 1 Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Tokyo, Japan; Haruko Koshi, Tokyo, Japan 1061.75 1 Charles Michalski - James Kehoe, Glen Ellyn IL 1021.30 2 Corina Iukovici, Saint Louis MO; Jacques Laliberte, Cap Rouge PQ 986.75 2 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Robert Gookin, Falls Church VA 1020.89 3 Edward Wojewoda, Antelope CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 980.35 3 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Chris Moll, Metairie LA 1009.36 4 Charles Kopp, Scottsdale AZ; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 972.79 4 Christopher Pisarra, Orinda CA; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 974.63 5 Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Mitchell Stark, Lakeland FL 971.98 5 Lynn Rose-Hall - Burt Hall, Lake Worth FL 959.80 6 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Tuckahoe NY 966.17 6 Steve Catlett, Richmond VA; Bobby Goldman, Highland Vlg TX 959.44 7 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 953.93 7 Kevin Collins, Atlanta GA; Paul Romig, Duluth GA 951.01 8 Varis Carey, Ithica NY; Leslie Amoils, North York ON 949.11 8 Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 950.39 9 Eric Rodwell, Naperville IL; Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA 939.31 9 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Walter Johnson, Gahanna OH 949.99 10 , Pebble Beach CA; , Carmel CA 938.10 10 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 940.70 11 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; N Paasch, Casselton ND 934.05 11 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY 940.05 12 Jim Foster - Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 930.65 12 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 938.63 13 Irwin Bender, Glencoe IL; W Holloway Jr, Murfreesboro TN 929.66 13 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 937.81 14 Brad Moss, New York NY; Peter Nagy, Las Vegas NV 920.78 14 Ben Feinswog, Miami FL; Bob Lurie, Needham MA 936.81 15 Carol Emme - Harold Emme, Carbondale IL 920.08 15 Robert Varty - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 929.15 16 Ronald Smith, San Francisco CA; Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL 918.15 16 Don Probst - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 917.79 17 Robert Katz, Toledo OH; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 914.91 17 , Chattanooga TN; Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL 917.77 18 John Bachiochi - Myrna Bachiochi, Hamden CT 913.03 18 Jack Bryant, St Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 914.01 19 Mike Eakes - Linda Hager, Overland Park KS 893.79 19 Paul Vickers - Mary Vickers, Northboro MA 899.38 20 Steve Levinson, Fort Lauderdale FL; Michael Rahtjen, Mt Pleasant SC 890.30 20 Lee Magee, Prairie Village KS; Richard Fitzwater, Osage Beach MO 890.43 21 Jean Hume, Livermore CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Union City CA 878.87 21 Loren Hawkins, Bremerton WA; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 873.44 22 Brad Holtsberry, Farmington MI; Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI 869.72 22 Alan Popkin - Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 870.24 23 Martin Baff, Beachwood OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 868.49 23 George Rosenkranz, Mexico Df 11000; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 865.32 24 Dudley Camacho, Toronto ON; Anne Marie Crabbe, London ON 866.90 24 Jack Coleman, San Francisco CA; Mark Stein, Ottawa ON 863.82 25 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 864.04 25 John Oxley, St Joseph MO; Gary Roberts, Prairie Vlg KS 861.98 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A, E, G, W, X EAST-WEST 1 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London 1028.98 1 Mike Passell, Dallas TX; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 1021.50 2 Alan Beir, Jacksonville FL; John Morris, Atlanta GA 1016.82 2 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Gerald Caravelli, Des Plaines IL 1011.66 3 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1002.49 3 Larry Mori, Charlton NY; Richard Zucker, N Tarrytown NY 1007.40 4 Sigurdur Sverrisson, Tulsa OK; Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Reykjavik 973.07 4 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 1003.50 5 Mark Kessler, Springfield IL; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 959.06 5 Jill Richmond, Los Angeles CA; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 989.20 6 Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC; Gregory Roberts, Longmeadow MA 954.98 6 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Southfield MI 971.50 7 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Tom Cogan, Columbia MD 949.75 7 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; George Mittelman, Toronto ON 968.30 8 William Lea Jr, Evansville IN; William Sokeland, Oakland City IN 942.51 8 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 964.66 9 Bobby Wolff - Rebecca Rogers, Dallas TX 939.18 9 Carl Schulze, St Charles MO; Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO 963.20 10 Marcus Rodhouse - Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO 934.36 10 Dick Bruno - Kenji Miyakuni, Chicago IL 960.32 11 Jim Hoffmann, Covington GA; Max Limbocker, Louisville KY 921.04 11 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; , Encinitas CA 958.21 12 Alan Le Bendig, Los Angeles CA; Jon Brissman, San Bernardino CA 919.02 12 Eric Greco, Annandale VA; Geoff Hampson, Fenton MI 954.48 13 Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA; Art Mathews, Atlanta GA 916.57 13 Allan Sorensen - Paul Sorensen, Berwyn AB 948.97 14 Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Mike Cappelletti, Red Bank TN 912.68 14 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Charles Coon, Marshfield MA 947.66 15 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 908.56 15 Richard Potter, Black Mtn NC; John Potter, Panama City Bch FL 944.23 16 Raymond Raskin, Gulph Mills PA; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 906.29 16 Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 941.13 17 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 905.68 17 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 937.79 18 Lew Walter, Carmel NY; Irina Levitina, Teaneck NJ 901.84 18 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; David Sacks, Los Angeles CA 931.23 19 Earle Davis, Glenview IL; Larry Bass, Urbana IL 895.75 19 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 930.25 20 David Walker, Salem VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Christiansbrg VA 895.07 20 Jeff Miller, Naperville IL; William Doroshow, Skokie IL 906.99 21 George Whitworth, San Ramon CA; Phil Warden, Madison WI 894.98 21 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 905.00 22 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; David Lehman, Glenview IL 879.75 22 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Toronto ON 899.98 23 David Adams, Kennesaw GA; Robert Carteaux, Ft Wayne IN 876.30 23 Hugh Maclean, Gonzales TX; James Fellows, Omaha NE 893.60 24 Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Marvin Shapiro, St Louis MO 872.29 24 Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA; James Murphy, Chesapeake VA 887.44 25 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 872.02 25 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Stephanie Hamilton, Medford MA 882.21 26 Joseph Jabon, Bellevue WA; G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 871.80 26 Samuel Miller, Glencoe IL; Jim Humphrey, Wheeling IL 876.94 27 Beverly Rosenberg, Sherman Oaks CA; Steven Onderwyzer, Venice CA 869.34 27 Sidney Lazard Sr, New Orleans LA; Bart Bramley, Chicago IL 874.94 28 , Riverdale NY; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 868.87 28 Sue Himel, Omaha NE; John Stansbury, Minneapolis MN 873.44 29 Lester Sokolower, Verona NJ; Jay Korobow, Princeton NJ 862.57 29 Thomas Carmichael, Middletown NJ; Randall Pettit, Marietta GA 872.52 30 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Paul Erb, Scottsdale AZ 859.20 30 Madi Drimmer, Stamford CT; Tom Reid, Gilbert AZ 868.91

LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H, I, J, K EAST-WEST 1 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Cynthia Balderson, Minnetonka MN 826.80 1 Pam Wittes, Los Alamitos CA; Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 842.85 2 Jill Mellstrom, Sweden - Pirkko Savolainen, Finland 803.41 2 Barbara Fellows - Marilyn Hemenway, Omaha NE 822.71 3 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Nancy Passell, Dallas TX 799.01 3 Sylvia Moss, New York NY; Janice Seamon, Miami FL 779.82 4 Sheila Pies, Potomac MD; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 756.32 4 Sharon Colson, Kirkland WA; Janet Daling, Seattle WA 770.95 5 Barb Hamman, Dallas TX; Carol Pincus, Las Vegas NV 741.55 5 Ora Lourie, White Plains NY; Susan Wexler, New York NY 761.33 6 Jan Weyant - Linda Wolber, Cincinnati OH 740.19 6 Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 757.45 7 Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Sharon Meng, Berkeley IL 736.07 7 Lorraine Vonk - Val Armentrout, Green Valley AZ 756.71 8 , Dallas TX; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 735.94 8 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Sue Weinstein, Glenview IL 756.59 9 Susi Katz, Longwood FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 725.05 9 Eunice Rosen, Highland Park IL; Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 752.93 10 Kathryn Hattendorf, Joliet IL; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 713.79 10 , Germantown TN; Ellen Siebert, Little Rock AR 752.82 11 Deborah Avery - Martha Owen, Champaign IL 712.55 11 Sandra Lemon, Mayfield KY; Gayle Edwards, Hardin KY 748.72 12 Eunice Portnoy, Chesterfield MO; Jacqueline Sincoff, St Louis MO 708.19 12 Barbara Lehman, Glenview IL; Candace Fowler, Ponte Vedra FL 731.70 13 Kathie Wei-Sender, Nashville TN; Juanita Chambers, Schenectady NY 703.90 13 Mary Dusek, Dallas TX; Marcia West, Mercer Island WA 730.58 14 Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Rozanne Pollack, Warren NJ 703.76 14 Karen Kendall, Houston TX; Leslie Reynolds, Eatonton GA 725.93 15 Gigi Geiger, Austin TX; Gen Geiger, Belleville IL 702.05 15 Bernice Larson, Greenfield WI; Nancy Mandel, Milwaukee WI 724.98 16 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Jeanne Kretz, McKinney TX 699.17 16 Linda Perlman, West Palm Bch FL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 722.72 17 Fern Thompson - Libushe Zaporozec, Madison WI 695.78 17 Patt Quinn, La Grange IL; Carol Crossman, Lisle IL 720.45 18 Gloria Guay, Rochester Hills MI; Dorothy Fantle, Birmingham MI 694.90 18 Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Joan Remey Moore, Troy MI 718.44 19 Jacqui Mitchell - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 693.57 19 Judi Smith, Houston TX; Temi Linzner, Pompano Bch FL 709.74 20 Mary Gardner, Streamwood IL; Adrienne Cohen, Elmhurst IL 691.87 20 Marjorie Michelin, Venice CA; Janet Dunlap, Santa Monica CA 704.43 21 M Metz, Wilmette IL; Harriette Buckman, Lincolnwood IL 691.00 21 Jan Wendell, Rockport TX; Esta Van Zandt, Houston TX 693.93 22 Margaret Cooke, Painted Post NY; Dorothy Truscott, Riverdale NY 690.30 22 Dee Berry, Kirkland WA; Jean Anderson, Seattle WA 686.56 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 George Ferre, Hamlet NC; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 203.00 1 1 C Roland Boehm, Florissant MO; Roy Lewis Jr, Saint Charles MO 179.50 2 Jeanne Stenger, Bethesda MD; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL 186.50 2 Shirley Stanton, Houston TX; Jo Ellis, Sugarland TX 178.50 3 Elizabeth Moore, Glasgow KY; Elsie Creal, Hodgenville KY 178.50 3 Marvin Shatz, Hiltn Head Is SC; Arnold Hawkins, Jonesboro GA 176.00 4 1 Marjorie Harkins - H Cummins, Columbus OH 169.00 4 Forest Lowe, Eden Prairie MN; Fred Stockberger, Hot Springs Vlg AR 168.50 5 2 Virginia Adams, Bloomington MN; Sherol Howard, Chanhassen MN 165.50 5 Andy O’Grady, Miami FL; Robert Rosen, Delray Beach FL 163.50 6 Peg Cundiff - Richard Cundiff, Las Vegas NV 161.00 6 Donald Kerry, Winchester MO; William Laven, Greenbrae CA 158.00 1 J Waddy Tucker - Linda Herbert, Shreveport LA 145.50 2 Joy Willging, St Joseph MI; Theodore Robinson, Elkhart IN 154.50 1 Steve Bach - Rosemary Bach, Mt Vernon IN 148.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Katherine McLaurin - Jo Cobb, Houston TX 194.00 1 1 1 Paul Klaverkamp, Lake Shore MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 191.50 2 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Charles Stenger, Bethesda MD 180.50 2 Thomas Lum, Honolulu HI; John Wong, Rowland Hgts CA 177.00 3 Howard Hertzberg, Alpine NJ; William Esberg, Elberon NJ 178.50 3 Patsy Lum, Honolulu HI; Don Steele, Springfield OH 166.00 4 Louise Wiegman, Mesa AZ; Jack Armstrong, Falls Church VA 173.50 4/5 2 Shirley Johnson - Marlin Johnson, Ft Myers FL 162.00 5 Bobbie Carrick - Wayne Carrick, Long Grove IL 172.00 4/5 Dale Frese - Alice Wilhide, Longwood FL 162.00 6 Peggy Brooks, Kirkwood MO; Alice Kerckhoff, St Louis MO 159.00 6 Linda Dayan, Deal NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ 160.00 1 Mary Johnson, Joaquin TX; William Young III, Hemphill TX 157.00 2 Berta Meyerson Molsky, Petoskey MI; Marvin Molasky, W Bloomfield MI 149.00 1 Grace Dillingham, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Rattinger, Roanoke VA 143.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Norma Goll - Richard Goll, Tekamah NE 185.00 1 Lowell Andrews, Huntingtn Beach CA; Mike Shuman, Pasadena CA 196.50 2 1 Theresa Feng, Creve Coeur MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis MO 175.50 2 1 Richard Howell - Phyllis Howell, Midland MI 180.00 3/4 Gwen Schneider, St Louis MO; Rose Morrison, Saint Louis MO 170.50 3/4 2 Don Gowans, Snow Lake MB; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT 179.50 3/4 Jacqueline Tucker - Ziggy Tucker, San Antonio TX 170.50 3/4 Ferne Weatherill, Minneapolis MN; H Cruse, Scottsdale AZ 179.50 5 Robert Ryder, Caldwell NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 169.00 5 Lois Zeisler, Fairfield CT; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 166.00 6 Robert Lix - Sally Lix, Brownsville CA 166.50 6 Lilly Lachter, Culver City CA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 158.00 2 Harry Kollman, Mequon WI; Pearl Feldman, Deerfield Beach FL 158.50 3 1 Cornelia Freeman, Corpus Christi TX; Jack Miller, Webster Grove MO 156.50 3 John Glick, Hope IN; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA 141.00 1 Kay Swanson, Freeport IL; Erma Thompson, Warren IL 135.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 June Singer, St Louis MO; Ted Singer, Creve Coeur MO 195.00 1 Steve Lawrence, Athens TX; Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA 194.50 2 1 Seymour Rothenberg - Frances Rothenberg, Windsor CT 187.00 2 Lloyd Loux, Bay Village OH; Frank Aquila, Akron OH 183.00 3 Virginia Krueger, Bushnell IL; Charles Woodruff, Burlington IA 186.50 3 Daniel Till, Lincoln NE; Patrick Moran, Dayton OH 175.00 4 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 181.50 4 1 1 Thomas Kelso - Barbara Kelso, Spring Lake MI 167.50 5 Lin Chen - J Chen, Murphysboro IL 169.50 5 Maizie Ho - Richard Au, Honolulu HI 166.00 6 Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD; Carolyn Cooper, Ft Washington MD 165.00 6 Joseph Olcott - Imogene Olcott, Glenview IL 165.00 2 Louise Mandel, Saint Louis MO; Nancy Weil, Lake Forest IL 155.50 2 H Brunner, Marked Tree AR; Anne McNabb, Jonesboro AR 163.50 1 Shirley Hillmer, Chicago IL; Joseph Marks, New York Cty NY 139.50 3 Shirleen Ellsworth, Kansas City MO; Reba Hughes, Fremont CA 150.00

STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Marvin Shatz, Hiltn Head Is SC; Arnold Hawkins, Jonesboro GA 182.50 1 Robert Ryder, Caldwell NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 190.50 2 1 Joy Willging, St Joseph MI; Theodore Robinson, Elkhart IN 177.00 2 Ron Wolf - Earl Bennett, Mattoon IL 188.50 3 2 1 Kenneth Korb, Lansing MI; David Sheedy, Grand Ledge MI 169.50 3 Gwen Schneider, St Louis MO; Rose Morrison, Saint Louis MO 184.50 4 Andy O’Grady, Miami FL; Robert Rosen, Delray Beach FL 168.50 4 Dorothy Corbett, Greenville NC; Janie Judy, Lexington KY 181.50 5 Steve Bach - Rosemary Bach, Mt Vernon IN 163.00 5 Fred MacNair, Albuqurque NM; Dorothy Larson, Gilbert AZ 170.00 6 Bram Schwartz, Sydney NS; John Currie, Halifax NS 161.50 6 Robert Lix - Sally Lix, Brownsville CA 167.50 1 1 Kay Swanson, Freeport IL; Erma Thompson, Warren IL 163.00 2 Theresa Feng, Creve Coeur MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis MO 152.00 3 Loren Bannister, St Louis MO; Gwyneth Abts, Geneva IL 151.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Keith Wilhour, Beecher City IL; Bess Bailey, Pana IL 207.50 1 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 182.00 2 William Alexander, Ramsey NJ; Arnold Bergen, Oakland NJ 189.00 2 Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD; Carolyn Cooper, Ft Washington MD 179.00 3 Thomas Lum, Honolulu HI; John Wong, Rowland Hgts CA 182.00 3 Virginia Krueger, Bushnell IL; Charles Woodruff, Burlington IA 171.00 4 Clara Reed - Eva Lyngar, Shell Knob MO 163.00 4 Mary Adrignola - Roberta Brundage, St Louis MO 170.00 5 1 Linda Dayan, Deal NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ 160.50 5 1 Louise Mandel, Saint Louis MO; Nancy Weil, Lake Forest IL 167.50 6 2 Berta Meyerson Molsky, Petoskey MI; Marvin Molasky, W Bloomfield MI 154.50 6 Daniel Till, Lincoln NE; Patrick Moran, Dayton OH 161.50 1/2 Shirley Johnson - Marlin Johnson, Ft Myers FL 152.50 2 1 Shirley Hillmer, Chicago IL; Joseph Marks, New York Cty NY 155.50 1/2 Paul Klaverkamp, Lake Shore MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 152.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 F M “Wen” Wenger - Barbara O’Neal, Houston TX 206.50 1 Kathy Schenk - Marvin Schenk, Phoenix AZ 194.50 2 Lowell Andrews, Huntingtn Beach CA; Mike Shuman, Pasadena CA 193.00 2 Peg Cundiff - Richard Cundiff, Las Vegas NV 185.00 3 Norma Goll - Richard Goll, Tekamah NE 179.00 3 Jeanne Stenger, Bethesda MD; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL 182.00 4 Lilly Lachter, Culver City CA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 174.50 4 1 Carol Ehinger, West Seneca NY; Eleanor Barrett, Williamsville NY 179.00 5 1 E.Jacqueline Ball, New York NY; Ruth Salisbury, Fullerton CA 169.50 5 Donald Kerry, Winchester MO; William Laven, Greenbrae CA 178.00 6 Ferne Weatherill, Minneapolis MN; H Cruse, Scottsdale AZ 160.50 6 George Ferre, Hamlet NC; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 177.50 2 1 Miriam Hoffman - David Hoffman, Indianapolis IN 157.00 2 Ada Ruth O’Hearn - Phyllis Higgs, Bakersfield CA 157.50 3 Richard Howell - Phyllis Howell, Midland MI 153.00 1 Betty Bender, Spokane WA; Ruth Bender, Little Rock AR 141.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Maizie Ho - Richard Au, Honolulu HI 182.50 1 Bobbie Carrick - Wayne Carrick, Long Grove IL 190.00 2 1 1 H Brunner, Marked Tree AR; Anne McNabb, Jonesboro AR 180.00 2 Carole Quist, Florissant MO; Louise Ellebracht, St Ann MO 180.00 3 June Singer, St Louis MO; Ted Singer, Creve Coeur MO 173.50 3 Howard Hertzberg, Alpine NJ; William Esberg, Elberon NJ 179.00 4 Lloyd Loux, Bay Village OH; Frank Aquila, Akron OH 173.00 4 John Derdall - Jan Derdall, Western Springs IL 175.50 5 Joseph Olcott - Imogene Olcott, Glenview IL 169.00 5 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Charles Stenger, Bethesda MD 172.50 6 Steve Lawrence, Athens TX; Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA 164.00 6 Peggy Brooks, Kirkwood MO; Alice Kerckhoff, St Louis MO 163.00 2 David Humphrys - Gayle Humphrys, Fitzroy Harbour ON 161.00 1 Tracy Carter - B King, Kokomo IN 161.50 3 Joe Roth - Bess Roth, Indianapolis IN 148.50 2 1 Norvell Pugh, Hot Sprgs Vill AR; Jeanette Pugh, Hot Springs AR 160.00

FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 L Brown, Springfield IL; Roger Edwards, St Louis MO 208.50 1 1 Mary Gray - William Sullivan, Henderson KY 195.00 2 Song Wang - Danniel S. Ku, Chesterfield MO 183.50 2 2 Henry Raymond, Red Bank TN; Rick Magro, Harrison TN 194.50 3 Allan Cokin, Palm Beach FL; Jim Sternberg, Jupiter FL 179.50 3 3 Samuel Kutin - David Hemmer, Chicago IL 183.00 4 2 Jo Ann Arenson - Jeffrey Arenson, St Paul MN 171.50 4/5 4 David Mitzit, New Lenox IL; Karen Lazarus, Flossmoor IL 179.00 5 Don Define, St Louis MO; Robert Louis Smith, Florissant MO 167.00 4/5 Jim Relihan, Cpe Canaveral FL; Wayne Christensen, Jr, Houston TX 179.00 6/7 Ken Gee - Betty Lou Heeg, Regina SK 164.00 6 Linda Lubeck, Troy IL; Norma Frick, St Louis MO 168.00 6/7 3 Jack Mayer, Mission KS; Bert Jacob, Kansas City MO 164.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Kendall Keely, Palm Beach FL; Mary Walker, Springfield MO 183.00 1 Zenon Rowicki, Lambertville MI; Walter Dedio, Morden MB 181.50 2 1 Mary Hawk, Lima OH; Marie Mittel, Louisville KY 179.50 2 Andrew Cosby - Sheila Cosby, Springfield MO 172.50 3 Carl Wolinsky, Marietta GA; Robert Epstein, Atlanta GA 176.00 3 Stephen Zenk, Maryland Hghts. MO; Andrea Rothbart, Kirkwood MO 171.00 4 2 Joan Cherry - Gwyn Morgan, Toronto ON 164.00 4 1 Tracy Sloan, Tulsa OK; Parames Laosinchai, Ballwin MO 168.50 5 Helen Walz, Madison IN; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ 162.00 5 Susan Goodman - Peggy Barrett, Cincinnati OH 168.00 6 Roger Smith, Sacramento CA; Virgil Anderson Jr, Springfield MO 158.50 6 2 Daniel Neill - Todd Anderson, Lexington KY 160.00 3 Steven Goodman, Kansas City MO; Lawrence Mayer, Overland Park KS 152.00 3 Paul Hudson, Ballwin MO; Beverly Miller, Maryland Hts MO 158.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Marguerite Baker, Naperville IL; Mary Lindmark, Lyons IL 188.50 1 Curtis Hastings, Chesterfield MO; Denny O’Connor, St Louis MO 187.00 2 Richard Kiepfer, Boerne TX; Claude Chimene, San Antonio TX 180.50 2 1 Jean Friedrich, Des Moines IA; Carl Frank Farley, Madison WI 182.00 3/4 Bob Bratcher, Vista CA; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 164.00 3 2 Malcolm Barker, Chalfont St Gile UK; Monelle Richmond, Woodstock NY 173.50 3/4 Adacie Allen, Brookline MA; Paul White, Edmond OK 164.00 4 Amelia Fraser - Marcia Greenstein, Miami FL 164.50 5 Tom Fung, San Diego CA; Ruth Fraley Ussery, National City CA 161.00 5 W Haskitt, Malvern PA; Harold Haskitt Jr., St Petersburg FL 160.50 2 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Richard Valpey, Frankfort IL 155.50 3 Joanne Rierson, Birmingham AL; Janette Card, Brimingham AL 159.50

FRIDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Shirley Seals, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Walrath, Fort Worth TX 195.50 1 Ann Hoylman, Pittsford NY; William Finkelstein, Amherst NY 185.50 2 Peggy Sutherland - Kelley Butler, Lexington KY 182.50 2/3 Joel Krug, Bloomfield CT; Virginia Krug, West Simsbury CT 177.50 3 Steven Pawliger, Hollywood FL; Gary Tomczyk, Parksville BC 176.50 2/3 1 Jackie Price - Gordon Walker, Chicago IL 177.50 4 1 Steve Clark, Chicago IL; Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 171.00 4 2 J Humphrey, Lake St Louis MO; Louise Edgell, St Augustine FL 177.00 5 Judith Zimmerman - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 168.50 5 3 Janice Schroeder, Hendersonvill NC; Paul Streigle, Clearwater FL 170.00 6 2 Theresa Howard - Christine Hebscher, Don Mills ON 161.00 6 4 Marie Sander Bolego, St Louis MO; John Bolego, Saint Louis MO 169.50 3 John Majors, New York NY; Harvey Bernstein, Cleveland OH 155.50 1 Ruth Nehmad - Sara Hidary, Brooklyn NY 155.50 1 Betty Wills - Sally Jordan, Tulsa OK 130.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lilian Scott, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Auburndale NY 200.25 1 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; John Bridgewater II, Columbus IN 209.04 2 Ed Judy, Chicago IL; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 183.00 2 Richard Ellis Jr - James Davis, Kokomo IN 176.50 3 1 Jerry Conkling, Midway AR; Irene Burbick, Mountain Home AR 178.71 3 Jo Johnson, New York NY; Jillian Blanchard, Riverdale NY 175.00 4 Richard Taube - Louis Dardi, Marietta GA 169.75 4 1 Cheryl Haines, Redwood City CA; Peter Baum, San Francisco CA 170.00 5 2 1 Martin Kurlander - Amy Stabenow, Saint Louis MO 168.21 5 2 1 Townsend Brown, II, Sagaponack NY; Philip Tilearcio, New York City NY 168.29 Daily Bulletin Page 13

6 Jo Carnahan - Martha Reichenbach, Columbus OH 167.88 6 L Troyer - B Troyer, Joliet IL 166.54 3 Emily Jane Gaer - Connie Cone, Van Buren AR 162.50 3 Fay Rakita, St Louis MO; Sammy House, Ballwin MO 163.25 4 D Balsmeyer, Middletown OH; Stuart Petersen, Kettering OH 160.75 4 Roman Shapiro, Fair Lawn NJ; Diana Tenery, Fairfax VA 158.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ann Marino, Papillion NE; Carol Sibbernsen, Omaha NE 195.50 1 Bob Lafleur, Las Vegas NV; Allen McRae, Portland ME 186.00 2 Jeffrey Carter, Lombard IL; Marcia Aspinall, Naperville IL 188.00 2 David Kamm - Dennis Blodgett, Grand Rapids MI 179.00 3 Irene Hyatt, Arvada CO; Glenna Shannahan, Madison WI 179.50 3 1 Allyson Wolfe, Brentwood MO; Melba Kotoucek, Chesterfield MO 177.00 4 1 Vickie Lanes - Tina Hinds, Columbia MO 169.00 4 2 Minna Lou Mercer - Leslie Hoberman, Omaha NE 175.00 5 Carole Dawkins, Austin TX; Michael Daignault, Webster Groves MO 168.00 5 Corinne Kirkham, San Bernardino CA; Roy Green, Memphis TN 172.50 6 2 David Findley, Broadview IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 166.00 6 3 Audrey Robb - Ted Newman, New York NY 172.00 3 Michael Kuhnle, Indianapolis IN; Melvin Ward, Carmel IN 156.50 1 Barbara Berrigan, Glastonbury CT; Vivian Leshin, West Hartford CT 138.00 1 Fred Rendfeld - Margery Rendfeld, Decatur IL 137.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 193.50 1 Vera Petty, Warwick; Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 206.00 2 Terrence Lijewski, Saint Paul MN; John Lijewski, Sartell MN 185.50 2 1 John Harris, Port Huron MI; Lawrence Diamond, Barbican London England 193.50 3 Sam Graham, Oakland CA; Diane Audeon, Venice CA 171.50 3 Neil Scott, New York NY; J Markland Molson, Cote St Luc PQ 183.00 4 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Darlene Shirey, Ft Worth TX 167.00 4 2 Sue Mooberry - David Will, Lincoln NE 169.50 5 1 Dale Harshman, Dixon IL; Natalie Weintraub, Brigantine NJ 166.50 5 Sully Randolph, Atlanta GA; Beatrice Kemp, Tucker GA 168.50 6 Julia Rambo, Mayfield KY; Joann Knox, Metropolis IL 159.00 6 3 Carole Ray - Louis Ray, Libertyville IL 155.00 2 Frank Bresnahan, Titusville FL; Miriam Knight, Fredericksbrg VA 157.50 1 Maureen Murphy, Saint Louis MO; Dianne Kimbro, Arnold MO 142.00 3 Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC; Thomas McDow V, New York NY 153.00 1 Anne Schock - Karen Land, Keokuk IA 148.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Nan Presser, Columbia MO; Frank Ryck, Jefferson Cty MO 183.00 1 Beverly Perry, New York City NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 199.50 2/3 Dennis Sorensen, Gresham OR; Heather Cutting, Boulder Creek CA 182.00 2 Jean Cole, Richards TX; Ron Woodsum, Houston TX 193.50 2/3 2 Lloyd Davis - Helen Davis, Stratford ON 182.00 3 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Rockford AL 186.50 4 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Mamula, Kirkland WA 174.50 4 1 Alan Resser, Chicago IL; William Charowhas, Wheaton IL 156.50 5 , Toronto ON; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA 170.50 5 2 1 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Lois Killinger, Eagle River WI 154.00 6 Jeanette Helland, Chesterfield MO; Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO 169.50 6 3 Ronnie Frank, St Louis MO; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA 153.50 3 Margaret Brennan, Des Moines IA; Brenda Mason Carter, San Diego CA 167.50 4 Suzi Shymanski - Doug Moore, Ballwin MO 155.50 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Clearwater FL 133.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Dan McCaw, Thornhill ON; Heather Elmslie, Don Mills ON 177.50 1 1 1 Ronald Trimmer, Granite City IL; John Newman, St Louis MO 187.00 2/3 1/2 Helen Teitel, Franklin TN; Patricia Hill, Nashville TN 174.50 2 2 Noriko Kobe, Fort Lee NJ; Michiko Kondo, New York NY 179.50 2/3 1/2 Greg Reich - Michael Kallman, New York NY 174.50 3/4 Anita Gumuchdjian - Claire Tornay, New York NY 176.50 4 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 171.50 3/4 Gloria Spitzer - Joan Soffer, St Louis MO 176.50 5 James Douglas - Doreen Douglas, Oakland CA 168.50 5 Judy Overland, Weston ON; Martha Easter, Longwood FL 170.50 6 Ralph Behrens, Kirkwood MO; Jerry Jewell, Grover MO 168.00 6 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Terry Parker, Beavercreek OH 159.00 3 Betty Duer, Atlanta GA; Bob Fuoto, Norcross GA 167.50 3 R Cramer - Nell Jane Cramer, Davenport IA 157.00 1 Andrew Carlson - Carol Carlson, St Louis MO 127.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Oscar Klayman, Creve Coevr MO; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 188.00 1 1 Donald Hauser - Regina Hauser, Florissant MO 198.34 2 1 Donald Weber, St Louis MO; David Eckhardt, Chesterfield MO 182.67 2 Sharon Pobloske - Robert Jackson, Bensenville IL 192.67 3 Susan Patricelli, Bloomfield CT; Jerry Pietscher, Albuquerque NM 168.37 3 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Sylvia Summers, Pasadena CA 180.33 4 2 Frank Besag - Gary Williams, Milwaukee WI 168.17 4 James Carbaugh, Willmar MN; George Nett, Macomb IL 172.25 5 Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 167.34 5 2 1 Jean London - Rochelle Goldenberg, Chicago IL 167.83 6 Bud Schubiner, Franklin MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntngtn Woods MI 164.92 6 Paul Ellebracht, St Ann MO; Donald Van Buskirk, Whiteside MO 161.50 3 Carol Johnston - Roger Pewick, Houston TX 151.17 3 Lois Herald, Nineveh IN; Cheryl Koontz, Columbus IN 148.83 1 Thelma Trudgen, Indianapolis IN; Judy Shuel, Carmel IN 131.25

NON LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA, BB EAST-WEST 1 Gregory Berry, Buffalo Grove IL; Jay Segal, New Rochelle NY 296.00 1 Steven Greenstein - John Freed, New York NY 294.50 2 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Phil Simonds, Williamston MI 287.00 2 Eddie Moriguchi - Alice Moriguchi, San Fran CA 286.00 3 Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Boston MA 272.50 3 Kikuko Yamasaki, Mamaroneck NY; Setsuko Ono, Riverside CT 263.50 4 Hall Whitaker - Pu Yu, Rolla MO 262.50 4 Daniel Small, New York NY; Joshua Small, Atlanta GA 258.50 5 Mark Laughlin - Jerry Laughlin, Omaha NE 259.00 5 Russell Beale - Reed Yeater, Peoria IL 255.00 6 Barbara Youngworth - Donna Cutitta, Overland Park KS 255.00 6 George Marvin, St Louis MO; Luis Remis, Saint Charles MO 247.50 7 George Klemic, Hillside IL; Lev Pinsky, Columbus OH 240.00 7 Charles Brown, Denton TX; John McCleskey, Seminole TX 243.00 8 John Fosnaught - Fairlie Brown, Indianapolis IN 237.50 8 Janet Shaheen - Peg Clifford, Canton OH 241.00 9 Donald Bladow, Anchorage AK; Ed Bladow, Wales WI 237.00 9 Alan Tuvin, Folsom CA; David Lesieur, Manchester CT 240.50

199ER TROPHY PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST 1 Beth Percich - Michael Pierce, St Louis MO 98.50 1 Lucille Wong - Daniel Wong, Honolulu HI 105.00 2 Pat Warren, Westchester IL; Helen Mehler, Hinsdale IL 93.50 2 Belen Suarez - Helga Tillinghast, Cincinnati OH 92.50 3 Todd Keithley, New York NY; Ron Birnbaum, San Francisco CA 89.50 3 Valeria Hollycross - Inge Barttelbort, Belleville IL 89.00 4 Mark Gilje - Sasanka Ramanadham, St Louis MO 89.00 4 Lora Svaniga, Joliet IL; Elizabeth Peeke, Plainfield IL 87.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST 1 Dan Cavanaugh, Akron OH; Eugene Cavanaugh, Austin TX 106.50 1 Pat Bradley, St Louis MO; Betty Anderson, Chesterfield MO 100.00 2 Joan Musgrave, Oblong IL; Carol Welch, Robinson IL 95.50 2 Larry Shell - Dale Wicks, Muscatine IA 97.00 3 Laura Hoskins, Indianapolis IN; Terrell Bishop, Enon OH 93.00 3 Shirley Wottman - Susan Lewis, Chicago IL 96.00 4 Elin Schultz, Brookline MA; Carmela Eyal, Waltham MA 86.00 4 Warren Brodine - Greg Barnes, Jefferson City MO 87.50

FRIDAY EVENING NEWCOMER 0-5 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 1 John Abernathy - Stan Davis, St. Louis MO 121.95 1 Lillian Chinn, Honolulu HI; David Schroeter, Alvaton KY 112.78 2 Tom Kren - Lee Kren, St Louis MO 116.38 2 Virginia Frederick, Manchester MO; Jean Obenhouse, Ballwin MO 109.60 3 Emily Mayer - Jason Mayer, St Louis MO 106.61 3 Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL; Dennis E. Martin, Omaha NE 109.44 4 Cookie Apichairuk, Champaign IL; Sally Harkleroad, Urban IL 104.11 4 Diana Strietelmeier - Gerogia Long, Columbus IN 107.72 5 Linda Fisher, Tolono IL; Marilee Martin, Urbana IL 95.05 5 Lilli Miceli - Marnie Reardon, St Louis MO 100.61 6 Elaine Martin - Karen Verdirame, Omaha NE 93.67 6 Ken Ludlam - Bobbie Ludham, Springfield MO 97.62

FRIDAY EVENING 50/20 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 James Kistner, Edwardsville IL; Throck Osborn, Manchester MO 105.50 1 Ben Fu, Maryland Hgt MO; Percy Wu, Town & Country MO 106.00 2 William Ervin, Indianpolis IN; Mark Greenwell, Newport IN 94.50 2 Fran Bernstein, Leawood KS; Gail Himmelstein, Prairie Village KS 100.50 3 Jane -Anne Gawlas - Roy Berkon, Nashville TN 93.50 3 1 Jason Von Rohr - Scott Von Rohr, St Louis MO 89.00 4 2 Jeanne Weidenbenner - Robert Weidenbenner, Ballwin MO 92.50 4/5 Allen Shopmaker - Helen Shopmaker, St Louis MO 88.00 4/5 Dottie Eisele, Springfield IL; Leah Newell, Ashland IL 88.00

FRIDAY EVENING 200/100 PAIRS

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Edward Gale - Ann Gale, Richmond Hill ON 109.00 1 1 Xiaolin Ma, St Louis MO; William Tai, Ballwin MO 105.50 2/3 1/2 Mary Lunsford - Tana Holt, Clinton IN 89.50 2 Joann Inskeep - Sherry McArdle, Columbus OH 101.50 2/3 1/2 Robert McDill, Sappington MO; Harry Trickey, Jefferson City MO 89.50 3/4 Ed Sobolak - Diane Sobolak, Austin TX 94.50 4 Donald Chase, St Charles MO; Richard Maxedon, St Louis MO 88.50 3/4 2 Timothy Luker, Green Bay WI; Joseph Dicken, Louisville KY 94.50 3 Joyce Gautier - Norman Gautier, The Woodlands TX 86.00 3 Jane Ann Evans - Alan Evans, Springfield IL 92.50

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FRIDAY MORNING RENO CONTINOUS PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama JA; Kotoni Asakoshi, Tokoyo JA 114.00 1 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Francisco CA 106.50 2 2 Gregory Berry, Buffalo Grove IL; Jay Segal, New Rochelle NY 100.50 2/3 William Kulbersh, Tucker GA; Sully Randolph, Atlanta GA 99.50 3 George Alderton III, Hazel Park MI; John Harris, Port Huron MI 94.50 2/3 Mary Vickers, Northboro MA; Raymond Raskin, Gulph Mills PA 99.50 4 Marcia Greenstein - Amelia Fraser, Miami FL 93.00 4 1 Molly Murphy - William Murphy, Dana Point CA 90.00 5 Steven Millman, Chandler AZ; Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ 90.50 5 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Marjorie Michelin, Venice CA 89.00 3 Elizabeth Johnson, Indianapolis IN; Rhea Harcourt, Sebring FL 87.50 2 Andrew Savitz, Cambridge MA; Andrew Eames, Ashland MA 80.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GG EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Rochelle Popkin - Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO 102.00 1 Connie Pugh, Columbia MO; Dick Benson, Leroy IL 107.00 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Kathy Ford, St Louis MO 99.50 2 1 Villa Bean, West Paducah KY; Joyce Guhy, Paducah KY 99.22 3 1 Dolly Davis, Sparks NV; Marjukka Pesonen, Helsinki FI 93.78 3 2 Vincent Lopiccolo, Ballwin MO; John Schapflin, Florissant MO 99.00 4 Janet McCormack - John McCormack, Dallas TX 91.35 4 Pete Robey, Buena Vista VA; John Blubaugh, Indianapolis IN 91.65 2 Garel Fulks, Marion IL; Barbara Day, Paducah KY 86.36

FRIDAY-SUNDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Frederick Hamilton - Rose Boot, Fresno CA 200.16 1 Ronald Schacht, Bayside NY; Don Riethmiller, Lancaster CA 182.07 2 Evan Kostick, Rock Rapids IA; Sharon Howard, Anderson IN 178.79 2 Andrea Hayman - Alan Hayman, New York NY 175.22 3 1 David Mitzit, New Lenox IL; Karen Lazarus, Flossmoor IL 174.29 3 Silvana Bellini, Tierra Verde FL; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 173.72 4 2 Bill Michael, Colorado Sprngs CO; Suzanne Franklin, Shelbyville KY 170.45 4 1 Peggy Gaskill, St Louis MO; James Crump, Saint Louis MO 173.54 3 Julian Sincoff - Janet Sincoff, Boca Raton FL 160.22 2 Malcolm Barker, Giles UK; Monelle Richmond, Woodstock NY 170.70 3 Nelda Avent, Tyler TX; Ben Akkerboom, Apeldoorn NT 165.75 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Zenon Rowicki, Lambertville MI; Walter Dedio, Morden MB 209.77 1 Phelps Lambert, Henderson KY; John Groben, Evansville IN 218.04 2 1 Simme Frank - Jerome Frank, Milwaukee WI 194.71 2 Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 189.52 3 Ken Gee - Betty Lou Heeg, Regina SK 193.97 3 1 Jerry Smallwood, Kitty Hawk NC; Jane Smallwood, Southern Shores NC 176.54 4 2 Robbi Graf - Elizabeth Davis, St Thomas VI 193.11 4 2 Patricia Blunt, Wichita KS; Ardith Alexander, Hutchinson KS 175.89 5 Bettie Gershman, St Louis MO; Larry Kolker, Saint Louis MO 177.58 5 Richard Kiepfer, Boerne TX; Betty Bronstein, Williamsville NY 174.24 6 3 Marguerite Baker, Naperville IL; Mary Lindmark, Lyons IL 169.66 6 William Haskitt, Malvern PA; Harold Haskitt Jr., St Petersburg FL 173.56 3 Nancy Irwin - Krystyn Maxwell, Naperville IL 166.67 FRIDAY AFTERNOON 100/200 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST D E D E 1 1 Susan Wolff - Karen Stern, St Louis MO 75.00 1 Ed Sobolak - Diane Sobolak, Austin TX 69.50 2 2 Tim Luker, Green Bay WI; Joe Dicken, Louisville KY 68.00 2 1 Jane Ann Evans - Alan Evans, Springfield IL 68.00 3 Jean Grimes, N Little Rock AR; Evelyn Fagin, St Louis MO 60.00 3 2 Jane Shapleigh - Georgia Van Cleve, St Louis MO 66.00 3/4 Sheila Feldman - Colleen Wakus, St Louis MO 58.50 3/4 Shirley Bloch - Dot Bergstrom, Peoria IL 58.50

FRIDAY MORNING STRAT 199ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donald Tooloose - Ruth Tooloose, Terre Haute IN 104.07 1 1 1 Fran Bernstein, Leawood KS; Gail Himmelstein, Prairie Village KS 97.29 2 1 Robert McDill, Sappington MO; Michael Thiel, Chesterfield MO 99.29 2 Patrick Shaw, Olean NY; Lois Scott, Carmel IN 91.93 3 2 Diane Norris - Georgia Pope, Atlanta GA 94.71 3 2 Michael Waters, Dunlap IL; Peter Gieser, Gainesville FL 91.50 4 3 Ginny O’Toole, Carmel IN; Helen Dickinson, Indianapolis IN 86.00 4 3 2 A. Dewey Richards - Loretta Richards, Bridgton ME 87.00 1 Gary Martin, Spring Hill FL; Dennis Martin, Omaha NE 84.00 2 D Marrion Mc Caskey - Colleen Sanders, Centralia IL 82.93 FRIDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Janice Schroeder, Hendersonvill NC; Paul Streigle, Clearwater FL 198.50 1 B Sandifer, Sugarland TX; Joan Morse, Houston TX 206.50 2 2 1 Ruth Nehmad - Sara Hidary, Brooklyn NY 177.00 2 Ann Hoylman, Pittsford NY; William Finkelstein, Amherst NY 179.00 3 Lilian Scott, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Auburndale NY 172.50 3 1 Donald Sondergeld, Hubbardton VT; Ruben Egeberg, Rock Island IL 177.00 4 Jim Zimmerman, Shaker Heights OH; Michael Cassel II, Minneapolis MN 168.50 4 2 Emily Jane Gaer - Connie Cone, Van Buren AR 175.50 5 3 Scott Davis - Cheryl Davis, St Louis MO 168.00 5 Joel Krug, Bloomfield CT; Virginia Krug, West Simsbury CT 174.00 6 4 Jackie Price - Gordon Walker, Chicago IL 167.50 6 Richard Taube - Louis Dardi, Marietta GA 169.00 3 1 Edith Phillips - Jack Hoskins, Indianapolis IN 156.00 4 D Balsmeyer, Middletown OH; Stuart Petersen, Kettering OH 150.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jo Johnson, New York NY; Jillian Blanchard, Riverdale NY 195.00 1 Steven Pawliger, Hollywood FL; Gary Tomczyk, Parksville BC 200.00 2 1 Fay Rakita, St Louis MO; Sammy House, Ballwin MO 182.50 2 1 John Majors, New York NY; Harvey Bernstein, Cleveland OH 192.00 3 Bobbie Johnston, Westmont IL; Catherine Cihlar, Berwyn IL 178.50 3 Judith Zimmerman - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 190.50 4 Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap IL; Joyce McEldowney, Peoria IL 177.00 4 Kathryn Lindsay - Kenneth Lindsay, Laie HI 174.50 5 Sharon Easley - Darlene Ray, Ft Smith AR 169.00 5 Richard Ellis Jr - James Davis, Kokomo IN 165.50 6 2 Paul Haas, Knoxville TN; William Grant Jr, St Louis MO 165.50 6 2 Vern Schmidt - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 163.00 3 Phyllis Cohen, Durham NC; Arthur Ehrler, Cleveland OH 164.50 3 Marge Jones - Eunice Cohodas, Wausau WI 152.00 4 Charles Freeman, St Louis MO; Richard Ford, St. Louis MO 164.00 1 Lester Kargel, St Charles MO; Molly Cusano, Columbus IN 125.00 1 Townsend Brown, II, Sagaponack NY; Philip Tilearcio, New York City NY 148.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Warren Foss, Pierre SD; Jackie Boisseau, Etobicoke ON 199.50 1 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Mamula, Kirkland WA 187.00 2 Bob Lafleur, Las Vegas NV; Allen McRae, Portland ME 180.00 2 1 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Clearwater FL 186.00 3 1 Melvyn Regal, Peoria IL; S Chitgopekar, Bloomington IL 179.50 3 Donna Pedrotti, Maryland Hgts MO; Frances Christman, Ballwin MO 185.00 4 Jean Bowers - Newton Bowers, Clive IA 177.00 4 2 Charles Wright Jr, Winnetka IL; Virgie Andre, Fort Dodge IA 183.50 5 Corinne Kirkham, San Bernardino CA; Roy Green, Memphis TN 169.00 5/6 3/4 Margaret Bell Galbreath, Columbus OH; N Novotny, Westerville OH 159.00 6 2 Elizabeth Chambless, Shawnee Msn KS; Ralph Edward Russo, Raytown MO 163.50 5/6 3/4 Margaret Brennan, Des Moines IA; Brenda Mason Carter, San Diego CA 159.00 3 1 Barbara Berrigan, Glastonbury CT; Vivian Leshin, West Hartford CT 157.00 4/5 Audrey Robb - Ted Newman, New York NY 146.50 4/5 Carlisle Garthe - Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 146.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Charleen Guinther, De Pere WI; Joan Gerow, Kaukauna WI 182.00 1/2 1 1 Fred Rendfeld - Margery Rendfeld, Decatur IL 178.00 2 Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Ulker Mutlu, Springfield OH 178.50 1/2 Richard Riezman - Roger Lord, St Louis MO 178.00 3 Irene Hyatt, Arvada CO; Glenna Shannahan, Madison WI 172.50 3 Jeffrey Carter, Lombard IL; Marcia Aspinall, Naperville IL 173.50 4 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Rockford AL 171.50 4 2 David Findley, Broadview IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 169.00 5 Ross Robbins, Laguna Vista TX; Terry Currie, Houston TX 166.00 5 Ann Marino, Papillion NE; Carol Sibbernsen, Omaha NE 168.50 6 Beverly Perry, New York City NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 164.50 6 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; John Bridgewater II, Columbus IN 168.00 2 Sondra Rothstein, Ft Walton Bch FL; William Hoge, Olathe KS 162.50 3 Michael Kuhnle, Indianapolis IN; Melvin Ward, Carmel IN 160.50 3 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; Randall Ekman, Dallas TX 150.00 1 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Lois Killinger, Eagle River WI 144.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sully Randolph, Atlanta GA; Beatrice Kemp, Tucker GA 189.83 1 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 206.96 2 James Douglas - Doreen Douglas, Oakland CA 186.33 2 1 Greg Reich - Michael Kallman, New York NY 182.71 3 Noe Mallari, San Diego CA; Robert Rinehart, Northumberlnd PA 176.20 3 Dan McCaw, Thornhill ON; Heather Elmslie, Don Mills ON 174.46 4 Neil Scott, New York NY; J Markland Molson, Cote St Luc PQ 173.33 4 2 John Fitzgerald, St Louis MO; Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL 165.71 5 1 Sue Mooberry - David Will, Lincoln NE 168.54 5 Ralph Behrens, Kirkwood MO; Jerry Jewell, Grover MO 158.88 6 2 John Harris, Port Huron MI; Lawrence Diamond, Barbican London E 164.29 6 3 Betty Duer, Atlanta GA; Bob Fuoto, Norcross GA 157.50 3 Bobbie Straker, Pekin IL; Paul Predhomme, Detroit MI 159.63 1 Andrew Carlson - Carol Carlson, St Louis MO 132.04 1 James Huffman, Dayton OH; Barbara Peltier, Middletown OH 150.54 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Anita Gumuchdjian - Claire Tornay, New York NY 176.50 1 Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 206.50 2 1 Noriko Kobe, Fort Lee NJ; Michiko Kondo, New York NY 175.50 2 , Los Angeles CA; Robert Levin, Orlando FL 181.50 3 Donald Blum, Atlanta GA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 171.50 3 1 Carol Johnston - Roger Pewick, Houston TX 180.00 4 Judy Overland, Weston ON; Martha Easter, Longwood FL 170.00 4 Marvin King, Creve Coeur MO; Barbara Levinson, Cincinnati OH 179.50 5 2 1 R Cramer - Nell Jane Cramer, Davenport IA 165.50 5 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; W Wayne Sands, Coralville IA 163.00 6/7 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Terry Parker, Beavercreek OH 154.50 6 2 Donald Weber, St Louis MO; David Eckhardt, Chesterfield MO 158.00 6/7 Oscar Klayman, Creve Coevr MO; Mary Orock, Fort Worth TX 154.50 3 Wilson Augustine - Penny Augustine, Toronto ON 148.50 3 Rosemary Bruggen - Willard Bruggen, Brownsburg IN 150.50 1 Rosalie Corbett, Avon CO; Sue George, St Louis MO 146.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jennifer Carrier, Olathe KS; Carol Calkins, Overland Park KS 210.50 1 Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 189.00 2 James Carbaugh, Willmar MN; George Nett, Macomb IL 198.50 2/3 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Sylvia Summers, Pasadena CA 183.50 3 Sharon Pobloske - Robert Jackson, Bensenville IL 195.00 2/3 1 Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC; Thomas McDow V, New York NY 183.50 4 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Darlene Shirey, Ft Worth TX 172.00 4 2 Janis Masters, Shawnee Msn KS; Mary Sharp, Shawnee KS 171.00 5 Paul Ellebracht, St Ann MO; Donald Van Buskirk, Whiteside MO 169.50 5 Gail Hawkins - Loughery Hawkins, St. Charles MO 163.00 6 2 Lois Herald, Nineveh IN; Cheryl Koontz, Columbus IN 166.00 6 Terrence Lijewski, Saint Paul MN; John Lijewski, Sartell MN 162.00 3 Donald Hauser - Regina Hauser, Florissant MO 152.50 3 Julie Behrens, Kirkwood MO; Karla Hahn, Chesterfield MO 161.50 1 Jean London - Rochelle Goldenberg, Chicago IL 128.00 1 Celia Meyer - Lana Lu Hull, Manchester MO 144.50 Daily Bulletin Page 15

FRIDAY 199ER TROPHY PAIRS 1ST SESSION NOVEMBER 21, 1997 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST 1 Lucille Wong - Daniel Wong, Honolulu HI 118.00 1 Valeria Hollycross - Inge Barttelbort, Belleville IL 97.50 2 Constantine Liebholz, Parlin NJ; Kenneth Sagstetter, Dayton OH 92.50 2 Don Brechnaman, Lawrence KS; Kenn Pike, Columbia MO 91.50 3 John Swift - John Yuratovich, Lees Summit MO 88.50 3 Beth Percich - Michael Pierce, St Louis MO 89.50 4 Dawn Charles, Nashville TN; Gail Giffen, Lafayette CA 86.00 4 Belen Suarez - Helga Tillinghast, Cincinnati OH 88.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST 1 Shirley Wottman - Susan Lewis, Chicago IL 103.50 1 Pat Bradley, St Louis MO; Betty Anderson, Chesterfield MO 101.00 2 Beth Armstrong, Kalamazoo MI; Jessica Mendelson, Troy MI 96.00 2 Mark Gilje - Sasanka Ramanadham, St Louis MO 93.00 3 Todd Keithley, New York NY; Ron Birnbaum, San Francisco CA 90.50 3 Pat Warren, Westchester IL; Helen Mehler, Hinsdale IL 91.00 4 Pat Calliham - Joan Prather, Lake Quivira KS 90.00 4 Michael Waters, Dunlap IL; Peter Gieser, Gainesville FL 90.00

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 1 Wanda Brown, St. Louis MO; Karen Faszold, Ballwin MO 72.53 1 Ginny De Clue - Jean Lowhorn, St. Louis MO 87.75 2 Linda Fisher, Tolono IL; Marilee Martin, Urbana IL 71.67 2 Fran Kallial, Chesterfield MO; Jackie Jackson, Ballwin MO 84.42 3 Mary Totten - Marti Vincent, St. Louis MO 68.25 3 Kathy Foresman, Kirkwood MO; Linda Myers, Manchester MO 79.75 4 Walter Chang - Nellie Chang, Honolulu HI 66.58 4 Joyce Berger - Allen Berger, Webster Grove MO 65.50

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST 1 Sue Gallop, St Louis MO; Barbara Boxer, St. Louis MO 77.67 1 Mary Wolfarth - Karen Condie, St Louis MO 74.00 2 John Abernathy - Stan Davis, St. Louis MO 71.92 2 E. Joann Stevenson, Manchester MO; Mary Bushawn, Chesterfield MO 73.08 3 Margie Jaffe - Judy Putzel, St Louis MO 70.67 3 Karen Verdirame - Elaine Martin, Omaha NE 71.25

FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20-50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST A B A B 1 D Marrion Mc Caskey - Colleen Sanders, Centralia IL 108.41 1 1 Frank Trumpeter, Ballwin MO; Daryl Olson, Huntsville AL 108.78 2 Donald Chase, St Charles MO; Harry Trickey, Jefferson City MO 100.95 2 Julie Pringle - Rosa La Fortune, Tulsa OK 97.61 3 1 James Kistner, Edwardsville IL; Throck Osborn, Manchester MO 91.65 3 Allen Shopmaker - Helen Shopmaker, St Louis MO 91.92 4 M Fierman - Helene Fierman, Encino CA 86.15 4 Don Stein - Beverly Stein, Memphis TN 85.13

LIFE MASTER PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E, G, H, W, X EAST-WEST 1 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 1105.85 1 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Richard Schwartz, E Elmhurst NY 1028.65 2 Robert Crafton, Huntington Wood MI; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 1052.89 2 Douglas Heron, Ottawa ON; Haig Tchamitch, Peoria AZ 1027.47 3 Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Perry Johnson, Southfield MI 1011.03 3 Anna Jaerup, Uddevalla; Lars Andersson, S-74632 Balsta 1013.93 4 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 1004.83 4 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 1013.81 5 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Gerald Caravelli, Des Plaines IL 1002.23 5 Nancy Popkin, St Louis MO; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 1006.50 6 Hugh Maclean, Gonzales TX; James Fellows, Omaha NE 964.50 6 Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA; Art Mathews, Atlanta GA 993.00 7 Mike Passell, Dallas TX; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 961.66 7 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 991.08 8 Yifan Yang, Urbana IL; Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 957.42 8 Ralph Cohen, Memphis TN; Marvin Shapiro, St Louis MO 988.65 9 Gary Macgregor, Portola Vly CA; James O’Neil, Ann Arbor MI 956.28 9 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 987.00 10 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Charles Coon, Marshfield MA 953.50 10 Tod Moses, St Louis MO; Michael Halvorsen, Champaign IL 981.11 11 Richard Jahn, Aurora IL; Angie Clark, Glenview IL 948.89 11 William Lea Jr, Evansville IN; William Sokeland, Oakland City IN 976.04 12 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 948.35 12 Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA; Jill Lind, Sun City AZ 954.11 13 Thomas Carmichael, Middletown NJ; Randall Pettit, Marietta GA 935.35 13 Sigurdur Sverrisson, Tulsa OK; Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Reykjavik 950.22 14 Sidney Lazard Sr, New Orleans LA; Bart Bramley, Chicago IL 932.35 14 Lester Sokolower, Verona NJ; Jay Korobow, Princeton NJ 941.50 15 Richard Quist, Moreno Valley CA; Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO 913.38 15 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Francisco CA 934.50 16 Gregory Foltz - Dawn Foltz, Fort Collins CO 913.35 16 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; David Lehman, Glenview IL 923.28 17 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; David Sacks, Los Angeles CA 908.16 17 Hugh Brown Jr, McCormick SC; Gregory Roberts, Longmeadow MA 909.11 18 David McLellan - L Hansen, Thunder Bay ON 907.60 18 Raymond Raskin, Gulph Mills PA; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 905.15 19 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Jim Krekorian, New York NY 907.58 19 Alan Truscott, Riverdale NY; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ 905.11 20 Phil Brady, Philadelphia PA; Michael White, Atlanta GA 905.35 20 Beverly Rosenberg, Sherman Oaks CA; Steven Onderwyzer, Venice CA 894.27 21 Jim Linhart, Piscataway NJ; Wayne Hascall, Grandville MI 901.24 21 Paul Portnoy, Chesterfield MO; Daniel Marcus, Bloomfield Hill MI 890.15 22 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Stephanie Hamilton, Medford MA 899.07 22 George Whitworth, San Ramon CA; Phil Warden, Madison WI 888.65 23 Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 893.35 23 Gene Simpson, Redlands CA; James Koley, Omaha NE 885.85 24 Gerald Michaud, Derby KS; John McDaniel, Lees Summit MO 889.59 24 David Walker, Salem VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Christiansbrg VA 878.93 25 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield Hill MI; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 886.00 25 Jan Martel, Davis CA; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 877.15 26 Larry Mori, Charlton NY; Richard Zucker, N Tarrytown NY 878.37 26 Floyd Woldt, Destin FL; Ruth Stearns, Milwaukee WI 876.13 27 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 871.00 27 Molly Tranovich - Ed Tranovich, Naperville IL 873.72 28 George Jacobs, Burr Ridge IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 865.73 28 Earle Davis, Glenview IL; Larry Bass, Urbana IL 871.15 29 Eric Greco, Annandale VA; Geoff Hampson, Fenton MI 860.38 29 Ken Bullock, Independence MO; Darlene Wiltanger, Kansas City MO 867.34 30 Clay Brooke Mc Farland, Owego NY; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 860.03 30 Alan Beir, Jacksonville FL; John Morris, Atlanta GA 866.11 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B, C, D, F EAST-WEST 1 Dennis McGarry, Ft Lauderdale FL; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1064.78 1 Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Tuckahoe NY 1158.27 2 Andrew Chesterton, Lexington MA; Howard Piltch, Andover MA 1039.69 2 Mark Shaw - Barbara Benbow, Laurel MD 1140.08 3 Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Michael Lawrence, Berkeley CA 989.10 3 Charles Kopp, Scottsdale AZ; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 1078.41 4 George Rosenkranz, Mexico Df 11000; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 986.35 4 William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; John Zilic, Houston TX 1077.96 5 Kevin Collins, Atlanta GA; Paul Romig, Duluth GA 961.36 5 Jim Foster - Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 1062.90 6 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Andrew Lohan, Mahwah NJ 960.00 6 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 968.22 7 Jack Bryant, St Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 959.61 7 Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA; Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 932.07 8 Grant Baze, La Jolla CA; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 957.49 8 Corina Iukovici, Saint Louis MO; Jacques Laliberte, Cap Rouge PQ 922.35 9 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 954.55 9 Henry Meyer, Vero Beach FL; Stephen Hurwitz, Plantation FL 916.94 10 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 933.82 10 Edward Wojewoda, Antelope CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 913.39 11 Fred Stewart, West Hurley NY; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 926.92 11 Robert Katz, Toledo OH; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 906.67 12 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Walter Johnson, Gahanna OH 926.02 12 Martin Baff, Beachwood OH; Marc Low, Centerville OH 902.44 13 Alan Popkin - Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 918.20 13 Jean Hume, Livermore CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Union City CA 902.27 14 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 900.57 14 Lynn Rose-Hall - Burt Hall, Lake Worth FL 900.84 15 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 898.06 15 Henry Moss, Glenview IL; David Moss, New York NY 900.64 16 Don Probst - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 890.35 16 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; William Pollack, Warren NJ 897.88 17 Christopher Pisarra, Orinda CA; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 886.59 17 Moshe Lavi, Holon; Dennis Daley, Stamford CT 896.63 18 Brad Holtsberry, Farmington MI; Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI 883.63 18 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 885.79 19/20 Margaret Chitty - G Roger Chitty, Carbondale IL 881.57 19 Mike Eakes - Linda Hager, Overland Park KS 885.50 19/20 Jack Barcinski, Dallas TX; Daniel Rotman, Aventura FL 881.57 20 Jo Morse, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Martin Schiff Jr, Tucson AZ 880.14 21 Trudi Nugit, Bel-Air CA; Nels Erickson, Meadview AZ 880.78 21 Leonard Ernst, Evanston IL; Milton Zlatic, St Louis MO 868.39 22 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 879.10 22/23 Brad Moss, New York NY; Peter Nagy, Las Vegas NV 865.25 23 Gail Carns - Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 875.29 22/23 Richard Holmes, Wichita KS; Ed Groner, Duncan OK 865.25 24 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Pietro Campanile, London UK 873.98 24 Mark Kinzer, Chatham IL; Dick Benson, Leroy IL 865.08 25 Paul Vickers - Mary Vickers, Northboro MA 865.09 25 Varis Carey, Ithica NY; Leslie Amoils, North York ON 864.73

LIFE MASTERS WOMEN’S PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A, I, J, K EAST-WEST 1 Annette Barrett, Miami FL; Jane Greenberg, Boca Raton FL 797.89 1 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 868.27 2 Barbara Fellows - Marilyn Hemenway, Omaha NE 790.75 2 Jill Mellstrom - Pirkko Savolainen, 824.80 3 Marilyn Keating, Fulton MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 789.24 3 Mary Jane Farell - Joanne Minken, Los Angeles CA 816.27 4 Carol Sanders, Nashville TN; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 776.75 4 Patricia Buckley, Prospect KY; Patsy London, Louisville KY 789.31 5 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Linda McGarry, Lauderhill FL 753.44 5 Barbara Lesser, Los Angeles CA; Adrienne Green, Venice CA 775.61 6 Bernice Larson, Greenfield WI; Nancy Mandel, Milwaukee WI 751.19 6 Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX; Jeanne Kretz, McKinney TX 760.96 7 Shirley Jabon, Bellevue WA; Lynn Hays, Veradale WA 742.12 7 Jan Weyant - Linda Wolber, Cincinnati OH 756.76 8 Judi Smith, Houston TX; Temi Linzner, Pompano Bch FL 741.15 8 Diane Graese, Evanston IL; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 752.89 9 Marjorie Michelin, Venice CA; Janet Dunlap, Santa Monica CA 739.25 9 Laurie Vogel - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 751.11 10 Sheryl McDonald, Las Vegas NV; Sheryl Langner, Dublin OH 727.94 10 Suzy Burger, W Bloomfield MI; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 736.56 11 Hiroko Janssen, Minato-Ku Tokyo 1; Michiko Ono, Tokyo 1 723.79 11 Elsiemae Smith, Cuyahoga Fal OH; Patti Burriss, Cloverdale IN 725.95 12 Linda Perlman, West Palm Bch FL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 720.28 12 Lisa Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Rozanne Pollack, Warren NJ 721.53 13 Gladys Collier, E Hampton NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 718.83 13 Gigi Geiger, Austin TX; Gen Geiger, Belleville IL 716.35 14 Elaine Sarko, Scottsdale AZ; Sharlene Weinberg, Phoenix AZ 717.39 14 Sheila Pies, Potomac MD; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD 714.75 15 Sylvia Moss, New York NY; Janice Seamon, Miami FL 715.44 15 Pamela Wild, Daytona Beach FL; Susan Pflederer, W Hartford CT 713.11 16 Pam Wittes, Los Alamitos CA; Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 714.44 16 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Teddy Robins, Asheville NC 708.25 17 Maris Zilant, N Miami Beach FL; Susan Fuller, Miami FL 713.39 17 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Jan Assini, Chagrin Falls OH 697.27 18 Lorraine Vonk - Val Armentrout, Green Valley AZ 713.25 18 Susi Katz, Longwood FL; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 697.11 19 Marge Cox, Willowwick OH; Barbara Bacon, Willoughby OH 708.99 19 Deborah Avery - Martha Owen, Champaign IL 695.40 20 Shirley Presberg, Norfolk VA; Gloria Brown, Virginia Bch VA 705.10 20 Sandra Low, Centerville OH; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Beach Gdns FL 681.38 21 Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 702.46 21 Beth Englehart, Naperville IL; Julia Bomalaski, Louisville KY 681.15 22 Jan Shane, White Plains NY; Roni Gitchel, Pittsburgh PA 691.89 22 Cynthia Hinckley, Guayanabo PR; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY 677.25

NON LIFE MASTER PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA, BB EAST-WEST 1 Alan Carpenter - Michael Levin, San Francisco CA 298.50 1 Ronda O’Farrell, St Louis MO; Lois Vaaler, Bridgeton MO 283.50 2 Andrew Savitz, Cambridge MA; Andrew Eames, Ashland MA 279.00 2 Hall Whitaker - Pu Yu, Rolla MO 281.00 3 Russell Beale - Reed Yeater, Peoria IL 269.00 3 Gregory Berry, Buffalo Grove IL; Jay Segal, New Rochelle NY 276.00 4 Marcus Feldman - Susan Feldman, Kirkwood MO 266.50 4 Charles Brown, Denton TX; John McCleskey, Seminole TX 264.50 5 Barbara Youngworth - Donna Cutitta, Overland Park KS 265.50 5 Wojciech Kaniewski, Chesterfield MO; Wojciech Golik, St Louis MO 262.50 6 Steven Millman, Chandler AZ; Gregg Griffith, Scottsdale AZ 252.00 6 Donald Kuenzel - Jay Poling, Decatur IL 245.00 7 David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 248.50 7 Richard Johns, Okemos MI; Phil Simonds, Williamston MI 244.00 8 Steven Greenstein - John Freed, New York NY 248.00 8 Betty Price, Ramsey NJ; Martha Troxell, Allendale NJ 237.50 9 Ron Combs, Saint Louis MO; George Hawley, Florissant MO 244.50 9 Mark Laughlin - Jerry Laughlin, Omaha NE 232.00 TODAY’S SCHEDULE Junior Day Saturday, November 22, 1997, 8:45 a.m. Event MP Limit Session Entry Fee Sold Charity Bracketed KO Teams 3rd $40 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Reno Morning Continuous/Side Pairs* 2nd $20 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark 99er Stratified Pairs, A 50-100 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat B 20-50 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat C 0-20 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Stratified 299er Swiss Teams, A 100-300 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat B 50-100 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat C 0-50 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Saturday, November 22, 1997, 10:00 a.m. & 3.00 p.m. Aggie Gervais Younger-than-Springtime Stratified Senior Pairs* 1st & 2nd $40 pair Marriott Pavilion Ballroom Saturday, November 22, 1997, 12:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. LIFE MASTER OPEN PAIRS 1st & 2nd F $48 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1st & 2nd F $48 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark NON-LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1st & 2nd F $44 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Bracketed KO Teams I (continues Sunday) 1st & 2nd $40 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Salon E Judy Colson Memorial Stratiflighted Open Pairs* 1st & 2nd $40 pair Flight A Level 4 Adam’s Mark Strats B C D Level 2 Adam’s Mark Fri., Sat. & Sun. Continuous/Side Pairs* 3rd & 4th $20 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark 99er Trophy Pairs 0-100 1st & 2nd $36 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 199er Pairs 0-200 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 99er Pairs 0-100 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 49er Pairs 0-50 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Non Master Pairs 0-20 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F

Newcomer Pairs 0-5 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Saturday, November 22, 1997, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board-a-Match Teams* single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Saturday, November 22, 1997, 11:30 p.m. ZIP Knockout Teams single $9/tm/match Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F

TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE St. Louis Rams Football Day Sunday, November 23, 1997, 8:45 a.m. Event MP Limit Session Entry Fee Sold Charity Bracketed KO Teams final $40 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Reno Morning Continuous/Side Pairs* 3rd $20 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Stratified 99er Pairs, A 50-100 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat B 20-50 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat C 0-20 single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark Stratified 299er Swiss Teams, A 100-300 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat B 50-100 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Strat C 0-50 single $36 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Sunday, November 23, 1997, 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Charlie Gitto’s Resaurant Stratified Senior Pairs* 1st & 2nd $40 pair Marriott Pavilion Ballroom Sunday, November 23, 1997, 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Stratified * 1st & 2nd $40 pair Marriott Pavilion Ballroom Sunday, November 23, 1997, 12:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1st & 2nd Q $88 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark WOMEN’S BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1st & 2nd Q $96 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 $88 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark -- Must pre-register by noon Sunday Bracketed KO Teams I 3rd & 4th $40 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Garrett Nash Memorial Stratiflighted Open Swiss Teams (20 VP)* 1st & 2nd $80 team Level 2 Adam’s Mark Fri., Sat. & Sun. Continuous/Side Pairs* 5th & 6th $20 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Stratified 99er Swiss Teams, A 50-100 single $36 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Strat B 20-50 single $36 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Strat C 0-20 single $36 team Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 199er Pairs 0-200 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 99er Pairs 0-100 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F 49er Pairs 0-50 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Non-Master Pairs 0-20 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Newcomer Pairs 0-5 single $18 pair Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F Sunday, November 23, 1997, 7:30 p.m. IMP Pairs -- Open to Swiss Team single $18 pair Level 2 Adam’s Mark non-qualifiers and new entries Sunday, November 23, 1997, 11:30 p.m. ZIP Knockout Teams* single $9/tm/match Level 4 Adam’s Mark Salon F

*Unless otherwise indicated, Stratiflighted Open events are divided: A (unlimited and separate); B, C & D stratified -- B (750-1500), C (300-750), D (0-300). Strat breaks for Open and Senior Stratified Pairs and Teams are: A (1000+), B (300-1000), C (0-300). Strat breaks for Continuous/Side Pairs and Zip Swiss teams are: A (750+), B (0-750).