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Across the Green Baize, by George Baxter ... 36-37 ... 38-40 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin 40 Competition Winners ... 4!-43 Answers to August Competition, by Jack Marx ... 44-45 September Competition, set by Jack Marx ..... ... 46 Diary of Events 48 E.B.U. List of Secretaries .,. 4 :~ d1torial ayfair Bridge tudi ill hold rt th a ma ter p int pair on the fir t Thur d Y of the month, and team e ent on the econd and fourth the m.Pt ·r aturday . "I kno'>' that there i ... crit' i m of thi Master P ,, m in th c unty and 1e fter cuing the competition in thi rna azine and it predece - m mbe [! I that ' It i n 1 good thmg' but my ad i e t( til or for five year without n mpetitive-mind d bridg pl.t cr inter al, Jack Marx i to be gi en · that if the heme ucc d, y u a well-earned break for the Ia t cannot afford not to be in it fr m thr month of the year. He will th tart. for in the cours f time re ume in January with nother th number of point you h ld thre -monthly competition. ~II be the mea ur f y ur an'> hile, there will be n ability. Whil if the heme feature, "On Hundr d p," fail then at lea t we can ay that edited by Harri on Gray and tafford hire ga it a fair trail." prize comp tition for letter deal­ ing with a pecial u ~ t. The C T THE u ~ t for tobcr will be: If London player are certainly you were a elector, what method not going to be left out of the of election (without refer nee to · The L. .B.A., a re- individual player ) would you ad­ ported el ewhcre, i to bear the vocate for ne'(t y ar' Europ 011 . t of ma ter point with n hampion hip? Wait~ r the on­ 1 r of entry ft • Lederer' diti n be~ r you put pen t Club i to rcvtve· tt· p t glorie pap r. a centre for dupli ate play and 10 hold thr m ter point "\Hl TH H1N C\entd e h mont h, two for pair ~: on for team f-four, all n Y e nin . A few do r the way. h av. 'J, at IJO Mount tr t the • ti s , • .!' ~ w~~'l '!"·.. ~~~· i' N '!''1 t.:: ~ :~ ···~·,~.;,.' p : ~,,.:/•:~ i,:-I~ ! ·J~i:·.,l.~·~rpr(.l /· lt:;:· ., · .. +~· lt · 2'.- :4,\\l . ' .. • ~. ,.; l''• · ••'J::;i·,4 ...... ' .(~· ·: .~,~, \'-•!• ---:1_{ .. · •,"' ,· •.' 'J.. '"'~' t ·, •' ' • ."' ' , • • I , ' ' t \4 lo' •• i ' o.f ' I ' I . i • ~ : 't • . .' I .. •:. ·:~.~ coming season: Geoffrey Butler;,' fine :. team ttiat -played" in Mrs. Fleming, Harry Ingram Eurppean, Championship,. 5~ 1 (representing South Africa on the cannot say what moral is to be Council): and Guy Ramsey. Let_ drawn from the experiment. them enjoy their friends while they may. A GOOD MATCH A marriage between a ·photo­ IRON CURT~IN graph of players at the table and It was only recently .that I an actual hand described in an learned of an interesting experi~ article is a r~rity. Thus, editorially ment made in the final of this speaking,. we are. rather proud of year's Italian team-of-four cham­ the happy union that can be . pionship. A screen was placed observed on page 25. diagonally across the table so that each player could see one of his GOlNG UP opponents but not his partner. We are asked to make a correc­ All bids were signified by the tion to our classification of teams raising of placards above the in the European Championship, screen ; so was the opening lead ; which was copied from the But- · I am not sure, but I think the letin : Germany's match point screen was removed for the re­ quotient was better than that of mainder of the play. Egypt, so Germany moves up to The contest was won by the · II th place. LIFE MASTERS . The English Bridge Union has accepted 'the recommen· dation of a special commi-ttee appointed in connectio'n with the Master Points scheme that the title of Life Master be granted to the following ten players, each of whom has. been a member of a winning team in the European Championship and is still active in the game:- f' l L. W. Dodds N. Gardener M. Harriso~ GraY K. W. Konstam J. C. H. Marx A. Meredith J. Pavlides J. T. Reese B. Schapiro L. Tnrlo .. 6 .. I ' The British Tearn at Stockholm b H R OL R K I Th · hampion hip '> hi h. f'o r behind at half Lime - laud 1 hit • med I o u Rodrigu and Trad had d ,. • 0 criti al 1 u in mp.! lll t\ e tating h If-match for the 'dg, \\ill n b ~ rg lien tn gypti n - we failed Lo in in tne fturry f a-::tivity which m .~r J... the ec nd half becau e \\e pi yed th pening of ll n ' ca ... on. b dl . W I t to the Italian Before th trium r h · and failure , b au they played t w II for t brillian ie ' <i nd thw tupiditic , u - their form on that day would ar con igned to the rarely ha c be n too g od for mo t drsturbcd archi e ' hich hou people. Of our winning dra\\ f th e match , it again t ranc and '> itz rland opportune to gi e a ' h re w were re pecli\-el on impr ion formed at the • nd two I. .P· hort of a vi tory a ~ and to try to an wer a fe\\ I will y no more but that \\ ofth qu tion \\hich m to b \\Cre un~ rtllnate. or n d \\ in th mind f the bridge publ ic. c n idcr with r gret our dra\\n Ho~ , in fact, did our team mat h again t 11 tri and l - perform? wkward for a mem­ land, both of whom pro d to ber of th te m to an wer, but danger u pponent for the btr goes. Very w 11 - alv a up b t of team . mon lth leader nd, g nerall , putting up their be t how again t the t oppo ition. The train fift n matche in nine day con ider ble-it would not urpri ing th at the be t of team outd ufli r ome une pe t d 1 ~- · In m ie our te m h d. only one fall from gra e- 1 10 &YPt. We wer per­ unlu ky to be i p int 7 ' ..... • .. ' I •• ·'' .. • • • , •• ~ t 4 ..,. , -~ ' • • • ... I • .,. ol• ~\t l • odf to ...... ,. ho\ . •" I 1 • f'o 1 .., - .._,. l I'• i •J ~ f • • \ ' 1(. I.. • "':' .. , "'• 1 f ""' ,. • • t f ,•. • ;""f "f ~ \ .• .... "' I .( • ~ ' .. \ • ' ... ,. • "' ' I .. • • • • - ' ""' • • .. '!' 1 I ..... ,, f, .. ' ., · Such success as we enjoyed was, players felt obliged. to up .. in 'my view. due to the efforts o.f attitude which excluded them the team ns a unit. Under a from consideration, and that they · continued ~train which might hope, with me, 'that all parties .. have frayed the most equable of will co-operate to avoid a re­ tempers the team spirit was petition of this unfortunate situa­ always high, no small tribute· to tion.