Word: culbertson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Home last week from Russia, Mr. & Mrs. Ely Culbertson, handsome young exponents of a bidding system of their own,* reiterated their disdain for Bridge Headquarters, Inc., called it a "merger of has-beens and never-wases." Said facetious Expert Culbertson: "When I was arrested for speaking Russian with suspicious fluency, I offered to play the head of the secret service a [Sidney] Lenz problem in order to prove that I was merely . . . Culbertson. . . . But the chief could not find a deck of cards with kings or queens in the pack. . . . Even with the provisional deck he agreed . . . that...
...date has been set for Ely Culbertson & wife's grudge-game against any two experts selected by Bridge Headquarters, Inc. for $1,000 a side...
...Official System, a one-trick bid signifies an ordinary hand; a two bid signifies a medium strong hand, a game invitation bid; a bid of three, or a two-club bid signifies an extraordinarily strong hand. In the Culbertson System bids of one have the same significance; a two bid signifies an extraordinarily good hand...
Ostensibly to allay their uncertainty was formed last week a new organization, Bridge Headquarters, Inc. in which Sidney Lenz, Wilbur Whitehead, Milton Work and other experts planned to sacrifice their individual systems to form a universal bidding system for everyone to use. The Bridge Headquarters v. Culbertson controversy became a major bridge issue last week when five experts resigned from the Culbertson edited Bridge World to join the new organization...
Scornful, Expert Culbertson immediately declared that he had refused to join Bridge Headquarters, Inc., because it was a "purely commercial proposition," called it a "merger of ex-authorities" said there was no need for a universal system since 90% of U. S. bridge players already used the Culbertson system. Further, he offered to play, either with his wife as partner or with any partner of Lenz's choice, Expert Lenz and any partner Expert Lenz might select, 200 rubbers of contract bridge, bet $5,000 to $1,000 that he and his partner would win. Said Expert Culbertson...