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According to Ely Culbertson, more words were printed about the Culbertson-Lenz bridge battle in 1931 than about Lindbergh's flight to Paris or any murder except the Hall-Mills case; and his Contract Bridge Blue Book and its Summary (written by Mrs. Culbertson) are, next to the Bible, the all-time non-fiction bestsellers (1,300,000 copies). Thanks to an incredible talent for cards and for self-publicizing, Ely Culbertson became the most curiously famous...
...this 693-page autobiography Mr. Culbertson tells all. He tells all in such a grand-slam way and with such all-conquering tricks that many readers may doubt their eyes. Salient Who's Who items...
...Illya) Culbertson. Born Rumania 1891 of a Cossack mother and a Scotch-Pennsylvanian mining engineer. Born partially covered with a caul, was marked from early childhood as a man of luck and destiny. Lived most of youth in Russia...
WILLIAM S. CULBERTSON...
...told me that the only exercise he got was when he took the links out of one shirt and put them in another. That goes for me too." He does play croquet, however-with a fierce desire to win, as he plays parlor games and bridge. Called by Ely Culbertson "the best amateur bridge player in the U. S.," he hates playing with his dub friends, tackles the experts without getting hurt, peppers the game with such comments as "I'd like a review of the bidding, with the original inflections...