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...Culbertson...
...most celebrated contract bridge team in the U. S. Last year they won the National Open Challenge Championship, the Vanderbilt Cup and enough challenge matches to establish unprecedented superiority. When hulking Hal Sims, onetime tennis champion of South America, and wiry Willard Karn, who looks a little like Ely Culbertson, won the National Pair Championship, they put themselves a notch above their teammates. The question of individual superiority was settled in the first Individual Masters' Championship. The tournament was held at P. Hal Sims's house, in Deal, N. J. Willard Karn put up a gold trophy...
...Culbertson...
...Culbertson returned to Manhattan from a holiday in Havana, following his bridge victory over Sidney S. Lenz, to announce that he had just invested "every cent" of his money in U. S. stocks. Said he: "I am making the biggest bet of my life. . . . My bid actually is that we turn the second corner in about two months...
...teacher improve her personal appearance? Upon their replies she based an outline for the Journal. null to demonstrate what a chic abecedarian looks like, Mrs. Gray donned a smart brown ensemble, smiled gaily, pointed a trim toe and posed for a picture looking much like bridge-playing Mrs. Ely Culbertson (see cut). Mrs. Gray's pointers for well-dressed teachers...