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...what in blazes did Mr. Goren lead after cashing his king of spades at trick 4 that enabled him to later bring home his king of diamonds...
Bridge lovers will appreciate your Goren article in the Sept. 29 issue. But you seem to credit the increased slam bonuses to Mr. Vanderbilt and some of his friends...
...discussing how Mr. Goren was clever enough to break the rules on the particular deal where he defeated the opponents' four-spade contract by leading the nine of spades at trick 3 (from a K-9 trump holding), the article says: "Goren copped the trick with his lurking king, later brought home his king of diamonds to defeat the contract...
RANKING up with Partners Goren and Sobel in the Big Four of U.S. bridge-as judged by master points piled up in American Contract Bridge League tournaments -are Sidney Silodor (4,479½) and John Randolph Crawford (4,383), longtime teammates with radically different bridge-table styles. Philadelphian Silodor, 51, who makes a comfortable income as a society bridge teacher, is perhaps the slowest player in top-level bridge, infuriates opponents with long spells of fierce, immobile concentration. Suave, dapper New Yorker Crawford, 43, Main Line Philadelphian by origin (he claims to be the only bridge master in the Social...
...back in the early 1930s, has steadily maintained a reputation among the experts as one of the very greatest players, though he stands only twelfth in master points (2,919) and makes his living as a travel agent instead of a fulltime bridge pro. A recent recruit to Charles Goren's team, Schenken is a highly deceptive player, masks his imaginative boldness with an air of easygoing calm. In contrast, Washington's quick-minded Alvin Roth, 43, is a worrier, and shows it. No. 6 in master points with 3,849^, Roth "suffers from being...