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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: FOUR OTHER BRIDGE MASTERS | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

Right alongside Silodor and Crawford, in the judgment of top bridge players, are Howard Schenken and Alvin Roth, both of whom have missed master point opportunities by staying away from many tournaments. New Yorker Schenken, 54, was already renowned in the bridge world 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: FOUR OTHER BRIDGE MASTERS | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...best players by & large are those who apply new bidding methods to years of bidding skill. Year in & year out, Life Masters Charles Goren, Howard Schencken, Sidney Silodor, Waldemar von Zedtwitz and B. Jay Becker dominate the tournament-bridge world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cool Helen | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

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