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...tricks. Later he said that he had fallen asleep while waiting for Culbertson to bid, had dreamed that diamonds were trumps and "played out my dream-bid." Lenz & Jacoby won the first two rubbers, the Culbertsons won the third after being set five on a little slam bid in hearts on the first hand. Score: Lenz & Jacoby...
...Culbertson bet Jacoby $1,000 at 2 to 1 that his side would win, in addition to his original bet, the proceeds of which were to go to charity, of $5,000 to $1,000. On the tenth hand of the eighth rubber. Lenz made the first contracted little slam of the match, in hearts. Dissension occurred when Mr. Culbertson said he had to "see about something" and asked Mr. Jacoby, dummy, to play his hand. Referee Lieutenant Alfred M. Greunther and two assistants said, "No, no!" Noises were heard from a room where reporters, informed by messengers...
...opponents: "Have you changed your systems?" Said Mrs. Culbertson: "That's getting a little monotonous, Ely." Disappointed because the conflicting elements of the Culbertson and Lenz systems had been infrequently demonstrated so far, experts were pleased at the first Culbertson two-demand bid, which produced a small slam in clubs...
...perhaps 500 persons. In the boxoffice would be a clerk, bored and discourteous. When the barefoot man with the card got to this clerk, perhaps after standing in line half a day, he might be told that only women's shoes were left, or the boxoffice window might slam in his face. "Everything sold out! More tomorrow, maybe. Better come early!" Under the Stalin decree of last week Moscow's boxoffices will be replaced as fast as humanly possible by 200 stores. Also, several thousand stores will be opened in other cities and towns. The decree voiced confidence...
Still intent on a grand slam, the curley-haired man of Pemberton Square struck from the tally the score of Lieutenant Governor Youngman. The Lieutenant-Governor withdrew from the game gracefully, merely acknowledging that he is not in the mayor's class. The mayor will therefore be able to drink his Japanese tea without a Kibitzer...