Word: sobel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were Donor Vanderbilt (who had twice been on the winning team), Oswald Jacoby and the late Jimmy Maier (members of the famed Four Aces), several other hardy competitors. So the team to beat was a young foursome headed by a frail little honey blonde, 31-year-old Helen Martin Sobel...
...Sobel, who gave up a dancing career in 1932 when she met Bridge Player Alexander Sobel, is the first woman to be ranked No.1 in the American Contract Bridge League's annual rankings...
Last week, as the Vanderbilt tournament progressed in tick-tock silence, it began to look as if Mrs. Sobel's sharp red nails would scoop in the most important championship of all. Playing with three young Manhattanites (Sam Fry Jr., Benedict Jarmel and 27-year-old George Rapee), her Cavendish Club team survived the qualifying rounds and knock-out matches (116 boards), came up to the final the favorite. The other finalist was the New York Bridge Whist Club (Lee Hazen, Richard L. Frey, S. M. Stayman...
After three-quarters (42 boards) of the final match had been played, Mrs. Sobel's team led by 850 points. Then the underdog Bridge Whistlers made a swing of 950 points, snatched the Vanderbilt Cup by the slim margin of 250 points...
...Radcliffe James L. Schwab, Jr. Lucy Milner, Dalton School Lionel a. Schwartz Marcia Rosen, Boston Joseph C. Scott Jeanne Owens, Belmont Thomas W. Sears, Jr. Mande Fellowes, Jamestown, R. I. John R. Shattuck Mardi Dickson, Endicott Junior College Melvin I. Shoul Anne T. Joyce, Trinity Ralph T. Siegler Zelda Sobel, Brooklyn College Herbert R. Silverman Connie Flint, Newton Center David L. Simon Bernice Sondelman, Brookline Andrew E. Smith Jacqulyn Saunders Kennedy Smith Winkie van Linnop, Philadelphia Francis E. Stanley Peggy Tumbull, Wellesley Samuel K. Stewart Nyllis Gardner, Endicott Junior College Galen L. Stone Nancy Vogel, Brookline William R. Taylor Ellen...