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Ishi Press Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. Watson Foreword by Qswald Jacoby Preface by Sam Sloan
This is THE BOOK that every strong bridge player in the world has studied. Louis H. WATSON the author of this book was rated as one of the ten outstanding Bridge players in the world by all experts and authorities. Colliers Magazine of March 241934 ranked Mr. Watson as No. 4 player. Ely Culbertson considered Mr. Watson among two or three authorities really qualified to write on Bridge because he is a master player a great analyst and a fine writerall in one. For many years Mr. Watson was closely associated with Mr. Culbertson as Technical Editor of The Bridge World Magazine. As Bridge Editor of The New York Post Mr. Watson wrote daily for this newspaper and associated newspapers. The Post said: Even more than for his skill and his Bridge trailblazing Mr. Watson deserves a special niche among Bridge masters. For he is a Bridge expert who can also write. He can make the most complex and critical Bridge situation as clear as simple honors. MR. WATSONS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD In 1934 he won the TeamofFour Championship of the AllAmerican Whist League at Chicago with Samuel Fry Jr. A. Mitchell Barnes and H. Hither Boscowitz; also won the Contract Pair Championship of the same tournament with Samuel Fry Jr. In 1934 he won the Cavendish Club Individual Trophy competing against a score of New Yorks master Bridge players. In 1933 he won the TeamofFour Championship of the AllAmerican Whist League with Samuel Fry Jr. Walter Malowan and Charles Lochridge; also won the Contract Pair Championship of the same tournament with Samuel Fry Jr. In 1932 he won the National TeamofFour Championship of the American Bridge League at Asbury Park with Oswald Jacoby Michael T. Gottlieb and Theodore A. Lightner.show more