From: Professor WHO?
Subject: Ridiculous American Influences
Summary: If you can't match their throw, you don't belong there.
Originator: boyiny@kovalevskaya
Keywords: olympiad, quarterfinals, semi-finals
Reply-To: maboyiny@ccvax.as.edu.tw (Dr. Weird)
Organization: Ayatollah's Correct Bidding Lessons
X-Subliminal-Message: Speak softly and Carry a Big Club
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:51:18 GMT

[Lars, responding to me]
>>Who are the respective (and highly respected) lineups?  Did France finally
>>send its prime lineup for a change!
>I only know that Chemla-Perron and Quantin are playing.

Yippee!  The French finally exhibited some sense.

>>Did the Saffle Spar pair play for Denmark?  Or was it just the Acolites?
>I think the danish team is:
>Blakset-Blakset (Acol?)
>Dorthe Schalz-Peter Schalz (Blue Teamish?)
>Auken-Koch (Acol?)

Cheers for Mrs. Schalz (is that Schaltz?) ........!

>... (the Saffle pair) does not play together any longer.
Sigh.

>Tommy Gullberg has retired from international play. Gullberg-Sundelin
>are replaced by Brunzell-Nielsen. 

The end of an era--- Sundelin-Flodqvist-Gothe-Gullberg was one of the most
durable international teams of bridge history.  Farewell, Tommy.  Is any of
the old Swedish team (Lindkvist, Flodqvist, Sundelin) still active?

>The new pair is experienced, Brunzell played in The European championships
>in 1967 and the Olympiad in Deauville 1968. In the quarterfinals
>Brunzell-Nielsen played throughout and did extremely well.

I wish them the best of luck!


>>{BTW, I _AM_ American.} Death to all Would-be-buyers of World
>>Championships!!  Anyway, if only by sentiment I am rooting for the Dutch

>NEWS FLASH
>After 16 boards the USA are 16 (27-11?) imps up against Sweden.
>Meckwell are supposed to play against Fallenius-Nilsland (HUM system)

One of the most ludicrous rules instituted largely at U.S. instigation
(according to Rodwell himself, and the Bridge World).  HUM players are
under enough prejudicial stress already.  If you can't match what they
throw, you don't belong in the World Championships.  Yes, I mean this to
apply to Wolff, not as a matter of bridge ability but one of sportsmanship.
[There is no doubt that Hamman-Wolff _are_ one of the best pairs ever in
bridge ability, and I am not contesting that.]

And if Deutsch, who is by all accounts a nice guy despite his $$$, wants to
buy another world championship let him receive the baptism of fire himself.

>when the swedes use F and N. The swedes have not yet used
>Brunzell-Nielsen. I don't think Deutsch played the first 16.

Me, I prefer him not to play _at_all_.

>>>Final: GB-Austria. I think Austria will win this.
>>
>>plus a good support (Penfold-McGowan?) they should match Erhart-Bamberger
>>and co. especially if the third pair support was Spinn and Widengren....

>Just a feeling. Austria has done very well the last few years.
>I don't think Widengren (Swedish) is playing for Austria this year. She
>was somoe sort of emergency substitute last year. Austria also has the
>best female player in Europe (the World?), Maria Erhardt.

The World Championship Book claims that  claimed that Spinn and Widengren
had played Precision together since the midseventies.  Sorry for
Misspelling Erhardt's name-- I confessed that I am getting old.  btw, the
other pair for the Germans was (should be) Doris Fischer and Terri
Weigkricht.  Can someone fill us in on the details?

About the best female player in the orld-- my vote go to Sally Horton of
the UK, and secondin  m view is Karen (Kate?) McCallum.  Many people would
argue with this.  Lynn Deas and Kerri Shuman are names that figure
prominently as well.   ....Erhardt-- I simply have not seen enough hands
about her one way or the other.




Line-eater fodder inserted here.y