Evening star., 1925-10-18
Bridge Via Radio.

brluge by fdQlO Is the latest feature
to be inaugurated by WSAI, Cincin.
natl, and associate stations for this
Fall and Winter, according to an
nouncements made by officials of the
leading broadcasting stations through
out America.
Plans have been completed to have
bridge hands played over the radio by
leading bridge experts in the principal
cities in America. The first bridge
hand TO be broadcast will be put on
the air Tuesday, October 81, from IL
to 1920 o'clock. As the hand is being
broadcast by the experts the plays
and bids will be explained in detail SC
that the listeners-in will be able to
play the entire game as broadcast by
the experts. Each bid and play will
be explained in detail.
The bridge hands will be prepared
and played by Milton c. Work and
Wilbur G. Whitehead, internationally
known bridge authorities of New York
Both Mr.. Work and Mr.. Whitehead
will choose experts from cities where
stations are located which broadcast
the hands, thereby putting what is
known as the supreme court of
bridge" against local talent through
out America.
The following is the schedule and
time for the broadcasting of the
bridge game:
WSAI, every Tuesday, 10 to 1890
pm, starting October 27; WEAF
WEEP, WIFI, WGR, WWJ, VOC
| WCCO. alternate Tuesdays, 10 to lo:3C
| pm, starting October p: WSB
KPRC. WFAA, VINO, WOOD. alter
nate Tuesdays. 10 to 1890, starting
| November 8; KFOA. every Friday
11:30 to u pm. starting october 80
kGW, every Tuesday, 1920 to 11:45
starting October 27: XIII, every Tues
| day, $50 to Z pm, starting October
q; WGY, every Saturday, 9 to $3.50
pm. starting October 81.
The arrangements are to have
WSAI broadcast weekly the entire
series over a period of "a weeks, while
on alternate Tuesdays the other sta
tions will broadcast in conjunction
with the Cincinnati station. BY this
arrangement every section of the
United States will he reached. Each
game will be complete within itself
and will illustrate one or two salient
| points In connection with bridge.
The following explanation was given
| by Paul A. Greene. manager of sta
| ton WSAI, as to the details of the
plan:
The plan is to have four experts
| play a deal of auction bridge and to
| broadcast each bid and each play of
| the deal. together with the reason for
each bid and each play. Prior to
each broadca sting Hsteners-in will be
| informed as to the names of the par
| ticipants 50 that on the night of the
game any four may play the deal
! and each player be named after one
| of the four experts and take the
same relative position at the table
as that occupied by his expert name
sake. The players will be told to
have a pack of cards divided into
suits, SO that the cards as they are
dealt and broadcast may be quickly
selected from the pack. The result
of the draw for partners and deal
will be announced, and then the cards
| dealt to each expert. The bidding
will then follow, after which each
play will be announced so that the
players can play the same cards that
| the experts do.
In other words, the auction bridge
players of the country who have
radios will have an opportunity to
| actually play the same deal played
| by four experts and to learn the rea-
sons for each bid and play when
holding and playing the same cards
The first play will take place with
Mr.. Work. Mr.. Whitehead, +. Y.
| Shepard and Sidney LEM as the par
Elephants on the evening of October
27. Different well known players
from various sections of the country
have been invited to take part in the
series.