Evening star., 1931-12-21
|CULbERTSON TAKES
| ON NEW PARTNERS
Baron Won ZedtWitz to Play
Tonight and Harold Van.
derbiIt Later.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 21.-Having
overtaken the opposition with 10 as
partner and then acquired a lead with
Teddie, Ely Culbertson will team up with
Waldy when his 150-rubber match of
contract bridge with Sidney S. Lenz
and Oswald Jacoby is resumed tonight
Later he expects to have Harold as
partner.
Baron Waldemar Won Zedtwitz will
play tonight instead of Theodore A..
Lightner, who has been Culbertson' S
partner since Mrs. Culbertson withdrew
in order to do her Christmas shopping.
The baron was scheduled to play some
of the match from the first arrange
mentS. He is going away on vaca-
ton tomorrow, hence his substitution
for Lightner tonight. Lightner will be
back in the game tomorrow night to
continue until the holidays are over.
Then Mrs. Culbertson will return to
play at least 27 rubbers. She IS sup
posed to compete for one-half Of the
match. She has played in 48 rubbers.
Culbertson has Harold S. Wander
bilt, his wealthy amateur friend, in
mind for the last stages of the match.
Vanderbilt, the originator of contract,
devised bidding methods when the game
was young which differ from Culbert-
sons, but will play the Culbertson sys-
tenn. He is regarded by Culbertson as
without superior as player.
Mrs. Culbertson's Partner.
The baron, son of an Austrian father
and an American mother is natu-
rallied American citizen. He has re-
nounced his inherited title of the HOLY
Roman Empire, but bridge players all
call him The Baron" To Culbertson
he is 'Wadly." He usually has played
with Mrs. Culbertson in competition.
Culbertsons team will be 1915 points
plus when hand 373. the first OF rupner
"a, is dealt tonight. The total points
are 54,845 and 46.930 Culbertson ana
partner have won "a rubbers, compared
with 80 for the opposition. =,
No expert regards the lead as at al
decisive, It might be overcome in one
session. 1t was largely accumulated
in IS rubbers. Lenz and Jacoby think
it is based principally on taVoraoie
cards and expect a turn shortly.
There will be sessions tonight, TO-,
morrow and Wednesday nights and
Saturday afternoon. Beginning with
wednesday the scene Of the match Will
be changed from Culbertson's apart
ment in the Hotel Chatham to quar-
tiers at the Waldorf Astoria, with Lenz
as host, until the contest Is over.
Jacoby Changes Tactics.
The last session Friday night saw
a reform in Jacobv's tactics. He
plunged less on deliberate sets and
offered no more psychic bids. which
had been getting him into trouble. All
the PLAYERS concentrated largely on
bidding enough and no more when
they had good cards.
On hand BAT Culbertson contracted
for five clubs and made six. Both he
and Jacoby commented that little
slam was not biddable. The hand:
LEM CNoRTHp, DEALER.
S-J 5
HI 975
1E4 D4 sS74s
cULBERTsoN L1GHTNER
WEST. EAST.
S-A @ 1917 S-96
H4 H-A K 10 8 3 2
CO 10 9 532 C-A74
JACoBY (SouTH).
SIX K8432
HOG
D-J s S
C-J86
The bidding: North, pass; East. one
heart: South, pass: West, two clubs;
North, two diamonds: East, three
hearts; South pass; West. three spades;
Nrth ~,
pass; West. five clubs all pass.
North led the seven of diamonds.
Made Five Spades.
Hand 35l, on which Culbertson con-
tracted for four spades and made five,
follows:
LEM (NORTH).
S-A 63
H-8 -
D-8 4
C-J 10 4
CULBERTSON L1GHTNER
(WEST, DEALER. (EAST.
SIX 10 80 S-J 9 5 4
H-A @ 10 6 H-K
D-None DIX J 10 90
C-K 9 8 63 CA So
JACOBY (SOUTH.
So
HI 972
D-A @ -
CO
The bidding: West, one club; North,
pass; East, one diamond; South, pass
West, one spade: North. pass; East,
three spades; South. pass; West, four
hearts: North, pass; East, four spades;
all pass. North opened with the eight
of diamonds.