Evening star., 1932-10-30
CULbERTSON TEAM
LOSES IN TOURNEY
Eliminated in Semi-FinaIs Of
Annual Vanderbilt Cup
Match.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 29.-Ely Cul-
.bertson's top-seeded contract team was
eliminated from the fifth annual Van
derbilt Cup tournament in the semi
finals tonight.
It lost by the margin of an even 1,500
points to the foursome composed of
David Burnstine, Howard Schenken,
Richard Frey and Charles Lochridge.
Culbertson's teammates were Oswald
Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner and
Michael T. Gottlieb.
Sims Quartet Wins.
In the lower bracket the quartet of
p. Hal Sims, William S. Karn, Walde-
mar Won ZedtwitZ and Harold S.
Vanderbilt overwhelmingly defeated
Walter Malowan. Julius Barth, H. Huber
Boscowitz and Sherman Stearns. The
margin was 4,025 points.
The Sims and Burnstine forces will
meet in the final next Tuesday and
Wednesday, playing 60 boards in three
sessions.
The tension of the players heightened
today as the tournament narrowed
down. Culbertson upbraided waiter
for serving glasses of ice water while he
was playing a hand, and later had
group of spectators elected from bal
COQy ABOVE his tdUle UeCduoc, LC ooAo,
they make me nervous"
Opponents Laugh Heartily.
His partner, Jacoby, joined him in
his requests, but their opponents
David Burnstine and Howard Schenken,
laughed heartily.
The other half of Culbertson's quar-
tet, Lightner and Gottlieb, were un-
ruffled as they played Frey and Loch-
ridge.
Finals Are Postponed.
The tournament rules were changed
again today to postpone the finals,
which had been scheduled for play
Sunday. This was at the request Of
Vanderbilt, donor of the trophy.
There was some opposition to play
whether it will be played then or on
Tuesday will be decided later.
The players, always superstitious,
declined to meet the request OF Referee
Alfred NJ Gruenther for a decision
until it was determined which of them
were to be the finaIsts.
The dramatic quarter-f1nal victory of
Sims team in the early hours today
more than compensated for the lack
Of upsetS.
Wins by 100 Points.
The Sims team nosed out Mrs. Ely
Culbertson's fourscme by the slim mar
gin of 1870 points and it was the last
hand that decided the match.
Won Zedtwitz, with Vanderbilt as his
partner, eked out fve-diamond con-
tract that the waiting players and
spectators thought was impossible, Tor
100 points. Sims and his partner.
Karn, previously had set their oppo-
10
on the same hand and the swing pulled
the match out of the fire.
Asttte bidding brought the Malowan
team through its quarter-dnal match
BY a 2,40O margin. Here Is a sample !:
NORTH.
SIX Js5
H-93
DIX 10 s742
s-s762 s-A4
H-l0 876 H.-K @ J2
D-A 6 SIS D.-Q J9
Go CO IS
SOUTH.
So 10 8
H.-A 5
D.-Blank
CA K JIG 4 8
East and West were vulnerable,
North and South were not, and South
dealt. Stearns and Boscowitz were
North and South.
Bids Two No Trumps.
Boscowitz bid a club, West passed,
Stearns bid a diamond and East
passed. Boscowitz then saw he could
make four clubs, but decided to see II
he could lure his opponents into dou-
bling it. Although blank in diamonds,
he bid two no trumps.
West passed, Stearns bid three spades
and East passed. BoscoWitz tried again
with three no trump. This time, after
two passes, East doubled.
Boscowitz called four clubs. East
bit again and doubled.
The strategy gave Boscowitz 510
points wh9l he made the contract in
Stead c. 81 and top for the board.
The ace OF diamonds was the opening
lead