Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-20

NIX nc hhh'>" play.
Somebody tossed this ques-
ton al {. r.. Wilson, president
of General Motors, when he met
win newspaper writers the
other evening How much Is "A
Chevrolet going to cost after
he war;"
Wilson said he didn't know.
When the war il over, perhaps
prirrS viii 20 sliding down to
their former levels. and wages
along With them. Or perhaps.
again. they'll stay up where
they are now.
A. Wilson wisely remarked,
II doesn't really matter "a much
a. some other things do. II
wages remain high, prices Will
stay up. too. n prices are cut,
SO witt wages ~ cut.
"The important thing" VII
son said. us thai We keep busy
making thing>.
va sauniered into the Jade
Room Of the Detroit -Leiand
Hotel saturday and found IL
packed To the walls with people
playing contract bridge. II was
the Wolverine Classic, one of
the biggest bridge tournaments
in the country. Detroit. u seems,
l. pretty well up in the bridge
world and some hundreds 81
PLAYERS were here from eight
or nine Midwest states.
The tournament was being
run by a Mr.. Al SobeI of New
York. whose wife, Helen. il the
national champion ontraCt
PLAYER. The SObel> are quite
proud Of having gone 10 the
international tournament with
the CulbertsOnS i'm Budapest In
1887, the last world tournament
before the war. They got
beaten out by the Austrian
team. Since then, the Austrians.
Irllinek and Schneider, have
died in concentration camps.
Sohel admitted that bridge
sometimes caused husband, and
WIycs cor any other partners
10 sQuabble bat nc SAID be and
. wife hardly ever fought
- or The game He'd heard
some pretty good word battles
~ tournaments. 10 -ald. but IN
an his experience hos never
seen any actual bFws struck
which IS more than YOU can
as for a Dor Of sports
These tournaments. II seems,
are pretty strict. They run
right on schedule. two boards
every - minutes. all afternoon
and evening. \ board II. rough
~ speaking, deal, except that
m tournament bridge YOU don't
deal after the first hand. From
then ouA It's duplicate play, and
ON the next hand. some other
table gets the same cards that
you just got through with.
Even with SO 10 100 teams
playing IN the same room at
once. is rather quiet. Nobody
talks very loud for fear
PLAYER ~ the next table may
hear the bidding and get some
information TO file away when
thc same 81 Of cards reaches
has table Tournament players
have enormous memories. Sobcl
says a day, or several days
later. YOU can ask about Board
No Such-and-SuCh. and a play
or VIII tell you who won. how
many points and exactly what
cards everybody held.
But during "A tournament
they're absent minded about
everything else" he said. Cant
even remember their room
numbers"
Sobel Is very strict about al
cohol. Nobody can order drinks
during play, hut they can have
SOFT drinks. and cokes are fN-
tremely popular-especially as
some players carry little TASKS
rum with them. and pour
~ziot into the glass when nobody
is looking,
All The Top Detroit players
were there. and Sobcl said
many could compete with the
nAtion'S top-flightcrS If they
ti.t kept, al i'll Van Brooks.
G. w Churchill. Ray Malchie.
Art Levy, Billy MouScr. Harold
Murphy and Art Baum. Among
the women he named Mrs Nal
che, Mrs Baum and Mrs. Grace