Vanderbilt (cont'd.)
Playing with Schwartz were Michael Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd. Schwartz was trying for his third win in the contest. He was captain of the winning squads in 1997 (which also featured Robinson and Boyd) and 1998.
The Schwartz team had eliminated the defending champions led by Nick Nickell in a dramatic semifinal match. Their momentum seemed to carry through the first part of yesterday’s final, but Jacobs blunted their initiative by winning the third quarter by 24 IMPs.
 Runners-up in the Vanderbilt Knockouts: Michael Becker, David Berkowitz, Richard Schwartz,
Larry Cohen, Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd.
Foster wins Prize
Money Individual
Pictured below are the top three finishers in the $14,000 Reno
Open IV were (from left) John Zilic (third place),
Paul Foster (first) and Jeff Fang (second). In the photo on the right is Ross Willingham winner of the Reno stratified open individual.
Paul Foster of Carlsbad CA was the high scorer
in yesterday’s final session of the $14,000 Reno
Open IV Individual organized by BPT Prize Money
Bridge. Foster won the
first-place prize of $1760.
In second place was
Jeff Fang of Arcadia CA.
Fang won $880. In third
was John Zilic of Houston
TX who won $440.
The top scorer in the
Reno Stratified Open Individual was Ross
Willingham Jr. of Federal Way WA. Willingham
took home $160.
In the Reno 299er Individual, Ingvar Johansson
of Orebro Sweden was first. Johansson won $60 in
the 24-player event.
The Reno Stratified Open and the Reno 299er
Individual
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Second in the Red Ribbon Pairs were
Harvinder Sidhu and Mark Brighouse.
NAP-B honors
Benjamin Golder
The Golder North American Pairs, Flight B, is
a grassroots event limited to players with 0-1500
masterpoints. The champions will be decided in
today’s two-session final.
The trophy is presented in memory of
Benjamin M. Golder (1894-1946) of Philadelphia,
who died the day before the close of his term as
1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL
Honorary Member of the Year for 1947.
NAP-C Pairs battle
for President’s Cup
Players in the North American Open Pairs
Flight C, a grassroots event limited to players who
have not yet become Life Masters, are battling
today for the President’s Cup in today’s two-session final.
The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan
Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy was
previously awarded to the winners of the
President’s Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC.
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Spring attendance record smashed
Reno 2004 still has a day to go, but it already
holds the record for the biggest Spring NABC.
The
total to date is 14,207 tables, 211 more than Reno
1998 which 13,996.
Attendance fell a bit yesterday, as it always
does on the second weekend. However, the total of
1198 tables was respectable – 188 in the morning,
544.5 in the afternoon and 465.5 in the evening.
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She’s hooked
Jean Liesmann Ungar of Port Charlotte FL, a
retired physician, came to Reno with Jerry, her
bridge-playing husband.
They made an agreement
when they got married — he didn’t have to do
gardening and she didn’t have to play bridge.
However, Jean decided to learn bridge finally so that
she could help Jerry when he directed on cruises.
Here in Reno, she had no intention of playing
since she played her first hand of bridge less thansix months ago. Then she attended Audrey Grant’s
classes, and the enthusiasm was contagious. She
felt compelled to play and she’s glad she did.
She
got her first red points on Wednesday and
immediately joined the ACBL.
Second in the Women's Pairs were Cynthia Balderson and Carole Miner.
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