Louis H. Watson
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Louis H. Watson of New York City
was a highly ranked American
contract bridge
player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson
to be his most likely successor. Born in 1907, he died suddenly at an early age in 1936.
Watson was a contributing editor of The Bridge World and bridge columnist
for the New York Evening Post. His book Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge, published in 1934, was enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr. in 1958 as Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. As such it is still considered a classic by experts and other bridge readers of today.
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was a highly ranked American
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contract bridge
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson
Ely Culbertson
Ely Culbertson was an entreprenurial American contract bridge personality dominant during the Thirties and Forties. He played a major role in the early popularization of the game, and was widely regarded as "the man who made contract bridge"...
to be his most likely successor. Born in 1907, he died suddenly at an early age in 1936.
Watson was a contributing editor of The Bridge World and bridge columnist
Columnist
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for the New York Evening Post. His book Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge, published in 1934, was enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr. in 1958 as Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. As such it is still considered a classic by experts and other bridge readers of today.
Bridge accomplishments
- First, American Bridge League (ABL) National Challenge Team-of-Four Championship, 1932 and 1935 (Asbury Park TrophySpingoldThe Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship ....
, prior to the ACBL Spingold) - First, ABL Mixed Team-of-Four, 1935 (see Chicago Mixed Board-a-MatchChicago Mixed Board-a-MatchThe Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship .The event is a board-a-match team event....
) - First, Cavendish Club Invitational, 1933.
- First, American Whist League All American Pair and All American Team-of-Four, 1933 and 1934.
- First, Georgia State South-eastern Sectional Team-of-Four, 1931.
- Second, ABL Pair, 1931 and 1932 (Fall National Open PairsFall National Open PairsThe National Open Pairs national bridge championship was held at the fall American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship . The National Open Pairs was a four-session matchpoint pairs event.-History:...
); Eastern Pair 1930; Eastern Team-of-Four 1933; (ABL) National Team-of-Four 1933 (Asbury Park Trophy); Vanderbilt TrophyVanderbilt TrophyThe trophy is awarded for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams national bridge championship held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship ....
Team-of-Four, 1933 and 1935; ABL Men's PairWernher Open PairsThe Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship .The Wernher Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions....
, 1935.