Spingold
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The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Spingold is a knock-out team event. The event typically last 7 days with each day being a round consisting of two sessions of 32 boards. The event is open and seeded.
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[edit] History
The Spingold Master Knockout Teams, first known as the Challenge Knockout Teams, was contested for the Asbury Park Trophy in the early days. The runner-up team in the regularly-scheduled portion of the event had the right to challenge the winners to a playoff. This right was never utilized.
In 1934, 1936 and 1937, the Masters Teams-of-Four and the Asbury Park Trophy were separate events, providing two sets of winners. In 1938 the event became the Spingold Master Knockout Teams and a part of the Summer NABC. At one time, the Spingold was a double elimination event, usually lasting nine or 10 sessions. It was scored by International Match Points and was restricted to players with 100 or more masterpoints.
In 1965, the double elimination method was replaced by three qualifying sessions (subsequently reduced to two), followed by single elimination knockout matches. The preliminary qualifying session were dropped in 1970. The Spingold Trophy, donated by Nathan B. Spingold in 1934, is one of ACBL's most highly prized team trophies.
Spingold (1886-1958), a New York publicist, motion picture executive and patron of the arts, was one of the most influential men in bridge administration from 1937 to 1943. Born in Chicago, he became a reporter on The Chicago Examiner, The Chicago Record Herald and The Chicago Tribune. Spingold's interest in show business brought him to New York City in the Thirties.
In 1932 he joined Columbia Pictures in a public relations capacity. He was named to the board of directors in 1940 and three years later was appointed vice president in charge of advertising, publicity and development. He became a vice president of the company in 1954. Active in bridge from its earliest days, Spingold was named ABL Honorary Member in 1936. He was instrumental in effecting a peaceful merger between the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937 and became president of the newly formed American Contract Bridge League the following year.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | Michael Gottlieb, Willard Karn, Lee Langdon, P. Hal Sims |
| 1931 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims | S. Garton Churchill, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts, Phillip Stockvis |
| 1932 | Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Louis H. Watson | B. Jay Becker, Herbert Lent, George Reith, Anne Rosenfield |
| 1933 | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Richard Frey, Howard Schenken | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Louis H. Watson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1934 | Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, William Hopkins, Charles Porter | Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Alphonse Moyse Jr., Sherman Stearns |
| 1935 | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Louis H. Watson | Mitch Barnes, Hubert Boscowitz, Charles Lockridge, Johnny Rau |
| 1936 | Lewis Bernard, Louis Haddad, Alvin Landy, Matthew Reilly, Philip Steiner | Melvin Goddard, Sidney Silodor, Henry Vogel, Sir Derrick Wernher |
| 1937 | David Burnstine, Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken | Phil Abramsohn, Mitch Barnes, Henry Chanin, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan |
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken | Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, Louis Haddad, Charles Hall |
| 1936 | B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Merwyn Maier, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1937 | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | Phil Abramsohn, Lewis Bernard, Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Herbert Goldberg |
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken | Mitch Barnes, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan, Charles Lockridge |
| 1939 | Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Robert McPherran, Howard Schenken | John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young |
| 1940 | Oscar Brotman, Bertram Lebhar Jr., Samuel Katz, Alvin Roth | Sam Fry Jr., Myron Fuchs, Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lockridge, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1941 | Mitch Barnes, Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Waldemar von Zedtwitz | B. Jay Becker, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken |
| 1942 | Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman | Jay Feigus, Charles Harvey, Samuel Katz, Edward Marcus |
| 1943 | John Crawford, Charles Goren, Edward Hymes Jr., Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor | B. Jay Becker, Harry Fishbein, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Helen Sobel |
| 1944 | B. Jay Becker, George Rapee, Helen Sobel, Sam Stayman | Simon Becker, Edward Ellenbogen, Stanley Frenkel, Peggy Golder |
| 1945 | Sam Fry Jr., Edward Hymes Jr., Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Howard Schenken | Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Alvin Roth, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1946 | William Christian, Mark Hodges, Sol Mogal, Margaret Wagar | Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Elmer Schwartz |
| 1947 | B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman |
| 1948 | John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman, Margaret Wagar | Julius Bank, Arthur Glatt, Robert Halpin, Oswald Jacoby, Ralph Kempner |
| 1949 | Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Bruce Gowdy, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal | Henry Chanin, David Clarren, Oswald Jacoby, Jack Krause, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1950 | John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman | B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1951 | Myron Field, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | Ambrose Casner, Charles Hall, Allen Harvey, Frank Weisbach |
| 1952 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman | Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Edwin Smith |
| 1953 | Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Don Oakie, William Rosen, Doug Steen | 2-5. Ed Burns, David Clarren, Bertram Lebhar Jr., Sam Katz, Albert Weiss; 2-5. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Hubbell, Arthur Kincaid, Bobby Nail; 2-5. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2-5. Ivan Erdos, Edward Fischauer, Lew Mathe, Meyer Schleifer |
| 1954 | Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lew Mathe, John Moran, William Rosen | 2-4. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Gerber, John Hubbell, Harold Rockaway; 2-4. Eddie Burns, Ambrose Casner, Allen Harvey, Cliff Russell; 2-4. Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Newman, Lewis Rosen, Julius Rosenblum, Robert Rothlein |
| 1955 | Myron Field, Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Charles Solomon, Sam Stayman | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor |
| 1956 | 1-3. Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris Koytchou, Harold Ogust, William Seamon, Helen Sobel; 1-3. Harold Harkavy, Victor Mitchell, Alvin Roth, Ira Rubin, Tobias Stone; 1-3. Robert Abeles, Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Louis Kelner, Ronald Rosenberg | |
| 1957 | B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone | Milton Ellenby, Ivan Erdos, Emanuel Hochfeld, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin |
| 1958 | Paul Allinger, William Hanna, Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Neuman, Robert Rothlein | Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakold |
| 1959 | William Grieve, Oswald Jacoby, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Morton Rubinow, Sam Stayman | Richard Freeman, Andy Gabrilovitch, Frank Hoadley, Mike Michaels, Jan Stone, Richard Walsh |
| 1960 | Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris Koytchou, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel | B. Jay Becker, William Grieve, Ralph Hirschberg, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor |
| 1961 | Andy Gabrilovitch, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, William Root | John Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone |
| 1962 | Leonard Harmon, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Ivar Stakgold | David Carter, John Hubbell, Jim Jacoby, Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail |
| 1963 | Russ Arnold, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Cliff Russell, William Seamon | Sami Kehela, Richard Kahn, William Root, Tommy Sanders, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1964 | Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown | Marvin Altman, Bruce Gowdy, Fred Hoffer, Ray Jotcham |
| 1965 | Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown | B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan |
| 1966 | William Root, Alvin Roth, Ira Rubin, Curtis Smith | William Grieve, Sidney Lazard, Paul Levitt, Harold Ogust, George Rapee |
| 1967 | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, William Root, Alvin Roth | John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Dan Morse, George Rosenkranz, Bobby Wolff |
| 1968 | Sami Kehela, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee | Steve Altman, B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Dorothy Hayden |
| 1969 | Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Jim Jacoby, Bobby Wolff | Phil Feldesman, William Grieve, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Sam Stayman, Jeff Westheimer |
| 1970 | Steve Altman, Tom Smith, Dave Strasberg, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel | Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff |
| 1971 | Steve Altman, Eugene Neiger, Tom Smith, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Don Krauss, Lew Mathe |
| 1972 | B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Andy Bernstein, Jeff Rubens | Pat Brennan, Byron Greenberg, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Albert Weiss |
| 1973 | Larry T. Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold | Minda Brachman, Sidney Lazard, Jim Jacoby, Paul Soloway, John Swanson |
| 1974 | Lou Bluhm, Larry Gould, Steve Goldberg, Richard Shepherd | Harlow Lewis, Lew Mathe, Peter Pender, William Root, Harry Stappenbeck, Arthur Waldman |
| 1975 | Grant Baze, John Fejervary, Lew Stansby, Piyush Vakil, Ron Von der Porten | Ira Cohen, Harold Guiver, Marty Shallon, Bill Sides |
| 1976 | Roger Bates, Larry T. Cohen, Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz | Dave Berkowitz, Mark Blumenthal, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, John Solodar |
| 1977 | Lou Bluhm, Dan Morse, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Tommy Sanders, Eddie Wold | Ken Cohen, Larry Gould, Larry Kozlove, John Sheridan |
| 1978 | Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway | Steve Altman, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Tom Smith |
| 1979 | Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff | Ed Manfield, Steve Robinson, Eric Rodwell, John Sheridan, Kit Woolsey |
| 1980 | Mike Becker, Kyle Larsen, Ron Rubin, Alan Sontag, Ron Von der Porten, Peter Weichsel | Rich Freisner, Brian Glubok, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, Michael Rosenberg, John Solodar |
| 1981 | Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard, Ralph Katz, Warren Rosener, Allan Stauber, John Sutherlin | Bart Bramley, Rich Freisner, Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey |
| 1982 | Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel | Mark Molson, Billy Cohen, Eric Kokish, Peter Nagy |
| 1983 | Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Wolff, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Ron Andersen | Luella Slaner, Marty Bergen, Brian Glubok, Larry N. Cohen, Mark Cohen, Jerry Goldfein |
| 1984 | George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen | Alan Sontag, Allan Cokin, Jim Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Steve Sion |
| 1985 | Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Bill Passell, Russ Arnold, Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger | Ron Rubin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel |
| 1986 | Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Paul Soloway | Brian Glubok, Billy Cohen, John Schermer, Neil Chambers |
| 1987 | Brian Glubok, Dan Rotman, Harry Stappenbeck, Jaggy Shivdasani | Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Russ Arnold, Bernie Chazen, Roy Fox, Michael Seamon |
| 1988 | Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth | Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm |
| 1989 | Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Mike Passell, Mark Lair | Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Mark Cohen, Mark Feldman |
| 1990 | Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff | Jim Mahaffey, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell |
| 1991 | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Cliff Russell, Peter Weichsel, Robert Levin, Sam Lev, Alan Sontag, Eddie Kantar |
| 1992 | Ron Rubin, Russ Ekeblad, Mike Becker, Ron Sukoneck, Robert Levin, Peter Weichsel | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Neil Silverman, Chip Martel |
| 1993 | Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Hemant Lall, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby |
| 1994 | Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman |
| 1995 | Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby |
| 1996 | Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Richard Schwartz, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Steve Robinson, Alan Sontag, Ron Smith |
| 1997 | Grant Baze, Tipton Golias, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki | Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Michael Seamon, Mark Feldman, Alan Sontag |
| 1998 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Grant Baze, Michael Whitman, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki |
| 1999 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | John Onstott, Steve Beatty, Billy Eisenberg, Garey Hayden |
| 2000 | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen | Roy Welland, Brad Moss, Marc Jacobus, Fred Gitelman, Magnus Lindkvist, Peter Fredin |
| 2001 | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace | Mike Moss, Fred Chang, Kerry Smith, Jeff Schuett |
| 2002 | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace | Mike Moss, Martin Schifko, Allan Graves, Bryan Maksymetz |
| 2003 | Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby |
| 2004 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Mark Feldman, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Gavin Wolpert, Warren Spector, Vincent Demuy |
| 2005 | Russ Ekeblad, Ron Rubin, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss | Tom Carmichael, Michael White, Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Gerstman |
| 2006 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria |
| 2007 | Nick Nickell, Hemant Lall, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski |
[edit] Sources
List of previous winners, Page 10 Daily Bulletin, vol. 79-4, Monday, July 23, 2007, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/Nashville2007/bulletins/db4.pdf>
