Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 18 | Clammy Horror Grips Ely on Learning of Mik's Plan

Clammy Horrod Grips ElyOn ElyOn Ely ElyOn On Learning o Mike s 's Plan n I PAUL By AUL GALLICO NEW YORK Dec 19 Mr Michael S. S Jacobs the modern Tex Rickard is doing some public niggling niggling nig nig- gling with Ely Culbertson the bridge player over the forthcoming bridge st stunt nl at t Madison Square Gard Garden n next Monday night and In these days of ot pressure high-pressure publicity publicity pub pub- it is a little difficult to tell whether the boys are really angry at one another Mr Jacobs It seems scorns has planned to capitalize on the great human yen cn to kibitz by staging the thc finals of an international match between n a French and American team of bridge players in the public pits of Madison Square Garden and charge an admission to look Jook on As far tar as I can determine over tie the telephone from Mr Jacobs' Jacobs of office ot- ot flee fice Mr Mt Jacobs himself being on his way to Havana Mr Culbertson Culbert- Culbert son is in a pet with our Mike because because because be be- cause he is planning to commercialize commercial commercial- ize a pure amateur sport The players will vill bo be lock locked d up Ina in ina ina a near by room and no one Will see them But th the thi bidding will vil be piped via th the public pUblio address t tern m. m Pia Play Flay will b be Indicated 4 I on a 1 gi gigantic gigantic JI- JI I gantic vertical t-b t b by human cards a n novel no i a d and when there are Bre two or ways was of ot bidding or playing a n. deal hands will be qs to give the tho bridge e fiends un an opportunity to learn leant something Prices Iri s seem j lo o run nm from SI 50 c Cuts Cents to 3 and th liI ro re are arc I a i lot lotof lotof of ot people there 1 cr c every one connected connected con con- with tAI rAh affair will be bc agreeably surprised ed because it is questionable h much fun lun it is going to be kibitz tc when there is 15 no shoulder over which to 1001 look One of ot the things I had looked forward to v ruth th the uso use of high- high powered lasseS was catching the looks o rage on the faces of the rs when their partners part part- n ners rs did the wrong the thin things s. s Also Its it s seems ems a to deny the audience the benefit benefit of benefit of ot the post mortems ReId i tri k president of Madison Square Garden himself a u a of no mean accompli ac- ac s staging this thill Khow iho h ad d s says that It wouldn't do dot doto doto t to hR t C e players visible because became e there thoro ro are arc frequent long spells pc of 01 deliberation before belore n a card I Is played during which he lie feels the audience would go o wild Anyway Mikes Mike's office has a letter leller from rom Ely Culbertson on deploring the commercializing of oC this healthful sport and Mike in a carefully worded reply made public to the press answers May ia I add as one promoter to another that I am amused at your holy terror over the prospect of commercializing a sport which I am nm informed has given you youa a couple of ot million dollars J Life ilc somehow becomes much sweeter when promoters and big hig shots commence calling one another an- an other oiher name nanci antI and I hope JOhe that Mr referred to the pure altruism of his hI pin play for the Schwab cup in London to which Mike liko replies You refer to lo your our contest for tor forthe forthe the Schwab cup Am I misinformed that the match you OU refer reCer to was played as an advertising i stunt for fora a department stok-e stok store stoe i's is s 's of ot London I hope lope I itA have V been