Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-24 | Page 10 | Bridge Event Attracts Few

Bridge Event Attracts Few B By TOM HAGENBUCH Associated Press Staff Writer NEW V YORK Dec 24 Contract 24 Contract bridge has had its trial as a Madison Madison Madison Madi Madi- son Square Garden spectacle for forthe forthe forthe the masses and now may go back to the drawing room The game was taken taleen into the arena Monday night for tor the finals of ot the French-American French contract bridge match The Americans represented represented represented rep rep- resented by the tho Four Aces won The Frenchmen and Mike Jacobs lost Jacobs who has ha's made quite a name for himself as a sports promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter staged tho the match on the grand scale of at a sporting event but scarcely 1000 persons attended The Four Aces' Aces final margin af after af- af ter hands was 2810 points on totals of to The play of the last eight hands was reproduced for the Garden audience on a stage by playing cards seven feet high carried by a corps of at men The Tho play was described by an announcer announce through loud speakers as aa the cards were vero carried to the center of the stage stag to show how each trick was taken The actual play by the teams themselves was not visible Promoter Jacobs even had score scorecards scorecards cards printed so that the kibitzers could record the bidding and play The spectators applauded from time timeto timeto to time but there was no cheering