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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1933
Page
10
In a heated debate over the book Cheating at Bridge by J. C. Cameron, author asserts widespread cheating schemes and easy scams in bridge circles. Ely Colney counters that charges are largely bunk, while Camerson claims professional crooks target high stakes games and promises a challenge to two players to prove legitimate signaling.
Obituary notices list Abram Becher 8 percent owner of 02 King William Street. Burial at Jewish cemetery in Corpus Christi after services at his residence. Survivors include Lena Becher. son Harry Becher. daughter Mrs. Max Keller. grandson Gerard Becher. Also memorials for Lora Wofford and James T. Lockwood. services at residence and Ganado burial ground. Survivors include sisters and brothers. The obituary notes for Ben Wofford, Will Wofford, and O R Wolford. and for a San Antonio Pioneer N. Garcia family with descendants and service details at 4 p m Sunday.
Fragmentary vital statistics list many names, places, and numbers with scattered abbreviations. The garbled text mentions dates, amounts, and various individuals in a censored ledger style, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century registry entry without coherent events.
In New York, experts debate whether a rising class of cheaters can crack high stakes bridge games. J Cameron argues the bottom card trick and other methods let amateurs move to professional cheats, while authorities like Culbertson warn aristocrats rarely breach elite rooms. Discussion covers signaling, peeping, and the evolving ethics of the game.
New York Oct. Culbertson, famed bridge expert, dismissed J J Cameron’s Cheating at Bridge as bunk and issued a public challenge. He would take on two average players using any signals or codes and attempt to beat them with a legitimate system. He warned about professional card sharps in bridge, describing two classes the aristocrat dealer and the helper, noting their methods include stacked decks and card marking. He stressed such players are rare and dangerous, possessing keen fingers and high skill.
The account describes a three handed auction tactic where a sharper uses dummy hand knowledge to bid, stack the deck, and force favorable plays. It explains marking backs with gold ink and glare techniques to hide tampering, detailing methods to detect marked cards and the risks of deceptive dealing.
New York report cites Cornell University experiments under August Heckscher Foundation. Drs Winsey and Strongin tested caffeine effects on students paid by the hour. Findings indicate caffeine stimulates digestion and nervous systems, increases salivary and gastric secretions after an initial latency, with effects appearing after 18 minutes in some cases.
Merryle Rukeyser argues that the nation’s policy favors farmers and workers over business, dampening enterprise. He cites tax burdens and new roads, urges tax reform and clearer respect for the entrepreneur, stressing profit as the main employment driver and the need to explain farm relief and labor standards as boosting markets.
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