The Master Mixed Teams, later renamed the Mixed Board-A-Match Teams, was a bridge event, which was contested for the Barclay Trophy until 1945. Beginning with 1946 the Master Mixed Teams was contested for the Lebhar Trophy. In 1996 the Master Mixed Teams event was renamed the Mixed Board-A-Match Teams.
This bridge event is also known as the Chicago Mixed Board-A-Match and was restricted to participants with at least 100 Masterpoints. The winners of each event had the honor of having their names inscribed on the trophy. The trophy itself was donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago in 1929. The trophy was, from its inception, awarded annually to the winners of the North American Open Teams Championships. The Chicago Trophy was replaced by the Reisinger Memorial Trophy in 1965.
From 1946 to 1955, a separate event with national rating was held on the West Coast.
The bridge event is a four-session Board-A-Match event with two qualifying rounds and two final rounds. It is restricted to players, who have won at least 100 masterpoints. In 1969 this bridge event was played in three session. Following are the victors and runners-up for this event.
Year Winners and Runners-Up 1929 1. Max Cohen, Mrs. M. K. Alexander, Rose Fleischer, R. Frankenstein 1930 1. Cmdr. Winfield W. Liggett, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Sir Derrick J. Wernher 2. W. Cleveland Cogswell, J. Arnold Farrar, Doris Fuller, George Reith 1931 1. Mrs. G. A. Bennett, Doris Fuller, Charles Lochridge, George Reith 2. E. M. Baker, Margaret Beech, William McKenney, Mrs. H. D. Stahl 1932 1. Marie Black, H. Huber Boscowitz, Sam Fry Jr., Olga Hilliard 2. Mrs. L. Bloomberg, Bernard Cone, A. Louis Gotthelf, Mrs. Thomas Stern 1933 1. David Burnstine, Elinor Murdoch, Mrs. Ivan Stengel, Edwin A. Wetzler 2. Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 1934 1. Lester R. Bachner, Mrs. Lester R. Bachner, James H. Lemon, Martha Lemon 1935 1. Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Ruth Sherman, Louis H. Watson 2. Mary Clement, Mary Zita Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 1936 1. Hortense Evans, Louis J. Haddad, Robert McPherran, Elizabeth Whitney 2. B. Jay Becker, Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Sally Young 1937 1. Philip Abramsohn, Estelle Drescher, Morrie Elis, Ann Naiman 2. S. Garton Churchill, Phyllis Gardner, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts 1938 1. Doris Fuller, Charles H. Goren, Dr. Henry J. Vogel, Sally Young 2. Eleanor Hirsch, John C. Kunkel, Helen Pendelton Rockwell, Milton Vernoff 1939 1. Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin Landy, Florence Stratford 2. Edward G. Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles J. Solomon 1940 1. Marie Black, Henry H. Chanin, Olive Peterson, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 2. Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles J. Solomon 1941 1. Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Sally Young 2. Oswald Jacoby, Louise Wainwright, Sherman Stearns, Mrs. William A. Tucker 1942 1. John R. Crawford, Olive Peterson, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 2. Philip Abramsohn, Kay Rhodes, Edith Seligman, Tobias Stone 1943 1. Charles H. Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 2. Edith Hammond, Pat Lightner, Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant Wainwright 1944 1. Charles H. Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 2. Marie Basher, Edward Cohn, John R. Crawford, Margaret Wagar 1945 1. John R. Crawford, Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 2. Estelle Elis, Harry J. Fishbein, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman 1946 1. Samuel Katz, Alicia Kempner, Evelyn Lebhar, Bertram Lebhar Jr. 2. Charles H. Goren, Emily Folline, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel 1947 1. Harry J. Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman 2-3. Emily Folline, Peter A. Leventritt, David Warner, Sally Young 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Jane Jaeger, Lewis M. Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser 1948 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar 2. Harry J. Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman 1949 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young 2. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar 1950 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young 2. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar 1951 1. Jane Jaeger, Richard Kahn, Leo Roet, Ruth Sherman 2. Myron Field, Agnes Gordon, Charles H. Goren, Helen Sobel 1952 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman 2. John R. Crawford, Emma Jean Hawes, George Rapee, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor 1953 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth 2. Emanual Hochfeld, Mary Jane Kauder, Lewis L. Mathe, Gloria Turner 1954 1. Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar 2. Marianne Boschan, Gertrude Eberson, David Murray, Lewis Tubbs 1955 1. Gratian Goldstein, Harold Harkavy, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth 2. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Richard Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric R. Murray 1956 1. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric R. Murray 2. Barbara Brier, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 1957 1. John R. Crawford, Milton Q. Ellenby, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Gloria Turner 2. Sam Fry Jr., Dorothy Hayden, Sally Johnson, Ira S. Rubin 1958 1. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Eunice Rosen, William Rosen 2. B. Jay Becker, Bee Gale, Betty Goldberg, Howard Schenken 1959 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Robert F. Jordan, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young 2. Leonard B. Harmon, Edgar Kaplan, Peggy Rotzell, Alfred Sheinwold, Betty Sheinwold 1960 1. William Grieve, Alicia Kempner, George Rapee, Betty Ann Welch 2. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein 1961 1. Richard Freeman, Emanuel Hochfield, Louise Robinson, Gloria Turner 2. John Fisher, Jean Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots Kendrick, Sidney Lazard 1962 1. Charles Coon, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray, Helen Portugal 2. Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein, Margaret Wagar 1963 1. Sidney Lazard, Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, Stella Rebner 2. Israel Cohen, Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth 1964 1. John Fisher, John Gerber, Emma Jean Hawes, Margaret Wagar 2-3. Martin J. Cohn, Hampton Hume, Bernadine Jenkins, Mary Philley 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Jerome Yavitz Jr. 1965 1. Barbara Brier, Alvin Roth, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 2. Burt Norton, Carol Norton, Alan Press, William Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Carol Stolkin 1966 1. Jimmy Cayne, Judy Dryer, Paul Soloway, Eunice Rosen, William Rosen 2. Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken 1967 1. Mike Cappelletti, Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Moss, Gail Shane 2-4. John Gerber, Norman Kay, Carol Klar, George Rosenkranz, Edith Rosenkranz 2- 4. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Dorothy Hayden, Emma Jean Hawes 2-4. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Fred Hamilton, Sylvia Stein 1968 1. Minda Brachman, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Helen Sobel Smith 2. Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, George Rapee, Carol Stolkin 1969 1. Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles Peres, Dan Rotman, Ivar Stakgold, Alice Stakgold 2. Barry Crane, Jules Farell, Mary Jane Farell, Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank 1970 1. Dorothy Bare, Gerald Bare, Eugenie Mathe, Lewis L. Mathe 2-3. Ken Barbour, William Daly, Mickey Rosenthal, Helen Strasberg, Dave Strasberg 2-3. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs 1971 1. John Anderson, Ron Andersen, Marilyn McCrary, Sue Picus 2. Dorsey Brooks, Zerrene Brooks, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey 1972 1. Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, William Passell 2. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Emma Jean Hawes, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden Truscott 1973 1. Ellen Alfandre, Philip Feldsman, Edith Sacks, Stanley Tomchin 2-5. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs 2-5. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Barbara Saltsman, Joe Silver 2-5. Mark Berger, Sallie Johnson, Amos Kaminsky, Jack Saltz, Mona Stocknoff 2-5. Carol Crawford, John R. Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth 1974 1. Edith Kemp, Jerome Yavitz, Rita Seamon, William Seamon 2. Robert Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Peggy Parker, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson 1975 1. Gerald Caravelli, Nancy Gruver, Jim Linhart, Helen Utegaard 2-3. Shirlee Lazarus, Eugenie Mathe, Lewis L. Mathe, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, James E. Zimmerman 2-3. Carol Crawford, John R. Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth 1976 1-2. Richard H. Katz, Carol Sanders, Paul Swanson, Marion Weed 1-2. Fred Hamilton, John C. Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin, Rhoda Walsh, Nancy Weichsel, Peter Weichsel 1977 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard 2. Ethel Dayboch, Morrie Freier, Richard Paulsen, Sue Thornton 1978 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard 2. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs 1979 1-3. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard 1-3. Lynne Feldman, Mark Feldman, Ed Nagy, Sharon Smith 1-3. Betty Bloom, Steven Bloom, Mark Cohen, Edith Sacks 1980 1. Barry Crane, Jose John Hamui, Elias Konstantinovsky, Laura Mariscal, Kerri Shuman 2. Gerald Caravelli, Dennis McGarry, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Helen Utegaard 1981 1. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Katz, Paul Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Van Zandt 2. Bill Cole, Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer 1982 1-2. Tommy Sanders, Carol Sanders, Sidney Lazard, Joan DeWitt 1-2. Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole 1983 1. Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew Casen, Karen Allison 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Radin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth 1984 1. Susan Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Juanita Skelton, Allan Cokin, Barbara Sion, Steve Sion 2. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Carol Sanders, Mark Lair, Lynn Deas, Eddie Wold 1985 1. Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Dave Treadwell 2. Rich Schmieder, Jyme Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol Dietz 1986 1. Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen, Harold Lilie, Joyce Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz 2. Carol Simon, Bob Etter, Min Ross, Hugh Ross, Paul Kern, Claire Kern 1987 1-2. Jim Mahaffey, Linda Perlman, Joan Remey, Paul Soloway 1-2. Bob Hamman, Kerri Shuman, Rama Linz, Robert Levin 1988 1-2. Robert Radwin, Helen Utegaard, Flo Rotman, Dan Rotman 1-2. Ken Cohen, Jo Anne Manfield, Robert Woodard, Ev Cogan 1989 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Gladys Collier, Juanita Chambers 2-3. Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen, Mary Oshlag, Richard Oshlag 2-3. Chester Hirsch, Mary Jane Farell, Jacqui Mitchell, Victor Mitchell 1990 1. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Marinesa Letizia, Kerri Shuman, Mark Lair 2. Jim Becker, Ellee Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian Whalen 1991 1. John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Moss, Bronia Gmach, Jared Lilienstein 2. Robert Thomson, Asya Kamsky, Rozanne Pollack, Michael Radin, Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen 1992 1. Gabriel Chagas, Marinesa Letizia, Dennis Clerkin, Juanita Chambers, Mike Lawrence, Beth Palmer 2. Bjorn Fallenius, Kathy Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Jeff Meckstroth 1993 1. Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, Beth Palmer, William Pettis 2. Nancy Molesworth, Stephen Schneer, Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis 1994 1. Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, Renee Mancuso, Steve Sion, Barbara Sion 2. George Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Wold, Kerri Sanborn, Larry Cohen 1995 1. Joyce Lilie, Harold Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz 2. Jeff Schuett, Ginny Schuett, Tom Kniest, Karen Walker, Florine Walters, Mark Feldman 1996 In 1996 the event became the Mixed Board-A-Match Teams
and was no longer known as the Master Mixed Teams.1996 1. Gaylor Kasle, Barabara Kasle, Nancy Passell, Garey Hayden 2. Jimmy Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Suzy Burger 1997 1. Marc Low, Sandra Low, Sue Sachs, David Sachs 2. Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey, Jo Anne Casen, Larry Mori, Martha Katz, Ralph Katz 1998 1. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Jim Bjerkan, Cheri Bjerkan 2. Rita Shugart, Geir Helgemo, Kitty Munson, Andrew Robson 1999 1. Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Zia Mahmood, Matthew Granovetter 2. Richard Gabriel, Ellen Gabriel, Rhoda Prager, Brian Ellis 2000 1. Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, Judi Radin, Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro 2. Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom, Kitty Munson Cooper, Steven Cooper 2001 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Chip Martel, Jan Martel, Lew Stansby, JoAnna Stansby 2. Lou Ann ORourke, Joan Stein, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Billy Miller 2002 1. Michael Rosenberg, Debbie Rosenberg, Lisa Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky 2. Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Glasson, Joann Glasson 2003 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Hemant Lall, Donna Compton, Petra Hamman 2. Richard Zeckhauser, Mildred Breed, Eddie Wold, Hjordis Eythorsdottir 2004 1. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis 2. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis 2005 1. Peggy Kaplan, Petra Hamman, Rozanne Pollack, Steve Beatty, Hemant Lall, Marty Fleisher 2. Barbara Sonsini, John Sutherlin, Tobi Sokolow, Mark Lair, Rhoda Walsh 2006 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, Rozanne Pollack, William Pollack 2. Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Walid Elahmady, Daniela von Arnim, Teri Casen, Drew Casen 2007 1. Linda Eakes, Don Stack, Jack and Nancy Spear 2. Stephen Goldtein, Leslie Paryzer, John Stiefel, Sheila Gabay
The Master Mixed Teams also had a counterpart on the West Coast of the United States between the years 1946 and 1955 and had, as a separate event, national ratings. The winners are listed below.
Year Winners 1946 1. Nell Wells, George Wells, Kay Dunn, James Dunn 1947 1. Rose Eidem, Meyer Schleifer, Betty Bysshe, Detmar Walther 1948 1. Alma Rosekrans, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz, Maurice Seiler, Mrs. Maurice Seiler 1949 1. Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach 1950 1. Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach 1951 1. Ruth Smith, Casey Million, Nell Wells, John Hancock 1952 1. Don Oakie, Mrs. James Moffatt, Stella Rebner, Doug Steen 1953 1. Barry Cohen, Stella Rebner, Malvine Klausner, Dr. Eddie Frischauer 1954 1. Harrient Rethers, Clarence Strouse, Alicia Kempner, Barry Crane 1955 1. Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Nell Wells, Ernest Rovere
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