European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Differences of opinion about race or toilet oxbridge can Ariit Between even the most congenial partners. You up spit you Oul and Slepion you on the list hand of the list even after they be already won the event. Who Lake no you find Many men but few women players Wilh thai kind of aggression says bean for which intones .1 voice behind him we Ihnn the lord. Ace Allan looking not like a lady in distress replies Well feminism and All that aside. I have a philosophy on thai. 11 hink that the men were he ones who Wen Oul of the Home and on he Job and in i he w ars in stress situations and they be been Able to bring mat toughness 1c the table More stamina playing belief under stress. Bui i think As time goes by and women arc out there in the world More women will Rise la the top. Another big thing is concentration. I think for a female i have a fair amount of for a female what s mean Well like i told you men ire just belter at Bridge now. If you put that in the paper i la get a lot of hassling from the women but that s the Way ii what about women s intuition Inui Riveness in t that a part of the game yes says Ace comparing her game to her husband s. He s probably the better technical player by far but i gel a belter feel of the table. I m a better people person. I inti that person did t have that heart. Ust soon obvious. And my husband will say lust How was it so obvious and i la say ii was just soon obvious could t you Nellc " no " Ace raises a Finger to her interviewer. Now Honey i Don t want this to come off that i m the greatest who Ever played i he game. There d be too Many people who d die of hysterics when my computer turns off i can play the worst game in he world. Can t Tell a heart from a Ace is not alone in believing there Are factors beyond pure logic at work in the deeper Waters o Bridge. I think most of us Are psychic whether we like to admit it or not says Rean beyond pure analytical ability beyond percentages we Are Able subconsciously or unconsciously to read whal the other person s thinking at times without even realizing it. When you re really clicking Al this game there s quite a bit of magic in meet Tom and Mary Jane Mac Kay. Tom. 44, who happen to be a psychiatrist As it ii As a Bridge player to acl is called on to Lay Dou Ethel Nec Toaty. Shakes his head and says he does t rive All that much weight to the psychic Side of Bridge. You can l measure it. Maybe it s there maybe it s his wife Mary Ane 45, a clinical Sodal worker believes it s there All right. They play Ai partners and sometimes people get a Little nervous around us think we re Reading their not in mention their eyes voices and anything else observable. Because picking upon the slightest gleam in an opponent s Eye or hitch in his voice the Impalli in change in the Tempo of play the Loo Quick lighting up Ofa cigarette the suddenly furrowed a w Hal s All Good Sherlock Holmes stuff As perfectly deductively Correct As Deduc ing what s going on with i he cards and something the grand masters do masterfully. Beta use of the ethics of Bridge the Mai Kays say they struggle hardest Al is trying nol in show anything on their fates that their partner could interpret trying Nullo transmit or receive even the subtlest physical i be Riim the other. And that fur old married folks can be almost unnatural. "1 pick upon Little things sometimes despite iry Nir nol to says . I believe there Are Levels of communication that defy the Rule with years in get in sync Wilh the other s thinking habits it should be a snap to play with one s spouse right even Kojak says Christ if you be played together for 30 years you be pot to know something about your partner s bidding sequences got to have a k t Linn Ever time he fir she squirms or blinks. Nevertheless "1 Don t recommend playing intense tournament Bridge with your spouse cautions Mary Jane wit h a wag if her head. It brings Loo Mui h
