Bridge
At the bridge table in the 1930s, Herbert was one member of the Austria national team led by Paul Stern. The team won four of the first six European teams championships, with Herbert playing in 1933 and 1937. The 1937 field included two teams from the United States and doubled as the first world championship tournament.
"Herbert" is a bridge convention attributed to Walter Herbert, bidding the first step rather than two notrump with a weak hand in response to two of a suit.
Read more about this topic: Walter Herbert (conductor)
Famous quotes containing the word bridge:
“London Bridge is broken down,
Dance o’er my lady lee,
London Bridge is broken down,
With a gay lady.
How shall we build it up again?
Dance o’er my lady lee,”
—Unknown. London Bridge (l. 1–6)
“Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs, though, it’s intimate and psychological—resistant to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.”
—Paul Simon (b. 1949)