Rematch In New York

It makes sense that, instead of dipping into his star-loaded squad of more than two dozen New Yorkers and coming up with an entirely new team, he has built his new lineup around the pair that gave such a consistent performance last time out, Howard Schenken and George Rapee. He has added three all-star partnerships designed to be aggressive while, at the same time, least likely to be accident-prone. Partnerships not likely to incur disasters are of utmost importance.

Numerous hands in the first match provided confirmation for the adage that team matches are not won, they are lost. This one, from the first session in which Los Angeles piled up a 21 International Match Point lead, was a blow to Ivan Erdos—who otherwise played an important part in his team's victory.

Neither side vulnerable East dealer

NORTH

— [Spade]
[Ace of Hearts]
[Queen of Hearts]
[9 of Hearts]
[8 of Hearts]
[4 of Hearts]
[King of Diamonds]
[Queen of Diamonds]
[Jack of Diamonds]
[6 of Diamonds]
[2 of Diamonds]
[10 of Clubs]
[6 of Clubs]
[3 of Clubs]

WEST

[Queen of Spades]
[Jack of Spades]
[5 of Spades]
[3 of Spades]
[Jack of Hearts]
[10 of Hearts]
[3 of Hearts]
[9 of Diamonds]
[8 of Diamonds]
[4 of Diamonds]
[Jack of Clubs]
[5 of Clubs]
[2 of Clubs]

SOUTH

[King of Spades]
[10 of Spades]
[9 of Spades]
[8 of Spades]
[7 of Spades]
[6 of Spades]
[4 of Spades]
[2 of Spades]
[King of Hearts]
— [Diamond]
[King of Clubs]
[Queen of Clubs]
[8 of Clubs]
[4 of Clubs]

EAST