THE REISINGER

The REISINGER is contested for the Reisinger Trophy (the Chicago Trophy until 1965). It is a six-session open team-of-four event scored by board-a- match with two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions. It was contested as a four-session championship until 1966.

The event began in 1929 as the North American Open Team Championship and the prize was the Chicago Trophy, donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago. (In 1928, the open team competition was for the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.)

The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by the Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. Reisinger.

Reisinger (1891-1964), New York City, was a principal patron of contract bridge and the American Contract Bridge League in the early years of both.

Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter of the game, as well as a noted phi-lanthropist on a far larger scale.

In the years when there was often a struggle to meet the LeagueÃs modest payroll, Reisinger was often called upon and never failed to help with a loan or an outright gift. His support made pos-sible several early contract bridge tournaments, clubs and books.

Among the positions in which he served were director of the United States Bridge Association, president of the Greater New York Bridge Asso-ciation and chairman of the ACBL. In 1953, Reisinger was named ACBL Honorary Member.

Winners

1929 Max Cohen, Louis Haddad, Robert Halpin, Nils Webster
1930 William Barrett, James Carpenter, Ely Culbertson, Johnny Rau
1931 Elizabeth Banfield, Winfield Liggett, Frances Newman, George Unger
1932 B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, George Reith, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1933 Charles Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Steiner, Richard Wildberg
1934 Henry Dinkelspiel, Lewis Jaeger, Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler
1935 Roland Buck, Joseph Cain, Lawrence Welch, Edson Wood
1936 Marge Anderson, Donald Farquharson, Mrs. J. A. Faulkner, Percy Sheardown
1937 John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young
1938 John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young
1939 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young
1940 Henry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury Glick, Louis Newman
1941 Peter Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar
1942 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, John Crawford
1943 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1944 Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth Sherman, Charles Solomon
1945 Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Sam Stayman, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1946 Mitch Barnes, John Crawford, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman
1947 1-3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, Sally Young;
1-3. John Crawford, Theodore Lightner, George Rapee, Sam Stayman;
1-3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Berliant, M. A. Lightman, Simon Rossant
1948 George Boeckh, Bruce Elliott, Agnes Gordon, Charlotte Sidway
1949 Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Richard Kahn, Peter Leventritt, Jack Shore
1950 B. Jay Becker, Myron Field, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1951 Corti Boland, Bruce Elliott, Micky Miller, Percy Sheardown
1952 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone
1953 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sam Stayman
1954 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor
1955 Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby
1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor
1957 Charles Goren, Harold Ogust, Bill Root, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel
1958 Leonard Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Sheinwold, Ivar Stakgold
1959 Lew Mathe, Don Oakie, Meyer Schleifer, Edward Taylor
1960 Ollie Adams, William Hann, Sidney Lazard, Lew Mathe
1961 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1962 1-2. Paul Allinger, Harold Guiver, Lew Mathe, Ron Von der Porten, Erik Paulsen, Edward Taylor;
1-2. Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Marshall Miles, Billy Eisenberg
1963 Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken
1964 John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Harold Rockaway
1965 Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby
1966 Robert Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson
1967 Robert Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth
1968 Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken
1969 Philip Feldsman, William Grieve, Ira Rubin, Gerald Westheimer
1970 1-2. Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff;
1-2. Grant Baze, Anthony Dionisi, William Grieve, Harlow Lewis, Peter Pender, George Rapee
1971 William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Don Krauss, Lew Mathe, George Rapee
1972 Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Steven Parker, Steve Robinson
1973 Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel
1974 Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin
1975 Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin
1976 Malcolm Brachman, Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway
1977 Jimmy Cayne, Alan Greenberg, Jim Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Mike Lawrence
1978 Ira Corn, Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff
1979 1-2. Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell;
1-2. Ira Corn, Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff
1980 Ron Andersen, Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Paul Soloway
1981 Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby
1982 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay
1983 Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek
1984 1-4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay;
1-4. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein, Allan Stauber, Mike Smolen;
1-4. Sam Stayman, RichardReisiger, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein;
1- 4. Jim Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelio Touchtidis
1985 1-2. Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby;
1-2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry Cohen
1986 Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Boyd, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby
1987 Zia Mahmood, Jaggy Shivdsani, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith
1988 Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Bobby Wolff
1989 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Lev, Chris Compton, Mark Molson
1990 Richard Pavlicek, Bill Root, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok
1991 Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Marty Bergen, Bjorn Fallenius
1992 Jimmy Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Gabriel Chagas, Marcelo Branco
1993 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
1994 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
1995 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
1997 Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner
1998 Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester
1999 Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester
2000 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin
2001 Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Howard Weinstein, Steve Garner, Brad Moss and Fred Gitelman