Louis H. Watson

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Louis H. Watson (1907–1936) of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player[1] and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality and one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of contract bridge players,[2] he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor.[3] Born in 1907, he died suddenly at an early age in 1936.

Watson was a contributing editor of The Bridge World and bridge columnist for the New York Evening Post. His book Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge, published in 1934, was enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr. in 1958 as Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. As such it is still considered a classic by experts and other bridge readers of today.[4]

In 2012 the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) named Watson number 52 of the 52 most influential personalities in the organization's history for his playing expertise and writings on bridge.[5]

Bridge accomplishments

  • First, American Bridge League (ABL) National Challenge Team-of-Four Championship, 1932 and 1935 (Asbury Park Trophy, prior to the ACBL Spingold)
  • First, ABL Mixed Team-of-Four, 1935 (see Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match)
  • First, Cavendish Club Invitational, 1933.
  • First, American Whist League All American Pair and All American Team-of-Four, 1933 and 1934.
  • First, Georgia State South-eastern Sectional Team-of-Four, 1931.

Publications

  • Watson, Louis H. (1934). Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge. Lewis Copeland Company (New York), 492 pages. 
  • Watson, Louis H. (1934). The Outline of Contract Bridge. Grosset & Dunlop, 333 pages. 
  • Watson, Louis H.; Fry, Sam, Jr. (1959). Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge. Barnes and Noble, Inc., 475 pages. ISBN 0-06-463209-1. 

References

  1. ↑ Collier's magazine of March 24, 1934 ranked him fourth in the world, based on his tournament record.
  2. ↑ Culbertson, Ely, Editor (1935). The Encyclopedia of Bridge. New York: The Bridge World, Inc. p. 456. 
  3. ↑ Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Smith, Thomas M., Managing Editor (1971). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (2nd ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. p. 699. LCCN 73108084. OCLC 250404789. 
  4. ↑ The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Bridge Bulletin, June 2007 (pp. 20–22), reported a survey of experts and general members regarding their favorite bridge books. Watson's Play of the Hand was ranked seventh by experts and first by other readers, more than 70 years after its first publication.
  5. ↑ Brent Manley (January 2012). "Significant Influence". Bridge Bulletin (American Contract Bridge League) 78 (1): 18–23. ISSN 1089-6376. 


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