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By CARL MOLLINS

TORONTO tCPJ—The Toronto lawyer who confesses to being the world’s greatest bridge player has the soft voice and quiet manner more appropriate to a modest man.

1n conversation away from the killing grind of an interna- tional bridge tournament or the competitive pressure of com-l. room litigation. Eric Murray has an offhand attitude toward card-table feats that put him among the top five bridge play. ers in North America. among the top 15 in the world.

Those among-the-top ratings are other people's estimates. not his. By Eric Murray's esti- mate Eric Murray is the best.

Tlle claim sounds more solid against the background of the American Contract Bridge League's summer tournament , where Murray led a T onto foursome through an 11- mfllt'll unbeaten streak to bring the ACBL's Spingold Trophy to Canada for the first time in its 30»year history.

But he adds a smiling foot- note to his claim which indi- cates its importance in a con- test where gamesmanship can play a trump role:

“Every good bridge player believes he‘s the t. He's got to. because confidence is essen- tial. There are 100 to 150 players in the world who can make the same claim."

N0 CONCEIT

He tells an anecdote from a tournament he attended in the United States to illustrate his

pomi.

Harry Fishbein. a New York professional known at tourna- ments for his colorful berets and matching language, was asked by a kibitzer who would win the tournament.

Harry. who was not compet- ing in that one. replied that he hoped anyone would win except sn-and-so because so-and~so was "too conceited."

"Come on. Harry," the kibit— zer responded. “you know that's nothing against him because all good bridge players are con- ceited " true." Harry

llIim twice as good as anybody play- ing here but I'm not conceited.’

While Murray is ready to ad- mil to conceit. he is casual to tie point of forgetfulness about accomplishments.

FnRGETS FEATS

He has trouble recalling the dates and places and circum- stances of tournament wins or spectacular coups.

Such as the time a few years 8'10 on Charles Goren‘s Cham- pionship Bridge television show when. as d e c l a re r. Murrav spread his cards on the table after a round or two had been played and explained that he u-nu'rl make his contract by a squeeze. that is. by applying pressure to his opponents forc- in: them to iscard potential winning tricks.

it's t‘le sort of play any life master handles with ease but it was a spectacular bit of show- manshin considerino that it was made before e TV cameras and it must have made quite an impression on the less-skilled bridge players watching.

\iurray does remember that he first encountered bridge in 1948 as a 19-year-old student at hichiastcr University in his na- tive Hamilton and spent much time at the card table in the campus "rec hut" that was a miracle he graduated to attend Osgoode Hall law school in Toronto. where he now prac- tises law.

The first tournament he played in he organized himself. Within two years he won a non- masters pairs title. He won the

I . '5 pairs championship \\'llll Douglas Drury, formerly of Toronto and now in San

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Francisco, in 1953 and 1954. one of the few times the title has been taken twice in a row,

He was a life master—with 300 master points from tourna- ments—at 22 and now has ac- cumulated 4,800 master points. WINS UNIQUE

Now 35, he has won almost every Canadian bridge title in sight. is the only Canadian-to win tile ACBL individual title. the only Canadian picked for the North American team ' the world championships (1961). three times winner of the tits. men's pairs title with Sam Kehela of Toronto and last year he and Agnes Gordon of Buffalo tallied the biggest score ever in the ACBL mixed pairs—507%

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Teaming with Sam Kehela. a 29 - year - old bridge instructor. has created a formidable two- me.

“Sam knows all the mathe- matical probabilities and plays them." Murray says “ 's a very sound player.”

Murray, on tile other hand, is considered an iconoclast. an ad- venturer who will reach for a surprising contract or attempt an unorthodox defence. To-

ether. they present a fine blend of science and daring.

Murray considers method and ﬂair essential qualities in good

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“Some people consider bridge a go of mathematics." he says. “but that's not enough.

“Actuaries. accountants, mathematics professors make good bridge players. but the best need somet ‘ng else. Bridge combines the skills re- quir ' o‘less—science—an in poker bluff and table pres- nce.”

Murray says the attraction of bridge is the competition and it is the thrill of testing wits and style that holds him in

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“That’s why you get former football players and other ath- letes interested in bridge.” he says, “When they're past phys- ical combat they get mental combat at the bridge table.

“People who sit around watching television would be better advised to join in the mortal combat of bridge. One problem is that when people get bitten they play far too much."

He himself plays only rarely compared to the long hours he once filled with bridge—“per- haps two evenings a month at a clu ."

CANADA STRONG

What pleases him most is that “Toronto is now one of the strongest bridge centres on the continent." and Canada is a big world contender.

That is evident in the fact that the Spingold Trophy final here was Jhst about all—Cana- dian — Murray. Kehela. Percy Sheardown and Bruce Elliott of Toronto against Bruce Gowdy of nearby Ajax, Fred Hoffer and Ray Jotcham of Montreal and Marvin Altman of Water- bury, Conn.

Last May in New York at the 29-nation world bridge Olym- piad. Murray and Kehela led the Canadian team out of no- where in a spectacular final rush into the semi-finals and wound up fourth behind Italy. the United States and Britain.

And this fall at Dallas. Tex.. in trials for the North American team for the 1965 world title. six

of the 16 qualified pairs are .

Canadian. Previously, Canada has managed to put only one player into the annual trials.

Murray stresses that interna- tional tournaments are team at“ fairs and dislikes being s‘lngler‘ out for special praise. -

However. looking forward tc Dallas. he says of himself an'

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rllish Colu president of the Association of Canadian Med- ical Coll-ages, said at a press conference at the concluston of [the meeting. Mr. McCrcary tsaid at least $60,000,000 should be spent on this in the nexc 10 years to prevent a serious shortage of doctors

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