Cavendish Club
The Cavendish Club was a prestigious
The Cavendish had reciprocal arrangements with Crockford's in London, the Golfer's in Paris and the Savoy in Hollywood, California.
In 1975, the Club inaugurated the Cavendish Invitational Pairs, now one of the strongest and most prestigious invitational contract bridge events in the world.[2]
Notable members
The membership was held to 400 and included many notable bridge players - Mitchell Barnes,
Management
From 1941, the Cavendish Club was a not-for-profit membership corporation, managed by B. Jay Becker 1941-1947 and Rudolf Muhsam 1947-1973 (also club secretary), Thomas M. Smith 1973-1987, Thomas L. Snow, 1987-1990 and Richard Reisig, 1990-1991.
Presidents were: Gratz M. Scott, 1925-1935; Frank Crowninshield, 1935-1947 Nate Spingold 1948-1958
References
- ^ In 1933, the Club moved to the Ambassador Hotel; in 1938, it took over the former quarters of the Crockford’s Club which was a private house then owned by Ely Culbertson; at the Ritz Tower Hotel 1950-1965; at 23 Central Park South 1965-1974; in 1974, it moved to the Carlton House, stayed until 1983, and after a brief stop on 48th Street, ended in a townhouse on 73rd. St. Reference: Paul Groman, ed. (1968). "The Cavendish". Popular Bridge. 2 (4). Encino, CA: Behn-Miller Publishers: 40–41.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
- ^ Paul Groman, ed. (1968). "The Cavendish". Popular Bridge. 2 (4). Encino, CA: Behn-Miller Publishers: 40–41.
- LCCN 60-9675.