From: HARRIET <STRASBERG@mister.ucs.umn.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 8:17:33 -0500
Subject: Wisconsin Dells Tournament
Message-id: <971013081734.20203a96@mister.ucs.umn.edu>

First, I'll substantiate Jim Kramer's claim of non-elitism. Since the experts were still playing when the rest of us were ready to hit the road, I told Jim that I would report the three other division results and leave the experts to him.

There were some interesting developments in the Competitive division. Day One, Harmony Kuller was on a tear, winning all six games. I had a mediocre 3-3 Saturday, so went into Sunday with moderate expectations. By the end of the tourney, as it turned out, I'd lost three places and $75 by one point! One of my three losses on Saturday was a one-point loss to Walt Blue. If I'd beaten or even tied him, I would have placed 2nd instead of 5th! Oh, well, at least I made a decent come- back by winning all four games on Sunday. I had several close ones, two that I won by 4 points each, so my cum was on the low side. The results:

COMPETITIVE (18 total players):

1 Verna Jackson         9-1        +843
2 Dave Lockrem          7-3        +680
3 Harmony Kuller        7-3        +589
4 Dennis Fenichel       7-3        +383
5 Harriet Strasberg     7-3        +283
6 Chuck Eisele          6-4        +301
7 Kris Madden           6-4         -80
8 Walt Blue             5-5         +39

1 Ken Sherlock          9-1        +854
2 Agnes Lubke           8-2        +393
3 Harrell Naylor        8-2        +378
4 Mike Hermerding       8-2        +333
5 Tom Adas              8-2        +310
6 Gary Neyhart          7-3        +422
7 Mary Kaye Micke       7-3        +116

1 Mitch Pollack         9-1        +547
2 Carol Kupsch          8-2        +457
3 Sylvia Strong         8-2        +248
4 Irma Triggs           7-3        +397
5 Toby Wikel            6-4        +540
6 Daiva Markelis        6-4        +340
7 Virginia Neff         5-5        +256

Reporting live from the Twin Cities...

Harriet (not to be confused with Harriette or Harrieto, who are one and the same but not I) Strasberg