Talk:Jack Marx (bridge)

Name

Does anyone have an informed opinion whether in the bridge world he is best known as Jack, John C.H., or J.C.H.? If so, is it clear or debateable? --P64 (talk) 21:04, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Definitely Jack. JH (talk page) 21:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, Jack. I've never heard him called anything else - and I'm English, and started taking the game seriously in 1970. Narky Blert (talk) 19:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Identity

Marx is not identified by the Library of Congress (no LCCN), hence not at WorldCat (no auto-generated homepage, as we link in the footer of most English-language writer biographies). Nor at VIAF (search 'marx, jack').

Direct catalogue searches evidently hit no records of works by Marx.

• Direct LC search (0)
• WorldCat search: 'jack marx' (0)

(At all three sites I tried multiple name forms but some doubts remain.)

He didn't write a book, we say, so this is no surprise. But twere no surprise if he were catalogued, either, for a secondary credit in one of the Acol books or for another publication. FWIW, at least one WorldCat library has catalogued The Spectator bridge columns by Susanna Gross (Talk:Susanna Gross#The Spectator).

--P64 (talk) 19:07, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Life

"He did not, however, have an equable temperament, and that limited his career as an international player.[citation needed]"

Does this add anything to the quote from Aces All in the next paragraph? The sentence strikes me as a candidate for removal; either that, or [citation needed] might be removed. Narky Blert (talk) 15:40, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

The Headmaster/Big Daddy Acol

This is a quotation from memory from (most likely) a bridge periodical (possibly IPBM, it has a flavour of Joe Amsbury about it). I feel certain of its accuracy, but can't locate it: there seems to have been no obit in IPBM. Narky Blert (talk) 19:50, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I've definitely seen him called the Headmaster. JH (talk page) 20:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Slept on it, woke up, found it at once! Narky Blert (talk) 10:32, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

That was a good find! I have that book, but would never have thought of looking there. JH (talk page) 17:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)