Marcus Cup


The Marcus Cup was a two-session open team event contested by Senior Masters at the American Contract Bridge League’s summer North American Bridge Championships. From 1946 to 1952, the event winners had been awarded the Faber Cup but in 1953 the Marcus Cup was donated by friends in memory of Edward N. Marcus and replaced the Faber Cup
From 1946 to 1971 scoring had been by Board-a- Match but was changed in 1972 to international match points with Swiss pairings.
The Marcus Cup was relegated as a secondary championship in 1968 and discontinued after 1978.

Winners

YearWinners Awarded the Faber CupRunners-up
1946Charles Groden, Harold Harkavy, Elinor Murdoch, Jack ShoreMrs. L. Goldstein, G. Schildmiller, M. Basher, L. A. Bernard
1947Jack Cushing, Charles Saunders, Howard Zacks, Helen ZacksMrs. E. Folline, Mrs. S. Landauer, C. Shapiro, H. Gerst, Dr. A Salasky
1948Maynard Adams, F. Ayres Bombeck, Bobby Nail, Edson WoodM. Levin, P. Bacher, Mr. and Mrs. L. Jaeger, Peter Leventritt
1949H. Sanborn Brown, John F. Carlin, Sam Delott, Irving DeuterRuth Sherman, H. Sonnenblick, Dr. William V. Lipton, W. M. Lichtenstein, Edgar Kaplan
1950Gretchen Feldstein, Gratian Goldstein, Helen Lackman, Herman LackmanP. Godin, M. Blain, E. Beausoleil, J. J. Perrault
1951Dorothy E. Berning, Jack Cushing, Jay T. Feigus, Sims Gaynor
Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal
1952Warren Blank, J. George Boeckh, Jack Denny, Duke Dautell, Jerome JacobsMr. and Mrs. E. Schwartz, S. Fink, Dr. L. Mark, B. O. Johnson
Winners Awarded the Marcus CupRunners-up
1953Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Edgar Kaplan, Dr. William V. Lipton, Ruth Sherman
Israel Cohen, Richard Freeman, Fred Karpin, Mike Michaels
1954Gerald Ackerman, Leonard Karp, Gwen Montgomery, Robert RiceL. Lentz, S. Landauer, H. Gerst, N. Berlin
W. Ridenhour, J. C Barefoot Jr., Mr. and Mrs W. H. Holderness
1955John Gerber, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Paul Hodge, Walter Wolff, Jr.Dr. William V. Lipton, V. Mitchell, R. Reynolds, C. Russell, Frank Nichols
1956Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Brown, Richard Hart, F. Bert PowleyDr. and Mrs. S. Warner, R. M. Rice, L. Karp, G. Ackerman
1957John H. Moran, Bill Root, Peggy Rotzell, Robert SitnekMrs. T. J. McKenna, Nathan Gerstman, R. Brown, Mrs. R. Nevins
1958Jackie Begin, Barbara Brier, Maurice Paul, Peter Pender
Fred Berger, Dr. John Fisher, Emma Jean Hawes, Margaret Wagar
Mrs. J. Theron Brown, Nathan Gerstman, Dr. Richard Greene, Frank Nichols, Charles Whitehead
1959Nathan Gerstman, Mrs. Thomas McKenna, Eric R. Murray, Mrs. William Selikoff, Paul TrentDorothy Hayden, T. Brasher, A. Bell, G. Polak, Dan Rotman
R. Wolf, R. Bendan, P. Szecsi, G. Sorter, M. Tish
1960E.G. Burke, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Bill Root, Tobias StoneMrs. J. Coleman, Mrs. C. Munn, S. Rebner, C. Potvin
1961Armand Barfus, Billy Eisenberg, Marty Ginsburg, Jeff WestheimerP. Adams, A. Greene, Mrs. S. Warner, Mrs. B. Tepper
1962Alan Bell, Leona Low, Marc Low, Roger Sarfaty, Richard VissionMr. and Mrs. T. Griffin, D. Lickly, A. B. Harris
1963Hal Kandler, Jim Linhart, Hugh Ross, Richard ZeckhauserPaul Hodge, John Gerber, Eric R. Murray, D. Carter
Harry Fishbein, Alvin Landy, Charles J. Solomon, N. Silverstein, Barry Crane, M. Shuman
Mrs. E. F. Nicholas, J.P. Miler, J. Blair, F. Ayres Bombeck
R. B. Henderson, L. Rafkin, Danny Kleinman, R. Violin
1964Jack Marsch, Douglas Thomson, Howard Rubin, Hank Promislow, Helen PromislowF. Vine, H. Bork, M. Martino, L. Woodcock
Mr. and Mrs. V. Remey, A. Silber, C. Bishop, R. Rosen
1965Charles Shannon, Robert Hathaway, Ron Andersen, Darrell PenrodBarry Crane, P. Rank, G. Marsee, R. Zoller
1966Phyllis Kantar, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Harvey CohenT. Michaels, I. Cohen, Mrs. P. McDaniel, A. Gabrilovitch
1967Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Harry Fishbein, Julius L. Rosenblum, Sylvia SteinWilliam Flannery, H. Sachs, Paul Swanson, Bobby Goldman