Big-League Bridge

Big-League BridgeThe Italians have made a habit of winning the world championship at contract bridge ever since 1957, when Carl Alberto Perroux brought his then-unknown Blue Team to New York to meet -- and defeat -- the biggest names in bridge. They did it in 1958 and 1959; they did it in 1961 and 1962 -- and they did it again in 1963, just as most of the world expected. This time they won in the tiny Italian resort town of Saint Vincent, while less dedicated mortals strolled on the mountain slo...