Re: Bobby Wolff book

John Blubaugh wrote:

> Wolff adjourned the appeals committee and reopened it as a tournament
> committee and moved that Lightner Doubles would not be alertable at
> WBF tournaments retroactive to the start of the tournament. This was
> immediately passed and the appeals committee denied the appeal.
> 
> I must admit that I rather agree with him here

As do I - Simon was advocating doubling slams for lead rather than penalty
in /Why you lose at Bridge/, which must be 60 years ago, and it didn't
seem
a new idea then.  A Lightner double can hardly by "highly unusual".

> but it is his heavy handed approach that I can't stand. 

Right.