A Bridge Bid

Millions of bridge players worldwide use die Stayman Convention, a two-club bid in response to one no-trump, as a code to ask for a major suit. This form of bidding inquiry was the brainchild of Grand Master Samuel M. Stayman '30, T '31, who published his first article on the convention in 1945 and went on to write three books about bridge including Do You Play Stayman? in 1965. Among his other bridge innovations noted in his New York Times obituary (he died last December): "Namyats" (that's his name back-wards), an artificial opening of four clubs to show a heart suit or four diamonds to show a spade suit.

Stayman's trophies suited him.