{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4872", "width": "3313", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class\\nBook\\nGoppghtTi?\\nCOPYRIGilT DEPOSIT:", "height": "4724", "width": "3028", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4696", "width": "3008", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4708", "width": "2943", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4700", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "With compliments of\\nLyman Marshall Steaexs,\\nEditor and Publisher of\\nThe Xorth American Checker Board.\\nWest Deny, X. H.", "height": "4708", "width": "2948", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0009.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "4704", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0010.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CHECKERS.\\nSTEARNS\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nOF\\nProminent Players of the World.\\nALSO\\nGAMES. PROBLEMS AND POETRY BY THE WORLD S\\nBEST COMPOSERS AND EXPERTS.\\nINCLUDING\\nTHE MATCH GAMES\\nBETWEEN\\nA. L OLIVER AND W. G. HILL,\\nFor the New Hampshire Championship Played April 1894.\\nBY L. M STEARNS,\\nPublished by the Author at Derry Depot, N. H., U, S. A,\\nDERRY, N. H.:\\nCHARLES BARTLETT, JOB PRINTER,\\nMAIN ST,", "height": "4684", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "SO COPIE\\nLibrary of Cctg M\\nOffice of tae\\nMM* 9 7 1900\\nKeglster of Copyrights.\\nSECOND COPY,\\n62698\\nEntered according to Act of Congress In the year 1894\\n]by Lyman M. Stearns, in the office of the Librarian of\\nCongress at Washington.", "height": "4708", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIN undertaking to arrange and publish a Book of Portraits, I was\\nconscious of the fact that it was not easily done. But being a\\ngreat admirer of our scientific game, and having made a hobby of col-\\nlecting photographs of noted players and problemists for the past\\ntwelve years, conceived the unique and original idea of this work,\\nwhereby the checker players of the world could enjoy at least a small\\npart of the largest collection of portraits of checker celebrities in ex-\\nistence. Now while the portraits are not all of uniform size or style,\\nthe object of the author is attained, viz: A Book of Portraits of\\nProminent Players of the World. The games and problems are of the\\nbest, but that part the readers of the book can best, judge tor them-\\nselves. The several analyses are worth careful study. In getting out\\nthe large portraits and a number of smaller ones incurred a large ex-\\npense, and also delay in placing the book on sale; but the delay has\\nmade the book better, for who would have been satisfied without see-\\ning the genial faces of our American champion and the greatest friend\\nof the game in the world, Robert W. Patterson, Esq., and last but not\\nleast, our young New Hampshire champion, W. G. Hill. Knowing\\nthe cause of delay I feel assured of a full pardon from the many read*\\ners who expected to see the book on May 1. I desire to extend my\\nsincere thanks to R. W. Patterson, Esq., Pittsburg, Pa., Joseph\\nMaize, McDonald, Pa., H. F. McAteer, checker editor Chronicle-\\nTelegraph, John T. Denvir. Percy M. Bradt, M. H. Brennan, Thomas\\nFlint, W. Lewis, George D. Sherrow, H. L. Hopkins, C. Hefter, A.\\nJ. De Freest. A. Pollak, W. G. Hill, A. L. Oliver, A. Guide, A. M.\\nEnsign, checker editor New York Tribune, W. H. McLoughiin, M.\\nF. Clouser ot the New York World. W. H. Tyson, Sam Nay and\\nothers, too many to enumerate, for their assistance in making the book\\nas near complete as possible. All corrections of this work should be\\nsent direct to me, as it is quite probable if success crowns our efforts\\nin the sale of this book another volume will be published, and the cor-\\nrections and improvements will go in Vol. I I. Of course this does not\\nprevent their being publishedlrTThe checker columns, but eventually,\\nplease send to me. Again thanking all who so kindly came to my\\nassistance, and with a hope for the leniency of all, I am\\nFaithfully Yours,\\nLYMAN M. STEARNS.\\nDerry Depot, N. H., May, 1894.", "height": "4644", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "To R. W. PATTERSON, ESQ.\\nPittsburg, Pa.\\nDesiring to inscribe this volume to one of c/ameh s\\nmost ardent admirers, and having your full permission, I\\nfeel highly honored to have the privilege to dedicate my\\nhumble effort, though it is to you, and I take this oppor-\\ntunity to express my admiration for your many sterling\\nqualities, and my thanks for your noble stand in the cause\\nof justice and right, also for the encouragement you have\\na/ways manifested toward our scientific and deeply interest-\\ning Game of Draughts.\\nSincerely Yours,\\nLYMAN M, STEARNS.\\nDerry Depot, May, 1894.", "height": "4732", "width": "3092", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.\\nWhen our venture of the first edition, of this now popular work,\\nwas first considered, we were a little doubtful as to being a safe one,\\nbut hoped for the best.\\nIt was a move in a new direction, and some of our contemporaries\\nfore-shadowed a finaucial loss. Brother McLaughlin of North Scar-\\nboro, Me., while not disparaging the idea, stated after he saw a copy\\nof the work, that it was a big undertaking and that there was not\\nanother, save Stearns, in the wide world that would have ventured\\nit, but it is sure to be a success, for it is a book that every checker\\nplayer will want to see, and I believe it will be the book of the future.\\nHow truly prophetic were Brother McLaughlin s words about the\\nbook in 1894, and early in 1899 our large edition was exhausted, and\\nhad there not been a continuous demand for a new edition our labors\\nwould have ceased in this direction.\\nThe book has been a grand success in its first edition, and with\\nthe appendix of more notable players portraits, some of the very\\nbest talent of the world in the checker line. Surely we are getting\\nglory enough for one of Dameh s Devotees.\\nWe extend our sincere thanks to H. F. McAteer, Laurence Gilbert-\\nson, Wm. Fleming, A. Hynd, Frank Dunne, George W. Dearborn,\\nJ.. II. McCullom, J. C. Baker, Geo. F Daniels, A. J. Kirby, W. A.\\nDavies, Dr. J. W. Elliott, M S. Wolcott, D. C. Whitehill, T. Turn-\\nbull, H Hutzler and L. J. Vair for aid in making the new edition\\nwhat it is.\\nCordially yours,\\nLyman m. steakxs.\\nWest Derry, X. H.,\\nJanuary 15th, 1900.", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "GEORGE W. DEARBORN,\\nTHE WORLD S BEST PLAYER.", "height": "4736", "width": "3080", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "JAITES WYLIE.\\nChampion Draught Player of the World.\\n[Kindness of J. A. Kear, Sr.]", "height": "4688", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "WILLIS GRANT HILL.\\nChampion Draught Piayer of New Hampshire.\\n[From a photo by J. T. Langley, Manchester, N. H.]", "height": "4744", "width": "3116", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "JAMES P. REED.\\nChampion Draught Player of America.\\n[From a photo by Downey Son, South Shields, England.]", "height": "4696", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4724", "width": "3052", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "MICHAEL H. BREXXAX. Born in Ireland October 6, 1853, but\\nnow a resident of Muskegon, Michigan, has been identified\\nwith the game of Draughts for a number of years, and is noted mostly\\nin composing neat and trappy problems, which have appeared m nearly\\nall the American checker departments. On another page will be found\\na few of his brilliant examples: these form no exception to his usual\\nstyle. The cross analysis with the author. Mr. Brennan. has pro-\\nduced some very scientific play, which we deemed of sufficient interest\\nto place in this work. His occupation is that of great responsibility\\nhe being employed in the Muskegon X T ational Bank and is greatly re-\\nspected by those who know him best.", "height": "4700", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "10 OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nNo. 1 (M. H. Brennan). No. 2 (M. H. Brennan).\\nBlack\\nBlack.\\n8^BjpB8B8\\nm HI ll^lll i\\nW; W, w 4\\nH g\\nB\u00c2\u00a9B SH B\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 3 (AT. H. Brennan).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhit; to move and win.\\nNo. 4 (M. H. Brennan).\\nBlack.\\nWk y/ iH 111 jll\u00c2\u00ae\\nHI 1118111 HI\\nfH 11, HQ\\n|3B^ lB0BSpB\\nojp IF IF IF\\nWhite.\\nWhite t i move and win.\\nNo. 5 (M. K. Brennan).\\nBlack.\\nv\\\\ hite.\\nBlack to move and win\\nNo. 6 (M. H. Brennan).\\nBlack.\\nm\\nWhile.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "3080", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n11\\nThe Cross Analysis.\\nBlack Pieces, M. H. Brennan. White Pieces, L. M. Stearns.\\nA few original variations and as far as the authors know have\\nnever appeared in print.\\n11 15\\n6 15\\n16 19\\n10\\n22 31\\n19 24-tf 7\\n23 18\\n30 26\\n22 18\\n25 22\\n8 3\\n28 19\\n8 11\\n12 16\\n15 22\\n5 9\\n6 10\\n23 16\\n26 23\\n21 17\\n25 18\\n32 28-\u00c2\u00a3\\n3 8\\n6 2\\n4 8-1-2\\n8 12\\n12 16\\n2 7\\n16 19\\n7 11\\n24 19\\n17 13\\n27 23-5\\n22 17\\n8 3\\n3 8\\n15 24\\n1 6\\n7 10\\n15 22\\n31 26\\n10 15\\n28 19\\n18 14\\n14 7\\n17 14\\n13 9\\n8 12\\n10 15-3-4\\n9 18\\n3 10\\n9 27\\n26 23\\n16 20\\n19 10\\n23 14\\n29 25\\n31 8\\n9 6\\n12 16\\nDrawn.\\na This is a fine ending. M. H. B.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009432 27, 6 10-^. B wins.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. M. S.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u00942 7. 22 17, 15 22, 17 14, 9 18, 26 17, 19 26, 31 8. W. wins.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. M. S.\\ntf 7 23 18, 6 1, 18 15. 1 6, 19 23, 28 24, 23 27, 24 19. Drawn.\\nvar. 1.\\n10 14\\n6 10\\n5 14\\n15 24\\n10 17\\n18 23\\n30 26\\n22 17\\n24 19\\n28 19\\n21 14\\n22 17\\n7 10-6\\n15 22\\n4 8\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n23 26\\n24 19\\n25 18\\n31 26\\n19 16\\n16 11\\n11 7\\n15 24\\n9 13\\n2 7\\n12 19\\n7 16\\n3 10\\n27 20\\n18 9\\n29 25\\n23 16\\n20 11\\n14 7\\n10 15\\n13 22\\n11 15\\n14 18\\n15 19\\n26 30\\n28 24\\n26 17\\n32 28\\n17 14\\n26 22\\n25 21\\nDrawn.\\nVAR. 2.\\n9 13\\n18 15\\n3 7\\n22 17\\n1 10\\n15 6\\n23 19\\n10 19\\n15 11\\n13 22\\n23 18\\n2 9\\n11 16-7\\n24 15\\n6 10\\n25 11\\n5 9\\n25 22\\n18 11\\n16 19\\n11 8\\n16 20\\n29 25\\n9 13\\n16 23\\n30 26\\n4 11\\n24 6\\n16 19\\n31 27\\n27 18\\n12 16\\n27 24\\n7 16\\n18 15\\n13 17\\n7 16\\n32 27\\n11 15\\n26 23\\n9 14\\nDrawn.\\nVAR. 3.\\n10 14\\n22 17\\n22 26\\n29 25\\n9 18\\n27 23\\n27 24\\n15 22\\n31 22\\n1 6\\n23 14\\n24 27\\n7 10\\n25 18\\n11 15\\n32 27\\n11 15-0\\n23 18\\n24 20\\n2 6\\n22 IS.\\n6 10\\n25 22\\n27 31\\n10 15\\n11 10\\n15 22\\n18 14\\n*15 19\\n18 15\\n19 10\\n6 22\\n25 18\\n10 17\\n22 17\\n31 26\\n6 15\\n30 25\\n8 11\\n21 14\\n19 24\\nDrawn.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3 7 loses. M. H. B.", "height": "4696", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nVAR\\n4.\\n11 16\\n29 25\\no\\n31 26\\n10 15- r\\n10 7\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2)o i\\n9 13\\n9\\n6 a\\n20 24\\n26 23-d?\\n11 16\\n16 20\\nor 09\\nq\\n2#s 22\\n-4 _ i\\nlo 11\\nIT 14\\n6 10\\n18\\n15\\n24 28\\n23 18\\n2T 25\\n10 IT\\n14 9~\\n11\\n18\\n21 IT\\nT 11\\nIT 14\\n21 14\\n5 14\\n5\\n16 20\\n32 23\\n25 22\\n8 11\\n18 9\\n16\\n23\\n30 26\\n28 32\\n14 10\\n25 21\\nT 11\\n18\\n20 24\\n14 10\\n22 18\\n11 16\\n22 18\\n12\\n16\\n18 14-/\\n27\\nT 3\\nDrawn,\\n-30 25\\nwill win for 1\\nwhite\\n-M. H. B.\\nb I thought I had a win here. L. M. S.\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Don t see the win. M. H. B.\\n(f\u00e2\u0080\u0094l don t either, very neat draw. L. M. S.\\nVAR. 6.\\n8 16\\n20\\n26 22-9\\n20 27\\n13 6\\n11 1\\n5- a 29\\n2 5\\n31 15\\n2 18\\n18 11 T\\n16\\n27 24\\n6 9\\nDrawn.\\nThe only\\nmove to draw.\\nM. H. B.\\nVAR. 6.\\n6 10\\n4 S\\n7 14\\n6 10\\n14 18\\n13 22\\n24 19\\n22 Vl-a\\n3i y 28\\n31 26\\n23 7\\n25 18\\n15 24\\n8 12\\n2 6\\n1 6-\\n-11 16 30\\n5 23\\n2T 2\\n26 22-10\\n24 19\\n22 17\\n29 25\\n12 16\\n10 15\\n15 24\\n11 15\\n9 13\\nDrawn.\\n28 24\\n17 10\\n28 19\\n18 11\\n2 9 Robertson Guide,\\n24 19 10\\n15, 19 10. 16 19. 2:\\nI 16. 14 30,\\n22 17. 7 14.\\n17 10. 2 7. B. wins\\nVAR. 7.\\n5 9\\n1 5\\n13 22\\n5 14\\n11 15\\n19 24\\n27 23\\n24 19\\n26 10\\n22 17\\n9 6\\n10 14\\n15 24\\n19 26\\n13 22\\n2 9\\n24 27\\n19 10\\n29 19\\n31 22\\n25 9\\n13 6\\n29 25\\n6 15\\n11 16\\n9 13\\n4 8\\n12 10\\n27 31\\n30 26\\n19 Id- a\\n18 14\\n21 17\\n2\\n25 22\\n7 10\\n10 19\\n16 19\\n8 11\\n10 20\\n31 20\\n32 27\\n22 17\\n14 9\\n1; 13\\n2 6-\\n-b Drawn.\\n(a)\\n22 17\\n16 20\\n31 24\\n5 14\\n24 20\\n12 19\\n13 22\\n17 13\\n22 18\\n17 22\\n23 16\\n20 17\\n20 27\\n14 17\\n19 15\\n8 12\\n4 8\\n13 6\\n9 13\\n21 14\\n22 20\\n15 11\\n27 24\\n2 9\\n18 9\\n10 17\\n20 10\\nDrawn.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 10 6, 19 24. 27 23 *24 27. 29 25. Drawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "3112", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "OP PROMINENT PLAYER S.\\nYAR. 8.\\n31 26\\n14 7\\n15 6\\n18 15\\n19 15\\n23 5\\n10 IT\\n3 10\\n1 10\\n13 17\\n14 17\\n1 l-ir\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a099 1ft\\n15 11-0\\n11 7\\n7 10\\n5 .9\\n10 14\\n17 21\\n.2 18\\nW. wins.\\nm\\n23 18\\n26 19\\n27 18\\n32 27-\\n16 23\\n14 23\\n2 7\\n17 22 B. wins.\\nISO 26.\\nB. wins.\\nYAR. 9,\\n27 24\\n20 27\\nSI 15\\n6 10\\n15 6\\n2 18\\nDrawn,\\nYAR, 10,\\n32 28\\n24 19\\n18 9\\n25 9\\n21 17\\n9 6\\n10 15\\n15 24\\n5 14\\n5 14\\n16 23\\n32 2S\\n17 10\\n28 19\\n27 24\\n29 25\\n17 13\\n6 2\\n7 14\\n6 10-0\\n1 5\\n14 IS\\n23 27\\n28 19\\n26 22\\n31 27\\n22 17\\n23 7\\n13 9\\n2 7\\n2 6-12 9 13\\n13 22\\n3 10\\nDrawn,\\na Same as 5 at 19,\\nVAR. 11,\\n3 8\\n7 3\\n27 32\\n15 22\\n28 32\\n6 1\\n19 15\\n32 27\\n7 11\\n12 16\\n22 17\\n31 26\\n10 19\\n26 22\\n32 27\\n8 11\\n6 9\\n22 31\\n22 17\\n27 31\\n4 8\\n16 20\\n7 10\\n13 22\\n19 24\\n3 7\\n31 26\\n22 26\\n9 13-13\\n1 6\\n17 10\\n1 6\\n11 15\\n20 24\\n26 22\\n9 13\\n24 28\\n18 15\\n26 17\\n11 7\\n5 9-14\\n6 9\\n10 7\\n11 27\\n21 14\\n24 28\\n10 6\\n13 17\\n2S 32\\n20 4\\n9 18\\n25 22\\n27 31-0\\nW, wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 27 23,\\n22 25, 13 22, 25 27, 32 23, 6 13. W.\\nwins.\\nYAR. 12.\\n16 19\\n15 22\\n10 19\\n9 13\\n7 16\\n16 20\\n23 7\\n25 18\\n24 15\\n17 14\\n20 11\\n14 23\\n3 10\\n2 7\\n1 6\\n12 16\\n23 27\\n22 18\\n18 15\\n21 17\\n15 11\\n11 8\\n31 24\\nDrawn.\\nYAR. 13.\\n9 14\\n5 9\\n27 31\\n31 13\\n17 13-0\\n10 17\\n13 6.\\nB. wins by first position.\\n0\u00e2\u0080\u009426 31,\\n14 21, 5 9,\\n24 19, 32\\n27, 19 15, 27 23,\\n10 14, 9 18.\\nDrawn,", "height": "4692", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n27 31 22 18\\n17 14 26 30\\n32 27 10 15\\n29 25 31 26\\n27 23 14 10\\n25 21 26 31\\n23 26. 10 6;\\nVAR\u00c2\u00bb 14.\\n30 26 1 6\\n6 1 -51 26\\n31 27 6 10\\n15 19 30 25\\n27 31 10 15\\n19 24 25 29\\n26 30 24 19\\n26 22\\n18 22\\n18 25\\n5 9\\n29 22\\n22 IS\\n19 23\\n22 25\\n23 18\\nW\u00c2\u00bb wins-\\n25 30", "height": "4708", "width": "3024", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "P. GREY. Born in the city of London, England, December 3,\\nvj 1859, (which makes Mr. Gray about tour days older than C. H.\\nFreeman), and as a problemist he ranks as A No. 1. It will be remem-\\nbered he won first prize on end games in the Derry News problem\\ntournament, and also carried off many honors in draught composition\\nin his native country. He is quite a practical genius and a general\\nfavorite with all. The two problems by him in this work are very fine,\\nand in a heated controversy with Mr. Allison as to the soundness of\\nthe same, the author came out victorious as he usually does. Mr.\\nAllison publicly announced that the win was all right, and voted the\\nproblem a niche in the temple of fame. The possibilities of the\\nposition are legion. Mr. Grey is a signalman on the N. E. Railway*\\nWashington Station, England.", "height": "4696", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nXo. T (J. P. Grey). England.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nXo. 8 (J. P. Grey), England.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move; black to win.", "height": "4708", "width": "3016", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS,\\nSolutions to Problems,\\nNo. 1. (M. H. Brennan.)\\n22 18\\n2 7\\n12 8\\n18 15\\n31 13\\n14 9\\n3 10\\n4 11\\n11 27 B. wins.\\nNo. 2,\\nIVL H, Brennan\\n15 11\\n21 17\\n4 8\\n10 6\\n11 15\\n17 13\\n16 20\\n20 27\\n12 3\\n3 10\\n10 19\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 3.\\nM. H. Brennan\\n23 20\\n30 25\\n20 16\\n15 24\\n24 27\\n22 31\\n29 22\\n12 19\\n22 15\\n31 24\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 4.\\nM. H. Brennan.\\n14 18\\n8 3\\n15 19\\n22 18\\n18 11\\n7 23\\n5 14\\n24 15\\n29 22\\n16 7\\nB, wins.\\nXo. 5.\\nM. H, Brennan.\\n25 21\\n8 3\\n3 7\\n7 10\\n21 17\\n10 15\\n1 6\\n6 10\\n10 15\\n15 18\\n13 22\\nW. wins.\\n[M. H. Brennan.)\\n*32 27\\n30 26\\n27 24\\n14 10\\n10 7\\n7 o\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n7 11\\n5 9\\n14\\nW. wins.\\nXo. 7.\\n(J. R Grey.)\\nii\\nL J 11\\ni\\n1\\nlo Id\\n2 6\\n18 15\\n6 2\\na i\\nD 1\\n1 1 ID\\n5 1\\n17 22\\n6 2\\n14 18\\n5 1\\n26 22\\n6 2\\n15 11\\n22 17\\n1 5\\n16 19\\ni\\n15 10\\n29 25\\ni K in\\n1 D 1U\\n14 10\\n1 5\\n22 17\\n2 6\\n7 10\\n2 6\\n5 1\\n*19 24\\n5 1\\n10 7\\n2 6\\n18 15\\n3 8\\n5 1\\n17 13\\n6 2\\n10 15\\n17 13\\n2 6\\n24 27\\n6 2\\n7 3\\n25 22\\n5 9\\n10 14\\n1 5\\n14 9\\n2 6\\n3 7\\n6 2\\n1 5\\n27 31\\n1 6\\n22 18\\n6 2\\n15 18\\n22 lS-a\\n5 1\\n9 5\\n6 10\\n7 10\\n13 6\\n5 1\\n31 26\\n6 1\\n11 7\\n2 6\\n18 14\\n8 12\\n1 5\\n13 17\\n10 6\\n10 14\\nB. wins,\\nOnly moves to win.\\na This is the Key 1 to the whole position as it prevents white\\nfrom playing 6 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. P. Grey.\\nXo, 8.\\n(J. P. Grey.)\\n5 9\\n27 23\\n5 1\\n10 6\\n9 14\\n15 18\\n13 6\\n13 9\\n22 18\\n5 1\\n10 17\\n8 11\\n2 9\\n23 18\\n1 5\\n14 10\\n21 14\\n18 14\\n18 22\\n8 3\\n18 15\\n1 5\\n*11 15\\n9 5\\n9 13\\n15 11\\n5 1\\n(5 1\\n3 8\\n14 10\\n*11 15\\n9 5\\n15 10\\n5 9\\n*5 1\\n4 8\\n18 14\\n1 5\\n*1 5\\n14 9\\nB. wins.", "height": "4700", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "GEORGE ODELL. Born in Birmingham, England, of English\\nparents Dec. 6, 1845. He became proficient as a mathematical\\ninstrument maker at the age of 15 years. He came to Chicago in 1883\\nand is a member of the Chicago Chess and Checker Club, and Mr,\\nOdell is second to no man in his efforts to promote the silent game,\\nwhich has been evidenced by his conduct since he became a member\\nof the club. He is the secretary and treasurer and few gentlemen of\\nleisure there are, who like him, would personally perform the duties\\nof his office, which he does in the minutest detail, and in a manner\\nwhich characterizes the true gentleman that he is, and which is so sat-\\nisfactory to all concerned. The American Checker Review says: The\\nfuture historian of checkers will find his work most incomplete the\\nname and work of George Odell left out.\\n18", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "DR. R. D. YATES. The late R. D. Yates was born in Brooklyn,\\nX. Y., Dec. 22, 1857, and at the age of 20 years held the proud\\ntitle of world s champion. No player of his year^ ever had the honor\\nof wearing so high a title indraughts, and even though the honors were\\ngreater he was eminently qualified by nature to wear them with be-\\ncoming modesty. He was noted for his wonderful blindfold playing:\\nwithout sight of the board or men he could cope with the best players\\nof the world, allowing them to have full view of both. After winning\\ntwo matches from Wylie and one from R. Martins he resigned the\\ntitle in order to devote more time to his professional duties as physician,\\nand while on a voyage to Europe in 1883 to complete his studies he\\nwas stricken with tvphus fever and died, thus making avoid in checker\\ncircles that time can never fill.\\n19", "height": "4668", "width": "2840", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "MORTIMER H, C. WARDELL, Born in the city of New York\\nJan. 22, 1838. At the age of 17 years he became connected with\\nthe Lorillard Fire Insurance Company and remained in its employ for\\n18 years, Owing to ill-health he removed to Downsville. N. Y., which\\nplace has since been his home. As a problemist he is most profound,\\nand his compositions have appeared in nearly all, if not all, modern\\ndraught literature. The productions of the gentleman are of the\\nhighest order of merit, displaying in a marked Hegree powers of\\nanalysis and originality of conception unexcelled in the literature of\\ndraughts. H, D. Lyman recognized Mr. WardeH s ability by inserting\\nnearlv half a hundred of his beautiful and ever-interesting positions in\\nthe Book of Problems. Mr. Wardell has won many first prizes in\\nproblem contests in days gone by. At present he is out of active\\nchecker work*\\n20", "height": "4704", "width": "2976", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HENRY SPAYTH. Born in Westmoreland County. Pa. July 29,\\n1825, but has resided in or around Buffalo, N. Y., since three\\nyears of age. In 1860 he published the American Draught Player, in\\n1863 he came out with his Game of Draughts, and in 1865 his Draughts\\nfor Beginners, These are the most popular works today, for after 30\\nyears of date of issue more copies are sold each year than the preced-\\ning one. In 20 years he was defeated but twice and played the late\\nR. D. Yates (then champion of the world) even, tour drawn games,\\nWith James Wylie, the world s champion, 6 games drawn, Wylie 2,\\nIn 1865 Wylie claimed Mr. Spayth to be the best American player,\\nMr. Spayth arose from book-keeper to director and treasurer of the\\nCornell Lead Company. He attributes a part of his success to the\\ngame of draughts, which he mastered so well.\\n21", "height": "4680", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "JOHN MEADE. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., March, 1865. His\\nparents soon after removed to Holmesburg, Pa., and this flourish-\\ning town has claimed John as a resident ever since. His tutor on the\\ngame was the late Ira D. Sweet, late editor of draughts in the New\\nYork Clipper. Mr. Meade is a station agent and has played hundreds\\nof games by telegraph and by correspondence also played eight games\\nwith J. Wylie, score Wylie, 3 Meade, 0: drawn, 5; he also played\\n39 games with E. W. Erwin, score: Erwin, 3; Meade, 6; drawn, -30.\\nHe has contributed literary articles to many journals. He once wrote\\na story for the Yankee Blade when H. Z. Wright was the editor. His\\nproblems and games have attracted great attention from all grades of\\nplavers. At one time he played 10 men by telegraph, thinking he was\\nonly playing one, score Meade, 2; drawn, 4. One of the 10 gave it\\naway to Mr. Meade after the games were finished.\\n22", "height": "4692", "width": "2956", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "TSAIAH BARKER. Born in East Boston, Mass.. August 19, 1849.\\n1 Is a brother of the celebrated player. Charles E. Barker, and\\ncomes from a family of checker players. At first he would watch the\\ngames of experts, but finally took to playing and soon proved a player\\nof ability. Since then he has met and played nearly all the leading-\\nlights ot America while traveling with his brother as coacher, and was\\nwith him in England at the great Barker- Smith match. As a problem\\ncomposer he is known all over the world where the game is played and\\nat one time it was hard to pick up a home or foreign checker paper but\\nwhat the name of Isaiah Barker was to be found at the top of some of\\nthe problems. The Derry Xews has been honored by some of his in-\\nstructive end games, which have appeared from time to time in its\\ncolumns. Mr. Barker is still a resident of Boston and is a partner\\nwith his father in the shoe business on Essex street, where he is\\nglad to entertain his friends.\\n28", "height": "4684", "width": "2820", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 9 (J. Meade).\\nBlack\\nNo. 10 (H. Spavth).\\nBlack.\\nV////, V/////,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2loloioi\\nhob*\\nw\\n^2\\nWhite.\\nBiack to move and draw.\\nNo. 11 (C. F. Barker).\\nBlack.\\nif iH.\\nIP\\nI\\nMil Wm wk\\nVV hite.\\nWhite t i move and win\\nNo. 13 (M. H. C. Wardell).\\nBlack.\\nto\\nmm M m, i\\nV/// A y///// ^v//// ^-m-\\nit H IIQ W\\nhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 12 (Isaiah Barker).\\nBlack.\\nI\\n11, mt^jmk t mk r\\nhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 14 fD. C. Calvert).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nSolutions to Problems*\\nNo. 9. (J. Meade,)\\n*5 9\\n18\\n14\\n27 31\\n7 2\\n14 5\\n11\\n15\\n23 18\\n27 23\\n*7 11\\n14\\n7\\n31 27\\n18 14\\n*27 24\\n15\\n24\\n14 10\\n24 27\\n20 27\\n17\\n14\\n16 20\\n14 9\\n27\\n31\\n21 14\\n2\\n7\\n23 18\\n31\\n26\\n10 7\\n7\\n11\\n12 16\\n26\\n17\\nDrawn.\\n24 Ti-a\\nNo. 10.\\n2 6\\n(H. Spayth.)\\nDrawn,\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u009426 22, 7 3, 22 15, 3 7, W. wins.\\nNo. 11. C F, Barker.)\\n3 7\\n7\\n2\\n2 6\\n6 9 9 14\\n-27 31\\n31\\n26\\n26 17\\n14 18 W. wins.\\nNo, 12.\\n(I. Barker.)\\n12 8\\n17\\n13\\n26 23\\n23 19 15 10\\n19 3\\n3 12\\n12\\n16\\n16 20\\n20 24 6 15\\nW. wins.\\nNo, 13. (M,\\nH. C. Wardell.)\\n26 22 a\\n27\\n23\\n19 16\\n18 15 11 7\\n7 2\\n32 28\\n32\\n27\\n23 26\\n17 14 23 19\\n15 10\\n31 27\\n23\\nIf\\n22 18\\n15 11 16 12\\n12 8\\n28 32\\n27\\n23\\n21 17\\n26 23 19 15\\n14 9\\nDrawnv\\n\u00c2\u00ab7\u00e2\u0080\u009426 23 leads to a B, win.\\nNo, 14.\\n(D, C. Calvert.)\\n26 30\\n15 18\\n26 30\\n1 6\\n19 15\\n24 20\\n4 8\\n17 21\\n20 16\\n23 19\\n18 23\\n14 17\\n*15 IS\\n18 25\\n23 18\\n16 12\\n15 10\\n20 16-a\\n8 11\\n23 26\\n14 9\\n15 11\\nDrawn\\n17 21\\n18 22\\n30 23\\n18 15\\n6 10\\nw\\n16 11\\n24 20-1\\n21 30\\n9 5\\n19 23\\n11 16\\n22 25\\n10 14\\n23 18\\n31 26\\n10 14\\n10 14\\nDrawnv\\n11 15\\n30 26\\n5 1\\n23 19\\n16 19\\n14 17\\n18 14\\n26 23\\n14 18\\n31 26\\na 19 15, 22 25. B. wins,\\nCorrect situation No. 27, in S, S. S.\\nGame No. 1. Cross 99\\nCharles Hefter vs. Andros Gulde at Chicago.\\n11 15\\n7 14\\n2 7\\n14 18\\n8 11\\n12 16\\n23 18\\n26 19\\n32 23\\n28 24\\n22 18\\n19 12\\n8 11\\n11 16\\n7 14\\n18 25\\n9 14\\n15 18\\n27 23\\n19 15\\n23 19\\n29 22\\n18 9\\n12 8\\n10 14\\n16 20\\n4 8\\n6 10\\n5 14\\n3 12\\n23 19\\n22 17\\n25 22\\n15 6\\n26 23\\n20 16\\n14 23\\n20 27\\n9 13\\n1 10\\n13 17\\nDrawn*\\n19 10\\n17 10\\n30 26\\n24 20\\n31 26", "height": "4700", "width": "2852", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "pOBERT McCALL. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1844. His-\\n1 love for the game dates back for over 30 years in its scientific\\nstudy. In 1873 the Glasgow Herald, the best and most influential-\\nnewspaper property in Scotland, started a draughts column with Mr.\\nMcCall as editor, and his selection was a good one as has been proven\\nin the 20 years under his able management, for his column is the\\nrecognized authority for Great Britain, and during this long period it\\nhas appeared each week. Besides this he has issued the International\\nMatch Games. England vs. Scotland, also was a great helper with R.\\nMcColloch in getting out the Anderson McColleh s Guide and\\nother works. He also is a great lover of chess and whist, and socially\\na great success his jolly face, merry twinkle of the eye, combined with\\na fund of humor and a gift of telling a good tale would banish the blues\\nfrom a community of Quakers. He dislikes quarrels among the plavers\\nand he and his column are the peacemakers in a controversy over\\nthe game.\\n2^", "height": "4736", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "ROBERT MARTINS. Born at Penryn, Cornwall county, England\\nFebruary 26, 1822, and at the age of 21 years he gave his attention\\nto the game of draughts, making rapid progress in all its fine and in-\\ntricate points. He has been instrumental in the publication of Bonn s\\nHandbook, Coltherd and Martins Match Games, 1851 in 1864 Mar-\\ntins and Wylie, and laler games of Martin and Wylie. He visited this\\ncountry in 1876 and while here he challenged anv player in the world,\\nJames Wylie accepted at once but the match fell through as Wylie was\\ndefeated by the Invincible Yates soon after, which changed the com-\\nplexion of the world s championship. While in America Mr. Martins\\nmade many friends during the 10 months of his stay. Always full of\\nfun and anecdote and agreeable in conversation, he is par excellence\\nof a well-bred gentleman. Martins shot, a beautiful problem occur-\\ning in the game has no equal for a stroke of this style. At one time\\nthe subject of our sketch held the title of world s champion.\\n27", "height": "4696", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "FKANCIS TESCHELEIT (champion of London 1892) is one of\\nbest analysts and cross-board players in Great Britain. He first\\nwon the London championship from M. E. Morierty in 1888 and lost it\\nto the same gentleman a few months after. In 1890 he won the title\\nfrom Alfred Jordon, of which he still holds. In tournaments he holds\\na a:reat record, beating W. Gardner 3 to 1. Mr. Tescheleit was born\\nin London in 1866. Nearly all the checker columns of the world have\\npublished his games and problems and are always pleased to get his\\nvaluable combinations. Some ot his best work will be found in the\\nBritish Draught Player, parts 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15, of which part\\nhe is the author. The problem No. 16 of this book is one of his pretty\\nexamples trom part 8, British Draught Player, and is worthy of a place\\nin any work on draughts as the first move of the solution is very blind\\nindeed and would hardly be thought the key to it.\\n28", "height": "4736", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "A L. OLIVER, champion of New Hampshire, was born in Green*\\nWood, Mass., January 4th, 1859. His public appearance as a\\nchecker player was with the Boston team in their matches with the\\nProvidence, R. I., team, making a grand score, after which he entered\\nthe tournament to play for the New England championship and a gold\\nmedal, winning the same against Boston s best players (with the excep-\\ntion of H. Z. Wright), making a total of 47 points out of a possible 60.\\nHe was afterwards defeated by the late William Busby by one game in\\nten. Mr. Oliver had been a resident of the Granite State seven years\\nbefore he made any pretentions as a player, but in September, 1893, he\\nplayed and won the championship from L. M. Stearns by 10 to 4 and 6\\ndrawn, and in October of the same year he played H. W. Shannon,\\nwho had previously challenged him for the title and a purse of #25.00.\\nOliver winning by 7 to 3 and 10 drawn. As a player he has no equal at\\npresent in the state, and it looks as if he would hold the title for some\\ntime undisturbed. To meet Mr. Oliver is the pleasure to long be re^\\nmembered, owing to his quiet gentlemanly bearing.\\n29", "height": "4708", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "ANDREW SHEEAN. Born in Greenfield, Mass., Nov. 23. 1852.\\nIn the year 1880 he took Greeley s advice and migrated west-\\nward, locating at Cleveland, O., where he worked at his trade, metal\\npolishing. He first began the scientific study of checkers in 1885.\\nNaturally problems and end games were his hobby. His first effort as\\na problemist appeared in the Cleveland Sunday Sun of that year.\\nAbout this time he became acquainted with A. Bishop and John P-\\nConnell. two well-known experts of that city, and to these gentlemen\\nhe owes a great deal for the advance he has made in the science of the\\ngame. He is also indebted to Charles Hefter of Chicago for some fine\\npointers, and as a problemist today he is in the front rank. He has\\nwon many prizes and given away more than he has received. In the\\nwinter of 1891- 92 he won first prize for best solutions to problems in\\nthe holiday issue of the Derry News. Mr. Sheean is a thorough gen-\\ntleman of the first water and a true friend when once a friendship is\\nformed.\\n30", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nNo. 15 (R. Martins). No. 16 (F. Tescbeleit).\\nBlack.\\nBlack\\nWk y/ 111\u00c2\u00ae llf y HI\u00c2\u00ae\\nB Ay 9M^^9.\\nIP IP P^olP 1\\nHI B\u00c2\u00aeBPll\\nHH llMC^llll 1111\\nWhite.\\nW hite to move and win.\\nNo. IT (A. Sheean).\\nBlack\\nW hite.\\nBlack to movr and win\\nNo. 18 (A. Sheearj),\\nBlack.\\nS in m 111\u00c2\u00ae\\nPB pop\\nBoBoB^B^\\nWhite!\\nWhite t move and win.\\nNo. 19 (A. Sheean).\\nBlack.\\nv\\\\ hit-\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 20 (A. Sheean).\\nBlack.\\nJP |f\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7*\u00c2\u00a7Ip\\nB^p p y j 1\\n^B^B\u00c2\u00aeP^B;\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win\\nWhite.\\nBlack- to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n27 23 16 12\\n20 27 7 16\\nThis is known as 6\\nNo. 15. (R. Martins.)\\n12 8 19 12 32 7\\n4 11 26 19 t 2 1i\\nMartins Famous Shot. 5\\nNo, 16, (F, Tescheleit.)\\n19 23 7 3 15 19\\n16 11 26 22 11 16\\n23 27 3 1-c 19 23\\n10 14, 17 10, 19 24, 28 19, 23 14,\\nwins. F, Tescheleit, J. Yates and J, A. Kear, Jr.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094n 2, IS 22. 11 25. 29 22, 2 6. 26 23, 6 1. 23 18, 1 5, 18 14\\nfirst position,\\n6\u00e2\u0080\u009428 24, 27 31, 3 7. 31 27, 24 20, 15 19. B wins.\\n5 9\\n2 \\\\l-a\\n9 13\\n14 7\\n13 29\\n11 16-\u00c2\u00a3\\n14 5, 26 23, 2 11,\\n17 14\\nW. wins.\\n16 19\\n22 26\\nB. wins.\\n5 1. 15 19.\\nB.\\nB. wins by\\nNo, 17.\\n(A, Sheean.)\\n23 19\\n19 15\\n17 13\\nJ. 1 -LO\\n12 16\\n22 18\\n20 24\\n17 99\\nin h\\nJ.U \u00c2\u00b1\u00c2\u00abJ\\n1^11\\n10 11\\n10 14\\n6 13\\n9 5\\nlO 1 1\\n93 IS\\n1 5\\n18 14\\nt 6\\n22 26\\n15 19\\n11 7\\n7 2\\n2 7\\n5 L\\n11 7\\n1Q If\\nlO JL-\u00c2\u00b1\\ni\\nO 1\\n16 19\\n5 1\\n3 8\\n14 10\\n19 15\\n7 2\\n14 10\\nW. wins.\\n1 10\\n*7 3\\n14 9\\n3 8\\n19 23\\nA very fine\\n26 23\\n26 31\\n15 10\\n2 7\\n2 7\\ninstructive\\n4 11\\n3 8\\n8 3\\n8 12\\n23 26\\ning.\\n23 14\\n31 26\\n22 18\\n7 11\\n7 2\\n28 19\\n*32 27\\n21 17\\n13 9\\n26 22\\n13 17\\n26 22\\n18 15\\n11 7\\n10 6\\nNo. 18.\\n(A. Sheean.)\\n13 17\\n22 18\\n26 19\\n27 23\\n*11 7\\n9 5\\n20 11\\n25 30\\n18 14\\n*6 1\\n4 8\\n6 1\\n17 21\\n26 23\\n*4 8\\n14 9\\n*7 2\\n19 15\\n25 22\\n30 26\\n11 4\\n*l5 11\\n8 3\\n2 6\\n21 25\\n32 27\\n*19 15\\n23 19\\n*1 6\\nDrawn.\\nNo. 19.\\n(A. Sheean.)\\n7 11\\n11 15\\n30 25\\n18 15\\n31 26\\n15 19\\n17 13\\n6 9\\n6 9\\n6 9\\n6 9\\n6 15\\n*2 7\\n19 23\\n25 22\\n19 23\\n26 22\\n19 10\\n9 6\\n9 6\\n9 6\\n9 6\\n9 6\\n13 9\\n*n 16\\n23 26\\n22 18\\n23 26\\n16 20\\n22 17\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n9 6\\n7 11\\n26 30\\n15 19\\n26 31\\n20 24\\n17 14\\n2 6\\n2 6\\n2 6\\n2 6\\n2 6\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 20.\\n(A. Sheean.)\\n7 11\\n2 6\\n31 26\\n6 2\\n23 26\\n13 9\\n17 13\\n11 15\\n2 6\\n15 18\\n6 2\\n26 30\\n2 7\\n6 2\\n26 23\\n2 6\\n50 24\\n9 6\\n9 6\\n23 26\\n6 9\\n19 15\\n2 6\\n30 26\\n11 16\\n9 6\\n23 19\\n6 9\\n15 19\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n26 31\\n9 6\\n18 23\\n6 15\\n26 23\\n7 11\\n6 2\\n16 20\\n9 6\\n19 10\\n2 6\\nB. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYER S,\\nGame Xo. 2. Irregular*\\nThe nineteenth game of the match for the championship and $25=00\\nbetween Arlie L. Oliver and H. W. Shannon at Manchester, N. H,\\nOliver s move.\\n11 15\\n9 13\\n8 11\\n17 22-^\\n18 22-tf\\n27 23\\n23 19\\n17 14\\n26 22\\n26 17\\n25 18\\n16 11\\n8 11\\n12 16\\n3 S\\n8 12\\n10 20\\n15 10\\n22\\n29 25\\n22 15\\n16 11-/\\n7 16\\n28 24\\n14 7\\n15 22\\n4 8\\n11 18\\n19 28\\n23 21\\n25 18\\n30 26\\n24 19\\n17 13\\n27 28\\n7 3\\n10 15\\n16 19-\u00c2\u00a3\\n1 6\\n16 19\\n28 32\\n5 9\\n19 10\\n24 15\\n31 26\\n32 28^\\n23 19\\n13 6\\n6 22\\n11 18\\n13 11-c\\n12 16-/;\\n32 27\\n2 9\\n26 IT\\n28 24\\n19 lQ-d\\n21 17-/\\n19 16\\nOliver won.\\na Weak, and is not played much for that reason.\\nb A bold dash.\\nc \u00e2\u0080\u0094A \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Clincher.\\nd A dash for liberty,\\ne A neat raove.\\n/\u00e2\u0080\u0094The very best.\\ng Enticing move.\\n//\u00e2\u0080\u0094But be don t go, 19 23.\\n/\u00e2\u0080\u0094Fighting hard for a draw.\\no From here to finish the play is quite neat.\\nGame No. 3. Defiance.\\nBetween Herman Hayes and L. M, Stearns,\\n11 15\\n5 14\\n8 11\\n12 19\\n14 18\\n10 Id\\n23 19\\n29 25\\n22 17\\n23 7\\n23 14\\n30 25\\n9 14\\n4 8\\n11 15\\n2 11\\n10 17\\n17 21\\n27 23\\n25 22\\n32 2S\\n26 23\\n21 14\\n25 22\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n15 24\\n6 9\\n1 17\\n21 25\\n22 IS\\n24 20\\n28 19\\n17 13\\n31 26\\n23 18\\n15 22\\n15 24\\n7 11\\n3 7\\n7 10\\n25 30\\n25 9\\n28 19\\n19 16\\n13 6\\n26 23\\n20 16\\nDrawn,\\nStearns had black\\nmen,\\nGame Xo 4. Fife.\\nL. M. Stearns and a friend.\\n11 15\\n9 14\\n7 14\\n3 7\\n11 16\\n1 10\\n23 19\\n25 22\\n30 23\\n32 27\\n17 14\\n18 9\\n9 14\\n18 25\\n8 11\\n4 8\\n6 10\\n7 11\\n22 17\\n29 22\\n23 18\\n31 26\\n14 9\\n9 6\\n5 9\\n14 18\\n14 23\\n8 12\\n10 14\\n10 14\\n17 13\\n23 14\\n27 18\\n26 23\\n9 6\\nStearns. won\\n14 IS\\n10 26\\n12 16\\n16 20\\n2 9\\n26 23\\n19 10\\n21 17\\n24 19\\n13 6\\nB wins.", "height": "4700", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "FITZIE BARRUS, who died Feb. 9, IS 03, was one of Michigan s\\nbest checker players, and the players were few that could come\\nout ahead with him in a contest across the board. At the time of his\\ndeath he was engaged in the Derry News Correspondence Tourne)^\\nNo. 2, and with the record of a large number of games won, had he\\nlived he would have won the first prize no doubt, but the games were\\nnot all finished, necessitating the throwing them out. As a cabinet\\nworker Fitzie was first-class, and the tables in the portrait are his own\\nhandiwork (the author has a miniture table made by him), composed\\nof hundreds of small pieces of wood of different kinds. At his death\\nhe left unfinished a checker table composed of several thousand pieces\\nof wood, which he intended to exhibit at the World s Fair. A native\\nof Michigan, came to Chelsea, Mich., from Jackson, where he resided\\nat his death. Fitzie had many friends, and none more friends than\\nthose who played with him across the magic squares, except his\\nwidowed mother, who mourns for him.\\n34", "height": "4740", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "AXDROS GULDE, Chelsea, Michigan. The original of the above\\nexcellent-likeness was born at Chelsea April 2, 1874. He com-\\nmenced to play checkers in 1S90 at the solicitation of the late Fitzie\\nBarrus. who presented him with an inlaid board, and advised him to\\npurchase some current work on the game. A copy of Anderson s\\nSecond was accordingly obtained, and later on more works until he\\nhas collected quite an extensive library. He was in Chicago during\\nthe World s Fair and made very creditable scores with the leading\\nmembers of the Chicago Chess and Checker Club, and as a correspon-\\ndence p ayer he has been very successful, and is an ardent lover of all\\nin and out-door games and sports. Mr. Guide has contributed checker\\nproblems and games to some of the leading checker columns of\\nAmerica, and the play produced shows a marked degree of brilliancy\\nsnd foresight that is unquestionably remarkable tor one to acquire in\\nso short a space of time. Genial, kind-hearted and generous, Master\\nGuide has a host of friends wherever he goes. The position given on\\nanother page is very neat and instructive and must be played exactly\\nas solution.\\n35", "height": "4708", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "RH. WALTON. The subject of our sketch was born in Cheshire,\\nEngland, Oct. 5 5 1844, but now a resident of Walnut Springs.\\nTexas, His occupation is farming and when his day s work is o er he\\nindulges in his favorite pastime of playing checkers. As players who\\ncan do anything with Mr. Walton at the game do not live in his state\\nhe plays many games by corespondence, and by so doing he is known\\nthroughout the checker world as one of the best players of this style\\nof playing, and the game given as No. 5 of this book is a fair sample of\\nthe depth, brilliancy and foresight of the Texas champion. He is an\\nagreeable and entertaining correspondent and to once play a series\\nwith him is to play another and then more. Texas is to be congratu-\\nlated upon having within her borders such a grand representative of\\nthe noble game.\\n36", "height": "4704", "width": "3016", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "A J. DUNLAP, The late A. J. Dunlap was born in Ovid, N. Y.\\nin 1832 and his death occurred Sept, 30, 1892, after a quarter of\\na century as draughts editor of the Turf, Field and Farm. During his\\nlong service with that paper, Mr. Dunlap published thousands of games\\nand positions of great value to all classes of players. His editorial\\nwritings on all questions relating to the pasttime were always forcible\\nand had great weight with players of both continents. His decisions\\non disputed points were accepted as correct almost without question.\\nMr. Dunlap was instrumental in bringing together the leading players\\nof the world, and his well-known integrity required him to also act as\\nstakeholder. His library on the game was valued above a thousand\\ndollars, containing some very rare books which cannot be purchased to-\\nday for any amount of money, the widow refusing to part with any por-\\nof it. In the death of this grand old man the checker fraternity have\\nlost a faithful worker, a steadfast friend that time can never replace*\\nThe draughts in Turf was discontinued by him a few weeks prior to\\nhis death owing to ill-health and a much needed rest.\\n37", "height": "4684", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "HS. WOOD, Moline, 111. The subject of this sketch was born\\nnear Poughkeepsie, N. Y,, in 1855. In 1887 he commenced\\nthe scientific study of the game he here represents, since which time\\nhe has played six important matches with the well-known expert, H,\\nW. Valentine of Rock Island, III, winning the first four and tieing the\\nfifth, while in poor health he played the sixth and lost. In the Derry\\nNews tourney by correspondence with fifteen entrants he won first\\nprize, a solid silver medal, and Drummond s 3rd (original), also the\\ntitle of Derry News champion correspondence player for 1891-92. His\\nscore, 22 won, 3 lost, 27 drawn, total number of points, 35 1-2, out of a\\npossible 52. In order to make 52 a player w T ould have to win 52 games,\\nor all the games played in the tourney. Out of the fifteen series Mr.\\nWood did not lose a single one. As a contributor to the different\\nchecker columns he has won some fame his games and problems\\nhave received attention from players throughout America and Great\\nBritain, a genial correspondent, and popular among those who knows\\nhim best, and in every way worthy to appear in this work.\\n38", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "GEORGE D. SHERROW, champion colored player of the world,\\nThe subject of this sketch is a native of Pennsylvania and re-\\nsides at Pittsburg-, where he has conducted for nine years one of the\\nbest checker columns in America, and each issue of the Life contains\\nnew and original matter each week in the shape of games and prob-\\nlems that are eagerly sought for jy the expert and novice alike. As a\\nplayer he has won considerable fame by making very creditable scores\\nwith the leading players, such as Reed, Freeman and other checker\\nlights. He has won a number of prizes, among which was first prize\\nfor best game contributed to Granite State checker series No. 3. The\\ngame was a Laird and Lady, well worthy of the prize. His checker\\ncolumn in the Pittsburg Life was the first in Pennsylvania and it has\\nnever faltered in its path or duty meting out justice to one and all dur-\\ning all the years of its existence under the able management of its\\ngenial, wholesouled editor. Long may he live to continue in the good\\nwork, is the wish in general of those who have made his acquaintance\\nthrough his checker department. Examine his neat problem, No. 25.\\nthis book.\\n39", "height": "4696", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "40\\nTHii BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 21 (A. Guide).\\nBlack\\nNo. 22 (F. Barrus).\\nBlack.\\nw w\\nmm mam,\\nhp\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 23 (H. Haves),\\nBlack.\\nw^//, tyM\\ni Hi, II H.\\nWhite.\\nWhiti to move and win.\\nNo. 24 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iloBoll\u00c2\u00ae!!\\nHoi\\ny//,^/W/M,\\nW B\\nB BSB II\\n...1 I\\nn.\\nWhite.\\nvVhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nWhite 1 1 move and win.\\nNo. 25 (G. D. Sherrow).\\nNo. 26 (J. L. Richmond).\\nBlack.\\nBlack.\\nw\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SB I\\n1^ 1^\\n1 Boll B\\no\\nWhite.\\nt~^ov* r*r 1 win\\ni B||B r\\noB B\u00c2\u00aeB B\\nB W io\\nM, H\\nW- \u00c2\u00abr^i\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 21. (A. Guide.)\\n22 26 17 22 26 31 3 7 31 27\\na 23 19-i 21 17 17 13 20 16-\u00c2\u00a3 14 9\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 14 10, 26 31, 10 1, 31 26. B. wins.\\nb-U 9. 31 27, 9 2, 27 23. Drawn.\\ni\\n23 18 15 11 20 11 18 \\\\b-c 11 1-d\\n3 7 7 16 26 31 31 26 23 19\\nand 10 1 18 2, Drawn.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 11 7. 31 26. 7 2, 26 22. Drawn.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 14 10, 26 23, 10 1, 23 19. Drawn.\\n27 24\\nDrawn,\\n14 10\\n23 18\\nNo. 22.\\n(F. Barrus.)\\n22 17\\n29 25\\n30 25\\n15 10\\n14 9\\n13 22\\n22 29\\n29 22\\n22 15\\n5 14\\nNo. 23.\\n(H. Hayes.)\\n24 27\\n22 IS\\n31 22\\n5 1\\n30 25\\n16 12\\n27 31\\n9 5\\n25 30\\n5 9\\n15 24\\n18 9\\n21 25\\n1 5\\n10 15\\nw\\n6 2\\nwins.\\n17 14\\n15 18\\nDrawn.\\nThe above problem represents the square and compass.\\nNo. 24. (L. M. Stearns.)\\n27 24\\n19 23\\n24 19\\n16 12\\n19 26\\n30 23\\n20 16\\n12 19\\n31 27\\n23 32\\n11 8\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 25. (G. D. Sherrow.)\\n18 15 12 16 31 26 26 22 30 26\\n10 19 6 10 10 14 14 10 W. wins.\\nThis problem was a prize winner from G. L. C. S. No. 3.\\nGame No. 5. Bristol 99\\nBetween J. L. Richmond, Marsdon, and G, Freeman, London.\\n11 15\\n5 14\\n4 8\\n1 5\\n8 12\\n10 14\\n24 20\\n25 22\\n29 25\\n26 23\\n27 24\\n4 8\\n15 19\\n10 15\\n2 6\\n19 26\\n5 9\\n27 31\\n23 16\\n22 17\\n25 22\\n30 23\\n23 19-a\\n8 11\\n12 19\\n6 10\\n14 17\\n17 26\\n3 8\\n31 26\\n22 18\\n17 13\\n21 14\\n31 22\\n20 16\\n11 7\\n9 14\\n8 11\\n10 17\\n7 10\\n11 27\\n26 17\\n18 9\\n27 24\\n32 27\\n23 18\\n18 4\\n19 15\\nDrawn,\\na Solution to position No. 26.", "height": "4708", "width": "2876", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 6, Kelso/\\nBetween H. S. Wood, Moline, 111., and R. H. Walton, Texas.\\n10 15\\n24 19\\n16 23\\n7 2\\n4 8\\n6 2\\n22 18\\n3 7\\n26 19\\n15 18\\n24 20\\n11 15\\n15 22\\n27 24\\n11 16\\n2 7\\n8 11\\n2 7\\n25 18\\n9 14\\n20 11\\n23 27\\n23 19\\n10 S-b\\n12 16\\n18 9\\n7 23\\n32 23\\nv2 26\\n19 10\\n24 20\\n5 14\\n14 7\\n18 27\\n21 17\\n3 8\\n9 13\\n22 17\\n2 11\\n7 10\\n26 22\\n10 15\\n29 25\\n13 22\\n17 14\\n14 18\\n17 14\\n8 4\\n8 12\\n26 17\\n11 15\\n30 26-tf\\n22 18\\n15 11\\n28 24\\n1 5\\n14 10\\n27 31\\n14 9\\nWalton won.\\n6 9\\n31 26\\n5 9\\n10 14\\n18 14\\n25 22\\n14 18\\n10 7\\n31 22\\n9 6\\n7 10\\n23 14\\n9 14\\n14 23\\n14 10\\na~ Wood resigned here.\\nb 15 24, W. wins by first position. R. H. Walton.\\nGame No. 7, Double Corner.\\nDr. W. B. Banks and W. E. Stevenson.\\n9 14\\n24 15\\n8 11\\n28 19\\n12 19\\n22 17\\n22 18\\n10 19\\n24 20\\n4 8\\n27 23\\n18 22\\n5 9\\n23 16\\n6 10\\n25 22\\n6 15\\n16 11\\n25 22\\n14 23\\n30 26\\n2 6-a\\n17 10\\n8 12\\n11 16\\n26 19\\n11 15\\n32 21-b\\n7 14\\n17 14\\n29 25\\n9 14\\n22 17\\n10 15\\n23 16\\n22 25\\n16 19\\n27 24\\n15 24\\n19 10\\n14 18\\n26 22\\nStevenson won.\\nNOTES BY STEVENSON.\\na Up to this point the game is same as Game 5, Vol. 1, A. C. R.\\nAvoiding a neat stroke as 31 27, 14 18, and the doctor calculated\\nneat win.\\nGame No. 8, Whirter.\\nWalter Lee Brown vs. W. Wheelock.\\n11 15\\n11 16\\n12 19\\n15 18\\n8 12-a\\n5 9\\n23 19\\n26 23\\n23 7\\n22 15\\n13 9-b\\n13 6\\n9 14\\n16 20\\n2 11\\n10 26\\n6 13\\n1 10-^\\n22 17\\n31 26\\n25 22\\n30 23\\n25 22\\n23 19\\n7 11\\n8 11\\n4 8\\n11 15\\n13 17\\n3 8\\n17 13\\n19 16\\n26 23\\n29 25\\n22 13\\nBrown won.\\nTo neutralize 13 9\\netc.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Cute,\\nbut 8 12 and 13 17, etc.,\\nkilJs it.\\nc Neat ending.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "CLARENCE H. FREEMAN. Born in Central Village, Conn.,\\nDec. 7, 1859. At the age of 7 years he commenced to play the\\ngame, and since that time he has held the title of Providence. R. I.,\\ncity championship, closely followed by the state championship, and\\nthen the American championship, but not caring for titles he played\\nand lost it to A. J. Heffner. Freeman s greatest achievement was a\\n20 game match (friendly, no money in this match) with James Wylie,\\nwinning by a score of Freeman 4, Wylie 1, drawn 15. In a sitting be-\\nfore that time Wylie 1, Freeman 1, and 1 drawn. As a coacher there\\nis not his equal. His presence at the last Barker- Reed match attested\\nto his ability, as Barker came out the victor with ease through the help\\nof this Providence genius to a great extent. It would be superfluous to\\nenumerate all the victories of Mr. Freeman, as his name and works\\nhave been extolled in every city and hamlet where the game is played\\nscientifically and from the books. A perfected player, from his own\\noriginal ideas ..ready to play with the poorest scrub when at the clubs,\\nin his own city or elsewhere. The kindly notice of the novice encour-\\nages them. Without this kind attention many of the young players\\nwould drift away from the game. Quiet and unassuming, a thorough\\ngentleman is C. H. Freeman.\\n43", "height": "4708", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "HARLES F. BARKER, ex-champion checker player of America,\\nBorn in Boston. Mass., March 11. 1858. At the age of 15 years\\nhe met the Herd Laddie, James Wylie (now champion of the world;,\\nand made the remarkable score of Barker 3, Wylie 10, drawn 12. Since\\nthat time he has demonstrated that he is the greatest match player,\\nbarring Wylie. that the world ever knew. He has met and defeated\\nnearly all of the leading players of America and Europe, including J.\\nP. Reed. M, C Priest, A. J. Heffner, the late James Smith and R.\\nMartins, Clarence EL Freeman however was successful in two\\nmatches for the American championship played at Providence. R. 1..\\nthe home of Mr. Freeman. In 1882 the great match with Wylie for\\nthe world s championship resulted in Barker 1, Wylie 1 and 48 drawn\\ngames. James P. Reed won one match of Barker in Chicago in 1889.\\nFor a number of years Mr. Barker edited the checker column in the\\nBoston Globe, and is also famous in the publication of his World s\\nChecker Book and American Checker Player. Both books have\\nhad an enormous sale, the former long since out of print. Mr. Barker\\nis a general favorite with the players in, his native city, which speaks\\nwell for the makeup of a popular citizen.\\n44", "height": "4736", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "AUGUST j. HEFFNER, Born in Cambridge, Mass,, 01 German\\nparents. April 5, 1858. and has lived in and around Boston ever\\nsince. By the advice of John Halleran (now in the Boston postoffice).\\nhe purchased Spayth s American Draught Player when a mere youth,\\nand from that work came the foundation of one of the best players and\\nanalyst of games that America has produced, He has beaten H. Z.\\nWright, Busby, late Wm Freeman. Coakley andoiher notable players,\\nbut m turn was defeated by Wylie and Charles F, Barker. In Heff-\\nner s match with C. H. Freeman the former takes no credit of winning\\nthe American championship as Freeman had not fully recovered from\\nhis match with Barker, and in fact did not care for the honor of win-\\nning. Mr. Hefiner is employed by the railroad company as brakeman\\nandjwhen off duty he is analyzing the 4 e Kelso opening, of which he is\\nfamous. At one time he edited a fine column in the Boston Yankee\\nBlade. It was our good fortune to meet him at the checker club\\nrooms in Boston last winter, and the impression left on the mind was\\ngood, and when can we meet again and enjoy the delightful and enter-\\ntaining company of the American ex-champion August J, Hetfner?\\nwas uppermost in our mind.\\n45", "height": "4708", "width": "2868", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "DR. W. B. BANKS, Born in Edwardsburg, Cass Co.V Michigan\\nin 1859, and at the age of 7 years he was seldom beaten by boys\\nof his own age, and as he grew to manhood his love for the game grew\\nstrong within him. In 1879 he fell in with John McGreevey of Detroit,\\nstate champion, who advised him to buy books and study the game,\\nand so well did he follow instructions that in a year s time he captured\\na game from the veteran Wylie. About this time he entered the\\nUniversity of Michigan to study dentistry and graduated in 1882. His\\nthirst for problems was great and many an hour was spent by him in\\nsolving and composing, thereby becoming a strong end-game player.\\nHis first contributions appeared in the American Checker Review,\\nwinning a prize in a problem tournament. Later he won second prize\\nin Derry News correspondence tourney No. 1, lacking only a point and\\na half of tieing for first place. In the Michigan state tourney the doc-\\ntor took fourth place and $30 in money. A genial and humorous cor-\\nrespondent, full of vim and vigor and ever ready to play checkers, go\\nfishing or pull teeth, which he has done in Detroit for eightyears with\\ngood success.\\n46", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "WE, STEVENSON. The subject of this sketch is a native of\\nthe Dominion of Canada, born at Ontario, Elgin county, Feb=\\n15. 1866, The author s first acquaintance with Mr. Stevenson was in\\n1887, at which time he commenced taking the Derry News checker\\ncolumn, and contributing to the same, followed by contributions of\\ngames and problems to other checker periodicals. As a correspon=\\ndence player he has an envied reputation, and the games and position\\nby him in this book are fair illustrations of his remarkable foresight in\\nthe science of the pastime. While his contributions have not been\\nlarge to the checker literature, what he has published contained merit.,\\nand great credit is due him, for when you see the name of W. E\\nStevenson over a game or problem it is a well-known fact that it is\\nworth your time to examine the same, and that after you have you have\\nbeen benefitted. Being but 28 years of age we predict a brilliant\\nfuture in the checker career of this alert and genial son of the Old\\nDominion.\\n47", "height": "4700", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "J J. BROWN, Richmond. Indiana, and champion of the state. The\\nI above name ten years and more ago was a familiar one where\\ncheckers were played scientifically, although he was better known as\\nthat ft Terror Brown, haying gained the title by the many victories\\nand of the enormous score of wins to his credit. He has met and de-\\nteated such plavers of ability as Dr. Logan of Ohio* Wyat, Hakott^\\nIndiana, Mr, E. A. Brown ot New\\nd 4 With the great Cincinnati. 0- a\\none each and several drawn: but\\nmatch with Prof. A, Woods, College\\nWoods was under the impression\\nState of Indiana, as he had made\\ne met in that State, but Terror\\nthrown tnougnt ditterently and a match was arranged to come off at\\nCollege Corner. Jan. 20, 1883, and at the close of the match with Brown\\nII games. Woods 1 and 8 drawn, the Professor ejaculated the follow-\\ning: Holy Moses and the Angels cast thy pitying glances down and\\nsoothe the checker player that meets that terror, Brown. The prob-\\nlem by Mr. Brown is a fine one and when published prizes were offered\\nfor best solution which were well earned by the difficulty found in\\nsolving it.\\n48\\n1 nurman, K.ozell of Greensburg\\nYork lost 4 to Brown, won f dra\\nplayer, H. Hutzler. came out a ti\\nprobablv his greatest feat was his\\nsome remarkable scores with a", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n49\\nNo. 27 (W. E. Stevenson).\\nBlack\\nr\\nPIO\\n|@iiol\u00c2\u00a7\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ol\\no\\nhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 29 (W. B. Banks).\\nBlack.\\nit \u00c2\u00a71 \u00c2\u00a71 IIh\\nMM I\\nw, w,.\\nm\\nWhite,\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 31 (C. H. Freeman).\\nBlack.\\n||P HI H\\nB i\\nlol\\nH H IIS!!\\nNo. 28 (I. J. Brown),\\nblack.\\nm m m\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 30 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\ni m n\\nWhite.\\nWhite t move and win.\\nNo. 32 (C. F. Barker).\\nBlack.\\nIQ1\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "50\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 27. (W. E Stevenson.)\\n3 8\\n25 22\\n30 25\\n24 19 26 22\\n15 10\\n30 25\\n26 30\\n19 15\\n22 26 28 24\\n5 9\\n25 22\\n2 28 22 17\\nB. wins,\\nNo. 28.\\n(I, J. Brown.)\\n9 13\\n1 6\\n13 17\\n25 21 22 25\\n25 29\\n31 27\\n27 31\\n21 14\\n31 27 27 23\\nB. wins,\\nNo. 29.\\n(W. B. Banks.)\\n22 26\\n26 28\\n23 27\\n20 24 4 8\\n27 24\\n23 19\\n19 16\\n13 9\\n28 19 12 3\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 30,\\n(L, M. Stearns.)\\n10 7\\n24 27\\n32 27\\n20 16 32 28\\n22 25\\n2 11\\n23 32\\n15 19\\n27 31 16 19\\nOA OQ\\nJo Jo\\nQO OO\\noJ Jo\\n11 le\\nJo 61\\n1 O 1 A OA\\n19 24 oU Jo\\n^-V. wins\\nNo. 31.\\n(C. H, Freeman.)\\n22 IS\\n27 32\\n23 18\\n31 26 19 16\\n32 23\\n13 22\\n18 14\\n32 27\\n23 19 27 32\\n16 12\\n19 23\\n22 26\\n30 23\\n26 23 18 27\\n2318\\nDrawn.\\nNo, 32.\\n(C. F. Barker.)\\n22 26\\n26 31\\n11 16\\n16 20 31 26\\n20 16\\n32 27\\n27 23\\n21 25\\n23 18 25 29\\n18 23\\nW. wins\\nGame No. 9. Double Corner.\\nDr. W. B. Banks and W. E. Stevenson.\\n9 14\\n24 15\\n8 11\\n28 19\\n12 19\\n22 17\\n22 18\\n10 19\\n24 20\\n4 8\\n27 23\\n18 22\\n5 9\\n23 16\\n6 10\\n25 22\\n6 15\\n16 11\\n25 22\\n14 23\\n30 26\\n2 6-a\\nIT 10\\nS 12\\n11 16\\n26 19\\n11 15\\n32 27h5\\n7 14\\nIT 14\\n29 25\\n9 14\\n22 17\\n10 15\\n23 16\\n22 25\\n16 19\\n27 24\\n15 24\\n19 10\\n14 18\\n26 22\\nStevenson won.\\na Same as game 5, Vol. 1, A. C. R.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u0094Avoiding a neat stroke as 31 27, 14 18, etc.. the doctor calculated\\na neat win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "51 OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nGame No. 10. Bristol.\\nDr. W. B. Banks vs. W. E. Stevenson.\\n11 16\\n18 15\\n5 9\\n24 20-\u00c2\u00a3\\n14 24\\n3 7\\n24 20\\n7 10\\n27 24\\n1 5\\n28 24\\n11 15\\n16 19\\n25 22\\n8 12\\n27 23\\n19 28\\n7 11\\n23 16\\n14 18\\n16 11\\n18 27\\n26 3\\n28 32\\n12 19\\n29 25\\n3 8\\n32 23\\n10 19\\n11 18\\n22 1\\n9 14\\n31 27\\n9 13 c\\n11 7\\n19 23\\n10 14\\n20 16\\n12 16-a\\n23 18\\n2 11\\nBanks 1\\nCorrects\\nHill s\\nsynopsis\\nthat plays\\n18 23 here.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nothing better.\\nA strong move.\\nGame No. 11. Glasgow.\\nHerman Haves vs. W. H. McLaughlin,\\n11 15\\n16 23\\n11 16\\n14 18\\n25 21\\n18 23\\n23 19\\n26 19\\n29 25\\n17 14\\n7 3\\n11 7\\n9 14\\n4 8\\n16 20\\n10 17\\n17 14\\n23 19\\n22 17\\n30 26\\n19 16\\n21 5\\n3 7\\n7 3\\n8 11\\n8 11\\n12 19\\n30 21\\n6 10\\n19 15\\n25 22\\n26 23\\n23 1-6\\n8 3\\n7 11\\n3 7\\n11 16\\n11 15\\n20 24\\n18 23\\n21 17\\n15 10\\n24 20\\n32 28\\n16 11\\n16 11\\n11 7\\n7 3\\n16 23\\n15 24\\n24 27\\n23 26\\n17 22\\n14 18\\n27 11\\n28 19\\n11 8\\n3 7\\n8 11\\n2 6\\n7 16\\n5 9\\n27 31\\n26 30\\n22 18\\n10 14\\n20 11\\n17 13\\n26 23\\n11 8\\n7 2\\n6 10\\n3 7\\n2 7\\n31 26\\n30 25\\n14 17\\n14 7\\n28 24\\n22 17\\n23 19\\n8 3\\n2 6\\n3 10\\n7 16\\n7 11\\n26 30\\n21 17\\n10 14\\n18 23\\n24 19\\n31 26\\n19 16\\n3 8\\n6 2\\nDrawn.\\nGame No, 12, Cross,\\nA. Pollak vs. Thomas Flint.\\n11 15\\n23 19\\n11 16\\n15 11\\n16 19-S\\n11 1-d\\n23 18\\n14 23\\n19 15\\n3 S-a\\n17 14\\n2 11\\n8 11\\n19 10\\n14 18\\n24 15\\n19 23\\n14 9\\n27 23\\n7 14\\n31 27\\n12 16\\n28 24-r\\n5 14\\n10 14\\n26 19\\n16 19\\n21 17\\n9 13\\n25 21\\nFlint won.\\nNOTES BY MR. FLINT.\\na Black with man short has a good game.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A trap for 30 26, which gives black the game.\\nc 27 24. B. wins.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Very neat ending.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The author.", "height": "4704", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "DEWITT C. CALVERT, of New London. Conn., was born in that\\ncity July 28. 1853. He commenced to play the game of checkers\\nin 1874. and in 1878 gave it up for six years, but has been at it about\\nevery week day since. In 1890 he was placed on the staff of the\\nWoonsocket Reporter as checker editor along with Joseph Brown, who\\nhad conducted it some live years. After a few months Mr. Brown re-\\nsigned his position and Mr. Calvert has kept the column up to its\\nformer high standard. He has been known for many years as an\\nanalyst of rare ability. Many proclaim that he is the Arch Critic ot\\nAmerica, and no doubt he is as he has punctured more play, correct-\\ning games and problems when they appeared to be sound every way.\\ngaining the distinction honestly his due. His games and problems\\nhave been published in every checker paper in the world, and the\\nreaders of this book will be much pleased to view the handsome fea-\\ntures of one so widely known. He is a dealer in paints and oils and\\none of New London s solid business men and much respected.\\n52", "height": "4736", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM LEWIS, checker editor of the Providence, R. L\\nJournal. Born at St. John s, N. B., July 26, 1859, of Welch and\\nIrish parentage, came to the United States in 1875. Early in life he\\ncommenced to play the game of which he is so skillful an exponent.\\nHe has played many games with the Barkers at the shoe shop on Essex\\nstreet, Bo ton. and with other noted players. In 1880 he was a mem-\\nber of the Haverhill, Mass., checker club, and in 1882 formed one of a\\nteam of ten players publicly pitted against C. F. Barker. In this con-\\ntest Mr. Lewis made the creditable score of one draw in three games,\\nHe has been a member of the Providence club since 1885. In the\\nProvidence tourney of 1891 he won second prize, and in the Stearns\\nProvidence tourney Mr, Lewis won first prize. He is a first-class lino-\\ntype operator on the Journal, of which he has won world-wide fame as\\nits checker editor. In a contest for vice-presidency of Providence\\nTypographical Union Mr. Lewis was defeated by only 12 votes: the\\nunion has 141 members, thus only lacking a few votes, seven of which\\nwould have elected him is to his credit. A big-hearted, good natured,\\ngenial associate, ever ready to do a favor to his intimate acquaintances,\\nbut is very sensitive about being publicly praised. He has followed\\nthe game for 20 years, seen all the principal matches in this part of the\\ncountry. The writer met Mr. Lewis in Haverhill, Mass., in 1884, and\\nrenewed the pleasant acquaintance in 189L\\n53", "height": "4704", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "JOSEPH MAIZE, McDonald, Penn., was born in Kilsyth, Scot-\\nland* April 13, 18(50. Hi^ love for checkers developed when he\\nwas 20 years of age, and m a few months he has progressed so rapidly\\nit justified his entrance in the annual tourney of the Lanarkshire\\nDraught association April, 1881. In the second round meeting the\\ncelebrated problemist and player, Mr. D. Gourley score, Maize 1,\\nGourley 2, drawn 1. In the autumn of same year he came to America\\nand has since resided in Pennsylvania. In 1883 he procured his first\\nwork, Janviers Anderson, and rapidly made a name for himself as a\\ncritic and analyst, upsetting the conclusions of many of our best\\nplayers. With J. P. Reed, the American champion, the two sittings\\nwere Maize 1, Reed 3, drawn 4 Maize 3, Reed 5, drawn 6, a proud\\nrecord. His analysis of the Second Double Corner in the D. P. W.\\nmagazine of 1886, consisting of 68 variations with only three variations\\nincorrect is a guarantee of a careful painstaking analyst. In the\\nThanksgiving contest at Home Hotel, Pittsburg, Mr. Maize defeated\\nhis several opponents without severe effort and was awarded a hand-\\nsome gold badge by the Chronicle Telegraph. He has filled various\\npositions of trust, an orator of no mean ability, a graceful and forcible\\nwriter and has quite a reputation as a poet. His checker column in the\\nPittsburg Despatch is conducted with ability and snap and is always\\nfree from language that would hurt the feelings of any of its readers.\\n54", "height": "4736", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "HERMAN HAYES, Manchester. N. H is a native of the Do-\\nminion of Canada, and nearly 35 years of age. He came to the\\nUnited States several years ago and engaged himself to the Amoskeag\\ncorporation. In 1S90 he had the misfortune to lose his left arm in the\\nmachinery, from which he was a great sufferer, but he bore the pain\\nwithout a murmer of discontent, looking on the bright side of life.\\nOwing to this accident he was given the position of watchmen at gates.\\nFor something to take up his attention he then commenced to play\\ncheckers for the first time, and so well has he applied himself to his\\nnow favorite game that it takes a professional to do anything with him.\\nA caretul painstaking and always ready to take an original line, than\\nto stick to the well-worn paths, laid down the books. His games with\\nthe Maine champion and other players of ability reflect great credit on\\none of so short an acquaintance with the game. His problems are\\nneat and of the brilliant order, and are worthy of the expert s notice as\\nwell as the tyro. His Square and Compass problem is quite unique?\\nthe solution is good for a problem of this kind. We predict a bright\\nfuture for Mr. Hayes as a problemist and player,\\n55", "height": "4708", "width": "2812", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "GEORGE W. DURKEE. Born in Tunbridge, Vt., June (3, 1875,\\nCame to Derry when quite young, where he has since made his\\nhome. He became identified with the game of checkers less than two\\nyears ago. and during that time has become quite proficient, beating;\\nall the boys of his age and most of the older players in his town. A\\nfew years and he will stand in the front rank of New Hampshire\\nchecker players. He is a very popular young man and liked by alb\\nThe game below is a fair criterion of his skill across the board.\\nGame :No, 13, Souter.\\nGeorge Durkee vs. Prof. C. W. Scribner.\\n11 15\\n25 22\\n4 8\\n28 19\\n10 19\\n30 26\\n23 19\\n8 11\\n24 20\u00c2\u00bba\\n8 11\\n26 23\\n16 19\\n9 14\\n27 23\\n15 24\\n22 18\\n19 26\\n21 17\\n22 17\\n14 18\\n28 19\\n5 9\\n31 8\\n1 5\\n6 9\\n23 14\\n11 15\\n18 14\\n7 11\\n17 14\\n17 13\\n9 25\\n32 28\\n9 18\\n8 4\\n19 24\\n2 6\\n29 22\\n15 24\\n19 15\\n12 16\\n13 9-\u00c2\u00a3\\nDurkee won,\\nNOTES BY DURKEE.\\na 22 17 is the correct move here.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009426 23, 24 27, 23 18, 27 31, 20 16, 11 20, 18 15, 3 7, B. wins.\\n56", "height": "4728", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n57\\nNo. 33 (I). C. Calvert).\\nBlack.\\nNo. 34 (D. 0. Calvert).\\nBlack.\\nSB\u00c2\u00aeB^B^B\\nm wk i5#\\nSi m m m\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 35 (D. C. Calvert).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 36 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\nIIP\\ni iiiti^\\nHI Wffl^Wlft^Wk\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move, Black to draw.\\nNo. 37 (A. Sheean).\\nBlack.\\nWhite-\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 38 (M. H. Brerman).\\nBlack.\\nWWW\\n||P |H| llP wfflf^^\\nWhite.\\nWhite.\\nhite to move, Black to draw\\\\ White to move, Black to draw.", "height": "4696", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo, 33, (D. C. Calvert.)\\n14 IT\\n32 2T\\n14 18\\nIT 14 2T 24\\n24 19\\n10 15\\n6 2\\n15 19\\n13 IT 31 26\\n26 31\\n9 14\\n13 IT\\n22 IT\\n14 18 11 15\\n18 23\\n23 26\\n2 6\\n9 13\\nIT 26 26 31\\n31 26\\nIT 21\\nIT 22\\n18 22\\n18 11 15 18\\n21 25\\n26 30\\n6 9\\n19 15\\n26 31 31 26\\nB, wins,\\nCorrects\\nsituation\\nNo. 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S\\nS, S.\\nNo, 34,\\n(D. C. Calvert,)\\n13 IT\\n27 23\\nIT 22\\n32 2T *26 22\\n31 2T\\n26 31\\n16 20\\n22 18 Drawn.\\n23 26\\n23 16\\n31 26\\n2T 24 Corrects No. 14,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. S\\nU.\\n(C. C, Calvert,)\\n32 27\\n19 23\\n31 26\\n25 22 15 10\\n8 11\\n18 22\\n21 25\\n29 25\\n19 15 12 8\\nDrawn,\\n2T 20\\n22 29\\n26 19\\n22 18 10 7\\nCorrects\\nNo. 44,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ns. s. s.\\nNo, 36,\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n32 2T\\n19 23\\n31 26\\n12 19 30 32\\n18 22\\n21 25\\n23 2T\\n26 23 W. wins\\n27 20\\n22 29\\n20 16\\n19 26 crowning man 31.\\nPreserves play of No, 44. S.\\nS .S,\\nNo. 37.\\n(A. Sheean.)\\n32 27\\n24 19\\n18 15\\n12 16 Drawn,\\n4 8\\n*S 12\\nCorrects No 47.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. S. S.\\nNo. 38.\\n(M. H. Brennan.)\\n22 IT\\n21 30\\n2T 2\\n15 18 14 18\\n26 30\\n14 21\\n31 2T\\n10 15-* 9 14 22 26\\nDrawn.\\n30 26\\n30 23\\n2 9\\n18 22 18 23\\ntf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Corrects No. 69.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. S. S.\\nGame No. 14, Cross\\nH. Hayes vs. A. L, Oliver, State champion,\\n11 15\\n26 23\\n10 26\\n24 20\\n14 17\\n15 10\\n23 18\\n15 18\\n31 22\\n8 11\\n12 8\\n26 30\\n8 11\\nIT 13\\n11 15\\n23 19\\n15 19\\n20 16\\n2T 23\\n18 2T\\n19 10\\n3 7\\n8 3\\n30 25\\n4 8\\n13 6\\n7 14\\n19 16\\n7 10\\n16 11\\n23 19\\n2 9\\n22 18\\n12 19\\n3 7\\n25 21\\n9 14\\n32 23\\n1 5\\n25 22\\n10 14\\n11 7\\n18 9\\n9 13\\n18 9\\n17 26\\n7 10\\n14 18\\n5 14\\n25 22\\n5 14\\n30 16\\n19 23\\n10 14\\n22 IT\\n14 IT\\n29 25\\n11 15\\n10 15\\n18 22\\n6 9\\n21 14\\n13 IT\\n16 12\\n23 26\\nDrawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "2976", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nGame No. 15, Kelso,\\nOne of ten simultaneous games played by C. F. Barker at Provi-\\ndence, R. L, Jan. 2, 1892,\\n10 15\\n5 14\\n8 11\\n5 9\\n27 31\\n26 23\\n23 18-a\\n22 17\\n19 \\\\(y-e\\n27 24\\n8 11\\n4 8\\n12 16\\n15 18\\n12 19\\n20 27\\n31 27\\n15 19\\n21 17\\n24 19\\n23 16\\n31 24\\n11 2\\n8 4\\n16 20\\n11 15\\n11 15\\n18 23\\n27 24\\n23 26\\n17 13\\n29 25-\\n26 22-/\\n24 19\\n2 7\\n22 18\\n7 10\\n15 24\\n3 8\\n15 24\\n24 19\\n14 23\\n26 23\\n28 19\\n16 12\\n28 19\\n16 12\\n7 5\\n8 12\\n4 8\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n19 23\\nLewis won.\\n25 21-6\\n30 26\\n12 8\\n19 16\\n12 8\\n9 1-1\\n2 l-d\\n1 5\\n23 27\\n23 26\\n18 9\\n32 28\\n8 4\\n4 8\\n8 4\\nNOTES BY W. LEWIS.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Our favorite reply to Kelso.\\nb 24 19, etc., is book.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We consider this move the source of strength in the firm posi-\\ntion white afterwards obtained.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 White is getting a good game.\\ne The critical position at this point induced us to think that Mr.\\nBarker had made the round of the other nine players in rather quick\\ntime.\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Virtually wins the game.\\nGame No, 16, Laird and Lady.\\nAlex Argy and W. S, Fellows.\\n11 15\\n17 14\\n4 8\\n24 20\\n2\\n27 23\\n23 19\\n10 17\\n24 19\\n9 13\\n22 11-c\\n18 27\\n8 11\\n21 14\\n13 17\\n26 22-tf\\n13 22\\n25 22-d\\n22 17\\n15 18\\n28 24\\n17 26\\n14 10\\n11 18\\n9 13\\n19 15\\n6 9\\n31 22\\n7 14\\n30 14-*\\nFellows won.\\nNOTES BY MR. FELLOWS.\\na Argy remarked here after this move that white had Jost the\\ngame.\\nb Loses, 1 6 draws.\\nc Opening fire.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Carrying the war into Africa.\\ne The surrender.", "height": "4700", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "60 THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGameNo. 17, Boston Centre.\\nBy Lyman IVf. Stearns.\\n11 15\\n11 15\\n1 6\\n14 23\\n25 29\\n19 23\\n23 19\\n28 24\\n26 23\\n2T 18\\nIT 14\\n13 9\\n8 11\\nT 11\\n5 9\\n10 15\\n10 IT\\n29 25\\n22 IT\\n24 20\\n25 22\\nIT 14\\n1 10\\n9 5\\n15 18\\n9 14\\n18 25\\n15 22\\n17 22\\n28 26\\n19 15\\n26 22\\n29 22\\n14 5\\n10 T\\nand forms\\n10 19\\n6 10\\n15 19\\n22 25\\n11 15\\nposition\\n24 8\\n30 26\\n23 16\\n5 1\\nT 11\\nbelow with\\n4 11\\n3 T\\n12 19\\nT 10\\n15 18\\nsolution.\\nIT 13\\n22 IT\\n22 18\\n21 IT\\n11 15\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\n15 10\\n1 6\\n11 T\\n24 19\\n2 7\\n11 18\\n26 30\\n9 13\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n21 25\\n10 14\\n6 9\\nT 3\\n19 16\\nTil\\n31 22\\n18 23\\n13 IT\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n30 26\\n14 18\\n9 14\\n3 8\\n16 11\\n14 18\\n22 IT\\n23 26\\nIT 21\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n26 22\\n18 23\\n20 16\\n32 28\\n11 T\\n18 25\\n18 14\\n2 6\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n29 22\\n22 13\\n5 1\\n16 11\\n28 24\\nT 2\\n23 18\\nW. wins.\\n6 9\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n22 15", "height": "4728", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PL A VERS.\\n61\\nPuzzle Problem.\\nBy O. H. Richmond, from the Checkerist, 1887.\\nA game of checkers once was played in eighteen eighty three.\\nBetween a man named Robinson and his friend named R, A. G.\\nIt was a very pretty game, with neither one ahead,\\nUntil it came quite near the end, when R, A Gurley said.\\n**I think I have the best of it, as anyone can see,\\nWith my two kings on four and five and single man on three.\\nYou may be right, said Robinson, but I have got the move.\\nAnd though my men are single ones, yet, tartars they may prove.\\nBut I must move to eleven now, for if to twelve I go.\\nYou catch me in a problem, by Spayth of Buffalo,\\n4 Ah, said Gurley, Rob, my boy, that move was very fine,\\nI fear twill let that other man from thirteen down to nine,\\nFor if I move my single man, it lets you get a king,\\nAnd yours on twenty we ll change off as sure as anything,\\nThe end soon came, Rob drew the game,\\nBut Gurley found next day, oh, what a sin he had a win by a pretty\\npiece of play,\\nFour years have passed, and Gurley last, on Denver s heights was\\nseen,\\nWhile jolly Rob still loves a prob in the classic southern queen\\nBut you can bet that neither yet forgets the game and fun\\nOf former days, when we and Maize, all took the Sunday Sun.", "height": "4708", "width": "2832", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "Tj F- McATEER. Probably no checker player has gained more\\nli\u00c2\u00bb distinction, or made his mark higher or more visible to every\\nother player than H. F f McAteer has, through his most excellent\\nchecker department in the Pittsburg. Pa., Chronicle-Telegraph. He\\nhas a faculty of getting all the latest checker news from all sections of\\nthe world where checkers is a pastime, giving his readers fresh and\\noriginal matter each week. Mac. is a hustler for news and he gets it\\ntoo,- Another great point the writer has observed, Mac. has a great\\namount of space, instead of one column he puts up two and some weeks\\nhe gives more, proving conclusively that the manager of the Telegraph.\\nMr. Hershman, is heart and hand in the work, and recognizing the\\nability of Mr, McAteer allows him the space he desires both work-\\ning in perfect harmony to produce the best results, and taking all in\\nall success has crowned their untiring efforts, and the Telegraph\\nstands in the front rank of American checker journalism. Mr. Mc-\\nAteer is still a young man, in his thirty-fourth year, and as his portrait\\nrepresents, is a genial kind-hearted man, and once a friend a true\\none. In conducting his column for the past six years it has appeared\\neach week except one and that was the fault of the foreman, as his copv\\nwas in the office in time, a record to be proud of. How many can\\nboast of a better one The Telegraph circulation is 43,000 copies.\\n62", "height": "4708", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "LAWRENCE ARMSTRONG. Born at East Holywell Northum-\\nberland, England June 3, 1844. Came to America in 1879, mak-\\ning his home in Blythdale, Pa. He is an honest and industrious coal\\nminer and after his day^s work is done he enjoys putting up a problem\\nor knocking a hole in somebody s already published. We quote from\\nthe Telegraph what genial Mac had to say of Mr. Armstrong\\nEverybody interested in checkers has heard of Larry Armstrong,\\nand acknowledge him to be the arch critic of Pennsylvania as a man\\nwho will knock a hole in your problem or game if he gets half a\\nchance, Every column in the United States devoted to the game has\\npublished many of his brilliant conceptions, and then you can hardly\\npick up a foreign column but you see Larry represented with a dif\\nficult and entertaining problem. He has played many games by cor-\\nrespondence and seldom loses a game. The problems given on\\nanother page are nothing better than his usual style. He has no poor\\nones, all are gems of a high grade. His generous nature has led him\\nto give away a number of valuable prizes in checker tournaments, and\\nthose who know him best assert that he is a genial companion and has\\nmany friends. The above likeness is true to the photograph in the\\nwriters possession, and the photo is true to the original Larry\\nhimself.\\n63", "height": "4700", "width": "2812", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "HARVEV L. HOPKINS, president of the Chicago Chess and\\nChecker Club, was born in Eaton, Madison county, N. Y., May\\n13, 1842. He was reared upon a dairy farm near the place of his birth.\\nIn 1856 his father purchased a mowing machine, which was solely\\noperated by the subject of our sketch, who made several improve-\\nments on the same that were finally completed and perfected and put\\nto use during the haying season of I860. The improvements proved to\\nbe so valuable that his father and others assisted him in bringing out\\nhis first mowing machine December, 1861, since which time Mr. Hop-\\nkins has devoted himself to inventing, perfecting, patenting and intro-\\nducing inventions, and to the study and practice of law, which he prac-\\nticed for several years in the state of New York. In 1877 he removed\\nto Chicago. Checkers was the first game he learned to play when a\\nboy, and so well did he master the same that he has held the honorable\\nposition of president of the C. C. and C. Club for six years in succes-\\nsion. He is the consolation player of the club. Mr. Hopkins is an ex-\\ncellent judge of human nature. He possesses social and executive\\nabilities of the highest order and is a natural organizer replete with\\nexpedients, is free and open-hearted, always ready to assist a friend\\nin or out of the club, is hopeful and cheerful under discouraging cir-\\ncumstances, popular with all, and just the right man for chief officer\\nof America s leading Chess and Checker Club, with a membership of\\nover 200.\\n64", "height": "4708", "width": "2988", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THOMAS LEDDY, ex-champion of New Hampshire, was born in\\nBoston. Mass., June 3, 1849, and is therefore in his forty-fifth year.\\nHe is one of New Hampshire s solid business men, and for a number\\nof years carried on a successful grocery business at Epping, N. H.,\\nlater he removed to South Newmarket, where he has since resided and\\nconducted a large grocery there. He is very popular with all classes\\nof his townspeople, and to show their appreciation of his worth selected\\nhim for their postmaster in 1885, but was removed in 1889, only to be\\nreturned in 1893. As a checker player Mr. Leddy has an enviable\\nrecord which probably no other resident of the Granite state possesses,\\nviz: In 1882 James Wylie, the world s champion, visited Epping upon\\ninvitation of Mr. Leddy and out of the games played Mr. Wylie lost\\none which he remarked was very fine and a credit to Mr. Leddy, who\\nwas then state champion. Mr. Leddy also drew a number ot games\\nThe writer of this brief sketch has visited the happy home of the\\nLeddy s several times and the memory of those pleasant occasions will\\never be fresh in our mind. Tommy (as he is familiarly called) is a\\nroyal entertainer, and is ever ready to make his guest s stay a pleasant\\none. Mr. Leddy resigned the title of champion in 1884 owins: to ac\\ncumulation of business.\\n65", "height": "4692", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "%6 THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo, 39 (W. Lewis), No, 40 (L. Armstrong*.\\nBlack EBlack.\\n|p\\nB B B Bo\\nIPB^B\u00c2\u00aeB^B\\nBP ai ry w^wk y\\no SoS HH HI\\nvVliite.\\nWhite to move and win\\nNo. 41 (L. Armstrong).\\nBlack.\\nW nite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 42 (L, Armstrong).\\nBlack.\\nB US B HI\\nBpBpBpBp^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2IP pip\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nNo. 43 (L. Armstrong).\\nBlack.\\nv\\\\ hite\\nBlack to move and skunk\\nNo. 44 (D. C. Calvert).\\nBlack.\\nB BL B^ B\u00c2\u00ae\\npHoH B B\\nB B B Bo\\nWhite.\\nW hite to move and win.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "3000", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nSolutions to Problems\\nNo. 39.\\nVV IX Wis./\\nSI 26\\n26 30\\n32 27\\n30 26 26 31\\n27 23\\n25 29\\n15 19\\n29 25 25 18\\nW, wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 15 19, 32 27, 21 25, 26 31, 25\\n30, 27 23, W. wins.\\nNo. 40.\\n(L,. Armstrong.\\n19 15\\n14 18\\n15 8\\n8 3 2 7\\n13 17\\n3 8\\n-8 ll-\\n22 15\\n15 10 10 6\\n21 14\\nB, wins.\\nNo, 41.\\n(L, Armstrong.)\\n16 il\\nlS 8\\n10 1\\n11 15 22 17\\n19 15\\n7 10\\n8 11\\n6 9 13 22\\n3 7\\n2 6\\n1 6\\n14 18 9 14 Drawn,\\nNo, 42.\\nL~ Armstrong,)\\n17 14\\n24 27\\n16 20\\n11 15\\n18 9\\n31 24\\n2 19 and skunked.\\nNo. 43.\\n(L. Armstrong.)\\n28 24\\n31 24\\n10 6\\n24 9\\n20 27\\nS 11\\n2 9\\nW. wins.\\nNo, 44,\\n(D, C. Calvert.)\\n7 o-a\\n5 9\\n16 19\\n10 6 7 10\\n15 10-3\\n12 16\\n14 18\\n3 7 15\\n8 11\\n9 14\\n19 24\\n6 1 24 28 Drawn,\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Corrects 7 11.-\\n-S. S. S.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094D 9, 3 7,\\n9 14, 7 11, 14 18, 11\\n7. Drawn,\\nGame No. 18, Dyke.\\nBetween W. H. McLoughlin and W. C. Parrow at Boston, Mass,\\n11 15\\n27 24\\n5 9\\n28 24\\n16 19\\n3 8\\n22 17\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n8 11\\n20 16\\n28 24\\n15 19\\n22 18\\n9 13\\n18 14\\n19 24\\n8 11\\n24 15\\n15 22\\n27 24\\n11 16\\n16 11\\n24 20\\n10 19\\n24 15\\n4 8\\n20 11\\n24 28\\n30 26\\n23 16\\n9 13-*\\n24 20\\n7 16\\n11 8\\n20 24\\n12 19\\n25 18\\n6 10\\n14 7\\n28 32\\n26 23\\n26 22\\n13 22\\n15 6\\n3 10\\n8 3\\n24 27\\n8 11\\n32 27\\n1 10\\n24 20\\n32 28\\nDrawn,\\na The veteran Parrow claims this a risky move.", "height": "4700", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "68 THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 19. Fife.\\nBetween H. Z. Wright and Melvin Brown,\\n11 15\\n8 11\\n10 14\\n15 19\\n23 26\\n26 23\\n23 19\\n27 23\\n29 25\\n11 8\\n15 10\\n15 10\\n9 14\\n4 8\\n15 19\\n27 31\\n6 15\\n12 16\\n22 IT\\n52 27\\n31 m\\n8 4\\n11 18\\n14 9\\n5 9\\n15 19\\n7 10\\n14 18\\n29 25\\n23 18\\n17 13\\n2316\\n27 23\\n22 15\\n28 24\\n9 6-\\n14 18\\n11 20\\n20 24\\n31 29\\n26 31\\n2 9\\ni9 16\\n24 19\\n1611\\n12 8\\n18 14\\n13 6\\n12 19\\n8 11\\n24 27\\n312\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n26 23\\n25 22\\n23 16\\n4 8\\n24 19\\nBrown\\n19 26=\\n11 15\\n10 15\\n19 23\\n31 26\\nresignec\\n30 5\\n19 16\\n16 12\\n811\\n19 15\\nGame No. 20. Second Double Corner. 5\\nPlayed at Chicago 1891 by H, L. Hopkins and J. T. Dexvir\\n(Hopkins move.)\\n11 15\\n27 24\\n6 13\\n15 8\\n16 23\\n18 14\\n24 19*\\n11 16\\n29 25\\n4 11\\n27 18\\n15 18\\n15 24\\n22 17\\n3 7\\n23 19\\n20 27\\n11 8\\n28 19\\n16 20\\n18 14\\n17 21\\n32 2^\\n18 27\\n9 14\\n31 27\\n10 17\\n25 22\\n12 16\\n8 3\\n22 18\\n9 13\\n21 14\\n1 6-a\\n15 11\\n7 10\\n5 9\\n18 9\\n1317\\n22 18\\n610\\nDrawn\\n26 22\\n13 22\\n19 15\\n11 16\\n14 9\\n7 11\\n25 18\\n8 11\\n18 15\\n10 15\\na 1 6 is given as a variation in Denvir Bradt s Second Double\\nCorner book, by Harvey L, Hopkins.\\nGame No, 21, Cross/ 9\\nAt Chicago 1891 by H. L. Hopkins and R. A. Gurley of Denver, Colo\\n(Hopkins move.)\\n11 15\\n7 14\\n1 6\\n7 14\\n19 23\\n26 23\\n23 18\\n24 20\\n31 27\\n22 15\\n29 25\\n5 1\\n8 11\\n14 18\\n5 9\\n12 19\\n23 26\\n23 18\\n27 23\\n22 15\\n30 26\\n25 22\\n25 21\\n1 5\\n4 8\\n11 18\\n2 7\\n8 11\\n9 13\\n12 16\\n23 19\\n21 17\\n20 16\\n15 8\\n18 14\\n5 9\\n10 14\\n9 14\\n6 10\\n3 12\\n26 31\\n16 19\\n19 10\\n17 10\\n26 22\\n22 18\\n14 9\\n32 27\\n14 23\\n6 24\\n10 15\\n14 23\\n31 26\\n19 23\\n26 19\\n28 19\\n19 10\\n27 18\\n9 5\\n9 14\\nDrawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "LYMAN M\u00c2\u00bb STEARNS. Born in the historic town of Goffstown.\\nN, H., March 4, 1858. Passing over his boyhood life, at the age\\nof 22 years we find him at Derry Depot, where he has since resided.\\nIn 1886 he inaugurated the now famous checker column in the Derry\\nNews, and for eight years it has appeared regularly each week, and is\\npronounced one of the best. He has been a constant worker on prob-\\nlems, having contributed over fifteen hundred to the literature of the\\ngame. One hundred of the cream of his work can be found in his\\nSelected Situations, His Granite State Checker Series has met the\\napproval of all grades of players and had a good sale. Having the\\nlargest collection of checker players photos in the world he conceived\\nthe original idea of this Book of Portraits. In 1892 he was elected first\\nselectmen of Derry by a large majority, but in 1893 he declined to run\\nfor second term, owing to his desire to put more time to this book and\\nothers to follow. He has met and played with a great many of\\nAmerica s first-rate players, with a fair showing. The latest problem\\nby the author of this book is entered in the Liverpool, England, Mer-\\ncury tournament, and the outcome of the awards is awaited with in-\\nterest, as Mr. Stearns has won a great many prizes, and among them\\na gold medal. His next work (after a few months of rest) will be en-\\ntitled An Easy Road to Checkers or the Learner s Best Guide. It\\nis the outcome of years of study to learn the young player rapidly.\\nThe work w T ill be copyrighted.\\n69", "height": "4704", "width": "2796", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "FRED K. PEACOCK. The subject of this sketch is a native of\\nConcord, N, H., where he first saw the light Nov. 14, 1856, and\\nhas made his home there ever since. He is a first-class checker player\\nand has won games from New England s best players, and were it not\\nfor close attention to his duties as clerk in the largest grocery store in\\nthe city, where it takes nearly all of his time during working hours, he\\nwould make the best of them play careful to win a game. Mr. Pea-\\ncock was the only one in Concord to win a game from H. Z. Wright,\\nthe New England champion, in simultaneous play. Wright at the\\ntime playing some twelve or fifteen players. However it is to Mr.\\nPeacocks credit, as Wright is a very rapid player and can play twelve\\nas well as one at a time, as he is the best book player and knows at\\nsight more book play than any other. It has been the writer s good\\nluck to meet Mr. Peacock several times across the board in friendly\\ncontest and each time he has carried off the honors. He is one of\\nConcord s best citizens.\\n70", "height": "4696", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "DAVID E, CLARKE. Born in Windham, Vt\u00e2\u0080\u009e October 19. 1827,\\nHis father was a physician and removed to Townshend, Vfc.,\\nwhere he died a few years later, The subject of our sketch was then\\nbut four years of age. He was then taken to live with his grandfather\\nat Saxton s River, In 1846 he came to Concord, N. H., and entered\\nthe dry goods business, which he continued as clerk and principal until\\n1890. For a pastime and amusement his favorite game has been\\ncheckers, and has played the game more or less for the past 40 years,\\nand he received much benefit and instruction in the game by playing\\nwith Mr. Julius Cone (druggist), a noted and skillful Concord player,\\nfor many years. The writer visited Mr. Clark several times in the\\npast few years, and besides being the strongest player in the state out-\\nside of the champion is considered a very original player and is apt to\\nset the best of them to thinking by taking a new line of play. In a\\nsitting with Mr. C. F. Barker, the Boston expert, he drew 2 and lost 1,\\nwhich gives one a fair estimate of his strength as a player, Mr. Clarke\\nis a very entertaining and cultured gentleman and all are assured of a\\nmost hearty welcome if they call at his pleasant residence in the cap-\\nital city.\\n71", "height": "4708", "width": "2800", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "TAMES HENRY ROBINSON. Born at Atlanta, Ga\u00e2\u0080\u009e November\\nJ 4, 1858, and has claimed that beautiful city as his home from birth.\\nHe is a direct descendant of George Robinson, one of the Mayflower\\nband, while on his grandmother s side he is eleventh in descent from\\nWilliam Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony. He is a man ot\\nsterling worth, and has held many positions of responsibility accept-\\nably to all concerned. As a checker player and problemist the city of\\nAtlanta can well feel proud of having one of the best. In 1885 some of\\nMr. Robinson s brilliant conceptions appeared in the Cleveland Sun-\\nday Sun. Later in 1887 the Checkerist, published at Tavares, Florida-\\ncontains many of his masterpieces in problem composition, six of\\nwhich will be found on another page. One is a prize winner, a perfect\\ngem, and if he had not but this one it would be fame and glory enough.\\nThe writer became acquainted with Mr. Robinson during the Cleve-\\nland Sunday Sun s days and ever since a warm friendship has existed\\nthat time can never diminish. A number of Mr. Robinson s games\\nand problems have appeared in the Derry News in days gone by, of\\nwhich he is a regular reader. Ill-health has kept him from active work\\nfor our silent game of late years, but his heart is with the work, and\\nhis health is improving so we may expect to hear from friend Rob soon\\n72", "height": "4704", "width": "2976", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "AMOS M. ENSIGN, checker editor of the New York Tribune, was\\nborn in Walton, N, Y., in 1841. Was a farmer boy until he was\\nable, largely by home study, to enter Cornell University, In 1872 he\\nbecame one of the editors of the college paper, the Cornell Era, and\\ndid some correspondence tor New York newspapers while in college)\\nand in 1876 joined the Tribune staff and has been steadily employed by\\nthe Tribune since. At present his home is in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.\\nand he travels to and from the city each day. Mr. Ensign started the\\nchecker column in the Tribune on Feb. 5, 1890, by special request of\\nthe managing editor, as many readers of the weekly edition had ex\\npressed a desire for such a column and the success of the column was\\nassured at the start. The column is one of the best, neat diagrams,\\nclear print, and last but not least an able editor, who has a faculty of\\ngetting new material for his readers each week, making his excellent\\ndepartment of never-flagging interest. The Tribune has the right man\\nin the right place. As a player Mr. Ensign does not claim a high dis-\\ntinction, but the neatness and depth of his problems, some of which\\nappear in this work are not composed of a tyro, and should the\\nwriter ever have occasion to play the genial checker editor of the\\nTribune we should keep a sharp lookout ahead for breakers,\\n73", "height": "4704", "width": "2844", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo, 45 H. Robinson). No, 46 (J. H. Robinson),\\nBlack :V Black.\\nm\\nIP\\nm,\\nw KM\\nm HI\\nHI HI ^Wk\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo, 47 a. H. Robinson),\\nBhck.\\nfM W4 W\\n15\\nWhite.\\nBlack to mov; and win.\\nXo. 49 (I, H. Robinson).\\nblack.\\nW W 9 W\\nm vm.\\nW/ W W\\n1 IIS\\nH II mmm\\n11 H II IS\\n_1\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo, 48 (J. H. Robinson).\\nB ack.\\nWhite\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 5n (I. H. Robinson.)\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move: white to draw.\\nhire.\\nWhite to move and draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYER Sx\\nSolutions to Problems*\\nMo 45\\nH. Robinson*)\\n\u00c2\u00a36 2o-a\\n17 22\\n2 6\\n31 27\\n26 31\\n20 16\\na 13\\n5 9\\n28 24\\n6 2\\n11 16\\n2 7\\n23 18-3\\n32 28\\n6 10\\n27 32\\n19 15\\n13 17\\n23 19\\n24 20\\n14 18\\n16 19\\n7 10\\n15 10\\n22 18\\nffi 19\\n32 27\\n15 24\\n1 f{ 1 1\\niO 11\\n17 13\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27 2\\n8 11\\n18 22\\n28 19\\n10 15\\n10 7\\n18 22\\n10 6\\n27 32\\n31 27\\n11 8\\n13 17\\n19 1\u00c2\u00a3\\n26 23\\n22 26\\n19 24\\n15 11\\n18 23\\n22 26\\n9 14\\n32 28\\n27 32\\n8 4\\nAD, WlliJi\\n5 9 only draws.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009423 19 draws.\\nNo. 4a (J.\\nH. Robinson.)\\n32 27\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n4 8\\n22 17\\n14 5\\n19 1(5\\n11 16\\n16 13\\n7 2\\n19 15\\n2 6\\n4 8\\n13 17\\n17 22\\n8 11\\n17 14\\n18 15\\n16 11\\n35 19\\n11 7\\n9\\n15 8\\nDrawn\\nNo, 47. (J.\\nH. Robinson.)\\n6 9\\n16 20\\n15 11\\n23 18\\n16 19\\n18 15\\n11 10\\n9 14\\n20 24\\n11 16\\n27 32\\n3 7\\n19 15\\n27 23\\n14 17\\n24 27\\n19 23\\nB, wins.\\nNo, 48. (J-\\nH, Robinson.)\\n9 14\\n18 22- z 22 25\\n29 25\\n22 18\\n9 14\\n15 11\\n7 3\\n11 8\\n3 8\\n7 2\\n6 9\\n14 18\\n2 Q-b 25 29\\n25 22\\n6 9\\n18 15\\n10 7\\n3 7\\n8 3\\n8 11\\n2 6\\nDrawn.\\n18 23 loses, b\\n-22 25 loses.\\nNo, 49. (J.\\nH, Robinson,)\\n26 31\\n8 11\\n9 14\\n11 15\\n16 20\\n23 27\\n5 9\\n23 26\\n11 15\\n25 30\\n11 15\\n24 28\\n31 27\\n15 18\\n14 17\\n15 10\\n26 30\\nZ\\n1 6\\n26 31\\n15 18\\n31 26\\n27 32\\n22 26\\n27 20\\n18 23\\n17 21\\n23 27\\n30 26\\n15 11\\n6 15\\n2 6\\n18 22\\n26 22\\n32 27\\n26 23\\n20 16\\n23 18\\n12 16\\n10 15\\n26 31\\n11 16\\n3 8\\n6 9\\n22 18\\n30 26\\n27 23\\n31 27\\n16 23\\n18 23\\n21 25\\n15 11\\n20 24\\nDrawn,\\nNo, 50. (J.\\nH. Robinson.)\\n11 8\\n8 3\\n10 7\\n3 7\\n22 17\\n7 10\\n16 19\\n19 24\\n2 11\\n11 15\\n13 22\\nDrawn,", "height": "4688", "width": "2848", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No, 22, Switcher.\\nPlayed at Concord, 1894, between David E. Clarke and Charles F.\\nBarker of Boston. Clarke s move.\\n11 15\\n1 5\\n2 6\\n10 15\\n5 9\\n28 32\\n21 17\\n17 14\\n28 24\\n3 7\\n7 2\\n27 24\\n9 13\\n10 17\\n6 10\\n22 25\\n29 25\\n25 29\\n25 21\\n21 14\\n24 20\\n7 10\\n2 6\\n24 19\\n8 11\\n3 7\\n10 17\\n15 18\\n9 13\\n30 25\\n24 19\\n29 25\\n18 14\\n10 15\\n19 23\\n19 15\\n15 24\\n4 8\\n9 18\\n18 22\\n12 16\\n25 22\\n28 19\\n32 28\\n28 2\\n15 19\\n6 10\\n18 25\\n5 9\\n6 10\\n7 10\\n25 30\\n16 20\\n29 22\\n23 18\\n25 21\\n25 21\\n20 16\\n10 15\\n15 10\\n11 15\\n10 17\\n17 22\\n22 25\\n20 24\\n13 17\\n18 11\\n21 14\\n26 17\\n16 11\\n15 11\\n21 14\\n7 23\\n8 11\\n13 22\\n25 29\\n24 28\\n22 18\\n27 18\\nSO 25\\n8 3\\n11 7\\n31 27\\nDrawn\\nGame No. 23. Bristol.\\nBetween D. E. Clarke and Fred K. Peacock at Concord, X. H.\\n11 15\\n23 16\\n7 11\\n20 11\\n27 31\\n13 6\\n24 20\\n8 12\\n16 7\\n18 22\\n24 19\\n22 13\\n15 19\\n22 17\\n3 10\\n25 18\\n31 26\\n7 14\\n23 16\\n12 19\\n30 26\\n15 31\\n19 16\\n13 9\\n12 19\\n29 25\\n2 7\\n11 7\\n26 23\\n14 18\\n22 18\\n11 15\\n22 17\\n31 26\\n16 12\\n9 2\\n9 14\\n20 16\\n7 11\\n7 3\\n23 19\\n21 17\\n18 9\\n15 18\\n27 23\\n26 22\\n12 8\\n5 9\\n5 14\\n17 13\\n18 27\\n3 8\\n19 23\\n17 13\\n25 22\\n10 15\\n31 24\\n19 23\\n8 3\\n2 6\\n8 11\\n32 27\\n11 16\\n8 11\\n23 26\\n11 16\\n27 23\\n1 5\\n24 20\\n23 27\\n3 7\\n6 1\\n4 8\\n26 22\\n14 18\\n28 24\\n6 9\\nDrawn,\\nGame No. 24,\\nNewBiistol.\\ntyed between Joseph A. Fowler and a\\nProvidence\\nexpert.\\npert s move.\\n11 16\\n18 15\\n8 12\\n22 17\\n2 1-a\\n27 2\\n23 18\\n7 10\\n27 24\\n9 14\\n26 23\\n10 19\\n16 19\\n21 17\\n16 20\\n25 21\\n19 26\\n3 8\\n24 15\\n12 16\\n31 27\\n4 S\\n24 19 Fowler won.\\n10 19\\n17 13\\n12 16\\n30 25\\n16 23\\na Forms a beautiful stroke end game.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "JOHN P. McNEILL. The subject of this sketch it wil^be remem\\nbered by many of our players, was an active worker in the cause\\nof checkers during the years of 1881 to 1884, contributing games and\\n*problems to the Boston Globe and Yankee Blade, also playing many\\ngames by correspondence. The writer and author of this book was\\ntwo years playing a match of 24 eames with him, and during that time\\nwe learned our first lessons in correspondence play* There was a\\nstrong friendship formed between us and photographs were exchanged\\nFor nearly ten years nothing was heard Oj Mr, McNeill, and having a\\ndesire to have his biography for this book, along with games and prob-\\nlems, we wrote to the postmaster of Mobile, Alabama, only to receive\\nthe sad news of friend John s death, which occurred Oct, 11, 1886\\nafter a long illness. In his death dameh lost one of her most enthus\\niastic devotees. John was a noble fellow, well liked by all who knew\\nhim. His grief- stricken mother soon followed him, and both sleep\\npeacefully in Magnolia cemetery at Mobile, Ala.\\n*See problem No. 56 and note the neat and brilliant solution to same\\nIt deserves a place among the best compositions,\\n77", "height": "4704", "width": "2824", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "PERCY AL BKADT. Born at Omro, Wis. f in the year 1866, and ft\\nwas while attending the public schools of his native town 7 at the\\nage of 11 years,- that he gave promise of attaining a first: place in the\\nrsnks of American checker players. In his youth he defeated easily\\nall those who knew the game in his boyhood home.- Then it was that\\nhe sighed for foe men more worthy of his s-teeL He continued to beat\\nall comers until in a short time he was the acknowledged champion of\\nthe state of Wisconsin, a title which belongs to him at the present\\ntime.- For several years he has sustained a world wide reputation as a\\nplayer and analyst. He has contributed to all the leading checker\\npapers and magazines of America and Great Britain. All editors eag-\\nerly seek to obtain his excellent problems any games. In 1887 he played\\nthe Stonewall of America, C. F. Barker of Boston. Bradt won 4,\\nC. F. Barker 5, drawn 4, a wonderful score by the youthful prodigw\\nHis Second Double Corner Book* is the result of two years hard\\nstudy to perfect it y producing the best work on this opening in exist-\\nence. For a sample of his work on the ^Second Double Corner see\\nhis analysis of that opening in this book. Note well the position and\\nthe beautiful play to produce the W, wins. The author had the pleas-\\nure of meeting both Percy and his father at Milwaukee in 1891, and the\\npleasant recollection of that meeting are ever fresh in our memory. To\\nmeet them is to love them,\\n78", "height": "4732", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nIjaiueNo. 25, Second Double Corner.\\nBy Percy M\\nERADT, Oil\\nro. Wis.\\n11 15\\n21 14\\nl\u00c2\u00a3 2\\n14 7\\n22 2\u00c2\u00bb\\n22 18\\n24 19\\ni6 n\\n30 20\\n3 1\u00c2\u00a9\\n8\\n25 30\\n15 24\\n.27 is\\n1 6\\n11 8\\nzl 6\\ni il\\n28 19\\n12\\n24 19\\n10 14\\n29 2A\\nSO 26\\n8 11\\n26 U\\n9 13\\n18 15\\n-5 i\\n11 7\\n22 18\\n4 8\\n25 21\\n14 18\\n25 22\\n26 25\\nii ie\\n21 27\\n6\\n23 14\\n26 30-4\\n12 IK\\nis U\\n8 il\\n19 15\\n9 18\\n8 12\\n23 14\\n-9 18\\n21 24\\n11 Hi\\n26 23\\n16 19\\n7 -5\\n33 14\\nS 9\\n15 11\\nIS 22\\n23 16\\n10 IT\\n$2 23\\n7 16\\n8 3\\nSO 25\\nand forms the following\\nproblem\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move; white wins.\\n13 17\\n8 3\\n19 16\\nil 14\\n11 18\\n14 11\\n16 19\\n14 10\\n11 7\\n22 18\\n9 5\\n22 25\\n17 22\\n23 26\\n10 14\\n31 27\\n18 9\\n17 23\\n19 23\\n10 15\\n2 6\\n18 22\\n5 14\\n25 22\\n22 25-1\\n3 7\\n9 13\\n7 10\\n26 22\\n19 23\\n15 11\\n15 19\\n27 23\\n22 26\\n10 15\\n\\\\V. wins\\n25 3o\\n7 11\\n25 22\\n23 18\\n22 20\\n11 8\\n6 10-3\\n6 9\\n16 11-4\\ni5 ia\\n30 25-2\\n26 31\\n14 17\\n18.15\\n26 22\\na Loses: 9 14 draws, as shown in variation 375, part 1 of Denvir\\nBradt s S, D. C book.", "height": "4708", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nVAR. 1.\\n14 10 II 7\\n15 11 22 25\\n10 15-5 7\\n14 10\\n8 3\\n30 25\\n23 20\\n10 15\\na 7\\n15 1\u00c2\u00a3\\n7 11\\n19 16-0 15 ID-\\nll 15 12 8\\n16 12 19 23\\n6 10\\n2 6\\n9 13\\n3 7\\n10 14\\n6 9\\nVAR, 2,\\n19 24-0 20 24-8\\n27 23 15 18\\n24 28-7 28 32-9\\n11 15 26 22\\nVAR, 3,\\n25 30\\n26 22\\n8 11\\n21 17\\n11 15\\n17 13\\n15 18-6 9 13\\n7 10 18 22\\n13 17 10 15\\nW. wins.\\n25 30 32 27\\n22 17 23 18\\n24 28-10 6 10\\n18 22 2 7\\nW. wins.\\n15 10\\n22 17\\n10 15\\n2 7\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 4.\\n26 23\\n13 17\\n16 12\\n22 26\\n16 7\\n31 26\\n27 32\\n6 2\\n2 7\\n15 10\\n10 3\\n14 10\\n16 11\\n11 16\\n17 22\\n12 16\\n26 31\\n23 14\\n9 6\\n10 15\\n7 11\\n32 28\\n3 7\\n7 3\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 5.\\n10 7\\n23 26\\n16 19\\n22 17\\n10 14\\n16 12\\n11 8\\n11 16\\n7 11\\n24 28\\n2 6\\n20 24\\n711\\n26 22\\n19 24\\n23 19\\n28 24\\n6 10\\n8 3\\n25 30\\n27 23\\n9 13\\n19 16\\nW. wins.\\n22 25\\n3 7\\n610-\\nc 17 22\\n24 19\\nVAR. 6.\\n14 17\\n26 30\\n29 25\\n22 26\\n13 17\\n30 26\\n21 14\\n25 29\\n14 18\\n17 21\\n26 31\\n22 25\\n15 10\\n7 10\\n25 29\\n9 14\\n17 22\\n26 30\\n23 26\\n17 21\\n18 22\\n29 25\\n18 15\\nW. wins.\\n10 17\\n10 14\\n21 17\\n14 18\\n25 29\\nVAR. 7,\\n25 30\\n18 15\\n30 26\\n2 7\\n19 10\\n11 7\\n26 22\\n31 27-13\\n22 25\\n23 19\\n17 14\\nW. wins.\\n24 27-11\\n21 17\\n31 27\\n7 10\\n10 17\\n23 18\\n27 31\\n25 21\\n9 14\\n21 14\\n27 31-12\\n17 13\\n26 23\\n10 IT\\n20 24\\nVAR. 8.\\n28 24 9 14\\n2 n-d 15 11\\n25 30 6 9\\n26 22 7 2\\n9 13=14 27 23\\n2 6 11 16\\n24 27 23 27\\n23 19 6 10\\n27 24 20 24\\n10 17 16 19\\n24 15 W. wins,\\n17 14", "height": "4708", "width": "2972", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n81\\nYAR. 9.\\n25 30\\n2 7\\n31 27 18 15\\n23 27\\n26 22\\n27 31-15\\n22 17 27 23\\n17 13\\n24 27\\nJo 1VJ\\nJo oJ Ii; 10\\nt\\ni \u00e2\u0080\u0094-T\\nYAR. 10.\\n9 OA\\nJ-) ou\\nQ9 97 9A OR\\n28 32\\n17 13\\n18 22\\n23 18 22 17\\n17 14\\nV A K. 11.\\n24 28-\u00c2\u00a3\\n21 17\\n20 24 23 18\\n28 32\\nYAR. 12.\\n6 10\\n6 15\\n23 14 7 10\\n5 1\\n2 6\\n27 23\\n15 19 9 5\\n14 18\\n11 7\\n1 1 i\\ni i o in ia\\n14 v 1U 14\\n1 6\\nYAR. 13.\\n20 24\\n31 27\\n27 23 23 18\\ni l i\\n7 10\\n1A 1 t ft\\n1U 1 lo\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 14.\\n24 27\\n27 23\\n23 27 9 13\\n27 24\\n23 19\\n11 16\\n2 7 7 10\\n10 17\\nYAR. 15.\\n9 13\\n24 28\\n31 27 24 19\\n30 23\\n23 19\\n7 10\\n23 18 18 15\\n6 1\\n27 31\\n6 9\\n32 28 19 23\\n27 31\\n19 15\\n15 11\\n7 2 22 26\\n1 5\\n28 24\\n28 32\\n28 24 23 18\\n23 26\\n18 23\\n11 7\\n2 6 15 22\\n5 14\\n16 12\\n30 26\\n7 10\\nW. wins.\\nW. wins.\\n17 14\\nW. wins.\\n21 17\\n6 10\\n18 15\\nW. wins.\\n24 15\\n17 14\\nW. wins.\\n26 17\\n14 18\\nW. wins.\\nb 19 16 is a variation of 19 24.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 6 10 is a variation of 24 28.\\nSee variations 2 and 3.\\nSee variations 5 and 11,\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 15 IS then 9 14, 2 9, 24 19, drawn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. M. Bradt.\\nGame .No. 26. Double Corner.\\nPlayed March 9, 1893, at the Chicago Checker Club between L. B.\\nStarkweather and Andros Gulde.\\n9 14 28 24 11 15 26 22 6 15 23 16\\n22 18 16 20 18 11 4 8 22 17 12 19\\n5 9 25 22 7 16 19 15 13 22 27 24\\n24 19 8 11 22*17 10 28 25 4 Guide won.\\n11 16 30 25 9 13 17 10 16 19", "height": "4692", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No, 27 Souter,\\nBy George W. Durkee, Uerry Depot, N. H.\\n11 15\\n9 13\\n3 8\\n8 11\\n14 17\\n10 14\\n23 19\\n24 20\\n29 25\\n22 18\\n21 14\\n19 10\\n9 14\\n15 24\\n11 16\\n1 5\\n10 17\\n12 16\\n22 17\\n28 19\\nL\\\\) 11\\nlo V\\n\u00c2\u00a3o l\\\\)\\n1 PC C\\n10 o\\n6 9\\n13 22\\n8 24\\n5 14\\n6 9\\n16 19\\n26 23\\n25 9\\n27 20\\n25 22\\n32 27-\u00c2\u00a3\\n23 16\\n8 11\\n5 14\\n4 8\\n2 6\\n7 10\\n14 32\\n30 26\\n26 22\\n31 26\\n22 IS-a\\n26 23\\nDrawn.\\n(a)\\n32 28\\n22 17\\n26 22\\n23 16\\n10 15\\n6 10\\n15 19\\n12 19 B.\\nwins.\\nm\\n19 15\\n11 15\\n32 23\\n17 22\\n6 2\\n31 27\\n9 14\\n26 23\\n7 11\\n9 6\\n26 31\\n7 16\\nIS 9\\n18 27\\n23 19\\n22 26\\n2 7\\nDrawn,\\nGame No. 28, Cross 99\\nPlayed at Denver, Colo., by J, E. Munger and H. D. Ward.\\nn\\n15\\n24 19\\n10 14\\n7 3\\n9 14\\n14 7\\n23\\n18\\n7 16\\n32 27\\n32 27\\n20 16\\n2 18\\n8\\n11\\n22 18\\n3 8\\n31 24\\n12 19\\n22 15\\n27\\n23\\n4 8.\\n19 15\\n20 27\\n3 12\\n32 29\\n11\\n16\\n25 22\\n16 19\\n28 24\\n14 17\\nDrawn\\n18\\n11\\n8 11\\n23 7\\n27 31\\n21 14\\nby fourth\\n16\\n20\\n29 25\\n14 32\\n24 20\\n6 10\\nposition.\\nGame No, 29.\\nH. Slocum and L, S. Head with blacks against several experts\\nChicago Club.\\n11 16\\n7 10\\n5 9\\n12 16\\n.16 20\\n2 11\\n23 18\\nXI 13\\n29 25\\n22 18\\n23 16\\n15 8\\n10 14\\n14 18\\n18 23\\n10 14~\u00c2\u00a3\\n20 27\\n6 31\\n18 15\\n21 17-tf\\n27 18\\n17 10\\n31 24\\n13 6\\n16 19\\n914\\n14 23\\n23 27\\n8 11\\n1 10\\n22 17\\n25 21\\n25 22\\n32 23\\ni6 n-c\\nB. wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 26 22 is better.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The beginning of a beautiful stroke.\\nc If 15 8, then fourteen pieces are removed,\\nBristol Cross/", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS,\\nNo. 51 (A. M. Ensign),\\nBlack.\\nm \u00c2\u00abG.\u00c2\u00abQ\u00c2\u00ab0\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 53 (A. M. Ensign).\\nBlack.\\nmmmm\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2N hite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 55 (P. M. Bradt).\\nBlack.\\nJ^Jp,\\nNo. 52 (A. M. Ensign).\\nBlack.\\nm\\nBoll 11 B\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 54 (H. Shaw and Mr. Murphy).\\nBlack.\\njiff 11\u00c2\u00ae J\\npa \u00c2\u00aboa\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0on ioio\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nNo. 56 (J. P. McNeill).\\nBlack.\\nB B B^\\nJl jwQii jji\\n1 LH\\nY/,^^V/W^-\\nW/ Wt W/ W/s\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and*draw.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4680", "width": "2808", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "^4\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 51.\\n(A.\\nM, Ensign.)\\n22 18\\n13 22\\n24 20\\n8 15 30 26\\n10 15\\n15 22\\n31 26\\n31 24\\n28 3 6 10\\n26 23\\n26 IT\\n22 31\\n20 11\\n16 21 IT\\n2 6\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 52.\\n(A.\\nM. Ensign.)\\n31 2T\\n32 23\\n22 18\\n23 14 30 25\\n13 22\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 53.\\n(A.\\nM. Ensign.)\\n23 26\\n9 h-a 15 11\\n5 9 6 2\\n9 5\\n18 9\\n24 19\\n5 9\\n2 T 9 5\\n10 14\\n28 22\\n5 9\\n11 T\\n9 5 2 6\\n5 1\\nIT 26\\n19 15\\n9 5-\\nc\\n10 6 5 9\\nT 10\\n31 22\\n9 5-\\nb T 2\\n5 9 6 10\\nW. wins.\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u00949 14, 24 19, 14 T,\\n19 15, W.\\nwins.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00949 14,\\n22 26, 14 T,\\n26 22, W.\\nwins.\\n-9 14.\\n22 IT\\n15 8\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 54.\\n(Shaw and Murphy.)\\n25 22\\n2T 21\\n23 18\\n18 2 21 14\\n18 25\\n13 22\\n10 IT\\n22 26 Drawn.\\nNo. 55.\\n(P. M. Bradt.)\\n10 15\\n23 19\\n2T 31\\nIS 14 22 IT\\n9 5\\n28 24\\n20 2T\\n22 IT\\n26 22 13 9\\nIT 18\\n16 20\\n19 10\\n31 26\\nIT 13 11 16\\n5 1\\n16 11\\n8 15\\nNo. 56. (J. P. McNeill.)\\nT 2\\n15 6 W.\\n14 10\\n21 14\\n20\\nwins.\\nDrawn.\\nGame Xo, 30, Dyke.\\nBy Andros Gulde, Chelsea. Mich.\\n11 15 12 19 10 19 8 12 14 18 6 9\\n22 IT 26 22 22 18 18 15 21 IT 13 6\\n15 19 8 12 4 8 3 8 18 25 1 19\\n24 15 2T 24 30 26 IT 13 29 22 B. wins.\\n10 19 T 10 12 16 9 14 19 23 a\\n23 16 24 15 32 2T 25 22 2T 18\\na Martins won from Coltherd by 2 T. See 22nd game, page\\nGould s Matches. A. Guide.", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "LUCIUS S. HEAD. Born Nov. 23, 1S65. ?t Albany, N. Y, He\\nbegan playing Checkers in 1883 while attending high school and\\nstarted in playing from books the same year, aided by A. O. Robinson,\\na noted player. In 1886 Mr. Head removed to Minneapolis, Minn.,\\nand gave up the game lor a year; but he again returned to his favorite\\ngame with a determination, and today he has a very fine library con-\\ntaining all the latest works on the game, and some published years be-\\nfore he commenced to play. In 1889 he met and defeated Dr. W. E.\\nTruax, of Breckinridge, Minn. In a match for the state champion-\\nship and a purse of S100, score, Head 7, Truax 3, Drawn 7. Truax\\nhad held the title for 18 years unmolested. In about one year after\\nwinning the title, Mr. Head resigned it. as he considered state cham-\\npionship of no importance, only challenging for the same through\\nthe persistence of his friends, He is now a resident of Chicago and a\\nmember of the club where has. the enjoyment of playing some of the\\nbest cheeker talent in the world. As a problemist and player, Mr,\\nHead holds an enviable reputation, and his contributions to che:ker\\nliterature finds many admirers.\\n85", "height": "4704", "width": "2848", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM FORSYTH, champion of Canada, was born May 28th\\n1838, in the town of Maybole, Aysbire, Scotland, just six miles\\nfrom the birthplace of Scotia s bard, the immortal Robbie Burns..\\nThe champion played his first game in 1850, In 1852 a friend loaned\\nhim Anderson-s first edition, and two years later another friend gave\\nhim Anderson s second edition. These were eye openers, as books\\nfew and far between in those days. He attained his great insight into\\nthe game before leaving Scotland. Arriving in Nova Scotia in 1865 he\\nfor a few years turned his attention to gold mining. In 1869 he settled\\nin Halifax and entered the grocery business, in which he still contin-\\nues, having had a fair amount of success. In draughts he has been\\ndefeated by Wylie, Martin and McKerrow of the Old World, and\\nBanks^ Bowen and Busby of the New. His success in a match for\\n.$400 and the championship of the maritime Provinces with Mr, Gas-\\nkin, and later his triumph in defeating Mr. Ed Kelly in 1893 for the\\nCanadian championship and a handsome gold watch. In the county\\nmatches Mr. Forsyth lost one match and won one match with the\\nfamous W\u00c2\u00ab Reid of Manchline, before leaving Scotland. He has a\\nstanding offer out to play any Canadian for the blindfold championship\\nand $200 a side which no one dare accept.", "height": "4696", "width": "3128", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM FLEMING, ex-champion of the bominion oi Canada,\\nwas born in Icanboro, Ont., Canada. January 21, 1841, and\\nplayed in local matches at the early age of twelve years, In\\n1868 he defeated the late E. R. Jacques, Canada s greatest and\\nmost enthusiastic player, in a match for the championship\\nof Canada, and has played almost every checker player of note in Can-\\nada and defeated every one of them. In Sept... 1887. 30 games with\\nEd Kelly resigned without a game to his credit. Second match. Flem-\\ning 6, Kelly 1, Drawn 14, and Kelley resigned. In 1890 Mr, Fleming\\nresigned the title, not wishing to be annoyed by bogus challenges,\\nthus retiring with the grand record of not losing a set match from 1868\\nto 1890, a period of twenty-two years. The very ingenious stroke\\nproblem No, 59 by him in this work was published in the Turf in\\n1868. and goes on record as one of the grandest conceptions in exis-\\ntence. He has for a number of years been located at Markham. Ont.,\\nwhere he is carrying on a very successful sewing machine and piano\\nbusiness, and is recognized as one of her best citizens,\\n87", "height": "4688", "width": "2816", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "DANIEL A. SH AX AH AN, Turner s Falls, Mass. The genial\\nsubject of this sketch was born in Ireland, June l f 1849, and came\\nto America in 1867, locating at Greenfield, Mass. He has long been\\nan ardent lover ol the game of checkers as played by the boys, but\\nhe knew nothing of books or papers on the game until the year 1887 T\\nwhen he became a reader of the Boston Globe checker column for one\\nyear* and of The Derry News since then. Mr. Shanahan came in for\\na part share of first prize to the problem in this book by L. M. Stearns,\\nwith a solution which ranked as number three. A pretty good show-\\ning in a competition of over three hundred solutions by as many dif-\\nferent players, including America s best. Mr. Shanahan has not only\\nsolved the problem alluded to, but hundreds of others, with good suc-\\ncess. Note the practical end game problem by Mr. Shanahan.\\nIt will occur in a game quite often. It is good.", "height": "4680", "width": "3064", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM SEWARD FELLOWS, Born at Daiton, Berkshire\\ncounty, Mass,, March 2, 1858, At the age of 6 his parents re-\\nmoved to Adams, Mass,, where he attended the public schools of that\\nplace until 14 years of age. In 1872 he came to Turner s Falls, Mass.,\\nand went to work as an apprentice in the Keith Paper Mill. Being\\nfond of all kinds of athletic sports he soon joined one of the local base\\nball clubs and took a prominent part in playing for the county cham-\\npionship, Orange, Greenfield and Turner s Falls having the strongest\\nteams. Always liking the game of checkers, but having no one to play\\nwith, he started to play by correspondence in the tall of 1888 and since\\nthat time has played a good many matches with players in the United\\nStates and Canada with varying success. He was a contestant in\\nthe Derry News Correspondence Tourney No. 2. In the past two\\nyears he has played quite frequently tor the Turner s Falls champion\\nship and silver medal, and won it twice. He was married October 10\\n1882, and has three children, all boys, who will probably blossom out\\nsome day as a Barker or a Wylie in embryo and astonish the checker\\nworld.\\n89", "height": "4692", "width": "2848", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "10\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo, 57 (L. S. Head).\\nBlack.\\ny /m. w/fc m% i\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 59 (W. Fleming),\\nBlack.\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00bbiIOi\u00c2\u00a7\\ni\u00c2\u00ab w%^zm V////A\\no\\nv\\\\ hite.\\nBlack to move and win\\nXo. 61 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack,\\nm In\\nXo. 58 (L. S. Head.)\\nBlack.\\nV/W// s ^J/fffl y//////\\nWhite.\\nBlack to mow: white to draw.\\nXo. 60 (L. S. Head).\\nBiack.\\n^B^B^B^B|\\nWhite\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 62 (L. M. Stearns.)\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nhite.\\nWhite to move and draw,", "height": "4696", "width": "3160", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYEKS.\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 57, (L. S. Head.)\\n91\\n*32 28\\n25 30\\n27 23\\n30 25\\n15 18\\n25 29\\n18 22\\n21 25\\n22 17\\n25 30\\n26 22\\n19 26\\n28 12\\n20 24\\n*n 13\\n24 28\\n22 18\\n29 25\\n31 22\\n25 21\\nMr. Head won the above from A, Webster. 1893,\\nNo. 58. (L. S. Head.)\\n24 27\\n31 24\\n20 27\\n21 25\\n1 5\\n26 22\\n9 5\\n27 31\\n5 1\\n5 9\\n22 18\\n21 17\\n31 27-1\\n1 5\\n27 18\\nVAR. 1.\\n18 27\\n9 18\\n27 24\\n18 15\\n2 6\\n17 13\\n18 15\\n*28 24\\n7 11\\n10 14\\n15 10\\nDrawn,\\n18 15\\n30 25\\n22 18\\n25 22\\nW. won.\\n24 20\\n15 24\\n6 8\\nDrawn,\\nWhite, L,\\nin 1893,\\nS. Head: black, C. Hefter; from a Whilter game played\\nNo, 59,\\n(W. Fleming.)\\n2 6\\n13 6\\n14 9\\n21 14 15 18\\n31 22\\n11 2\\n23 27\\n5 7\\n22 25 22 15\\n28 1\\n6 9\\n32 23\\n28 32\\n29 22 32 28\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 60.\\n(L. S, Head.)\\n31 26\\n12 8\\n9 6\\n15 6 6 2\\n2 27\\n.30 23\\n3 12\\n1 10\\n24 15 12 19\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 61.\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n18 15\\n25 22\\n9 18\\n18 23 30 23\\n23 18\\n11 18\\n18 25\\n25 21\\n19 26 21 17\\nW. wins,\\nNo. 62.\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n23 18\\n7 11\\n23 18\\n21 25 14 10\\n31 27\\n17 22-1\\n18 14\\n17 21\\n30 21 26 31\\n7 3\\n32 23\\n10 17\\n18 14\\n22 26 10 7\\nDrawn.\\nVAR. 1.\\n27 31 18 15\\n10 14 15 10\\n10 7\\nDrawn,", "height": "4684", "width": "2840", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "U2\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 31, Kelso.\\nPlayed at Boston in 1879 by W. Forsyth and J. H. Irwin for a purse\\nof $10.\\n10 15\\n8 12\\n13 17\\n14 23\\n21 27\\n19 23\\n21 17\\n16 11\\n27 23\\n11 15\\n15 10\\n21 17\\n7 10\\n7 16\\n1 6\\n10 14\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n17 13\\n20 11\\n7 3\\n15 10\\n10 7\\n22 15\\n3 7\\n14 18\\n6 10\\n9 13\\n23 19\\n29 13\\n24 20\\n31 27\\n3 7\\n10 6\\n7 2\\n15 11\\n15 19\\n9 14\\n4 8\\n17 22\\n20 24\\n13 9\\n23 16\\n26 22\\n11 4\\n6 10\\n2 7\\n11 16\\n12 19\\n12 16\\n2 11\\n14 18\\n24 27\\n9 14-\\n22 18\\n22 15\\n4 8\\n10 15\\n7 10\\n16 19\\n10 14\\n16 20\\n11 15\\n23 27\\n27 31\\n14 10\\n18 15\\n13 9\\n8 11\\n29 25\\n10 14\\n19 16\\n11 18\\n6 13\\n15 18\\n22 29\\n31 27\\n10 7\\n27 23\\n15 10\\n23 19\\n15 22\\n30 25\\n16 20\\n18 27\\n5 9\\n18 22\\n27 31\\n13 17\\n7 11\\n32 16\\n10 7\\n25 18\\n19 15\\n14 21-a\\nB. wins.\\na Played hurriedly* 22 13 draws, The game is chiefly interesting\\nfrom the fact that the very neat win missed by Irwin remained undis-\\ncovered for ten years, from its appearance in the Boston Globe in 1879\\nuntil it reappeared in the Halifax Critic. W. Forsyth.\\nGame No. 32, Whilter.\\nPlayed between Charles Hefter and L. S Head.\\n11 15\\n6 15\\n16 23\\n4 11\\n19 23\\n26 10\\n23 19\\n21 14\\n27 18\\n28 24\\n27 24\\n8 3\\n711\\n9 18\\n15 19\\n12 16\\n23 26\\n7 11\\n22 17\\n23 14\\n*22 17\\n25 21\\n24 19\\n3 8\\n11 16\\n3 7\\n9 13\\n6 10\\n26 30\\n11 16\\n26 23\\n25 22\\n32 27\\n24 20\\n19 15\\n20 11\\n8 11\\n1 0-1\\n13 22\\n10 17\\n22 25\\n5 9\\n17 14\\n30 25-tf\\n27 24\\n21 14\\n29 22\\nDrawn.\\n10 17\\n6 9\\n2 6\\n16 19\\n30 26\\n19 10\\n24 19\\n24 8\\n31 27\\n15 8\\nVAR. 1.\\nIn 1891 a Minneapolis player tried 4 8 and lost to Mr. Head father\\nneatly as follows\\n4 8 30 25 5 14 22 18\\n24 20 16 19 20 16 14 23\\n2 6 14 9 11 20 27 2\\n1 5\\n2 9\\n5 14\\n32 27\\nHead beat\\nFaulkner.", "height": "4708", "width": "3112", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "SAMUEL SEEDS was born about o5 years ago in Belfast, county\\nAntrim, Ireland. He came to the United States when 20 years\\nof age and settled in Pittsburg, Pa. where he commenced the tailoring\\nbusiness. From the first day of his entry in Pittsburg Mr. Seeds\\nhouse has been the recognized checker headquarters of the city; All\\nthe prominent checkerists who have visited Pittsburg in years gone by,\\nhave played at Mr, Seeds The gentleman is a strong natural checker\\nplayer; his end game play being especially artistic. Mr. Seeds was\\nthe last man who stood in the way of the progress of James P; Reed\\nwhen the latter was pushing his way to the front; Mr. Seeds does not\\nplay much checkers now, but he will always entertain a stranger until\\nsome of the boys come in, as he puts it;\\n93", "height": "4704", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "M. F. CLGUSER.\\nChecker editor of the New York World.\\n[From a photo taken February, 1S94.]", "height": "4708", "width": "3120", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nH. F. CLOUSER.\\nTHE subject of our sketch was born in the fifties at New\\nBloomfield. Perry county, Pa,. 26 miles northwest of Har-\\nrisburg. The checker board had a place in the scenes of early\\nrecollections, but he did not know that there was books on the game\\nuntil 1873, when he secured an American Draught Player. In Decem-\\nber of 1880 the editor of the Weekly World requested him to take\\n-charge of a checker department in that paper, and it immediately be-\\ncame a popular feature, thanks to the responsive interest of the players\\nof the country. His correspondence is very large and has the honor of\\nhaving the oldest checker column in America, also one of the largest\\nlibraries devoted to the game. In 1888 he purchased all of the grand\\ncollection of the late R. E. Bowen s checker literature, a very valuable\\naddition to his already magnificent library. Mr, Clouser made the ac-\\nquaintance of Mr. Bowen tor the first time a year previous, while in\\nBoston, where he had gone to see to Mr, Wylie s interests in his last\\nmatch with C F. Barker, Of late years he has not had much practice\\nacross the board being much pressed by business, but it is his delight\\nto analyze a good game or problem as keenly as even As president\\nthe New York Checker Club he has seen it grow from a handful to a\\nlarge membership. After building his pretty residence on Jersey City\\nHeights, 216 Virginia ave., he played Messrs. Blewitt, Gallagher and\\nDay successively for the city championship and won the honors. After\\npurchasing the library of the late Mr. Bowen and as the Bristol and\\nFife book was out of print he republished the same, and they are now\\nknown as the CIouser-Bowen works. This was in the writer s opinion\\nthe greatest and grandest achievement of his checker work, as thous-\\nands of these valuable works have found a place in the checker player s\\nlibrary, that had it not been done by Mr. Clouser it would never have\\nbeen done, and he has the gratitude of every owner of these works-\\nMr. Clouser is always pleased to have checker players visit him, and\\nthose who have done so report him a royal entertainer. Go and see him-", "height": "4700", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "WH. McLOUGHLIN, the well-known author and champion\\ndraught player of his state, first saw the light on the 26th of\\nOctober, 1851, in the town of Scarboro, Maine, being born on an estate\\nthat has been in possession of the family for more than 150 years. Like\\nmost country lads he commenced playing the game with corn and beans\\nfor checkers, and shows with pride his first board with an auger hole\\nbored in its side for a recepticle for the checkers. Migrating to Boston\\nin 1872 he formed one of the famous Milliken House coterie that grad-\\nuated, under the tutelage of the lamented Charlie Wilder, so many\\nplayers of distinction, and on his return to his native state in 1882 de-\\ntermined to achieve the honor of the state championship. After four\\nyears of study he began by winning the amateur title of Portland in\\n1888 by a score of 10 to 2, and has played in all five 20-game matches\\nfor titles without ever suffering defeat. But it is to his contributions\\nto the literature of the game, under the pseudonym of Uncle Toby,\\nby which he will be best known to posterity, as amusement and in\\nstruction are so blended in their easy and colloquial style, as to assure\\nthem a place in the classics of the grandest of all human diversions the\\ngame of draughts.\\n96", "height": "4696", "width": "3120", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THOMAS FLINT was born at Lyndon, Vt., Sept. 7, 1854 He was\\nreared and educated at Concord, N. H., where his father was a\\nwell-known lawyer. He received the degree of B. A. from Dartmouth\\nin 1876 and M. A. in 1879. He has taught in Philadelphia, Atchison,\\nKan., and Brooklyn, N. Y. He is now instructor of Greek in the\\nBrooklyn Boys High School. Mr. Flint commenced the study of\\ncheckers in 1889 when he came to Brooklyn. He has collected a very\\nfine checker library, one of the best in the United States. Four years\\nago he was first elected president of the Chess and Checker Club of\\nthe Young Men s Christian association of Brooklyn, and has been con-\\nstantly re-elected. He has been, since Oct. 25, 1892, checker editor of\\nthe Brooklyn Eagle. His favorite openings are the Old Fourteenth\\nand the Cross.\\n97", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "FRANK A. MARSH, of Milan, Ohio, was born at Lawrence, Mass..\\nDec. 21, 1849, and removed with his parents to Ohio when four\\nyears of age. He has played checkers from boyhood up. His favorite\\ngame is Old Fourteenth. Of the many players he has met across the\\nboard none are more widely known in Ohio than A. Sheean, A. Bishop,\\nHaddon, J. Connell, E. Huntington and T. C. Hamilton. Probably\\nthe greatest event of Mr. Marsh s checker career was with the issuance\\nof the American Checker Weekly, of which he was editor and pub-\\nlisher, but on account of poor health he was compelled to give it up at\\nthe end ot six months. He is a compositor by trade, was atone time\\na contributor to the Waverly Magazine, is now in the newspaper busi-\\nness at Milan, O. As a correspondence player he is one of the most\\nprolific, having played some 50 matches with varying success, and is\\nalso looked upon as the champion of Erie county, an honor to be\\nproud of.\\n98", "height": "4708", "width": "3020", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n99\\nGame No, 33, Kelso.\\n23 l\\n12 10\\n24 I\\n7 10\\n22 17\\n15 22\\n25 18\\n9 14\\n18 9\\n5 14-/1\\n9\\n28 24\\n1 5\\n30 25\\n9 13-6-\\n20 n-b\\n24 19\\n8 12\\n25 22\\na A weak move. 20 22 is strong.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009427 23 would have won. Can whites win after 20 23?\\nt Looks desperate, but will draw.\\nThe foregoing game is one of 14 now being played by cross- board\\ncorrespondence (the same rules to be observed as though playing\\nacross the board) between W. H. McLoughlin (Uncle Toby), of Scar-\\nboro. Me., and George F. Roberts of Larbert, Scotland, and affords a\\nremarkable illustration of the virtue of making the mostpf a poor game\\nfor the Maine champion considered himself beaten with the blacks\\nafter taking the single instead of the double jump, at, a, but now feels\\nconfident of forcing the draw, and is doubtful if whites can force* win\\nafter their 20 23 move.\\nMr. Sam Nay contributed the following poem to the American\\nChecker Review, relative to his new design for a checker board, differ*\\ning somewhat in form from the ordinary one.\\nThe time will come when checker cranks,\\nOn chess boards will not play,\\nWhen neither Scots, Canucks or Yanks\\nWill rack their brains that way.\\nNail to the mast the old chess board,\\nSet all her thread-bare sails,\\nGive her to Stinetz and his horde,\\nThe Lallemont prevails.\\nThe time will come when checker folks,\\nOn chess boards will not play,\\nWhen neither Yanks, Canucks or Mokes,\\nWill rack their brains that way.\\nPsalm Neigh.\\nRevolutionizing the Age.\\nTHE LALLEMONT BOARD.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "100\\nTH E BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No, 34. Irregular.\\nBetween W. S. Fellows and a friend.\\n11 15 25 22\\n16 23\\n32 27\\n11 15\\n30 23\\n22 17 8 11\\n27 11\\n8 11\\n23 16\\n1*5\\n9 14 22 17\\n7 16\\n24 20\\n12 19\\n25 22\\n17 13 11 16\\n29 25\\n16 19\\n26 23\\n3 7\\n5 9 23 19\\n4 8\\n27 23\\n19 26\\nand forms a\\nproblem below.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\n23 19\\n20 16\\n19 15\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n18 15\\n15 24\\n11 20\\n10 19\\n24 27\\n31 26\\n22 18\\n28 19\\n31 27\\n17 3\\n22 17\\n3 7\\n7 10\\n7 11\\n2 7-1\\n19 24\\n27 31\\n26 22\\n18 11\\nFellows w\\nVAR. 1.\\n14 18\\n17 14\\n7 10\\n7 3\\n14 10\\n16 19\\n22 15\\n10 17\\n14 7\\n10 14\\nA 8\\n14 10\\n2 7\\n21 14\\n26 23\\n16 12\\n10 14\\n3 8\\n27 23\\n27 31\\n7 2\\n14 10\\n8 11\\n10 14\\n20 24\\n19 16\\n23 14\\n12 8\\n14 10\\n8 11\\n23 18\\n31 26\\n11 7\\n10 14\\n11 16\\n14 10\\n24 27\\n15 11\\n14 10\\n8 4\\n1014\\n11 15\\nW. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "3020", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "ZACH BROGAN is a native Virginian of purest Irish descent, 36\\nyears of age, a blond of medium height and weight, Jeffersonian\\ndemocrat in politics, would embrace Buddhism as his religious belief,\\ncould be convinced of the existence of the soul. Chess was the fav-\\norite game of his youth, until at the age of 24 he became acquainted\\nwith the literature of draughts. Since then no more ardent dilettante\\nhas worshipped at Dama s shrine, although the exacting cares of his\\nprinting business limit his leisure for checkers to an hour a week.\\nHis problems have attracted the attention of all grades ot players, also\\nhis poems which he weaves about a nice end game problem or com\\nposition. These have appeared in all leading draught columns at home\\nand abroad. His article ot How to Become a Checker Player, 1 in\\nStearns Book of Problems has made him famous, the book having a\\nlarge sale the supply was soon exhausted and a second edition has\\njust been issued by John T. Denvir. Mr. Brogan is a generous-\\nhearted devotee of our silent game, giving away many prizes in tourna\\nments quite frequently. Read carefully his poem problem and you\\nwill agree that it is new and very unique. It is fully equal to his\\nChinese Checkers.\\n101", "height": "4704", "width": "2840", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "102\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nA SIEGFRIED SAG A.\\nAn omission from the Eddas, supplied by\\nSKALD ZACH BROGAN,\\nLeavenworth, Kansas.\\nIn the Earth s early days\\nSiegfried sought Wisdom s ways\\nStudied the Runic maze.\\nStudied e en Checkers.\\nLearned he from Mimer. good,\\nTill he twas understood\\nPlayed best of all the rude\\nBerserker wreckers\\nOnce, in an open room.\\nPuzzled he long in gloom\\nHow to deal Whites their doom\\nIn this position\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move a nd win.\\nOn his lap lay the board.\\nO er it, bent, Siegfried pored,\\nEach line of play explored\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPatient volition", "height": "4708", "width": "3016", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n103\\nSuddenly thunder peals!\\nSiegfried quite startled feels\\nSeeing a stranger steals\\nTip-toe attendant!\\nClad in a cloud-gray cloak.\\nBlue-hooded like elf-folk.\\nOne-eyed whose glance bespoke\\nKnowledge transcendent.\\nTwinkled and glowed that eye\\nLike stellar orb on high.\\nViewing the problem nigh\\nOn the board setting.\\nSmiling his face appeared.\\nStroked he his heavy beard.\\nAs he the pieces steered\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThus the win getting:\\n3 8\\n15 IS\\n18 15\\n9 13\\n21 25\\n31 26\\n3 8\\n7 2\\n6 9\\n17 22\\n8 11\\n2 r\\n15 10\\n13 17\\n25 30\\n10 7\\n8 11\\n26 23\\n9 14\\n23 18\\n11 15\\n6 9\\n10 15\\n17 21\\n30 25\\n7 3\\n11 7\\n2 6\\n14 17\\nB. wins,\\nSpoke he then Sig. my son.\\nThat is a simple one\\nWay back in Asgard none\\nWould care to solve it.\\nOur fad in probs, today.\\nIs scientific play\\nIn the profoundest way\\nSkill can envolve it.\\nHere I an end-game set,\\nWhich Thor did Balder bet\\nNever could Volsung get\\nXear its solution", "height": "4692", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nBlack.\\n19 kings, 16, 22, 26,\\nWhite.\\n15. 29 kings. 9, 12.\\nBl ick to nvwe and win.\\nLeave I some runes to read\\nPointer for you to heed.\\nSo you may solve with speed\\nMy contribution.\\nSiegfried with runes in hand.\\nSeeking- to understand\\nHow the Blacks could command\\nWhites 9 dire disaster\\nMissed not the Asa weird,\\nKn.ew not he d disappeared,\\nTill Mimer interfered\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMimer, the master.\\nWho, all astounded, heard\\nSiegfried tell what occurred\\nGravely he then averred\\nAll-Father Odin\\nComes disguised once again.\\nFreshening the minds of men I\\nScan we the runes his pen\\nUs hath bestowed on", "height": "4708", "width": "3028", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nWhen playing Checkers we\\nGet down to 3x3,\\nAnd White has far from free\\nEnd-game condition\\nWhite has this safe resource\\nKeep king on 12; of course\\nBlack s cutest skill can t force\\nThe first position?\\nMystic the runes they deemed,\\nMystic the problem seemed\\nSiegfried and Mimer schemed\\nHow to force winning.\\n22 18\\n27 31\\n26 22\\n18 15\\n15 11\\n15 10\\n9 5!\\n1 5\\n1 5\\n5 1\\n16 11\\n26 22\\n17 13\\n11 7\\n13 9\\n10 6\\n5 1\\n5 9\\n6 2\\n1 5\\n19 23\\n31 26\\n22 17\\n7 10\\n9 6\\n6 2\\n1 5\\n9 5\\n12 16\\nDrawn,\\n23 27\\n22 17\\n17 14\\n14 17\\n2 6\\n5 1\\n5 1\\n16 12\\nDraw variations teemed,\\nSweat down their foreheads streamed\\nAll at once Mimer beamed,\\nMirthfully grinning!\\nLoud then his laughter roared,\\nVibrant his dangling sword,\\nWrecked he the checker board 1\\nSaid he sides aching:\\nThink st thou twas Odin here\\nRats 1 ^twas that rascal queer\\nLoki with cunning leer,\\nAnd your prob tells it clear,\\nLoki, fun making!\\nWhere now is Odin fair\\nProtean Loki where\\nMighty, immortal pair\\nMyths they ilium eth 3\\nBrahma, Osiris fade,\\nJahveh and Jove are laid,\\nAH other gods decayed\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nDama still boometh", "height": "4700", "width": "2872", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "GEORGE H. SLOCUM. The author of some of the neatest stroke\\nproblems in existence, was born in Whiteside county, Illinois,\\nin 1855. of American parentage. Raised on a farm, but having a talent\\ntor music, he learned the violin, and at the age of 25 he joined the\\ntheatrical profession as orchestra leader, traveling with dramatic com-\\npanies for a number of years. He married in the fall of 88. his wife\\nbeing a fine pianist. In 1890 the Chicago Ideal Concert Company was\\norganized, he being the violinist and his wife the pianist of the com-\\npany, of which he owned a half interest. The company toured Illinois\\nand the adjoining states and became quite popular with lecture and Y.\\nM. C A. courses. They continued travelling for two years, and since\\nthen he has continued his orchestra work in the city of Chicago, where\\nhe now resides. He paid no particular attention to checkers until\\nabout 1886. He witnessed the American champion, C. F. Barker, in\\nexhibition play, and became enthused over the silent game, and has\\ncontinued to be a great admirer since. He is especially fond of prob-\\nlems, and has composed some of the finest gems of the stroke class-\\nSee six of his fine examples on another page. No. 68 is a hard nut to\\ncrack. He holds the honor of being a charter member of the Chicago\\nChess and Checker Club, and still retains his membership.\\n106", "height": "4700", "width": "3028", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n107\\nNo. 63 (G. H. Slocum).\\nBlack.\\niflfc Wk wd y/ M/\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sil^ llf^jil\\nI 1 B 1\\nWhite.\\nBlack to movd and win.\\nXo. 65 (G. H. Slocum).\\nBlack.\\n%EPM Hi\\nv/////. y//////. v\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e,jll BS\\nM hite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 67 (G. H. Slocum).\\nBlack.\\nBOllf^ 111, 111 I\\nXo. 64 (G. H. Slocum.)\\nBlack.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0OiB\\nw, y\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nXo. 66 (G. H. Slocum).\\nBlack.\\nW///a V/M W//A y ////?,r~-\\\\\\n^1 IP\\nWhite\\nBlack to move and win.\\nXo. 63 (G. H. Slocum.)\\nBlack.\\nif K H 1\\nFSpb\\nm w^ m \u00c2\u00abi\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4684", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "108\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 63.\\n(G.\\nH. Slocum.)\\nlb 11\\n26 22\\n6 10\\n21 25\\n14 9\\n31 26\\n7 2\\n18 22\\n13 17\\nB. wins.\\n11 7\\n22 18\\n10 14\\n22 13\\nNo. 64.\\n(G.\\nH. Slocum.)\\nLZ Id\\n3 8\\n19 28\\n12 16\\n10 7\\nS 11\\n11 T\\n11 i\\n1U lo\\n12 10\\n15 10\\n8 12\\n16 19\\n8 12\\n11 15\\n16 11\\n*28 24\\nB. wins.\\n7 3\\n15 11\\n16 12\\n24 2S\\n12 8\\n14 10\\n28 24\\n28 24\\n11 8\\n7 3\\nNo. 65.\\n(G.\\nH. Slocum.)\\n6 1\\n11 15\\n1 5\\n19 23\\n16 19\\n8 11\\n7 10\\n9 13\\n5 9\\n15 24\\n3 7\\n15 19\\n12 16\\n13 15\\n28 17\\nW. wins.\\nThis problem, paired with two others, won a prize in the Liverpool\\nMercury competition, 1894, as best selected problems\\nNo. 66. (G. H. Slocum.)\\n9 5 4 8 16 19 24 (5 5 1 B. wins.\\nNo. 67. (G. H. Slocum.)\\n17 14 22 18 14 9 23 18 4 8 8 12\\n21 25 25 22 22 15 15 22 5 14 Drawn.\\nNo. 68. (G. H. Slocum.)\\n32 27 14 21 26 23 20 27 31 22\\n25 18 27 23 27 18 5 16 W. wins.\\n28 24 18 27 1 5 12 19\\nAwarded first prize in Liverpool Mercury competition. 1894, \u00c2\u00a33. 3\\nshillings.\\nGame No, 35, Second Double Corner.\\nBetween F. A. Marsh, Milan, O., and James M. Lowe. Belle-\\nfontaine, O.\\n11 15\\n26 22\\n6 13\\n25 21\\n7 10\\n23 18\\n24 19\\n8 11\\n18 14\\n17 22\\n14 7\\n14 23\\n15 24\\n22 17\\n10 17\\n21 17\\n3 10\\n19 15\\n28 19\\n9 13\\n21 14\\n4 8\\n24 20\\n11 18\\n9 14\\n18. 9\\n13 17\\n17 13\\n2 8\\n20 11\\n22 18\\n13 22\\n29 25\\n8 11\\n32 28\\n12 16\\n5 9\\n25 18\\n11 16\\n27 24\\n10 14\\nMarsh won.", "height": "4708", "width": "3016", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n109\\nGame No. 36, The Maid O the Mill.\\nBy Joseph Maize, McDonald, Pa.\\nMy object in publishing this game is for the purpose of showing that\\nafter the opening moves, 26 23, on which is built the trunk play of all\\nworks on the game, is a losing move.\\n11 15\\n4 8-\u00c2\u00a3\\n8 11\\n16 19\\n28 32\\n30 30\\n22 17\\n24 19-c\\n26 23\\n23 16\\n24 19\\n1 5\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n1 6\\n12 19\\n23 26\\n32 27\\n17 13\\n19 10\\n31 26\\n*2S 24\\nIS 15\\n*25 22\\n15 18\\n6 15\\n5 9-1\\n19 28\\n26 30\\n26 17\\n23 U\\n26 22-d\\n26 22\\n27 24\\n19 16\\n5 9\\n9 18\\n*7 10\\n11 16\\n18 23\\n10 19\\n14 18\\n24 20-^ 2\\n30 26\\n20 11\\n22 18\\n17 1\\n21 14\\n10 14\\n*3 7\\n7 16\\n15 22\\n9 14\\nDrawn.\\n28 24-\\n*22 17\\n32 28\\n25 18\\n29 25\\ntz\u00e2\u0080\u009426 23, 4 8, black wins, same as var. 3 at third move.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009411 15, *26 22 drawn. See Lees Guide.\\nc 26 23, black wins same as var. 3 at fifth move.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 26 23, 15 19 drawn. See Lees Guide.\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lees Guide referring to this opening says It is generally con\\nsidered strong for black, and in a note to var. 5 says This move\\nis now adopted in nearly all important matches. I regard the move\\nas the saving clause, making an easy draw of an otherwise almost un-\\ntenable opening. I think the move was first introduced by the veteran\\nMartins against VVylie in 1872,\\nvar. 1.\\n11 16 7 16 16 19 12 19 5 9 19 28\\n20 11 26 22 23 16 32 28 28 24 Drawn.\\nSame as trunk at 36th move.\\nvar. 2.\\n21 17-3\\n27 24\\n*17 14\\n22 18\\n6 1\\n18 15\\n10 15\\n22 26-\u00c2\u00a3\\n10 17\\n10 14\\n9 13\\n30 25\\n25 2\\\\-a-\\n-29 31 22\\n21 14\\n18 9\\n1 6\\n14 18\\n18 22\\n16 20\\n*6 10\\n5 14\\n14 17\\n13 17\\n24 19\\n32 27\\n*25 21\\n13 9\\n22 18\\n18 14\\n15 24\\n8 11\\n10 17\\n*1 5\\n17 21\\n17 22\\n28 19\\n*30 26\\n21 14\\n9 6\\n6 9\\n15 10\\n4 8\\n7 Vb-c\\n*7 10\\n11 16\\n21 25\\n22 26\\n26 23\\n29 25\\n14 7\\n26 22\\n9 14\\n14 18\\n11 16\\n2 1-d\\n3 10\\n5 9\\n25 30\\n26 30\\nDraw;-\\na 26 23 draws. See var. 29.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u009416 20, 30 25 draws, Strickland. See Janvier s Anderson.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 6 10, 29 25 are first and second moves of var, 75 Janvier s", "height": "4708", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "110\\nthp: book of portraits\\nAnderson, followed by 11 15, which loses 2 6 makes position identica\\nwith var. 2 at d, and corrects var. 75, Janvier s Anderson.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This will draw and corrects Janvier 7 s Anderson var. (36 at ninth\\nmove,\\nVAR. 3-\\n26 23\\n13 6\\n21 17-12\\n6 2\\n32 28\\n13 9-.\\n10 14\\n2 9\\n25 30-\u00c2\u00a3\\n21 25\\n21 25\\n21 25\\n24 20-a\\n25 22-14\\n26 23\\n2 6\\n19 16\\n27 24\\n4 8\\n18 25\\n30 25\\n25 30\\n12 19\\n25 22\\n28 24\\n29 22\\n17 13-7\\n6 9-4\\n24 8\\n9 6\\n11 15\\n14 18\\n15 18\\n30 25\\n3 12\\n38 15\\n30 26-22\\n22 IT\\n23 14\\n9 13\\n31 27\\n6 9\\n8 11\\n18 22\\n10 17\\n25 21\\n25 21\\n15 11\\n23 19-19\\n17 13\\n13 9\\n27 23\\n28 24\\n9 6\\n5 9-\u00c2\u00a3\\n22 25\\n25 22\\n21 25\\n22 18\\n10 14\\n19 10\\n13 6\\n9 6\\n23 19\\n24 19\\n6 9\\n615\\n1 10\\n17 21\\n25 21\\n7 10\\nB. wins.\\n#\u00e2\u0080\u009424 19, 11 16, black wins. Swan and Adamson. See Lees r Guide.\\nKears Reprint or D, P. Q. R.\\nb This is the only move to win. Corrects trunk of Lees r Guide and\\nKear s Revision of Drummond.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lees 7 Guide van 1, note N. leaves off here endorsed drawn, W\u00c2\u00bb\\nHay. Tin s continuation will win.\\nVAR. 4.\\n27 2^\\ng 6\\n1 6\\n14 9\\n19 16\\n5 9\\n30 25\\n17 14\\n30 26\\n23 27\\n11 15\\n26 23\\n23 19 s\\n6 1\\n31 27\\n9 14\\n22 17\\n9 5\\n22 IT\\n11 15\\n22 18\\n27 32\\n24 19\\n23 18\\n32 28\\n1 6\\n6 1\\n14 9\\n16 12\\n5 9\\n17 22\\n22 18\\n26 23\\n15 11\\n15 11\\n18 15\\n19 16-5\\n6 1\\n27 24\\n9 14\\n17 14\\n9 5\\n12 19\\n15 19\\n23 19\\n12 16\\n19 15\\n10 6\\n24 8\\n1 6\\n24 15\\n14 18\\n14 9\\n5 1\\n3 12\\n19 23\\n18 11\\n16 19\\n15 10\\n15 10\\n6 2\\n6 1\\n1 6 a\\n18 22\\n9 5\\n1 5\\n7 11\\n18 22\\n14 18\\n19 23\\n23 26\\n6 1\\n2 6\\n1 6\\n6 10\\n28 24\\n5 9\\n5 9\\n25 21\\n23 26\\n18 23\\n32 27\\n26 30\\n15\\n6 9\\n6 1\\n10 14\\n24 19\\n9 5\\nB. wins.\\n21 17\\n26 30\\n11 15\\n27 24\\n30 26\\nKnown\\nas the\\nErne Dean s\\nending.\\nVAR. 5.\\n6 2-6\\n11 7\\n24 6\\n2 7\\n31 22\\n24 19\\n11 16\\n3 10\\n22 18\\n15 10\\n25 9\\n14 10\\n2 11\\n20 16\\n6 2\\n7 14\\n28 24\\nB. wins.\\n16 23\\n12 19\\n18 15\\n23 26\\n9 14", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "OP PROMINENT PLAYERS,\\nVAR, 6,\\n9\\n20 16\\n19 16\\n9 6\\n1 5\\n5 14\\n22 17\\n12 19\\n10 15\\n18 14\\n18 14\\n10 17\\n9 6\\n24 6\\n1 6\\n16 12\\n.5 1\\n12 8\\n17 13\\n13 9\\n23 26\\n15 11\\n11\\nf\\\\ 9\\nX) 1\\n6 9\\ni\\nU 1\\n31 27\\nS 3\\n11 10\\n-7 14\\n26 30\\n14 10\\n17 14\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a09Q 9A\\n9 14\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a297 94\\n24 20\\nTfi 99\\ni_l in\\n30 25\\n22 18\\no 9\\n14 10\\nJ 1 7\\nil J\\n_4 iy\\n14 9\\nU 1\\n1 5\\nXJ-e V i. 1 1 0-\\n3 10\\n25 22\\n22 18\\n14 9\\n11 7\\nVAK\\n7,\\n23 19\\n27 18\\n24 19-8\\n31 27\\n32 28\\n24 8\\n15 18\\n10 15\\n25 22\\n26 31\\n26 23\\n3 12\\n17 13\\n19 10\\n13 9\\n27 24\\n19 16\\n9 6\\n18 23\\n7 23\\n23 26\\n31 26\\n12 19\\n23 18\\nB. wins.\\nVAR. 8.\\n13 9\\n2 6\\n10 6\\n31 27\\n6 1\\n1 6\\n25 22\\n30 25\\n17 14\\n22 26\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n9 6\\n6 10\\n6 1\\n32 28\\n19 16\\n6 1\\n23 26\\n22 17\\n21 17\\n26 31\\n12 19\\n18 15\\n6 2\\n24 19-9\\n1 6\\n27 24\\n24 8\\nB. wins.\\n9A 30\\n_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_) \u00e2\u0080\u00941\\n17 22\\n31 27\\n19\\nVAR. 9.\\n10 6\\n22 18\\n5 1\\n5 9\\n32 28\\n2\\n17 11\\n6 1\\n14 9\\n23 18\\n5 9\\n28 24\\n6 1\\n14 10\\n31 26-10\\n9 5\\n1 5\\n11 16\\n25 22\\n1 5\\n9 5\\n24 19\\n9 6\\n2011\\n1 6\\n18 14\\n26 23\\n3 7\\n5 1\\nB, wins.\\nVAR,\\n10.\\n1 5\\n10 17\\n27 23\\n10 15\\n24 19\\n11 15\\n3 7\\n31 27-11\\n7 10\\n19 10\\n7 10\\n27 24\\n5 14\\n17 14\\n23 19\\n14 7\\n32 27\\nB. wins.\\nVAR,\\n11.\\n31 26\\n11 15\\n24 19\\n11 15\\n22 17\\n10 6\\n17 14\\n32 28\\n15 24\\n19 10\\n7 10\\nB, wins,\\n26 22\\n7 11\\n28 19\\n14 7\\n17 13\\nVAR.\\n12.\\n26 23\\n31 26\\n23 14\\n6 2-13\\n32 28\\n19 15\\n30 14- z\\n25 30\\n25 22\\n14 9\\n3 8\\n12 19\\n23 19\\n26 23\\n14 10\\n24 19\\n2 7\\n20 16\\n14 18\\n30 25\\n22 17\\n21 25\\n30 26\\n8 12\\n19 10\\n21 17\\n10 6\\n27 23\\n7 16\\nB. wins.\\n7 14\\n14 21\\n17 14\\n25 30\\n26 23\\na 25 30 will win in a manner similar to var. 3 to 11.", "height": "4684", "width": "2884", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "112\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nVAR. 13,\\n6 1\\n32 28\\n1 5 24 15\\n10 15\\n20 16\\n21 25\\n3 S\\n10 7 11 18\\n12 16\\n4 8\\n1 6\\n1 6\\n5 9 6 10\\n15 8\\n28 l 4\\n25 30\\n11 15\\n7 11 26 22\\n16 19\\n22 18\\n6 1\\n6 1\\n9 6 27 24\\n24 15\\n24 20\\n30 26\\n14 10\\n15 19 8 11\\n18 4\\nB. wins.\\nVAR. 14.\\n26 22-15-\\n7 10\\n19 12 32 28\\n31 26\\n15 8\\n12 16\\n22 17\\n27 32 22 17\\n19 15\\n25 22\\n27 23\\n15 18\\n1 11 2b 24\\nCM! CI D\\nOil\\nb 11\\n18 27\\n24 19 a\\n1 6 29 25\\nll 16\\nB. wins.\\n32 23\\n18 27\\n25 22 24 19\\n20 11\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009431 27, 9 13, black\\nwins.\\nVAR. 15.\\n32 28-16\\n25 22-a\\n29 22 22 11-5\\nl i i-\u00c2\u00b1\\n14 9\\n12 16\\n18 25\\n14 IS 16 19\\n9 18\\nB. wins.\\n26 23, 16 19, black wins.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009426 23, 18 25, 24 19, 15 24. black wins.\\nVAR. 16.\\n26 23-17\\n24 19-tf\\n27 18 18 9\\n31 27\\n27 23\\n18 22\\n1 5\\n7 10 5 14\\n14 17\\n7 10\\n25 18\\n23 IS\\n32 27 27 24\\n21 14\\nB. wins.\\n15 22\\n14 23\\n9 14 3 7\\n10 17\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u0094 23 18. 14\\n23., 1 5, 24 19, 9 14, black wins.\\nvv nd\\\\\\nVAR. 17,\\n27 23\\n18 23\\n25 22 13 22\\n4 S\\n18 15\\n18 27\\n19 15\\n14 17 14 9\\n17 14\\n4 8\\n32 23\\n23 30\\n21 14 25 21\\n7 10\\n15 18\\n15 S\\n30 25 8 4\\n14 IS\\nB. wins.\\n23 19-18\\n9 13\\n22 17 21 17\\nb 4\\nVAR. 18.\\n31 27\\n7 10\\n22 17 1 6\\n29 22\\n9 14\\n11 15\\n23 19\\n7 11 25 22\\n14 18\\n26 22\\n3 7\\n17 13 18 25\\n22 17\\nVAR. 19,\\n26 22\\n31 26-a\\n22 17-20 23 IS\\n17 14\\n19 15\\n3 8\\n5 9\\n18 22 14 23\\n10 17\\n26 30\\n23 19-21\\n26 23\\n25 18 27 IS\\n21 14\\nB. wins.\\n7 10\\n2 7\\n15 22 1 5\\n22 26", "height": "4688", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n113\\nVAR. 20.\\n32 23\\n1 5\\n22 IT\\nIS 22\\n25 18\\n15 22\\n19 15\\n11 18\\n24 19\\nT 11\\n19 15\\n10 2(5\\nIT 1\\n9 14\\n1 6\\n26 30\\n2T 24\\n8 i 26\\n6 10\\n26 30\\n10 2(3\\n30 23\\n21 IT\\nIS 22\\nIT 14\\n22 2(3\\n14 in\\n2(3 80\\n10 7\\n23 IS\\n7 3\\nIS 28\\n24 19\\n23 K3\\n3 7\\n30 26\\n29 25\\n26 23\\n25 22\\n23 19\\nB. wins,\\nVAR. 21.\\n22 17-3\\n29 22\\n14 5\\n23 IS\\n13 6\\n23 IS\\n7 10\\n5 9\\n15 IS\\n30 26\\n1 17\\n2(3 23\\n32 28\\n23 19\\n81 20\\nIS 14\\n5 1\\nIS 15\\n2 -a\\n14 18\\n25 3\\n10 17\\n22 25\\n11 IS\\n25 22\\n17 14\\n26 28\\n21 14\\n27 28 I\\nwins.\\nIS 25\\nIS 25\\nIS 22\\n6 9\\n25 3\\n23 19.\\n5 9, 27 28.\\nIS 27. 32 23.\\n14 IS. B.\\nwins.\\nb-M 2S.\\n7 10, 13 9,\\n6 18, 24 19,\\n15 24, 22 (3.\\n1 10, 2S 19,\\n11 15,\\n24.\\nVAR. 22.\\n31 26-28\\n6 15\\n82 28\\nIS 22\\n6 2\\n32 27\\nS 11 a\\n20 11\\n2 7-\\n-b\\n25 IS\\n7 11\\n17 14\\n23 19\\n7 l(i\\n13 9-\\n-23\\n14 82\\n80 25\\n27 28\\n*11 16\\n21 20\\n19 23\\n10 6\\n14 IS\\n25 21\\n19 10\\n16 19\\n26 10\\n5 14\\n21 17\\nB. wins.\\na Corrects Janvier s Anderson, trunk var. a.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Corrects Wyllie and VV. R. Barker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 See Gould s match games\\nvar. 23.\\n27 24-\\n-25\\n7 16\\nS 4\\n24 27\\n17 14\\n27 23\\n1S 23\\n20 11\\n12 16\\n25 21\\n16 11\\n25 IS\\n20 16-\\n-24\\n82 27\\n22 17\\n27 31\\n13 9\\n15 22\\n23 27\\n26 22\\n16 20\\n14 10\\n31 27\\n6 2\\n24 20\\n27 23\\n17 14\\n19 24\\n9 6\\n23 IS\\n27 32\\n11 S\\n20 24\\n28 19\\n18 22\\nB. wins.\\n16 11\\n14 IS\\n21 17\\n23 16\\n30 25\\nVAR. 24.\\n26 22\\n27 31\\n30 23\\n27 32\\n23 27\\n21 17\\nIS 27\\n29 25\\n22 17\\n19 23\\n14 10\\n32 2T\\n14 IS\\n25 21\\n7 14\\n25 22\\n17 14\\n23 26\\n17 10\\n12 16\\n20 11\\n2T 20\\n11 T\\n20 16\\n16 11\\n22 IT\\n31 26\\nB. wins.\\n26 22-26 30 23\\n19 23 18 27\\n27 24 22 17\\n23 26 14 IS\\nVAR. 25.\\n17 14 25 21\\n27 31 IS 22\\n21 17 14 10\\n31 27 7 14\\n17 10 11 7\\n12 16 20 16\\n20 11 7 2\\n27 20 B. wins.", "height": "4676", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "114\\nTH K BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nVAR. 26.\\n25 22\\n22 17-27\\n30 23\\n17 14\\n24 19\\n18 25\\n18 22\\n15 19\\n22 25\\n25 30\\n29 22\\n26 23\\n23 16\\n27 24\\n19 15\\n14 18\\n19 26\\n12 19\\n19 23\\n30 25\\nVAR. 27.\\n21 17\\n17 14\\n24 15\\n20 11\\n21 17\\n18 25\\n1 6\\n23 30\\n30 25\\n16 20\\n30 21\\n27 24\\n15 11\\n28 24\\n24 19\\n15 18\\n18 23\\n7 16\\n12 16\\n6 10\\n15 11\\n7 16\\n20 11\\nB. wins.\\n14 7\\n3 10\\n11 7\\nB. wins.\\nVAR. 28.\\n23 19\\n18 25\\n27 23\\n7 10\\n31 26\\n3 10\\n8 11- a\\n29 22\\n18 27\\n25 21\\n16 19\\n20 16\\n19 10\\n14 18\\n32 23\\n5 9\\n17 14\\n11 20\\n6 15\\n30 25\\n2 6\\n23 18\\n19 28\\n18 11\\n25 22-b\\n12 16\\n21 17\\n1 5\\n14 7\\nB. wins.\\na Corrects trunk game, Janvier s Anderson.\\nb 30 26-d, 5 9-c, B. wins same as var. 3 at note b.\\nc This corrects Robertson s Guide.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094Zl 26, 11 16-^, B. wins same as var. 22 at fourth move.\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This corrects Swan and Adamson. The game as a whole cor-\\nrects many thousand lines of published play, and destroys the trunk\\ndraw, given in all standard works on the game.\\nvar. 29.\\n26 23-tf 23 18-\u00c2\u00a3 27 24 28 24 32 28 19 10\\n18 22 12 16-c 19 23 6 10 8 12 12 26\\n25 18 24 20-30 24 19 19 16 24 19 B. wins.\\n15 22 16 19 4 8 23 27 10 15\\na Lees Guide says Best here 24 20 is often played, but is weak.\\nThus, 24 20, *18 22, 25 18, 15 22, 17 14, 6 9, 26 17, 9 18, 30 26, 7 10, 29 25,\\n10 15, 20 16, 11 20, 26 23, drawn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. Dunne. But I prefer 25 21 as in\\nvar. 2, the after play showing but little, if any advantage to either side.\\nb Certainly a loser, nor can I find an alternative to better White s\\ncase.\\nc This move wins and corrects Lees Guide, var. 4 at 8th move, also\\nJanvier s Anderson.\\nvar. 30.\\n27 23 4 8 30 26 6 10 29 22 5 21\\n16 20 19 16-31 12 19 32 27 10 14 B. wins.\\n24 19 8 12 23 16 22 25 18 9", "height": "4708", "width": "2976", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nVAR.\\n31\\noo o 1 oo\\nOO OA\\nZZ ZD\\n1 K\\n14\\nQPl OA\\noU ZD\\n9Q 94\\nZo Z4\\n11 1\\n11 10\\n6 10\\n31 22\\n10 15\\n23 18\\n18 9\\n25 22\\n18 14\\n20 24\\n19 10\\n26 22\\n13 6\\n3.7\\n3 19\\n97 90\\n7 30\\nm 1J-\\nQ\\n30 25\\n5 9\\n22 17\\n22 18\\n29 25\\nVAR.\\n32.\\n30 25\\n19 16-33\\n28 19\\n18 15\\n31 22\\n23 18\\n20 24\\n11 20\\n20 24\\n22 26\\n24 27\\nB. wins.\\nVAR.\\n33.\\n18 14\\n31 22\\n13 6\\n32 23\\n19 10\\n28 19\\n22 26\\n6 9\\n2 27\\n11 15\\n7 30\\nB. wins.\\nGameNo.37, Double Corner.\\nA. Pollak and Sam Nay.\\n9 14\\n5 9\\n8 12\\n7 11\\n8 12\\n16 19\\n22 17\\n17 13\\n27 23\\n16 7\\n16 11\\n23 16\\n11 16\\n3 8\\n12 19\\n2 11\\n18 22\\n14 18\\n24 19\\n22 17\\n23 16\\n28 24\\n25 18\\n17 14\\n8 11\\n1 5\\n11 15\\n4 8\\n15 22\\n10 17\\n25 22\\n19 16\\n32 27\\n24 19\\n11 8\\nPollak won.\\n16 20\\n12 19\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n12 16\\n30 25\\n23 16\\n26 23\\n19 16\\n8 3\\nGame No. 38, Single Coiner.\\nBlack, R. W.\\nQuarles\\nwhite, L.\\nS, Head,\\n1893.\\n11 15\\n8 12\\n12 19\\n3 7\\n1 6\\n10 15\\n22 18\\n28 24\\n24 15\\n15 10\\n*22 18\\n26 22\\n15 22\\n16 20\\n7 10\\n6 15\\n6 10\\n15 19\\n25 18\\n25 22\\n27 24\\n18 11\\n*30 26\\n12 8\\n12 16\\n5 9\\n20 27\\n7 16\\n2 7\\n19 23\\n29 25\\n32 28\\n31 24\\n23 18\\n*28 24\\n8 3\\n9 13\\n10 14\\n10 19\\n14 23\\n711\\n23 26\\n24 19\\n19 16\\n24 15\\n26 12\\n*24 20\\n*3 7\\nW. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "OH. RICHMOND. The subject of this sketch for many years\\nheld a leading place among- the world s composers. His\\nability has been recognized throughout the world. He has con-\\ntributed liberally to the various newspapers and magazines hundreds\\nof problems of such superior merit that he is today justly recognized\\nas one of the foremost living problemists. Mr. Richmond is a gentle-\\nman of fine presence, and one or the solid business men of Grand\\nRapids, Mich., until a few years since when he removed to Chicago,\\nwhere he still resides. His problems in verse will give the reader\\nsome idea of Mr. Richmond s powers. In this especial line he, for\\nmany years, stood without a rival in the world. His Richmond s\\nDream stands unrivalled in the annals of the literature of the game\\nof draughts. Also his Siege and Fall of Petersburg has received the\\nplaudecs of all lovers of brilliant problems. Of late Mr. Richmond\\nhas given no attention to the game and the players yearn for some-\\nthing from his pen.\\nPuzzle Problem by O. H Richmond.\\nA man named Thomas Jinks, with one named William West.\\nHad a little game of draughts one dav. to see which was the best.\\nJinks got a man ahead, when the game was nearly done.\\nBut West would not give up, for he had two kings to one.\\nWest moved his man to ten, and made a great mistake.\\nFor if he could not move from twelve, he could from twenty-eight.\\nAnd force the man from twenty-four by going twenty-seven,\\nIn case Jinks moved his single man trom sixteen to eleven.\\nNow checker friends. West lost the game, and the prublem can be seen,\\nWhen I tell you that a king stood clear way over on thirteen.\\n116", "height": "4708", "width": "3000", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "WH. TYSON of Big Run, Pa., was born May 30th, 1865, and is\\ntherefore 28 years of age. In early life Mr. Tyson evinced a\\nfondness for mathematics and at the age of 15 he had completed quite\\na thorough course. In 1884 he was elected principal of the Big Run\\nschools which position he held until appointed postmaster by Presi-\\ndent Harrison. Having musical talent, Mr. Tyson was organist, while\\nteaching, in the M. E. Church. In 18ST he became acquainted with\\nR. W. Patterson. Esq.. of Pittsburg, by correspondence, and it was at\\nabout this time that he began the study of checkers in a systematic\\nway. In 1888 he defeated W. C. Brown of Altoona 7 to 4 in a match\\nof 30 games. Mr. Brown was the first book player he had ever played\\nagainst. Mr. Tyson is a careful painstaking student; his checker\\nlibrary contains nearly every work which has ever been printed on the\\ngame and very likely he is the best posted checkerist in Pennsylvania.\\nAcross the board he has met J. P. Reed, Charles Hefter, H. Z,\\nWright, Dr. Schaefer and other notable experts. His success against\\nthem has always been very good. In Athletic sports Mr Tyson has\\nquite a reputation. His record as a base ball pitcher is very enviable.\\nMr. Tyson is married, his wife being a Miss McClure of McKeesport\\nPa., and their union has been blessed with tw r o sweet little girls.\\n117", "height": "4708", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "118\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 39. Defiance.\\nBlack, Maize.\\nWhite, Tyson.\\n11\\n15\\n14\\n17\\n14 17\\n11 16\\n17 22\\n25 29\\n28\\n19\\n21\\n14\\n19 15\\n*8 11\\n*28 24\\n7 10\\n9\\n14\\n10\\n17\\n17 21\\n20 27\\n6 9\\n27\\n2a\\n18\\n14- z\\n15 10\\n*26 22\\n32 23\\n15 n\\nS\\n11\\n17\\n22\\n22 25\\n9 13-3\\n14 9\\n29 25\\n22\\n18\\n26\\n17\\n10 7\\nJ-O\\n*23 18\\n11 7\\n15\\n22\\n13\\n22\\n25 29\\n29 25\\n22 25\\n25 22\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ih\\n9\\n2a\\n18-\u00c2\u00a3\\n7 3-r\\n18 14\\n2 7\\n10 15\\n5\\n14\\n7\\n10\\n29 2b-d\\n2-^ 22\\n9 6\\n9 14\\n20\\n25\\n14\\n7\\n31 26-\u00c2\u00a3\\n14 10\\n7 10\\n7 2\\n6\\n9\\na\\n10\\n25 29\\n22 17-1\\n6 9\\n14 18\\n25\\n22\\n*20\\n16\\na 7\\n10 7\\n10 7\\n15 11\\n9\\n13\\n11\\n20\\n4 8-4\\n17 13\\n16 20\\n22 17\\n24\\n20\\n18\\n15\\n11 4\\n*11 15\\n15 19\\n11 7\\n1\\n5\\n10\\n14\\n2 11\\n13 17\\n9 6\\nDrawn\\n22\\n18\\n15\\n11\\n4 8\\n*7 2\\n18 15\\nNOTES AND VARIATIONS BY W. H. TYSON.\\na Since Wyllie played this and lost to Yates in 1876 it has been re-\\ngarded as a losing move.\\nSeventeen years later two Scottish amateurs, Messrs. Craighead\\nand Fenton. discovered the hitherto unsuspected strength of this\\nmove, and with it as a focal point prove that 18 14 can be drawn, not-\\nwithstanding the long unchallenged dictum of the world s best known\\nplayers and analysts to the contrary.\\nc So far the play of Craighead and Fenton have been followed.\\nLees 1 Guide, second edition, Q. V.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This was a poser away from any published play I had ever\\nseen; I was thrown on my own resources, the position leaving for me\\nall the interest of an unsolved problem.\\ne After much study I solved it as follows 31 26 must, for if king\\ngets free via. 22 17 I m a goner, it also blocks 5 9, because 26 22,\\n28 24 draws or I win, 12 16, 3 8 same result. King must go back then\\n3 7 and aught else than 4 8 leaves me with best game,\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094li 29 25, 11 8, and it is a see-saw.\\ng\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Must, for if 11 15, *16 19, and B. wins.\\nVAR. 1.\\n16 19 22 18 18 23-2 23 32 13 17 12 16\\n10 7 11 16 32 27 16 23 30 26 *7 2\\nDrawn,\\nVAR. 2.\\n19 24 18 23 13 17 17 22 22 26 26 31\\n28 19 7 3 3 7 7 10 10 14- a: 14 17\\nDrawn.\\ntf\u00e2\u0080\u009419 15, 12 19, 32 27 drawn C. O. Bartley.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS-\\n119\\n16 19 18 15\\n*22 18 9 14\\n12 16 15 10\\nVAR. 3.\\n14 18 7 3\\n10 7 23 26\\n18 23 30 23\\nVAR. 4.\\n19 26 8 12\\n3 8 16 19\\n26 30 32 27\\nDrawn.\\n5 9 *26 22 *16 19 32 23 2 Q-a 18 14\\n7 10 12 16 15 24 29 25 22 17 22 26\\n*9 13 *10 15 20 27 *23 18 13 22 30 23\\nDrawn.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Forced. The following evolves a beautiful problem, 13 17,\\n22 13, 25 22, 18 15 d, 22 18, 28 24-*.\\nBlack.\\nI 11\u00c2\u00ae lb\\np\\nw, r w.\\nB H 11 11\\n-aH 1h Ii\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\n18 14 and W. wins by second position, or if black crowns in\\ndouble corner by first position.\\nc Forms the above problem instead of 28 24 at c, 13 9 W. wins. W.\\nH. Tyson.\\nSolution, W. H. Tyson, Big Run, Pa.\\n2 6\\n*6 10\\n25 30\\n15 9\\n17 14\\n10 6\\n24 20\\n26 22\\n8 3\\n20 16\\n8 3\\n9 5\\n*4 8\\n21 25\\n30 26\\n26 22\\n14 17\\n6 1\\n11 4\\n22 17\\n3 7\\n16 11\\n7 2\\n3 7\\n1811\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a611 15\\n10 14\\n22 17\\n6 10\\n17 13\\n30 26\\n4 8\\n17 10\\n11 8\\n13 9\\nDrawn.", "height": "4704", "width": "2876", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "JAMES P. MURRAY. This well-known checker expert, player\\nand problemist -was born at 59 Avenue B, New York City. May\\n13, 1854. His father at that time was proprietor of a furniture\\nstore at the above number and continued until his death. James was\\nthen 13 months old. His mother sold out the business and with her\\nfamily moved to Orange. N.J., where they have since resided, James\\nattended St, John s Parochial School until his sixteenth year, and then\\nw r as apprenticed to the hatting trade and has followed that occupation\\nup to the present time. In his youth he had a fondness for checkers\\nand was greatly assisted by a Mr. George Hayward, a strong player,\\nand in a short time he could hold his own with the best players in his\\nlocality. In 1887 he played his first and only match with Win. Muirof\\nPatterson, N. J., for a stake of fifty dollars and the state champion-\\nship. The match consisted of eight games. Murray winning 4, MuirO.\\ndrawn 1. Since then he has devoted his leisure time to analysis and\\nproblem composing, his principal achievements in that direction have\\nbeen through the Derry News checker columns. He has won a great\\nmany prizes in solving contests and his latest triumph was to win first\\nprize for the best solution to the problem with the motto Orange,\\nthis motto being given in honor of the winner, who resides in the city\\nby that name. There were 300 competitors for this prize, the value of\\nwhich amounted to thirty dollars. Surely there is honor and glory\\nenough in this one victory without referring to his many others.\\n120", "height": "4708", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nPrize Problem\\nMotto Orange. By L. M. Stearns.\\n121\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move white wins.\\nFor best solution J. P. Murray won first prize.\\n22 25-1\\n7 11\\n4 11\\n6 15\\n15 22\\n9 18\\n29 22\\n15 8\\n14 10\\n22 17\\n17 14\\n26 17\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 1.\\n7 11-2\\n26 17\\n9 13\\n24 20\\n9 14\\n22 18\\n15 8\\n19 26\\n27 24\\n16 19\\n18 9\\nW. wins.\\n4 11\\n31 22\\n6 9\\n14 10\\n5 21\\nVAR. 2.\\n9 13\\n11 2\\n26 30\\n6 10\\n16 20\\n7 14\\n26 17\\n6 9\\n15 11\\n26 17\\n10 7\\nW. wins.\\n13 22\\n2 6\\n22 26\\n11 7\\n21 17\\n15 11\\n9 13\\n31 22\\n17 21\\n29 25\\n19 26\\n18 15\\n30 26\\n7 3\\n17 10\\nOnly the three distinct and decisive lines are given. Anyone desir-\\nng any certain variation it will be gladly sent.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. M, Stearns.", "height": "4696", "width": "2888", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "122 THE BOOK OF PO c TRAITS\\nGame No, 40. Old Fourteenth.\\nBlack, Wm, C. Brown: white, Frank E. Mead.\\n11 15\\n11 18\\n23 19\\n29 25\\n8 11\\n7 11\\n22 17\\n26 23-0\\n4 8\\n2 7\\n25 22\\n24 20\\n9 14\\n11 15\\n17 13\\n30 26-3\\n15 IS\\n15 24\\n22 15\\n2S 19\\n5 9 c\\n30 16\\n26 22\\n20 2\\n7 11\\n6 1)\\n22 15\\n13 6\\n11 IS\\n8 11\\n31 20\\n21 Ue\\n3 7\\n11 15\\n*21 lid\\n32 27\\n14 30\\n12 16\\n23 5\\n24 20\\nNOTES BY BROWN.\\n16 19 30 26\\n20 16 8 1i\\n15 18 26 22\\n16 11 11 1\\n18 22 19 23\\n11 8 27 18\\n22 25 22 15\\n8 3 *2 7\\n25 30 15 11\\n3 8 7 14-/\\nW. wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 24 20 usual play.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 2S 24 will win. ,k Jest as I Am in Checkerist.\\nc In a game between T. F. Maloye and Robert Gibson S 11 was\\nplayed here and white won.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Mead here announced a white win. but neither I or the spec-\\ntators could see anything but a draw.\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I did not notice the full effect of this move.\\n/\u00e2\u0080\u0094The game was played over several times but we could not draw\\nafter *21 17.\\nGame Xo. 41, Single Corner.\\nBetween Thomas Flint and H. Z. Wright.\\n11 15\\n10 14\\n14 IS\\n9 13\\n10 15\\n3 7\\n22 18\\n25 22\\n15 6\\n23 IS\\nIS 11\\n20 16\\n15 22\\n16 20\\nIS 25\\n13 22\\n7 23\\n8 12\\n25 IS\\n24 19\\n21 17\\n26 17\\n17 14\\n14 10-\\n12 16\\n6 10\\n1 10\\n20 24\\n2 6\\n12 28\\n29 25\\n18 15\\n30 21\\n27 20\\n2S 24\\n10 1\\nDrawn.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Only move to draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "3212", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "I\\nFRANK E. MEAD, Montreal, Canada, was born in Omaha, Neb.,\\nOct. 29, 1872, but when a few months old his parents removed to\\nProvidence, R. I. At ten years of age he commenced to play chess\\nand checkers, and was shown some of the mysteries of the games by\\nMr. Wm. Remington, a well-known natural player of Providence. At\\nschool he (Mead) came out victorious in many small matches. In 1889\\nhe removed to Montreal, and for the first three years there he played\\nnothing but chess. In the summer of 93 he once more began to study\\ncheckers, and with the resolution to go through a regular system to\\nmake himself a fairly good player. His local matches are as follows\\nWith J. Barrett 2, Mead 3, drawn 5 with F. R. Simmons 2, Mead 9,\\ndrawn 8: with C. W. Brown 0, Mead 5, c^rawn 4; second match with\\nBrown 2, Mead 7, drawn 5. Mr. Mead has lately taken up correspon-\\ndence play and so far has scored 18 games, all others 3, drawn 29,\\nagainst some of the best correspondence players in the United States.\\nA very creditable record sure.\\n123", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "124\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 69 (O. H. Richmond).\\nBlack.\\nH WA W4,\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 71 (W. G. Hill).\\nBlack\\no|j 11811 1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0oil, I\\nJO:\\nu hite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 73 (C. W. Tupper).\\nBlack.\\nam, ma.\\nO\\nNo. 70 (From Checkerist.\\nBlack\\nI x 9M\u00c2\u00a7k y II,\\nHQll HI\\no!\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 72 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\na lioll\\nWhite\\nWhite to move, B. wins.\\nNo. 74 (W. L. Hannahs).\\nBlack.\\nI 1\\n8 HI HI. \u00e2\u0080\u009eilMft\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SB\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.", "height": "4700", "width": "3216", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYEHS.\\nSolutions to Problems,\\nNo. 69. (0. H. Richmond.)\\n31 26\\n22 17\\n14 10\\n7 10\\n6 10\\n32 27\\n23 19\\n16 11\\n8 4\\n9 6\\n26 22\\n17 14\\n10 7\\n10 14\\n2 9\\n27 23\\n19 16\\n11 8\\n4 8\\n13 6\\n14 9\\nB. wins.\\nThe motto of above is the -\\\\Seige and fall of Petersburg.\\nNo. 70. (The Checkerist.)\\n29 25 31 27 27 24 14 10 24 19 28 26\\n22 29 29 25 19 23 6 15 15 24 W. wins.\\nThe motto to above was Snap. 1\\nNo. 71. (W. G. Hill.)\\n10 lo-a 18 22 20 24 23 5 1 6 5 1\\n17 10 25 11 28 19 21 17 17 14 Drawn.\\na This move was an eye-opener to the experts., as the beautiful\\nstroke starting with this move had remained unnoticed for nearly forty\\nyears, and then to be discovered by a youth in his teens. Master Hill\\nwas then only 14 years of age.\\nNo. 72, (L. M. Stearns.)\\n26 23 6 9 27 24 24 19 10 14\\n18 22 13 6 16 20 11 16 15 10\\n25 18 1 10 32 27 18 15 14 18 B. wins.\\nNo. 73. (C. W. Tupper.)\\n25 22 11 20 19 16 20 27 28 32\\n18 25 24 28 12 19 17 14 1 10\\n20 16 4 11 27 24 10 17 32 21 W. wins,\\nNo. 74. (W. L. Hannahs.)\\n25 30 12 19 26 22 18 15 19 23 27 32\\n16 23 20 16 a 17 14 11 7 28 24 B. wins,\\n24 19 30 26 22 18 15 11 23 27\\n23 16 16 11 14 9 7 2 24 20\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 17 14, 1 6, 20 16, 30 25, 16 11, etc, B. wins.", "height": "4700", "width": "2884", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0137.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "FRED O ME LAY, was born in Hillsdale county, Michigan, Jan. 5.\\n1868. He first began the study of draughts in 18S8, and being of\\na studious disposition was soon able to defeat all the players of Hud-\\nson and vicinity. He took a prominent part in the famous 1 6, Laird\\nand Lady dispute, etc. In the spring of 1892 he visited Adrian, Mich.,\\nand played 111 games, winning 79, lost 8, drawn 24. He entered the\\nstate tournament at Detroit in November 1892, and although he did\\nnot win a prize he lost but two out of thirteen series played, his total\\nscore being, won 18, lost 9, drawn 25. In March 1894, he made a tour\\nof the southern part of the state, playing with good success. At\\nChelsea he met two of the leading players of the state, Messrs. Turn-\\nbull and Guide, and made the following creditable scores: O Meloy\\n14, Turnbull 6, drawn 26; CTMelay 15, Guide 8. drawn 22. With State\\nChampion McGreevy he has played but four games with the result,\\none each and two draws, a score to be proud of.\\n126", "height": "4708", "width": "3236", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0138.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "SAMUEL C. NAY, New York City. X. Y., born April 13, 1844, at\\nRaymond. N. H., and brought up on a farm until IS years of age.\\nOn the 8th day of September. 1862, he entered the service in putting\\ndown the rebellion as a private in Co. D., 15th Regiment, X. H. Vol-\\nunteers, and was promoted to sergeant and first sergeant, and was dis-\\ncharged at expiration of term in August, 1863, but re-enlisted, remain-\\ning with the regiment until the close of the war in 1865. _ He was in a\\nnumber of battles but takes no credit upon himself, simply that he\\nwas there, and rejoices that he was never wounded. The battles were\\nPort Hudson, La., Mav 27, 1863, second battle June 14, 1863: he was\\nunder fire 42 days at Port Hudson: defended Fort Hill for a few\\nmonths before Petersburg, Ya. He was never taken prisoner, but was\\nconfined at Eastman s college at one time where he escaped by grad-\\nuating in 1866. Hi* intimate comrades during the war was Lieut. Col.\\nBlair, 15th N. H. Volunteers, Lieut. Durgin, H. Mead, John Brown\\nand Captain Greenough. In 1887 he commenced the scientific method\\nof playing checkers and joined the Xew York Checker Club the same\\nyear, and so well has he applied himself to the task that he now de-\\nclares he don t care to play any other game. See his excellent stroke\\nproblems on another page, also his articles under the name Psalm\\nXeigh. Mr. Xay has been in the stable business in Xew York City\\nsince the war.\\n127", "height": "4704", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0139.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "ERASTUS HUNTINGTON, of KelleyV Island, Ohio, for many\\nyears devoted his spare time to checkers, and many a neat game\\nand problem have appeared with his signature attached, but for nearly\\nfour years nothing has been heard from him In vain we tried to get\\na word from him to assist in getting notes for a sketch of his life. Mr.\\nHuntington at one time conducted one of the best checker columns in\\nthe United States, but owing to failing health discontinued it. He has\\nheld many positions of trust, and it was claimed at one time that he\\nheld more official positions than any other person known, besides look-\\ning after two large stores of his own. In correspondence and problem\\ntournaments he has carried off many prizes. Besides this he has con-\\ntributed problems, etc., to the literature of the game, not a large quan-\\ntity, but of good quality. Should he ever return to the game again\\nthere will be great rejoicing, for he is as genial a correspondent as his\\nexcellent portrait implies.\\n128", "height": "4708", "width": "3180", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0140.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n129\\nXo. 75 (Sam Nay).\\nBlack\\nill\\nGM0\u00c2\u00bb0M0\\nM Ml\\nW, W 9-\\nW, Wa\\nWhite,\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 77 (f. P. Murray).\\nBlack.\\nJ\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0oil\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move black draws.\\nXo. 79 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\n1 i i\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 76 (Sam Nay).\\nBlack\\nSGI\\n2i\\nggo^^\u00c2\u00ab\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0So^\\ny/s//A y////// v///// y/\\nhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 78 (J. Maize).\\nBlack.\\n9\u00c2\u00abaBoil\\nio:\\nHoB\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00a7lof\\nl^goposa\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 80 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\ni wfc^w^m II,\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move W. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0141.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "1:30\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 75. (Sam Nay.)\\n18 15\\n30 25\\n26 17\\n31 26 5 1\\n11 18\\n29 22\\n13 22\\n22 31 W. wins.\\nNo. 76. (Sam Nay.)\\n21 IT\\n15 11\\n10 15\\n14 7 7 10\\n30 21\\n8 25\\n19 10\\n21 14 W. wins.\\ncapital\\nshot. F.\\nDunne and L. M. Stearns.\\nNo. 77.\\n(J. P. Murray.)\\n17 2,1\\n26 23\\n10 15 10 7\\n30 26\\n11 20\\n23 18\\n21 25\\n19 10 25 30\\nDrawn.\\n18 9\\n7 11\\n31 27\\n11 16 7 3\\nNo. 7\\n8. (J. Maize.)\\n17 21\\n21 25\\n25 22\\n3 8 32 23\\n28 10-\u00c2\u00a3\\n26 17\\n19 26\\n18 25\\n2 9 4 11\\nW. wins.\\n31 26\\n12 8\\n7 3\\n5 32-a 23 27\\n29 31\\n3 19\\n9 18\\n20 27 31 24\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Jump via 30, 30 23, 23 32.\\n24 pieces removed from the board by a continuous\\ncapturing\\nNo. 79.\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n16 20-a:\\n19 16\\n10 15\\n22 8 31 26\\n19 16\\n31 27\\n12 19\\n16 12\\n13 31 23 19\\n7 11\\n8 11\\n23 16\\n15 18\\n27 23 26 23\\nB. wins.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00948 11, 22 18, 13 22, 26 17, 16\\n20, 31 27, etc., draws.\\nNo. 80.\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n10 15\\n15 18\\n13 31\\n31 24\\n31 27\\n22 24\\n24 28\\n28 19 W.wins.\\nThe above four problems are Curiosity Checkers.\\nGame No. 42. Bristol.\\nBlack, the late Fitzie Barrus; white, Fred O Melay.\\n11 16\\n14 18\\n3 7\\n31 27\\n27 23\\n914\\n24 20\\n29 25\\n24 20\\n32 23\\n*28 24\\n7 3\\n16 19\\n9 14\\n7 16\\n14 17\\n23 27\\n14 18\\n23 16\\n20 16\\n20 11\\n21 14\\n*24 19\\n22 15\\n12 19\\n5 9\\n19 23\\n9 27\\n27 23\\n19 10\\n22 18\\n27 24\\n26 19\\n6 1\\n*19 15\\n1 5", "height": "4684", "width": "3196", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0142.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n131\\n10 14 9 13 6 9 27 23 19 10 14\\nIS 15 16 11 15 6 *25 22 *15 10 3 8\\n7 10 1 h a 8 31 31 27 5 9-^ 2 7\\n25 22 *31 27 22 15 *15 11 10 7 Drawn.\\nNOTES BY O MELAY.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A strong move, Wylie played 18 23 against Taylor and Taylor\\nwon.\\nb At this point Mr. Barrus claimed a win but I demurred.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Barrus would not allow the neat finish by 19 15, 11 7, 2 11,\\n30 25, 15 6, 1 10, 4 8, 25 21, 8 12, 22 18, drawn.\\nGame No, 43, Unclassified.\\nBlack, E. R. Jacques. White, W. Fleming, in 1865.\\n10 15\\n24 19\\n5 14\\n25 22\\n15 19\\n27 24\\n23 18\\n15 24\\n17 10\\n4 8\\n17 10\\n20 27\\n12 16\\n28 19\\n7 14\\n19 15\\n19 26\\n711\\n21 17\\n6 9\\n22 17\\n3 7\\n31 22\\n16 20\\n9 13\\n30 26\\n13 22\\n15 10\\n16 19\\n11 16\\n26 23\\n11 16\\n26 10\\n7 11\\n7 3\\n19 23\\n16 20\\n32 28\\n2 7\\n22 17\\n8 11\\n16 19\\n25 21\\n9 14\\n29 25\\n11 15\\n3 7\\n23 26\\n8 12\\n18 9\\n7 14\\n10 7\\n11 16\\n19 23\\nFleming won.\\nGame No. 44, Whilter,\\nBlack, Fleming.\\nWhite, Jacques.\\n11 15\\n3 7\\n23 16\\n22 15\\n19 16\\n710\\n23 19\\n29 25\\n8 12\\n4 8\\n12 19\\n16 20\\n9 14\\n7 11^\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n15 10\\n10 7\\n22 17\\n31 26\\n20 27\\n20 24\\n6 15\\n19 23\\n7 11 v v\\n1 5\\n23 19\\n17 14\\n13 6\\n7 16\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n11 20\\n10 17\\n7 11\\n31 26\\n11 16\\n2 7\\n32 23\\n21 14\\n6 2\\n18 11\\n26 23\\n25 22\\n15 24\\n24 27\\n8 12\\n26 10\\n5 9^\\n17 13 i\\n16 20\\n28 19\\n26 22\\n2 7\\nFleming 1\\n19 16\\n14 18\\n27 31\\n12 16", "height": "4696", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0143.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "HERBERT Z. WRIGHT. Born in Lewiston, Me, Sept. 2. 1S58.\\ndied .March 28. 1894, at Boston. Mass. Xo name is better known\\namong the annals of draught playing than was that of the late Herbert\\nZ. Wright, champion checker player of New England. He has trav-\\nelled thousands ot miles and played many more thousands of games,\\nand given exhibitions of his wonderful skill all over the Unlced States\\nand Canada. During an exhibition o#two weeks in Syracuse. N. Y..\\nhe played 200 games, losing but one. for which remarkable perform-\\nance a local editor dubbed him Wizard of the Board. by which name\\nhe was universally known up to his death. At simultaneous play he\\nwas a specialist, and his wonderful memory enabled him to contest 50\\ngames almost as easily as one. As a lightning player he had no\\nsuperior, and against an opponent at Westerly. R. I., he skunked him\\nin 50, 60 and TO seconds respectively. A good blindfold player, far\\nabove the average. Our late friend s affable manners and ready wit\\nmade numerous friends for him wherever he went, and he was equally\\nas popular on his route as a letter carrier as he was among the checker\\nfraternity. His exhibitions did much to increase the interest in the\\ngame, and the gap made by his untimely death can not easily be filled.\\nThe gold medal representing the New England championship was his\\nabsolute property, he having held it a year against all challenges.\\n132", "height": "4708", "width": "3208", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0144.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "HENRY W. SHANNON,, ex-champion draught player of New\\nHampshire, was born in Orleans county, Vermont, Feb. 9, 1856,\\nand began playing checkers when 23 years of age. while living in\\nLowell, Mass,, and since that time he has met a great many cf the\\nleading players acrsss the board with varying success. The following\\nare a few of the most prominent: D. E, Clarke, George M, D. Barnes*\\nW. Harvey, E. G. Morrison, L, F. Mahoney, Henry Shaw. Thomas\\nLeddy and Charles Scribner. In 1889 for the state championship he\\ndefeated L. M. Stearns by a score of Shannon 10, Stearns 5, drawn 5,\\nand in 1893 with Arlie L. Oliver for same title Shannon 3, Oliver\\ndraw r n 10. Mr. Shannon is general manager for the Wheeler Wilson\\nSewing Machine Co. in New Hampshire, which does a large business,\\nand has been in the employ of the company for eight years, which\\nspeaks well for Mr. Shannon s business ability. When the Chess and\\nChecker club was formed he was elected its treasurer, The portrait\\nabove is a correct likeness, which shows him to be a handsome man,\\nThe game between Mr. Shannon and W. G. Hill, now state champion,\\nis of first-class order, and deserving of high praise.\\n133", "height": "4704", "width": "2884", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0145.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "JAMES A. KEAR. The excellent portrait above represents the\\ndraught player s untiring, devoted friend; the publisher of the\\nBristol Draught Player in 1878, the International Draught Magazine\\nfrom 1888 to 1892, Kear s Reprint of Drummond s Works, also\\nDraught Player s Quarterly Review, with a great many smaller works.\\nHe can well look back and view with pride his great accomplishments\\nas editor and publisher of Draught Literature. The name of Kearand\\nthe D. P. Q. Review is a household word in every scientific checker\\nplayer s home. The Quarterly Review is the king of all magazines,\\nand should be in every checker player s library. Mr. Kear has been\\nvery successful across the board with England s leading players, be-\\nsides composing numerous problems of a high grade. His son, James\\nKear, Jr., is also a fine player and problemist and should have been\\npleased to place his portrait in the book also if it could have been ob-\\ntained. The Kear family are much respected people and well liked\\nby all.\\n134", "height": "4708", "width": "3088", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0146.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "LUTHER BRADLEY, is a native of the state of Ohio, having been\\nborn in Warren county, Feb. 13. 1841. He is the second child of\\nfamily which was composed of six children, whose father was a phys-\\nician, and a noted amateur at the game of chess. His father having\\nremoved to -Anglaize county, much of die time of Luther s earlier\\nyears was spent in going to school at St. Marys, the place of his boy-\\nhood. When at school an aptitude for writing prose and verse soon\\nbegan to manifest itself which, in later years, has borne fruit in the\\nway of frequent contributions to various newspapers of the country.\\nHaving enlisted in the union army when barely out of his teens, his\\noccupation, for some time following the war, was that of a traveling\\nsalesman. In 1875 he married and has since been engaged in farming\\nin Ross county, Ohio. Always having, during the days of his boy-\\nhood, a fondness for the game of checkers, it was not until 1884 that\\nhe began to study the mysteries of the game as a science. Perhaps\\nstarting too late in lite to acquire the great efficiency of a professional,\\nyet he ranks among the good amateurs of the country. He has also\\nshown much talent as a composer of problems, as well as an analyst\\nof games.\\n135", "height": "4676", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0147.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "LJ. VAIR, Ravenna. Ohio, born at Cleveland. Ohio. June 7. 1873.\\nHe began playing checkers when 15 years of age, and is espec-\\nially tond of problems, of which be has composed and published some\\nvery nice ones. His cross board practice is limited, so he finds solace\\nin working out problems. He believes that tournaments should be\\nconducted on a more equitable and impartial system than the one now\\nin vogue, and believes that checker players should organize a society\\nand that what are now individual clubs should be divisions or lodges\\nof one great system. Also, he believes in abolishing coaching in\\nmatohes.\\nGame No, 45, Double Corner.\\nBlack, L, J. Vair. White, a friend.\\n9 14\\n24 19\\n14 21\\n27 24\\n9 14\\n19 10\\n22 18\\n15 24\\n18 15\\n3 8\\n26 23\\n6 15\\n5 9\\n28 19\\n11 18\\n25 22\\n2 6\\n23 19\\n25 22\\n4 8\\n23 5\\n8 11\\n17 13\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n22 18\\n7 11\\n32 28\\n14 17\\n19 15\\n18 11\\n8 11\\n29 25\\n6 9\\n31 26\\n18 22\\n8 15\\n21 17\\n11 15\\n22 17\\n10 14\\nDrawn.\\n136", "height": "4708", "width": "3080", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0148.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n137\\nNo. 82 (L. Bradley).\\nBlack\\nilQlll, IP n\\nM, H r B r S,\\ni s B B\\nWhite,\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 83 (W. F. Larkin).\\nBlack.\\nW0M, y/ B r B\\n1 ^BSB 11m\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nNo. 85 (I. Cohen).\\nBlack.\\n8 II,\\nQByB^B^B\\nNo. 82 (L. Bradley)\\nBlack.\\nW, Wm wA\\nmm wm m\\nill\\nI\\nWhite\\nW r hite to move and win.\\nNo. 84 (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 86 (A. H. Stebbins)\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nW T hite to move and win.\\noB^B B B\\noloi iJo:\\nBo B\\nWh.te.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0149.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "138\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 81.\\n(L. Bradley.)\\n6 10\\n*10 15\\n13 IT\\n15 19 31 26\\nIT 21\\n1-t lo\\n1 Q OO\\nlo ZZ\\nOO O K\\nZZ 10\\n1ft OO OO OA\\nlb ZD Zo oU\\nV)\\nwins\\nNo. 82.\\n(L. Bradley.)\\n13 IT\\n21 25\\n31 2T\\n11 15 26 31\\n1U 10\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\nOft QA\\nZD OU\\nlo 11\\nOO Oft 11 ~\\\\K\\n11 ZD 11 lO\\n30 26\\n25 29\\nIT 22\\n15 11 30 26\\nW.\\nwins.\\nVAR. 1.\\n10, 9Q\\niy zo\\n9Q 9*7\\nZo Z\\n1U 1\\n1 T Oft 01 Q K\\n1 i ZD Zl ZO\\n91 Oft\\nOl ZD\\n1*7 1 t\\n1 i 14\\n0\u00c2\u00a3? oo\\nZD ZZ\\nOA OO QQ OT\\noU oz oz z i\\nw\\nwins.\\nNo. 83.\\n(W. F. Larkin.)\\n6 2\\n16 11\\n2 T\\n16 12 3\\n24 20\\n15 8\\n10 14\\n3 10 Drawn.\\nNo. 84.\\n(L. M. Stearns.)\\n25 22\\n22 18\\n14 10\\n*15 19 15 10\\n20 24\\nIT 22\\n5 9\\n14 T 13 IT\\n2T 20\\n10 15\\n*20 16\\n*19 15 10 14\\n91 17\\nZl 1 i\\n99 IT\\n11 1 J\\nIT 14\\nT 2 W. wins\\nNo. 85. (I. Cohen.)\\n15 10\\n13 6\\n5 1\\n4 8 32 23\\n14 T\\n30 26\\n30 16\\n28 24 8 11\\n6 9\\n21 30\\n1 28\\n20 2T 23 19\\nVV.\\nwins,\\nNo. 86.\\n(A. H. Stebbins.)\\n14 9\\n18 15\\nIT 14\\n9 6 11 16\\n28 19 19 10 10 IT 1 10 W. wins.\\nGame No,. 46, Fife.\\nBlack, W. G. Hill: white, H. W. Shannon. Played at Manchester\\nJanuary, 1894.\\n11 15\\n28 19\\n4 8\\n24 6\\n14 IT\\n18 14\\n23 19\\n13 22\\n23 18\\n2 9\\n31 2T\\n25 22\\n9 14\\n25 9\\n8 11\\n13 6\\nIT 21\\nTi io-\\n22 IT\\n6 13\\n32 28\\n1 10\\n24 19\\n22 18\\n5 9\\n29 25\\n13 VJ-a\\n21 IT\\n22 25\\n19 16\\n26 23\\n8 11\\n22 13\\n10 14\\n2T 23\\n18 15", "height": "4708", "width": "3088", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0150.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n139\\n9 13 25 22 15 22 17 10 25 29 16 7\\n24 20 11 15 19 16 7 14 23 IS 15 6\\n15 24 27 24 12 19 28 24 29 25 7 2\\nDrawn.\\nNOTES BY SHANNON.\\na Xew to me. b 11 15, 19 16 drawn.\\nGame No. 47, Switcher.\\nBlack, G.\\nH. FULFORD\\nwhite,\\nG. B. Lobban.\\n11 15\\n28 19\\n8 24\\n23\\n1 6\\n15 6\\n21 17\\n5 9\\n13 6\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n12 19\\n9 13\\n22 18\\n2 9\\n27 24\\n6 9\\n6 2\\n25 21\\n13 22\\n27 20\\n14 18\\n24 20\\n7 10\\n6 9\\n26 17\\n4 8\\n32 28\\n15 24\\n22 18\\n30 25\\n7 11\\n25 22\\n18 25\\n28 19\\nDrawn.\\n9 14\\n17 13\\n8 11\\n29 22\\n9 14\\n24 19\\n11 15\\n31 27-0\\n3 7\\n19 15\\n15 24\\n18 11\\n9 13\\n20 16\\n14 21\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In a game played at Springfield, Mass., some years ago, the ex-\\npert Freeman went 29 25 here and ultimately lost the game.\\nb I have* no doubt that this move somewhat surprised Mr. Fulford.\\nIndeed, at first sight, it looks exceedingly weak but from this point\\nto the finish the game is beautifully played. G. B. L.\\nGame No. 48, Glasgow.\\nPlayed in the match for the gold medal, emblematic of the champion-\\nship of New England, between S. Groverandthe late H, Z. Wright,\\n11 15\\n28 24\\n19 26\\n23 19\\n16 19\\n15 19\\n22 17\\n7 16\\n30 23\\n5 9\\n10 7\\n27 32\\n8 11\\n24 20\\n15 18\\n20 16\\n19 23\\n19 23\\n23 19\\n16 19\\n22 15\\n10 15\\n6 1\\n31 27\\n9 14\\n29 25\\n10 26\\n17 10\\n23 27\\n23 26\\n25 22\\n5 9\\n31 22\\n15 24\\n7 2\\n27 31\\n11 16\\n17 13\\n6 10\\n16 11\\n27 32\\n1 5\\n24 20\\n4 8\\n13 6\\n24 27\\n2 7\\n9 14\\n16 23\\n22 17\\n2 9\\n*11 7\\n32 27\\n26 30\\n27 11\\n8 11\\n*32 27\\n27 31\\n7 10\\n32 27\\n7 16\\n25 22\\n9 13\\n7 2\\n27 32\\n5 9\\n20 11\\n11 15\\n27 23\\n12 16\\n10 15\\nWright won.\\n3 7\\n26 23\\n1 5\\n2 6\\n32 27", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0151.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "140\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No, 49. Old Fourteenth.\\nBy L. Bradley, Greenfield, Ohio.\\n11 15\\n28 24\\n14 21\\n13 6\\n18 25\\n30 21\\n23 19\\n8 11\\n23 7\\n1 10\\n27 23\\n15 18\\n8 11\\n26 23\\n2 11\\n29 25\\n11 16\\n23 14\\n22 17\\n9 14\\n19 10\\n10 14. a\\n24 20\\n19 24\\n4 8\\n31 26\\n6 15\\n22 17\\n8 11\\n28 19\\n17 13\\n*11 16\\n25 22\\n14 18\\n13 9\\n16 30\\n15 18\\n20 11\\n16 19-\\n-1\\n17 13\\n25 29\\nD rawn\\n24 20\\n7 16\\n32 28\\n3 8\\n9 6\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n5 9\\n25 22\\n21 25\\nOnly move to draw\\nVAR.\\n1.\\n3 7-2\\n29 25\\n11 16\\n28 24\\n31 27\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n16 19\\n27 23\\n10 17\\n23 19\\n17 26\\n5 9-3 4\\n32 28\\n16 20\\n19 3\\n27 24\\n30 16\\ni 3 ft\\n1Q 9 3\\n17 14\\n27 31\\n19 16\\nW. wins\\n1 10\\n26 19\\n90 97\\n24 20\\n19 1Q\\nVAR. 2.\\n3 8\\n16 19\\n15 18\\n18 22\\n11 18\\n99 1 1\\nQ9 9Q\\n24 15\\n26 23\\n23 14\\nW. wins.\\nVAR.\\no\\nu.\\n1 6\\n16 19-5 6\\n7 10\\n10 17\\n14 26\\n24 20\\n32 28\\n17 14\\n26 23\\n30 7\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 4.\\n7 10\\n18 27\\n5 14\\n19 24\\n27 31\\n24 20\\n32 23\\n17 10\\n7 3\\n8 15\\n15 18\\n10 15\\nlo IV\\n24 27\\n31 99\\nOA. Sju\\n27 23\\n13 9\\n10 7\\n3 8\\n20 11\\nW. wins.\\n29 25\\n18 14\\n26 19\\n9 6\\nVAR.\\n5.\\n15 19\\n19 24\\n11 15\\n24 27\\n24 27\\n27 23\\n23 18\\n13 9\\n32 23\\n6 2\\n6 10\\n16 19\\n19 23\\n15 24\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 6.\\n15 18\\n5 9\\n15 22\\n10 15\\n31 27\\n15 18\\n26 23\\n32 28\\n14 5\\n18 14\\n1 6\\n10 15\\n18 22\\n10 15\\n6 10\\n26 31\\n11 16\\nW. wins.\\n27 24\\n17 14\\n23 18\\n14 10\\n20 11\\n7 10\\n22 26\\n22 26\\n16 19\\n27 20\\n23 18\\n30 23\\n5 1\\n10 7\\n6 10", "height": "4708", "width": "3088", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0152.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "GEORGE H. POWELL, is a native of Vermont, born at Cuttings-\\nville, March 23, 1860. He took no interest in checkers until\\neighteen years of age, when he began playing, and with such sue-\\ncess as to soon be recorded as one of the best players in his native\\nstate. In 1879 Mr. Powell edited a small checker column in the\\nPlatisburg (N. Y.) Republican, and in 1880 a similar one in the Ver-\\nmont Watchman. In 1881 he removed to Boston, Mass., and estab-\\nlished a checker column in the Yankee Blade that was one of the best\\nthat has appeared in the United States. When Barker and Wylie\\nplayed their match at Boston, October 1882, for the world s champion-\\nship, Mr. Powell was chosen to act as referee by mutual consent, and\\nserved to the satisfaction of all parties. When the Boston and Provi-\\ndence teams met Mr. Powell succeeded in defeating every one of his\\nopponents, and was the only player m either team that did not lose at\\nleast one game. He never plays for money, just for the pleasure and\\nglory derived from it. Mr. Powell is a young gentleman of fine cul-\\nture and excellent business and social connections. Of late years he\\nhas not been able to give the game any attention owing to his business\\nconnections, yet the old love of the noble game is still within him,\\nHis old friends would gladly welcome him back with the same activity\\nof his former checker days, with his masterpieces of games and\\nproblems.\\n141", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0153.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "CHARLES W. SCRIBNER. Born August 23. 1848, at Raymond.\\nN. H. There is no player in the state who has played more\\ngames than the genial subject of our sketch. As a professor of vocal\\nmusic he travels a large part of his time and meets a great many\\nplayers, and has been quite successful with most of them, only lower-\\ning his colors to such players as Clarke. Oliver and champion Hill.\\nHis hrst scientific lessons on the game was received from his cousin.\\nHis talent in the musical profession has long been recognized as one\\nof the best. A genial associate, one who will win a game quietly, and\\nlaugh heartily when he is caught in a trap by his checker opponents.\\nThe game below was played by correspondence and is quite interesting.\\nGame No. 50, Kelso.\\nBlack. Wm.\\nLewis\\nwhite. C. W.\\nSCRIBXER.\\n10 15\\n15 22\\n4 8\\n8 12\\n2 7\\n7 11\\n21 IT\\n25 9\\n23 16\\n31 27\\n22 18\\n9 5\\n11 1(3\\n5 14\\n8 12\\n12 19\\n14 17\\n10 15\\n17 13\\n29 25\\n32 27\\n27 23\\nIS 14\\nIS 14\\n8 11\\n16 19\\n12 19\\n11 16\\n6 10\\n16 20\\n24 20\\n23 16\\n27 23\\n20 11\\n23 18\\n14 10\\n9 14\\n12 19\\n3 8\\n7 16\\n17 21\\nDrawn.\\n22 18\\n27 23\\n23 16\\n25 22\\n14 9\\n142", "height": "4736", "width": "3092", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0154.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n143\\nNo. 87 (J. Wylie)\\nBlack\\n1*11\\nBolloljl\\nat\\nlol\\nhite.\\nW hite to move and win.\\nNo. 89 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\ni\\n4 m\\n.j\u00c2\u00ae 111\u00c2\u00ae 111\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 91 (A. Schaefer).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 88 (J. Wylie)\\nBlack\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o\\nv\\\\ hite\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 90 (G. H. Powell).\\nBlack.\\nii\\nOi\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nNo. 92 (R. D. Yates).\\nBlack.\\nlol\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0155.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "EK. JACQUES. The late E. R. Jacques was born in the city of\\nToronto, Ontario, on September 2. 1833. He was educated at\\nMilton High School and took up the profession of school teaching,\\nwhich he followed for about fifteen years. He commenced his career\\nas a draught player in Scarboro, and was an ardent and enthusiastic\\nstudent of the game. He was the founder of the celebrated Scarboro\\nDraught Club, and held the position ot president for years, and the\\nphenomenal success of this club was due to his ability and zeal in the\\ngame. He was long recognized as Canada T s greatest player. He died\\nof consumption February 9, 1872, at Malvern, Ont.\\nGame No 51* Cross.\\nBlack, W. Fleming; white, the late E. R. Jacques.\\n11 15\\n14 23\\n12 16\\n18 23\\n5 9\\n6 15\\n23 18\\n26 19\\n24 20\\n25 22\\n17 14\\n13 6\\n8 11\\n7 14\\n16 19\\n14 18\\n10 17\\n1 10\\n27 23\\n19 15\\n20 16\\n29 25\\n15 11\\n25 22\\n4 8\\n11 18\\n2 7\\n7 11\\n8 15\\n17 26\\n23 19\\n22 15\\n17 13\\n16 7\\n28 24\\n30 7\\n10 14\\n14 18\\n9 14\\n3 10\\n19 28\\nW. wins.\\n19 10\\n21 17\\n31 26\\n22 17\\n26 10 Bowen s cross.\\n144", "height": "4732", "width": "3088", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0156.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nGame No. 52, Bristol.\\n11 16\\n9 U\\n4 8\\n24 20\\n18 9\\n27 24\\n16 19\\n5 14\\n7 11\\nm i6\\n25 22\\n24 15\\n12 19\\n8 12\\n11 18\\n22 18\\n22 IT\\n32 27\\nSolution to problem Xo. 87.\\n8 11\\n3 8\\n12 19\\n28 24\\n30 26\\n27 20\\n11 15\\n6 9\\n18 27\\n29 25\\n24 19-a\\n31 6\\n2 7\\n15 24\\n1 10\\n26 23\\n20 16\\n17 13\\nYVvlie won\\nGame No, 53, Switcher/\\n11 15\\n17 14\\n13 22\\n21 17\\n10 17\\n26 17\\n9 13\\n21 14\\n15 18\\n25 21\\n6 10\\n24 20\\n8 11\\n22 17\\n4 8\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solution to problem Xo. 88.\\n29 25\\n6 9\\n27 20\\n11 15\\n24 19-a\\n18 27\\n30 26\\n15 24\\n31 6\\n2 6\\n20 16\\n1 10\\n2S 24\\n12 19\\n26 22\\nWylie won\\nGame No, 54, Irregular.\\n1 1 15\\n5 9\\n16 23\\n7 11\\n2 7 18 27\\n23 19\\n17 13\\n27 11\\n29 25\\n24 31 15\\n8 11\\n3 8\\n8 15\\n15 18\\n15 24 10 19\\n22 17\\n22 17\\n28 24\\n32 27\\n20 16 17 3\\n9 14\\n11 16\\n4 8\\n11 15\\n12 19 Hefter won.\\n25 22\\n24 20\\n26 23\\n30 26\\n27 20\\na Solution to problem Xo. 89.\\nGame Xo, 55, Second Double Corner\\n11 15\\n9 13\\n4 8\\n1 6\\n3 7\\n3 7\\n24 19\\n18 14\\n29 25\\n25 22\\n30 25\\nGO\\nCO\\n15 24\\n10 17\\n6 9\\n5 9\\n9 14-tf\\n13 17\\n28 19\\n21 14\\n26 22\\n22 18\\n18 9\\n21 14\\n8 11\\n11 16\\n9 18\\n7 10\\n5 14\\n6 13\\n22 18\\n25 21\\n22 15\\n31 26\\n22 18\\nPowell won.\\na Solution to problem Xo. 90.\\nGame Xo. 56, Single Corner.\\n11 15\\n24 19\\n4 8\\n22 IS\\n8 12\\n18 15\\n15 22\\n27 24\\n9 14\\n25 18\\n16 20\\n29 25\\n12 16\\n32 27\\n5 9\\nz\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solution to problem No. 91.\\n26 22 11 16 22 18\\n7 11 25 22 3 7\\n22 18 9 13-tf 18 9\\n15 IS 9 13 17\\n31 26 5 14 Scbaefer won.", "height": "4708", "width": "2972", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0157.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "146\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No 57,. Single Corner 99\\n11 15\\n4 8\\n5 14\\n11 15\\n15 24\\n14 18\\n22 18\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n18 9\\n20 16\\n6 2\\n15 22\\n10 15\\n6 10\\n1 5\\n12 19\\n7 11\\n25 18\\n24 20\\n28 24\\n9 iy-a\\n27 20\\n2 6\\n8 11\\n9 14\\n15 18\\n2 9\\n18 27\\nYates won\\n29 25\\n18 9\\n17 13\\n24 19\\n31 6\\na Solution to problem No, 92.\\nGame No. 58, Second Double Corner\\nBlack. C. H.\\nFreeman\\nwhite,\\nI si dor Cohen.\\nU 15\\n11 16\\n20 24\\n1 5\\n12 19\\n11 15\\n24 19\\n29 25\\n27 20\\n18 9\\n28 7\\n8 3 a\\n15 24\\n16 20\\n9 13\\n5 14\\n8 10\\n15 19\\n28 19\\n18 15\\n18 9\\n25 22\\n20 16\\n3 7\\n8 11\\n4 8\\n11 27\\n8 11\\n2 7\\nli 24\\n22 18\\n22 18\\n32 23\\n30 26\\n16 12\\n21 17\\n10 14\\n7 11\\n5 14\\n6 9\\n7 11\\n14 21\\n25 22\\n26 22\\n22 18\\n19 16\\n12 8\\n7 5\\nW. wins.\\na\\n26 23\\n23 16\\n8 3\\n3 7\\n7 10\\n10 15\\n15 19\\n10 15\\n14 18\\n18 25\\n15 19\\n19 24\\nand 15 18, white now wins by commanding square 18 and bringing his\\nman on 16 to square 5 and c:\\\\ptiire the piece on 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. Cohen.\\nGame No. 59, Whilter.\\nBlack, J. W. Edgerly; w r hite, A. Pollak.\\n11 15\\n5 9\\n2 7\\n5 14\\n18 25\\n25 30\\n23 19\\n17 13\\n26 22-a\\n22 17\\n27 2\\n9 5\\n9 14\\n3 7\\n14 18\\n23 26\\n15 18\\n80 26\\n22 17\\n29 25\\n23 14\\n30 23\\n17 14\\n5 1\\n7 11\\n1 5\\n9 18-3\\n12 16\\n10 17\\n26 22\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n17 14\\n23 19\\n21 14\\n24 20\\n11 16\\n7 11\\n16 23\\n16 23\\n8 12\\n22 17\\n26 23\\n31 26\\n14 9\\n25 22\\n13 9\\nW. wins.\\nNOTES by pollak.\\nSpringing a trap.\\nTaking the bait. Some years ago Mr. Brown and myself analyzed\\nthe above play and showing it to Dr. Schaefer he said some of the play\\ncould be found in Baker Reed s Alma. 1", "height": "4708", "width": "3276", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0158.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nGame No. 60, Switcher.\\nBlack, Isidor Cohen; white, H. N. Pillsbury.\\n11 15\\n24 19\\n11 16\\n22 18\\n2 11\\n7 11\\n22 IT\\n15 24\\n32 28\\n6 9\\n19 15\\n16 20\\n8 11\\n28 19\\n7 10\\n31 26\\n18 22\\n23 18\\n25 22\\n10 17\\n14 7\\n13 17\\n15 8\\n27 31\\nU 13\\n25 21\\n3 10\\n18 15\\n22 31\\n14 9\\nIT 14\\n11 16\\n30 25\\n9 13\\n8 3\\n31 26\\n10 IT\\n21 14\\n1 6\\n15 11\\n31 24\\n18 14\\n21 14\\n8 11\\n25 21\\n14 18\\n28 19\\n20 24\\n4 8\\n22 18\\n10 14\\n21 14\\n20 24\\n14 10\\n29 25\\n16 20\\n18 9\\n13 17\\n3 7\\n24 27\\n6 10\\n26 22\\n5 14\\n11 7\\n24 27\\n10 7\\nDrawn.\\nGame Xo. 61, Single Corner.\\nBlack, S. J.\\nSimpson\\nwhite, J. F.\\nRathbon.\\n11 15\\n10 15\\n10 17\\n2 6\\n10 14\\n14 IT\\n22 18\\n25 22\\n22 13\\n24 19\\n22 18\\n25 21\\n15 22\\n12 16\\n15 22\\n15 24\\n6 9\\n17 22\\n25 18\\n21 17\\n26 17\\n28 19\\n13 6\\n21 17\\n8 11\\n8 12\\n9 14\\n3 7\\n1 10\\n22 26\\n29 25\\n27 24\\n17 10\\n26 22\\n18 9\\n17 13\\n4 8\\n7 10\\n6 15\\n7 10\\n5 14\\n26 31\\n24 20\\n17 14\\n31 26\\n32 28\\n30 25\\nB. wins.\\nGame No, 62, Bristol.\\nBlack, W. G. Hill;\\nwhite, L.\\nM. Stearns,\\n11 16\\n25 22\\n14 17\\n26 22\\n6 10\\n16 7\\n23 18\\n5 9\\n21 14\\n17 26\\n25 21\\n3 10\\n8 11\\n26 23\\n10 17\\n19 15\\n10 15\\n21 17\\n18 14\\n16 20\\n31 26\\n10 19\\n18 14\\n14 21\\n9 18\\n29 25\\n6 10\\n23 16\\n15 18\\n27 24\\n22 8\\n9 14\\n24 19\\n12 19\\n14 10-0\\nDrawn,\\n4 11\\n22 18\\n2 6\\n30 16\\n714\\na very neatly finished, A, C. R.", "height": "4708", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0159.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "T SI DOR COHEN, New York, N. Y. This promising player, though\\n1 young in years, is showing a rare ability as a checker player, and\\nno doubt before many years will convince the admirers of the game\\nthat he can play checkers. He has won games from some of the best\\ntalent of his native city, and also the game on another page that he so\\nskillfully won from the Yates of today, Clarence H. Freeman, is glory\\nenough even for players of years of study, could they accomplish the\\nsame. He has contributed a number of meritorious problems to the\\nBrooklyn Eagle with deserving comment on the neatness of the solu-\\ntion. Mr. Cohen will no doubt be heard from in match play at -ome\\nfuture day.\\nGame No. 63, Second Double Corner.\\nBlack, J. Brown; white, Isidor Cohex.\\n31 26\\n2 6\\nDrawn.\\n11 15\\n18 9\\n4 8\\n27 20\\n6 15\\n24 19\\n5 14\\n29 25\\n10 15\\n23 19\\n15 24\\n25 22\\n8 11\\nn 10\\n15 24\\n28 19\\n11 15\\n25 22\\n7 14\\n32 28-a\\n9 14\\n22 18\\n11 15\\n22 18\\n3 8\\n22 18\\n15 22\\n30 26\\n15 22\\n28 19\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a08 11\\n26 17\\n15 24\\n26 10\\n8 11\\na Forms problem No. 94 of this book.\\n148", "height": "4728", "width": "3248", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0160.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "A J. DE FREEST, checker editor of the New York Clipper, was\\nborn in 1858 at Troy, N. Y. He commenced to play checkers\\nin 1878, and at the death of Ira D. Sweet took charge of the draught\\ncolumn of the Clipper and has made a marked improvement in the ar-\\nrangement of the games over the old way of a column for the black\\nmoves and a column for the white moves, as it formerly was. Mr. De\\nFreest has played with some of the best talent in the world. With M.\\nC. Priest out of 10 games, one each and 8 drawn. In the New York\\ntournaments, among such leading lights of the checker world as Dr.\\nSchaefer, Coakley, Dempster, Clouser, McEntee (John and James),\\nJohntry, W. Colgan, Maxwell and a number of lesser lights. Dr.\\nSchaefer won first prize and De Freest won second prize, a notable\\nvictory. The date of Mr. De Freest 1 s score with M. C. Priest was\\nmade when the latter was on his way from Philadelphia to Boston to\\nplay C. F. Barker for the American championship. Priest was in fine\\nplaying form at this time.\\n149", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0161.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "AMIDIE FOLLAK. Born in the city of Rheims, France, Septem-\\nber 23, 1850. Some eighteen months afterwards his parents were\\nforced to leave France, as an active opponent of Xapoleon, w, Coup\\nd etat, and came to America, settling down in the city of New York.\\nIn 1886 he took up the game of checkers as a pastime, and has since\\nbeen able to hold his own with the best of them. He never played a\\nmatch or published a score, only playing the game to take up his at-\\ntention during leisure hours. His business is that of a tobbacconist,\\nat 404 East 23rd street, New York, N. Y.. and his store is headquarters\\nfor checker players and every one are welcome from 2 p. m. till late\\nat night. Any lover of the game who by chance or intention should\\nfind himself in New York, could not do himself a greater or more last-\\ning benefit than to call upon Mr. Pollak at his address above. He will\\nbe much pleased to see you.\\n150", "height": "4708", "width": "3240", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0162.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "J OH N JOHN TRY. Born in the city of New York January 11, 1848.\\nHe bad a natural love for the game early in life, and today ranks\\nas one of the best in his native city. As a correspondence player he\\nhas no superior, and is at present engaged in the final contest of the\\nNew York World s great correspondence tournament with Mr. M. E.\\nPomeroy, which has settled down to these two skillful players after\\nmany rounds, and the result of the final score is awaited with interest.\\nThere was a large entry to this tournament, but all had to succumb to\\nthe superior playing of Johntry and Pomeroy. In cross board play\\nMr. Johntry has an enviable record, and has made a name for himself\\nand the city of his birth unequalled only by a few in the state. With-\\nout the genial subject of this brief sketch in the New York tourna-\\nment, w r ould be regarded as out ot the question. He is always there\\nand merrily goes the game. The portrait above is an exact copy of\\nthe photo, and shows Mr Johntry to be quite handsome.\\n151", "height": "4700", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0163.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM COLGAX of New York City, is a native of Scotland,\\nbut has made his home in the great and busy city of New York\\nso long that he thoroughly loves the country of his adoption. As a\\nchecker player he is one of New York s best. In 1S91 he won first\\nprize in the X. Y. C. tourney. In Scotland some years ago he played\\nW. Campbell a match, also won the second prize in a tournament out\\nthere. In four sittings with James Wylie he scored as follows First,\\n1 draw: second. Wylie 1, Colgan 0. drawn 1: third, Wylie 3. Colgan 0.\\ndrawn 1 fourth, drawn 2: total. Wylie 4, drawn 5.\\nGame No 64, Cross. 95\\nBlack.\\nJ. P. Reed:\\nwhite. W.\\nCOLGAX.\\n11 15\\n19 10\\n20 27\\n23 19\\n5 9\\n18 2\\n23 13\\nT 14\\n17 10\\n9 13\\n22 18\\n11 25\\n8 11\\n26 19\\n4 8\\n30 26\\n3 7\\n19 15\\n27 23\\n11 16\\n32 23\\n14 IS\\n26 22\\n25 29\\n10 14\\n19 15\\n2 7\\n28 24\\n7 11\\n2 7\\n23 19\\n16 20\\n25 22\\n18 25\\n24 20\\n1\\n14 23\\n22 IT\\n~7 14\\n29 22\\n9 14\\n7 2\\nColgan won.\\n152", "height": "4728", "width": "3268", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0164.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n153\\nNo. 93 (J. Johntry)\\nB lac k\\n||p jp* pi\\nWhite,\\nW hite to move R. to win.\\nNo. 95 (A. Guide).\\nBlack.\\nlo\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 97 (L. J. Vair).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 94 (I. Cohen)\\nblack\\no\\nwVhite\\nBlack to move W to draw\\nNo. 96 (R. W. Patterson).\\nBlack.\\n|^B\u00c2\u00aeB^B\u00c2\u00aeB;\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win\\nNo. 98 (E. R.Jacques).\\nBlack.\\nP! IF! ppiil\\n111 B^?H\\nV^\\\\W W?/ ^9 //y W/\\nwk m Hi\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and drawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "2964", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0165.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "154\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n6\\n15\\n24 27\\n31 24\\n24 19\\n7 11\\n21 17\\n1 6\\n2 7\\n21 17\\n14 21\\n22 17\\nS 12\\n15 10\\n18 14\\n9 18\\n4 8\\n24 19\\n29 25\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 93. (J. Johntry and a friend.)\\n9 14\\n6 9\\n2 7\\n20 16-1\\n28 24\\n6 9\\n17 13\\n9 14\\n23 18\\n7 11\\n24 20\\n6 15\\n13 6\\n1 10\\n15 10\\n6 15\\n14 5\\n11 15\\n5 9\\n15 IS\\nNo. 94. (I. Cohen.)\\n12 19\\n24 15\\n1 6\\n*21 17\\nVAR 1.\\n13 9\\n14 17\\n9 6\\n17 22\\n6 2\\n22 26\\n2 6\\n26 31\\nNo. 95. (A. Guide.)\\n15 24\\n28 19\\n11 15\\n18 11\\n10 14\\n11 7\\n9 5\\n18 14\\n7 10\\n15 11\\n6 10\\n31 27\\n10 14\\n11 16\\n21 25\\n7 2\\n25 30\\nNo. 96. (R. W. Patterson.)\\n17 14\\n10 17\\n21 14\\n15 18 31 15\\n26 23 16 19\\n19 26 15 10\\nNo. 97. (L. J. Vaif.)\\n24 19\\n15 24\\n22 15\\n29 22\\nNo. 98. (The late E. R. Jacques.)\\n8 11\\n19 15-1\\n19 15\\n12 16\\n13 17\\n22 6\\n3 8\\n18 9\\nVAR. 1.\\n15 10\\n8 12\\n10 6\\n*11 15\\nB. wins.\\nin 15\\n2 24\\nDrawn.\\n20 11\\n27 20\\n11 8\\n20 16\\nB. wins.\\n2 6\\n30 25\\nDrawn.\\nW. wins.\\n20 25\\nW. wins.\\n11 27\\nDrawn.\\n20 11\\n15 19\\n23 16\\n14 23\\nDrawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "3272", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0166.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n155\\nGame No. 65, Defiance.\\nBlack, M. C. Priest: white. A. J. De Freest.\\n11 15\\n6 9\\n12 19\\n10 15\\n14 21\\n25 22\\n23 19\\n25 22\\n23 16\\n13 6\\n23 7\\n28 19\\n9 14\\n9 13\\n8 11\\n1 10\\n3 10\\n22 20\\n27 23\\n24 20\\n27 23\\nm 26\\n26 23\\n3 7\\ng 11\\n11 15\\n2 6\\n15 IS- a\\n21 25\\n26 23\\n22 18\\n32 27\\n22 17\\n31 27\\n12 8\\n7 16\\n15 22\\n15 24\\n13 22\\n10 15\\n25 30\\n23 27\\n25 9\\n28 19\\n26 17\\n16 12\\n8 3\\n16 11\\n5 14\\n4 8\\n6 9\\n7 10\\n30 25\\nW. wins.\\n29 25\\n19 16\\n17 18\\n21 17\\n27 24\\nrt-No draw after this move. A. J. De Freest.\\nGame No, 66. Aysliire Lassie.\\nPlayed in the New York World correspondence tourney.\\nBlack, M. E. Pomerov: white, John Johntry.\\n11 15\\n7 10\\n3 7\\n9 14\\n17 22\\n22 15\\n24 20\\n24 19\\n*26 22\\n18 9\\n18 14\\n10 1\\n8 11\\n15 24\\n14 17\\n11 18\\n22 25\\n8 11\\n28 24\\n28 19\\n21 14\\n25 22\\n23 18\\n9 6\\n9 13\\n1 6\\n10 26\\nIS 25\\n25 30\\n2 9\\n32 28\\n18 15\\n31 22\\n29 22\\n19 15\\nco\\nO\\n6 9\\n11 IS\\n7 11\\n5 14\\n30 26\\n11 16\\n23 18\\n22 15\\n23 18\\n27 23\\n14 9\\n20 11\\n10 14\\n4 8\\n18 17\\n14 17\\n26 22\\n15 8\\n26 23\\n30 26\\n22 13\\n22 18\\n15 10\\nDrawn.\\nThe position at this stage is the same as Robertson s Guide, var.\\n236 at fifth move given as a black win J. J.\\nOaine No.\\nBlack. C. F. Barker:\\n11 16\\n18 15\\n13 22\\n23 18\\n7 10\\n25 9\\n16 20\\n22 17\\n5 14\\n24 19\\n9 13\\n31 27\\n10 14\\n27 23\\n3 7\\nBristol.\\nwhite, late H. Z. Wright,\\n29 25 14 21 27 24\\n7 11 23 7 20 27\\n21 17 2 11 32 7\\n11 18 19 16 W, wins\\n26 22 12 19", "height": "4696", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0167.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "The late W. H. BROUGHTON. J. WYLIE.\\nJames Wylie, the veteran draught player and champion of th world, and the late\\nCapt. W. H. Broughton of Portland. Maine. The above portrait was taken in 1873,\\nduring the great Lancaster Hall match, one of the most exciting matches ever played.", "height": "4684", "width": "3328", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0168.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYEHS.\\n157\\nJAMES WYLIE, Champion of the World.\\nTHIS Grand Old Man, who is nearly 74 years of age, was born at\\nPiershill Barracks, near Edinburg, Scotland, on the 6th of July,\\n1820, and as editor of the Draught s World has said here cannot but\\nbe a peculiar charm and fascination about the busy and eventful life\\nand career of such a champion as James Wylie, who is familiarly\\nknown as the Herd Laddie. in 1834, sixty years ago, he commenced\\nthe study of draughts, and it would take many pages to enumerate all\\nthe matches played by the veteran champion, yes a large sized book\\ncould easily be filled, and for an extended sketch which is being pub-\\nlished in parts each month, see the Draughts World During his\\ncareer as a player he has visited this country several times, with won\\nderful success, beating nearly all of America s best, with the excep-\\ntion of the late R. D. Yates and C. H. Freeman, and with C. F. Bar-\\nker a tie match in 1882. He has many warm friends in this country,\\nand none more so than the author. His games and problems are\\nsought for with great eagerness by all grades of players, some of which\\nappear in this work, the solutions of which show the master mind.\\nThe lateCAPT. W. H. BROUGHTON.\\nTHE subject of this sketch was born in Naples, Me., in 1846 and re-\\nmoved to Portland, where he resided at his death, which occurred\\nJan. 27, 1882. As a checker player he was one of the best, and cham-\\npion of his state. He also had wonderful powers as a blindfold\\nplayer, astonishing all who witnessed his marvelous performances with\\nseveral players with as many different boards, and without sight of\\nboard or touching the pieces he could win and draV games with great\\ncelerity. With C. F. Barker at Lewiston in 1878 a very exciting match\\nresulted in one game each and ten drawn. He was one of the young-\\nest and bravest of officers in the civil war. Through the kindness of\\nMrs. Broughton, the widow, we are enabled to give the portraits of\\nMr. Broughton and James Wylie, taken while playing their match in\\n1873, of which Wylie won.\\nTHE OLD CHECKER BOARD.\\nTis a checker board, but oh, so old,\\nThe squares are worn quite dim from view\\nIts history will remain untold,\\nOf the days when it was bright and new,\\nAnd the fingers that moved the men along\\nTo each king row in play,\\nA nd formed positions, both weak and strong,\\nAre moldering now in clay.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094John J. Barker.", "height": "4708", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0169.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "I T ILLIS GRANT HILL, champion checker player of New Hamp-\\nYy shire, was born in Granville, Vermont, Feb. 12, 1872. At the age\\nof 4 years his parents removed to New Hampshire, where lie has\\nsince resided. When Willis had reached the age of 7 his mother died,\\nand for a few years it was a rocky road, without a mother s loving\\ncare and guidance, but he persevered and gradually improved his con-\\ndition relative to his future in life, until today at the age of 22 years, he\\nis a popular clerk in the large hardware establishment of John B,\\nVarick Co., Manchester, N. H., and is a general favorite with all.\\nIn 1880 he became interested in the game through the Derry News\\nchecker column, and the editor, L. M. Stearns, at once enlisted the\\nboy as his pupil, and so quickly did he acquire the scientific points of\\nthe game that he at once named him the Boy Wonder of the East,\\nPercy M. Bradt at that time being the Boy Wonder of the West.\\nAt the age of 15 he tied J. E. Barron of Haverhill, Mass., by a score\\nof one each and a draw. In 1888 in a match by correspondence he de-\\nfeated J. E. Bonney of Hamilton. N. Y., 2 to 0, 8 drawn, and later in\\na match with the noted expert W. L. Brown of Evanston. 111., he was\\ndefeated m a close hot contest. Some two years ago he lost his ex-\\ncellent checker library by fire, but even with this drawback the state-\\nment made by the checker editor of the Derry News that Willie would\\nbe champion of New Hampshire inside of five years is proved true,\\n(see that paper dated March 21, 1890). In the same month with H.\\nW. Shannon he scored 3, Shannon 4, drawn 16. Mr. Hill is a careful\\nplayer with steady nerves,\\n158", "height": "4708", "width": "2996", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0170.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n159\\nThe New Hampshire Championship Games.\\nPlayed between Arlie L. Oliver and Willis G. Hill of Manchester, N.\\nH., April, 1894, for the state championship and $50 a side. The games\\nwere played at Manchester, N. H., in the parlor of the West Side\\nClub House, and the match was won by Hill. Mr. Oliver resigned at\\nthe finish of the nineteenth game, the score standing as follows Hill\\n4. Oliver 2, drawn 13. Mr. Hill was congratulated on all sides as Mr.\\nOliver was without doubt the best expert on the game in the state up\\nto this time. Herman Hayes acted in the capacity of referee, E. E.\\nBean time-keeper for Hill, and Mr. Collins for Oliver. The stakes\\nwere held by the sporting editor of the Manchester Daily Mirror. The\\ngames are first-class, and fully up to, if not better, than the average\\nof any match of the same number of games that has been chronicled\\nin the records of scientific playing, and they will be as a guiding star\\nto the checker players of the world long after the projectors of them\\nhave played their last game. L. M. Stearns.\\nFirst Game, Fife 99\\nTHE NOTES ON THE GAMES ARE BY CHAMPION HILL.\\nOliver s move.\\n11 15 8 11\\n23 19 25 22\\n9 14 4 8\\n22 17 22 17\\n5 9 13 22\\n26 23 26 17\\n9 13 2 6\\n30 26 24 20\\n13 22 15 24\\n25 9 28 19\\n6 13 10 15-0\\n29 25 19 10\\n6 15\\n32 28\\n1 6\\n17 14\\n15 19\\n23 16\\n12 19\\n21 17\\n7 10\\n14 7\\n3 10\\n17 13\\n10 15\\n27 23\\n19 26\\n31 22\\n15 19\\n*22 17\\n6 10\\n13 9\\n19 23\\n9 6\\n23 27\\n6 2\\n10 15\\n2 6\\n27 31\\n17 13\\n15 19\\n6 10\\n19 23\\n10 7\\n8 12\\n7 16\\n12 19\\n20 16\\n31 26\\n13 9\\n26 22\\n16 11\\n22 17\\n11 7\\n17 14\\n9 5\\nDrawn,\\na A new move to me.", "height": "4688", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0171.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "160\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSecond Game, Switcher.\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n10 17\\n11 15\\n7 11\\n10 14\\n32 27\\n21 17\\n21 14\\n22 18 a\\n26 23\\n2 6\\n18 14\\n9 13\\n13 17\\n15 22\\n12 16\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n25 21\\n22 13\\n26 17\\n18 14\\n6 9\\n14 10\\n8 11\\n6 9\\n5 9-6\\n3 7\\n18 27\\n15 19\\n24 19\\n13 6\\n23 18\\n17 13\\n9 18\\n10 15\\n15 24\\n2 27\\n9 13\\n6 10\\n16 19\\n27 24\\n28 19\\n32 23\\n30 26\\n14 9\\n13 9\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n4 8\\n13 22\\n10 15\\n19 23\\n24 27\\n17 14\\n29 25\\n26 17\\n9 6\\n18 22\\nDrawn.\\n15 24\\n8 11\\n1 6\\n7 10\\n27 32\\n27 20\\n25 22\\n31 26\\n6 2\\n22 18\\na A strong move.\\nb 1 6 is a better move.\\nThird Game, Fife\\nOliver s move.\\n11 15\\n6 13\\n15 24\\n15 IS\\n10 \\\\h-c\\n31 26\\n23 19\\n29 25\\n28 19\\n24 1M\\n20 16\\n21 17\\n9 14\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n18 27\\n14 18\\n26 22\\n22 17\\n25 22\\n27 24\\n32 23\\n22 17\\n17 13\\n5 9\\n4 8\\n10 14-tf\\n8 11\\n18 23\\n15 19\\n26 23\\n22 17\\n19 10\\n19 16\\n17 14\\n13 9\\n9 13\\n13 22\\n6 15\\n12 19\\n23 26\\n22 IS\\n30 26\\n26 17\\n17 10\\n23 7\\n16 11\\n14 10\\n13 22\\n2 6\\n7 14\\n3 10\\n26 31\\n19 24\\n25 9\\n24 20\\n31 26\\n26 22\\n11 7\\nDrawn\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A surprise party.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094Z2 27 looked good here, but time being called before being satis-\\nfied of the final result 1 played a safe line.\\n\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u00941 6 forces 22 17, but is not as safe as the move in the text.", "height": "4708", "width": "2984", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0172.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYEKS.\\n161\\nFourth Game, Whilter.\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n20 27\\n10 19\\n22 25\\n6 15\\n10 14\\n23 19\\n16 7\\n20 22-fr\\n11 8\\n13 6\\n7 10\\n9 14\\n2 11\\n19 23\\n25 29\\n1 10\\n22 17\\n22 17\\n31 24\\n16 12\\n8 4\\n4 S\\n10 15\\n7 11\\n4 8\\n8 11\\n29 25\\n24 28\\n17 22\\n25 22\\n24 19-*\\n22 18\\n4 8\\n8 11\\n13 9\\n11 16\\n15 24\\n11 16\\n3 l-c\\n15 19\\n23 26-^\\n21 23\\n2S l{f\\n18 15\\ns 4\\n11 16\\n30 23\\n5 9 V\\n11 15\\n16 20\\n25 22\\n18 22\\n14 18\\n17 13\\n19 16\\n25 22\\n12 8\\n17 13\\n23 14\\n8 11\\n12 19\\n14 18\\n22 18\\n19 24\\n22 17\\n29 25\\n23 16\\n22 17\\n8 3-d\\n16 11\\n32 23\\n16 20\\n15 18\\n18 22\\n20 24\\n24 27\\n17 26\\n19 16\\n22 15\\n15 li\\n3 10\\n11 7\\nDrawn.\\nNew to\\nme, and is\\nnot given\\nin Lee s Guide.\\nb An odd move.\\nc Throwing away the advantage. 25 22 is better if not a win,\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 17 14, 1 5, 8 3. 6 10, 13 6, 18 2, B. wins.\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A brilliant ending to a long tedious game lasting three hours and\\ntwenty-three minutes.\\nFifth Game, Old Fourteenth.\\nOliver\\ns move.\\n11 15\\n9 18\\n18 23\\n8 12\\n10 14\\n19 24-^\\n23 19\\n30 26\\n26 19\\n15 11\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n8 11\\n5 9\\n11 IS\\n18 22\\n22 26\\n30 25\\n22 17\\n*32 28\\n19 16\\n11 8\\n15 10\\n9 6\\n4 8\\n*18 23\\n12 19\\n23 26\\n31 27\\n2 9\\n17 13\\n27 18\\n24 15\\n8 4\\n10 17\\n13 6\\n15 18\\n15 22\\n18 22\\n26 30\\n27 18\\n23 18\\n24 20\\n25 t a\\n25 18 9\\n4 8\\n13 9\\n6 9\\n11 15\\n10 l\u00c2\u00b1-6\\n14 23\\n30 26\\n18 23\\n25 22\\n28 24\\n18 15\\n28 2\u00c2\u00b1-c\\n8 11- d\\n19 15\\n17 13\\n8 11\\n11 18\\n9 14\\n6 10\\n12 19\\nOliver won.\\n26 23\\n19 15\\n24 19\\n31 27\\n17 13\\n3 8\\n7 11\\n14 18\\n26 31\\n26 30\\n23 14\\n29 25\\n20 16\\n27 23\\n15 10\\na Druinmond played 26 17 as starred move, but I ventured the\\nmove in the text.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 overlooked the full effect of this move,\\nc I think 20 16 is safe for a draw, but seeing that 28 24 followed\\n23 27, would allow a draw by 24 19, 27 32, 31 27, 32 16, 20 4, 2 7, 4 8,\\n7 11, 15 10, 6 15, 13 6, 1 10. 21 17, drawn.\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 16 11, 26 23, 19 16, 12 19, 11 7, 2 11, 8 24, 22 25, B. wins,\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 30 26, white would draw neatly by 10 6, 1 10, 9 6, 2 9, 13 24.\\nTime of game, three hours.", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0173.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "162\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSixth Game, Switcher.\\nHilPs move.\\n11 15\\n10 17\\n4 8\\n7 10\\n14 17\\n22 26\\n21 17\\n25 21\\n27 24\\n14 7\\n2 6\\n4 8\\n9 13\\n1 6\\n16 20\\n5 14\\n17 22\\n26 31\\n25 21\\n21 14\\n23 18\\n7 2\\n11 8\\n16 11\\n8 11\\n6 10\\n20 27\\n22 26\\n23 18\\n19 16\\n24 19\\n30 25\\n31 24\\n32 28\\n6 10\\n11 7\\n15 24\\n10 17\\n8 11\\n26 81\\n15 19\\n24 28\\n28 19\\n25 21\\n24 20\\n28 24\\n20 ft\\n8 11\\n11 16\\n2 6\\n12 16\\n31 27\\n18 15\\n16 20\\n17 14\\n21 14\\n19 12\\n24 19\\n10 6\\n10 6\\n10 17\\n6 10\\n10 15\\n27 23\\n19 24\\n3 10\\n21 14\\n22 17\\n17 13\\n19 16\\n8 4\\n6 15\\n6 10\\n13 22\\n15 22\\n11 15\\n15 19\\nDrawn\\n29 25\\n26 17\\n13 9\\n16 11\\n6 10\\n11 15\\nSeventh Game, Old Fourteenth^\\nOliver s move.\\n8 11\\n18 22\\n23 19 26 23 25 18\\n8 11 9 14 10 15\\n22 17 31 26 19 10\\n4 8 5 9 6 22\\n17 13 21 17 23 18\\n15 18 14 21 7 10\\n24 20 23 5 24 19\\n11 15 15 18 3 7\\n28 24 26 23 27 23\\na James Wylie played 10 15\\n31 27 is new to me.\\nat\\n11 16\\n20 11\\n7 16\\n32 28\\n*2 6\\n18 15\\n22 26\\n15 11\\n26 31\\n11 7\\nthis\\n31 27-tf 21 30\\npoint\\n23 18\\n16 23\\n7 2\\n6 9\\n13 6\\n12 16\\n29 25\\n23 26\\n30 23\\nwith\\n23 19\\n16 23\\n18 14\\n10 17\\n2 7\\n1 10\\n7 21\\nDrawn.\\nNeat finish\\nJ. A. Kear.\\nThe\\nEighth Game, Switcher.\\nHill s\\nmove.\\n11 15\\n4 8\\n11 16\\n27 23\\n10 14\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n29 25\\n20 2\\n18 14\\n1 5\\n20 16\\n9 13\\n8 11\\n3 8\\n23 19\\n23 27\\n26 31\\n25 21\\n22 18\\n2 9\\n14 10\\n6 9\\n16 12\\n8 11\\n13 17-tf\\n5 32\\n8 11\\n14 10\\n31 27\\n24 19\\n25 22\\n19 15\\n10 1\\n9 13\\n12 8\\n15 24\\n6 10\\n1 6\\n19 10\\n10 15\\n27 23\\n28 19\\n22 13\\n28 24\\n13 9\\n5 9\\n17 13\\n11 15\\n10 17\\n32 27\\n11 15\\n15 11\\n21 25\\n17 14\\n31 27\\n24 20\\n9 6\\n13 17\\n22 17\\n10 17\\n2 6\\n27 24\\n15 18\\n12 16\\nDrawn\\n21 14\\n32 28\\n26 23\\n6 2\\n30 26\\n15 24\\n17 21\\n24 27\\n18 23\\n16 19\\n27 20\\n23 19\\n23 18\\n2 6\\n26 22\\na New to me.", "height": "4708", "width": "3000", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0174.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nNinth Game, Cross.\\nOliver s move.\\n11 15\\n23 18\\n8 11\\n27 23\\n10 14\\n23 19\\n14 23\\n19 10\\n7 14\\n26 19\\n9 13\\nSO 26\\n6 10\\n19 15\\n11 18\\n22 6\\n1 10\\n26 23\\n3 7\\n25 22\\n4 8\\n29 25\\n14 17\\n21 14\\n10 26\\n31 22\\n7 10\\n25 21\\n8 11\\n24 19\\n11 16\\n22 18\\n10 14\\n18 9\\n5 14\\n19 15\\n16 19\\n23 16\\n12 19\\n32 27\\n14 18\\n27 24\\n19 23\\n24 19\\n23 27\\n15 10\\n27 32\\n19 15\\n32 27\\n15 11\\n18 23\\n11 8\\n23 26\\n8 4\\n26 30\\n4 8\\n30 26\\n8 11\\n26 22\\n10 7\\n2 6\\n7 2\\n6 9\\n21 17\\n22 26\\n2 6\\n13 22\\n6 13\\n26 23\\n11 7\\nDrawn\\nTenth Game, Switcher.\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n17 14\\n6 10\\n27 23\\n7 16\\n26 23\\n21 17\\n15 24\\n25 21\\n6 9\\n22 15\\n19 26\\n9 13\\n27 20\\n10 17\\n23 16\\n13 17\\n17 14\\n25 21\\n10 17\\n21 14\\n12 19\\n20 11\\n26 31\\n8 11\\n21 14\\n1 6\\n32 28\\n17 21\\n14 10\\n24 19\\n4 8\\n30 25\\n2 6\\n25 22\\n6 9\\n15 24\\n29 25\\n11 15\\n18 15\\n21 25\\n10 6\\n28 19\\n8 11\\n23 18\\n9 18\\n22 17\\n31 27\\n11 15\\n31 27\\n15 19\\n15 11\\n25 30\\nHill won.\\nEleventh Game, Double Corner.\\nOliver s move.\\n9 14\\n13 22\\n*20 27\\n4 11\\n7 10\\n2 9\\n22 18\\n25 18\\n32 23\\n21 17\\n15 6\\n13 6\\n5 9\\n6 13\\n11 16\\n11 16\\n1 10\\n26 31\\n24 19\\n18 14\\n29 25-\u00c2\u00a3\\n18 15\\n17 13\\n6 2\\n11 16\\n10 17\\n17 22\\n16 19\\n10 15\\n31 27\\n26 22\\n21 14\\n25 21\\n23 16\\n27 23\\n23 19\\n8 11\\n13 17\\n16 20\\n12 19\\n19 26\\n15 24\\n22 17\\n27 24\\n19 15\\n31 27\\n30 23\\n28 19\\n9 13-0\\n16 20\\n711\\n3 7\\n22 26\\nDrawn,\\n18 9\\n23 18\\n15 8\\n14 9\\n9 6\\na Lee s Guide gives 16 20 and a starred move.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A desperate move, but appears to be sound.", "height": "4696", "width": "2940", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0175.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "164\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nTwelfth Game, 6 Single Corner.\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n23 16\\n8 11\\n17 13\\n15 24\\n14 10\\n22 18\\n8 12\\n29 25\\n11 16\\n26 23\\n2 6\\n15 22\\n27 23\\n914\\n26 22\\n18 22\\n12 8\\n25 18\\n12 19\\n18 9\\n14 18\\n23 18\\n3 12\\n12 16\\n23 16\\n5 14\\n22 17\\n22 26\\n10 7\\n24 19\\n4 8\\n25 22\\n16 19\\n31 22\\n15 18\\n16 20\\n32 27\\n11 15\\n30 26\\n24 31\\n22 15\\n19 15\\n6 10\\n22 17\\n19 24\\n18 14\\n6 9\\n10 19\\n16 12\\n7 11\\n28 19\\n10 15\\nHill won\\nThirteenth Game, Edinburgh.\\nOHver r s move.\\n9 13\\n22 15\\n5 9\\n27 18\\n10 17\\n23 IS\\n22 18\\n10 19\\n26 23\\n20 27\\n21 14\\n31 26\\n11 16\\n24 15\\n9 14\\n32 23\\n20 24\\n18 14\\n25 22\\n4 8\\n22 18\\n7 11\\n27 20\\n26 22\\n16 20\\n25 22\\n1 5\\n31 21-a\\n6 10\\n14 10\\n29 25\\n7 10\\n18 9\\n11 16\\n15 6\\n22 18\\n8 11\\n23 19\\n5 14\\n30 26\\n2 27\\n10 7\\n18 15\\n3 7\\n23 18\\n16 20\\n26 23\\nOliver won\\n11 18\\n28 24\\n14 23\\n18 14-/5\\n2731\\na Loses, 30 26 is the correct play.\\nh\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 26 22, black wins by 2 7, 21 17, 7 11,\\nFourteenth Game, Whilter.\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n16 23\\n10 19\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n15 24\\n23 19\\n26 19\\n17 10\\n29 25\\n23 19\\n20 16\\n9 14\\n8 11\\n6 15\\n8 11\\n5 9\\n10 14\\n22 17\\n22 17\\n27 23\\n25 22\\n19 16\\n17 10\\n7 11\\n4 S-a\\n18 27\\n18 25\\n12 19\\n6 15\\n25 22\\n31 26\\n32 7\\n30 21\\n24 20\\n13 6\\n11 16\\n15 18\\n3 10\\n2 6\\n19 24\\n1 10\\n17 13\\n19 15\\n21 17\\n26 23\\n28 19\\nHill won\\na Lee s Guide plays 3 7 at this point.", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0176.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n1(55\\nFifteenth Game, Whilter.\\nOliver s move.\\n11 1\\n11 10\\nQ 1 OA\\nol ZD\\nID\\nzo 1\\n12 16\\n19 23\\noo -i n\\nZO IV\\n1 OA\\nlo zU\\n1 Q (X\\nlo D\\nol ZD\\n14 in\\n3 8\\nQ 1.1\\niy id\\nl J JLO\\n32 23\\n11 8\\n10 7\\n22 IT\\n12 19\\n22 15\\n26 12\\n2 7\\n32 28\\n5 9\\n23 7\\n10 26\\n14 10\\n8 3\\n23 19\\n26\\n2 11\\n6 2\\n12 16\\n7 11\\nS 11\\n8 11\\n243 23\\n26 31\\n10 7\\n16 19\\n7 3\\n17 13\\n15 18\\n27 23\\n4 8\\n11 15\\n1 5\\n3 8\\n22 15\\n20 27\\n21 17\\n19 23\\n24 20\\n25 22\\n10 26\\n2 7\\n16 11\\n15 19\\nDrawn.\\n11 16\\n30 23\\n8 11\\n7 2\\n23 27\\n29 25\\n11 15\\n7 16\\n8 12\\n28 24\\n7 11\\n25 22\\n14 18\\n17 14\\n27 32\\nSixteenth Game. Old Fourteenth,\\nHill s move.\\n11 15\\n13 6\\n15 31\\n20 16\\n19 23\\n5 1\\n22 17\\n2 9\\n26 22\\n14 21\\n28 24\\n14 10\\n8 11\\n26 22\\n12 19\\n7 14\\n27 20\\n27 23\\n17 13\\n1 6\\n22 8\\n21 25\\n18 27\\n25 30\\n4 8\\n32 28\\n14 17\\n14 9\\n25 30\\n2 6\\n23 19\\n3 8\\n21 14\\n6 10\\n11 7\\n10 15\\n15 18\\n30 26\\n10 17\\n9 6\\n30 26\\n6 10\\n24 20\\n9 13\\n25 21\\n10 14\\n7 2\\n15 6\\n11 15\\n19 16\\n17 22\\n6 10\\n22 25\\n1 10\\n28 24\\n12 19\\n8 3\\n14 17\\n29 22\\n20 24\\n8 11\\n23 16\\n7 10\\n10 44\\n26 17\\n10 15\\n26 23\\n13 17\\n21 17\\n17 21\\n13 9\\n24 28\\n9 14\\n22 13\\n5 9\\n14 18\\n17 14\\nDrawn.\\n31 26\\n8 12\\n3 7\\n32 17\\n9 5\\n6 9\\n24 19\\n9 14\\n16 11\\n21 25\\nSeventeenth Game, Denny.\\nOliver s move.\\n10 14\\n4 8\\n10 19\\n7 11\\n24 28\\n32 27\\n22 18\\n22 17\\n24 15\\n22 18\\n17 13\\n24 20\\n7 10\\n11 16\\n6 13\\n1 5\\n28 32\\n8 11\\n24 19\\n32 28\\n23 18\\n27 23\\n14 10\\n1 6\\n11 16\\n9 13\\n3 7\\n19 24\\n5 9\\n27 24\\n26 22\\n18 9\\n29 25\\n28 19\\n10 1\\n6 10\\n8 11\\n5 14\\n16 19\\n20 24\\n9 14\\n24 6\\n28 24\\n19 15\\n25 22\\n21 17\\n18 9\\n9 2\\n16 20\\n13 22\\n2 6\\n13 22\\n11 27\\nHill won,\\n30 26\\n25 9\\n18 14\\n26 17\\n31 24", "height": "4696", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0177.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "166\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nEighteenth Game, Glasgow.\\nHill s\\nmove.\\n11 15\\n3 7\\n8 11\\n2 7\\n31 27\\n26 17\\n23 19\\n28 24\\n26 23\\n27 24\\n8 11\\n21 5\\n8 11\\n7 16\\n19 26\\n18 27\\n19 23\\n6 9\\n22 17\\n24 20\\n30 23\\n20 16\\n11 15\\n13 6\\n11 16\\n16 19\\n11 15\\n12 19\\n23 26\\n1 19\\n24 20\\n25 22\\n29 25\\n24 15\\n15 18\\nDrawn.\\n16 23\\n9 14\\n5 9\\n10 19\\n26 30\\n27 11\\n17 13\\n32 28\\n17 3\\n25 22\\n7 16\\n4 8\\n15 18\\n27 31\\n30 26-a\\n20 11\\n22 17\\n31 27\\n3 8\\n18 15\\na Forces a neat draw.\\nNineteenth Game, Edinburgh.\\nOliver s move.\\n9 13\\n16 20\\n18 23\\n26 22-tf\\n16 19\\n21 17\\n22 18\\n24 19\\n2 6\\n10 6\\n2 6\\n11 7\\n11 16\\n20 24\\n11 16\\n31 26\\n3 7\\n17 14\\n18 14\\n19 15\\n610\\n6 2\\n6 2\\n7 3\\n10 17\\n11 16\\n16 20\\n26 23\\n7 11\\n22 25\\n21 14\\n23 19\\n17 13\\n15 10\\n2 7\\n3 8\\n8 11\\n16 23\\n22 25\\n23 16\\n11 15\\n25 30\\n25 21\\n26 19\\n30 21\\n13 9\\n7 10\\n8 11\\n11 15\\n2 7\\n24 27\\n5 14\\n23 18\\n14 18\\n24 19\\n15 10\\n31 24\\n10 26\\n31 27\\n11 16\\n15 24\\n13 17\\n20 27\\n16 19\\n18 22\\n19 23\\n27 11\\n10 6\\n10 15\\n26 22\\n10 14\\n27 31\\n7 16\\n1 10\\n27 31\\n19 15\\n22 25\\n30 25\\n29 25\\n18 15\\n21 17\\n28 24\\n14 17\\n16 19\\n4 8\\n9 18\\n23 26\\n12 16\\n15 18\\n25 30\\n25 22\\n15 6\\n17 14\\n22 26\\n20 16\\n19 26\\n8 11\\n17 22\\n26 30\\n15 18\\n25 21\\n30 23\\n22 18\\n21 17\\n14 10\\n26 31\\n17 13\\n13 9-d\\n6 9\\n7 11\\n30 26\\n18 23\\n18 22\\nDrawn.\\n28 24\\n6 2\\n32 28\\n24 20\\n16 11\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 26 23, 28 24, is the best reply.\\nb The best game ot the match.", "height": "4708", "width": "3000", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0178.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "ARLIE L. OLIVER.\\nEx-champion Draught Player of New Hampshire.", "height": "4708", "width": "2940", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0179.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "SETH W. PARSHLEY. The subject of our sketch, who at one\\ntime held a prominent place among the checker players of\\nAmerica, was born at Dover, N. H., December 26, 1811, and died Jan.\\n31, 1871, on what is known now as the Noble farm, owned by C. A.\\nNorton, Derry, N. H. Previous to Mr. Parshley s locating in Derry\\nhe resided in Boston, Mass., where he was proprietor of an oyster\\nhouse. Here it was that he met and played with the best talent in\\nAmerica, among whom were the noted experts, Mr. Littlefield of Bos-\\nton and A. J. Drysdale of New T York. Mr. Parshley defeated Drys-\\ndale, and it was considered a great victory, as Littlefield had gone\\ndown before the powerful attack of the New Yorker, and he (Parshley\\nwas called in to do him up. After locating in Derry, N. H.. they\\nsent for checker experts from every section of New England, and oc-\\ncasionally one from New York, but to no purpose, Mr. Parshley beat\\nthem all. There are a few checker players in Derry at the present\\ntime that played many games with the veteran Parshley, among whom\\nare Capt. N. H. Brown, George Home and W. P. Home, and all of\\nthese gentlemen assert that Mr. Parshley was undoubtedly one of the\\nbest players of his dav.\\n168", "height": "4708", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0180.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "JOSEPH BROWN, Woonsocket. R. I. The checker player who\\nhas not heard of the subject of our sketch is because he became\\nacquainted with the game since Mr. Brown retired from active work\\nas checker editor of the famous columns in the Woonsocket Reporter,\\nMr. Brown won much fame during his career as editor from 1885 to\\n1891, and it was the general comment that Brown 1 s checkers was good\\nenough for all. in cross board play he could hold his own with most\\nof them in his native state, but failing eyesight compelled him, much\\nagainst his will to relinquish the game. It was the writer s good for-\\ntune to be the guest of Mr. Brown for several days in August, 1891.\\nand the courtesies extended to us by him will never fade from our\\nmemor} 7 Genial joe would compose a problem occasionally, but did\\nnot care so much about them. His business is that of druggist, he\\nhaving two large stores to attend to in Woonsocket, which keeps him\\nvery busy.\\nGame No. 68, Second Double Corner*\\nBlack, J. Brown white, J, Hill.\\n11 15\\n25 22\\n10 15\\n32 28\\n1 5\\n22 13\\n24 19\\n16 20\\n19 10\\n11 16\\n22 18\\n14 18\\n15 24\\n22 IT\\n7 14\\n28 24\\n3 7\\n23 14\\n28 19\\n4 8\\n30 25\\n9 13\\n18 9\\n16 32\\n8 11\\nIT 13\\n6\\n18 9\\n5 14\\n14 9\\n22 18\\n8 11\\n13 6\\n5 14\\n25 22\\nDrawn.\\n11 16\\n26 22\\n2 9\\n24 19\\n13 IT\\n169", "height": "4684", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0181.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "ROLAND EDWIN BOW-EN. Born in Milbury, Mass., July 5,\\n1837, died Jan. 21, 1883. It was a great loss to the checker fra-\\nternity when this brilliant analyst, author and publisher passed from\\nearth. But the works of the famous Bowen will live on as lc^pg as\\nchecker playing is indulged in. His Cross, Bristol and Fife books had\\nan unprecedented sale, and soon every copy was gone. The second\\nedition of Bristol and Fife was issued by Clouser of Philadelphia, but\\nthe Cross is still out of print, copies selling as high as $7 each, a\\npremium of $6. Mr. Bowen contributed many games and problems to\\nthe various papers and magazines. He was postmaster of Milbury for\\na number of years and was a most generous and kind-hearted gentle-\\nman, and without doubt the most esteemed and popular player in the\\nUnited States.", "height": "4708", "width": "3056", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0182.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4684", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0183.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "172\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nJOHN L. RICHMOND was born at Wingate, near Durham. Eng-\\nland, Sept 27, 1859. He acquired a strong- liking for the game at\\n19. and began the study of problems and games, and after a course\\nof hard study he could beat the local talent. Later he be :ame ac-\\nquainted with the late J. Smith, then champion of England, and it was\\nthrough the latter s instruction that Mr. Richmond is now recognized\\nas one of the best in that country. After defeating his teacher, as he\\neventually did, he played even with R. Martins and J. P. Reed. His\\ngreatest exploit was a friendly match with James Wylie in 1891. score\\nRichmond 3. Wylie I, drawn 8. In 1892 he defeated W. Campbell by\\n3 to 0, 3 drawn. For the past eleven years Mr. Richmond has held a\\nvery responsible position at Marsden colliery. South Shields, and has\\nunder his charge a large number of men and boys. His pleasant and\\nunassuming way make him a favorite with all. The draught column\\nof the Northern Weekly Leader has been under his supervision as\\neditor since the death of J. Smith. The column is considered the best\\nin England.\\nJAMES SMITH, Born at Birmingham. England. February, 1860.\\nAt an early age he showed wonderful aptitude and skill at the\\ngame of draughts, and under the tuition of Jahez Grice Smith,\\nwhile yet in his teens, met and defeated every player of note in the\\nnorth of England. Out of 14 matches he lost but one and that to W.\\nBeattie of Liverpool. In 1884 he won the title of English champion.\\nIn 1886 he was called to play by a challenge from A. Jackson, result-\\ning in a victory for Smith. He was a quiet gentleman, pleasant and\\nagreeable, making numerous friends for him wherever he went. His\\ndeath occurred in February, 1890. of paralysis.\\nt\\nHARBOTTLE, one of England s most noted players. Sorry\\nnot to have a sketch of this fine gentlemanly player.", "height": "4700", "width": "3052", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0184.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nIT\\nXo. 99 (J. A. Kear, Jr.)\\nBlack.\\ni wa, y/ m\\nop\\nW hite.\\nBlack to move and win\\nNo. 101 (Fred Allan).\\nBlack\\ni I\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 103 (James Bescot).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.\\nXo. 100 (Fred Allen)\\nBlack.\\nhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 102 (J. A. Kear. Sr.\\nBlack.\\nw, w, w,\\nIP\\nr .p p\u00c2\u00a7\\nQ\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nXo. 104 (E. A. Jondreau).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and win.", "height": "4696", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0185.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "174 THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 99. (J.\\nA. Kear, Jr.)\\n16 19\\n*22\\n18\\n19 28\\n24 19\\n14 10\\n16 12\\n15 24\\n24\\n20\\n20 16\\n12 8\\n7 3\\n4 8\\n20 27\\n23\\n19\\n28 24\\n18 14\\n19 16\\n10 15\\n31 24\\n28\\n24\\n16 12\\n11 7\\n8 4\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 100.\\n(F. Allen.)\\n9H 7A\\nOA\\n9fl\\ni l i n\\n14 lu\\n10 15\\n15 24\\nOA 1 Q\\n12 16\\n16\\n19\\n13 17\\n17 22\\n22 15\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 101.\\n(F. Allen.)\\n31 26\\n17\\n21\\n9 13\\n29 25\\n26 22\\n25 29\\n13 17\\n6\\n9\\n25 29\\n17 21\\n29 25\\n18 15\\n2 6\\n21\\n25\\n13 17\\n25 29\\n23 18\\n11 25\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 102. (J,\\nA. Kear. Sr.)\\nin i-i\\n1\\n99\\nou o\\n22 25\\n14 17\\n31 99\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 103.\\n(J. Beecot.)\\n6 10\\n13\\n9\\n1 5\\n10 14\\n22 35\\n14 17\\n9 6\\n6\\n2\\n2 7\\n18 15\\n30 21\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 104. (E.\\nA. Jondreau.)\\n16 11\\n26\\n22\\n23 27\\n26 23\\n5 14\\n9 6\\n17 13\\n19\\n23\\n30 26\\n6 10\\n18 9\\n10 15\\n1 5\\n22\\n18\\n11 7\\n14 9\\n7 11\\n6 2\\nB wins.\\nGame No. 69, 4 Kelso.\\nBlack, H. Z. Wright; white, M. F. Clouser.\\n10 15\\n15 24\\n6 10\\n12 19\\n11 15\\n16\\n22 18\\n28 19\\n24 20\\n23 7\\n25 22\\n11 7\\n15 22\\n9 14\\n11 15\\n2 11\\n15 19\\n24 27\\n25 18\\n29 25\\n32 28\\n26 23\\n23 16\\n31 24\\n11 15\\n4 8\\n15 24\\n3 8\\n12 19\\n14 18\\n18 11\\n25 22\\n28 19\\n22 17\\n20 16\\n22 15\\n8 15\\n8 11\\n7 11\\n8 12\\n19 24\\n10 28\\n24 19\\n27 24\\n19 16\\n30 25\\n16 11\\nDrawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "3052", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0186.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n175\\nGame Xo. 70, Cross.\\nBlack. Master Lfwie Brown: white, L. M. Stearns.\\n11 15\\n26 19\\n9 13\\n25 18\\n3 1-3\\n8 3\\n23 IS\\n7 14\\n26 22\\n5 9\\n30 2b-c\\n10 15\\n8 11\\n19 15\\n7 Mr a\\n29 25\\n10 14\\n3 7\\n27 23\\n11 18\\n24 20\\n6 10\\n19 15\\n9 13\\n4 8\\n22 15\\n18 23\\n15 6\\n23 26\\n7 10\\n23 19\\n14 18\\n28 24\\n1 10\\n15 8\\n15 19\\n10 14\\n21 17\\n11 18\\n24 19\\n14 23\\n10 15\\n19 10\\n2 7\\n22 15\\n8 11\\n25 21\\n19 24\\n14 23\\n31 26\\n13 22\\n25 22\\n7 10\\nDrawn.\\nNOTES BY STEARNS.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 18 23, 22 18, 13 22, 15 10 gives white a good game.\\nb This move is the best, and Master Brown (only 14 years ot age)\\nis deserving of great credit, as the older players who were looking on\\nthought he did not take the best.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 22 17. 9 13, 17 14. 10 17, 19 15. 17 22, 15 8, 22 26, 8 3, 7 11, 3 8, YV.\\nwins.\\nGame Xo. 71, Denny.\\nBlack. J. H. Bailey, London: white. D. L. McCaughie. Pollakshans.\\n10 14\\n16 20\\n11 16\\n2 9\\n8 11\\n3 7\\n22 18\\n26 22\\n17 13\\nIS 15\\n29 25\\n21 17\\n11 16\\n4 8\\n14 17\\n9 14\\n11 15\\n14 21\\n24 19\\n22 17\\n13 6\\nla 6\\n25 22\\n32 28\\n8 11\\n6 10\\n17 26\\n1 10\\n7 11\\nW. wii\\n2S 24\\n25 22 a\\n31 22\\n22 17\\n17 13\\na Leaves\\nthe books.\\nGame Xo 72, Switcher.\\nBy James Lees, Delmellington, England.\\n11 15\\n21 17\\n9 13\\n25 21\\n8 11\\n17 14\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Weak if not a loss 3 8 draws\\n10 17 15 IS\\n2 6\\n8 12\\n11 18\\n21 14 24 20\\n32 27\\n17 13\\n20 2\\n6 10 18 22\\n6 9\\n10 17\\n10 14\\n22 17 23 18\\n28 24\\n13 6\\n2 6\\n13 22 4 8-a\\n12 16\\n1 10\\nW. wins.\\n26 17 27 23\\n24 19\\n18 15", "height": "4684", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0187.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "176\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nJAMES P. REED.\\nBORN at Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 19, 1859. He first began playing\\ncheckers in 1874, and within a few months was sufficiently ad-\\nvanced to easily defeat all local player.-,. In 1876 when R. Martins,\\nex-champion, made his trip through America Reed contested 26 games\\nwith him with the score Martins 8, Reed 2, drawn 16. In 1878 Reed\\nchallenged M. C. Priest of Philadelphia to play for the championship\\nof Pennsylvania, but Priest gave the question no attention, whereupon\\nReed accepted an offer to play Charles Hefter at Chicago. This match\\nresulted in a victory for Reed, score Reed 11, Hefter 10, drawn 29.\\nMr. Priest then agreed to play and demonstrated his superiority at\\nWilmington, Del., in September, 1878. Reed was not satisfied and\\nagain challenged Priest. The second contest was in Pittsburg. Octo-\\nber, 1878, and resulted, Reed 12, Priest 6, drawn 27. Twice during\\n1881 Mr. Reed went to Boston to play Charles F. Barker for the Amer-\\nican championship and lost both contests, the score each time-, being\\n4 to 1. During James Wyllie s second visit to America Reed played\\nhim 20 games, score: Wyllie 3, Reed 1, drawn 16. In June, 1886. he\\ndefeated the late H. Z. Wright at Pittsburg 7 to and 23 drawm. Jan-\\nuary, 1887, Reed visited Great Britain and gave exhibitions in several\\ncities. He also contested friendly matches with J. L. Richmond, Wm.\\nCampbell, the late James Smith and J. G. Lewis. The scores in the\\nfirst three were even but Reed won from Lewis. In an off-hand sit?\\nting with James Ferrie Reed was beaten 4 to 1. On his return to\\nAmerica he met Dr. Schaefer in a match of 20 games, score _ Reed\\n3, Schaefer 0, drawn 16. December, 1887. he played M. C. Priest at\\nPhiladelphia and defeated him easily, score Reed 7, Priest 1. drawn\\n17. In September, 1887, Barker again forced Reed to resign in a match\\nof 50 games at Pittsburg. A short time after he accepted an invitation\\nto visit Chicago, and he became associated with Charles Hefter and\\nE. T. Baker in the American Checker Review. He challenged C. F.\\nBarker to play for the American championship at Chicago, which\\nmatch he won by 9 to 7 and 44 drawn. He then challenged James\\nWyllie (who was then in Australia at the time) to play for the world s\\nchampionship. The defi was accepted and articles signed. Money\\nwas posted with the late A. J. Dunlap of the Turf. Play w T as to begin\\nat Chicago April 1, 1891. Wyllie failed to arrive, going to England\\ninstead, and the referee awarded the money and title to Mr. Reed. He\\nwas soon challenged by Mr. Barker. They played at Chicago Sep-\\n23 drawn. He soon after returnea to Pittsburg, where he has since\\nbeen emploved in a printing office at his trade. Mr. Reed is the ac-\\nknowledged blindfold checker champion of the^world, and is also\\nchampion of America, he having won the title from C. F. Barker in\\n1889 and has held it since.\\ntembar, 1892, and Reed was badly\\nted. The score was 5 to and", "height": "4708", "width": "3064", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0188.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "DKIRKWOOD. Born in 1840 at Edinburgh, Scotland. His first\\nbook was obtained in 1862, but played as a recreation from\\n1850. In 1863 he played blindfold with great success. During his\\nresidence in Birmingham, England, between 1861 and up to 1873 he\\nplayed a great many games, but noc in any professional sense. In the\\nyear 1873 he came to the United States and played occasionally for a\\nfew years, until he took up his residence away from the city of Boston,\\nthe opportunity for practice was lessened and for fourteen years has\\nalmost relinquished the game. The name of Kirkwood however is yet\\nto be seen in the recent publications. The American Checker Re-\\nview for April, 1894, has a few of Mr. Kirkwood s excellent problems.\\nThe excellent likeness above was obtained through the kindness of J,\\nA. Kear. Sr.\\n177", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0189.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "CHARLES HEFTER.\\nProblem editor of the American Checker Review and a world-famed\\nproblemist and expert player.", "height": "4708", "width": "3052", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0190.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "CHARLES HEFTER.\\nTHE subject of our sketch was born at Mobile, Alabama. Nov. 28\u00c2\u00bb\\n1860. He began the study of draughts when about 12 years of\\nage, and under the tutelage of Mr. J. Riedy rapidly advanced as a\\ncross board player until all the local and Illinois players acknowledged\\nhis superiority. About this time he encountered Charles F. Barker in\\na series of games, the score being Barker 5. Hefter2, drawn 18. In\\nlater years they further played 3 w r ins each and 6 draws. He journeyed\\nEast when bat IT years old defeating among others Messrs. Freeman,\\nHill, Bowen, Bowdish, Bugbee and Irwin, making even scores with\\nC. F. Barker, Kirkwood. Littleheld and Merry, surtering defeat only\\nfrom the world s champion, the late R, D. Yates. He subsequently\\nlost a match to James P. Reed of Pittsburg, score Reed 11, Heftef\\n10, drawn 29. As an analyst and critic he was an enthusiastic con-\\ntributor to American and European draughts columns and magazines\\nfor years. As an editor he had charge of the Chicago Post checker\\ncolumn when but 14 years old, assisted on the Chicago Sunday Trib-\\nune column, also the Cleveland Sunday Sun column, but crowned his\\nefforts in this branch of our game when associated with James P. Reed\\nand E. T. Baker in editing the American Checker Review. He con-\\ntributed the American section to Gould s Book of Matches. As a\\nproblemist he has been a most successful prize winner in the tourneys\\nof the Wild Oats, the Cleveland Sun, the Leeds Mercury and the\\nLiverpool Mercury. His compositions are almost exclusively of the\\nend game order, neat, yet always interesting and critical. Of late his\\nspare time is chiefly devoted to cross board play, his defeat of Mr,\\nFreeman during 1893 being a notable victory.\\n179", "height": "4700", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0191.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "180\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 105 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nNo. 107 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move and draw.\\nNo. 109 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\nH in m m\\nWhite.\\nBlack to move W. wins.\\nNo. 106 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 10S (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\nWhite\\nWhite to move and draw.\\nNo. 110 (C. Hefter).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "3056", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0192.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\nGame No, 73, Double Corner.\\nBy Charles Hefter, Illinois.\\n9 14\\n25 22\\n6 15\\n31 24\\n14 21\\n12 8\\n22 18\\n8 11\\n27 24\\n2 7\\n22 18\\n25 30\\nn 9\\n22 18\\n16 20\\n32 27\\n13 17\\n8 3\\n24 19\\n11 16\\n23 19\\n7 14\\n30 26\\n15 18\\n11 15\\n29 25\\n20 27\\n27 23\\n12 16\\n*2u 22\\n18 11\\n7 11\\n19 10\\n3 7\\n19 12\\n17 26\\n8 24\\n25 22\\n14 23\\n24 20\\n10 15\\n23 19\\n28 19\\n10 15\\n26 19\\n7 10-a\\n18 14\\nDrawn.\\n4 8\\n19 10\\n9 13\\n1-21 Vj-b\\n21 25\\ni Forms problem No,\\n105.\\n1 Solution to problem\\nNo. 105.\\nVAR. L\\n22 18\\n19 16\\n11 8\\n3 7\\n15 19\\n20 16\\n1 5\\n12 19\\n10 14\\n26 30\\n30 26\\n32 27\\n18 9\\n23 16\\n8 3\\n7 11\\n19 15\\n16 11\\n5 14\\n14 18\\n1$ 23\\n*19 24\\n26 17\\n27 31\\n30 26\\n16 11\\n20 22\\n11 15\\n15 10\\n11 7\\n11 15\\n15 19\\n23 26\\n24 28\\n28 32\\n17 22\\nHefter beat C. H. Freeman.\\nGame No, 74, entre.\\nBlacks,\\nC. F.\\nBarker\\nwhite, Charles Hefter,\\n11 15 10\\n17\\n16 19\\n9 13-0\\n7 14 11 18\\n23 19 21\\n14\\n26 22\\n26 23-\u00c2\u00a3\\n27 23 32 14\\n8 11 11\\n16\\n7 11\\n13 22\\n19 26 Hefter won.\\n22 17 19\\n15\\n31 26\\n23 16\\n30 23\\n15 18 4\\n8\\n2 7\\n12 19\\n18 27\\n17 14 24\\n20\\n22 17\\n14 10\\n25 2\\na Forms problem No. 106.\\nSolution to problem No. 106.\\nGame No. 75. Kelso.\\nBy Charles Hefter.\\n10 15\\n25 21\\n7 16\\n22 18-\u00c2\u00a3\\n16 19\\n26 23\\n21 17\\n6 9\\n18 11\\n6 9\\n18 15\\n19 26\\n11 16\\n17 14\\n9 25\\n18 14rC\\n7 16\\n30 23\\n23 18\\n16 19\\n29 22\\n9 18\\n31 27\\n12 16\\n8 11\\n27 23\\n3 7\\n23 14\\n4 8\\n28 24\\n24 20\\n11 16-0\\n32 27\\n19 23\\n14 10\\n9 13\\n20 11\\n1 6\\n27 18\\n16 20\\nAnd now we have problem No. 108,", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0193.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "182\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\na Mr. Calvert tried to draw here by 12 16 but failed.\\nb Mr. Huntington showed a win here by 27 24.\\nc Willie Gardner showed a win here by 27 24.\\nHere is the way M. C. Priest and James Adam, the celebrated blind-\\nfold plaper of Arnot, Pa., played the ending:\\n8 \\\\%d 24 15 2 11 6 1 27 18 7 10\\n15 11 12 16 15 8 32 27 8 8 Priest won.\\n5 9 27 23 24 28 1 5 W 19\\n23 18 20 24 10 6 9 14 3 7\\n16 19 11 7 28 32 18 9 19 23\\nd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This move first attracted the attention of the critics and on page\\n140 of The Board Mr. W. A. Jones of Lockport, N. Y., claimed a draw\\nby 5 9, but gave no play. Dr. J. Stayman of Leavenworth, Kansas,\\nfirst disagreed with Mr. Jones and offered the following play to sus-\\ntain the win:\\n*5 9 2 7-a 8 12-1 9 14 7 10-b\\n10 6 6 1 24 19 15 11 1 6 W. wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 9 14 then 24 19, W. wins.\\nVAR. 1.\\n9 14 8 12 7 10-2\\n24 19 15 11 16 W. wins.\\nvar. 2.\\n14 18 18 22 22 26 26 31\\n11 2 2 6 6 10 1 6 W. wins.\\nb This move did not please other critics and on page 165 we find\\nMessrs. Gormley, Kelly, Calvert, Amateur and Jones all crying in\\nunison that the Kansas doctor had made an error in his diagram, and\\nthat black could draw as tollows:\\n14 18-c 18 22 22 26 26 31\\n11 2 19 15 23 18 Drawn.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u0094Notwithstanding the unanimity of opinion regarding the value of\\ntnis move Mr. Hefter dissented, and on page 174 he reviewed the\\nproblem and offered the following:\\n*5 9 6 1 8 12 112 22 26\\n10 6 9 14-6 15 11 17 22 2 6\\n2 7-7 24 19-4 13 17- s? 19 15 26 31 Drawn.\\ne If 7 10, then 1 6 wins if 14 18 W. wins as tollows:\\n14 18 18 22 22 26 26 31-3 31 15\\n11 2 *2 7 1 6 7 10 10 19 W. wins,\\nvar. 3.\\n26 30 27 24 27 32 18 15 27 24\\n7 11 20 27 23 18 26 31 20 27\\n30 26 11 20 32 27 15 10 W. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0194.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYEKS. 183\\nVAR. 4.\\n10 7 10 24 19-5 *14 18 Drawn.\\nVAR. 5.\\n15 11 16 19 10 12 22 26 24 19\\n8 15 23 16 18 22 8 3 26 31\\n6 9 14 IS 12 8 15 18 19 15 Drawn.\\nVAR. 6.\\n8 12 15 10-/ 7 14 1 6 W. wins.\\nf\u00e2\u0080\u0094A cute correction of the doctor s play.\\nVAR. 7.\\n8 12 6 1 2 6 *24 19 22 26\\n15 11 13 17 5 1 17 22 6 15\\n9 14 15 6 10 1 6 W. wins.\\nAt the conclusion of this play Mr. Hefter remarked the above posi-\\ntion is so puzzling that I shall feel surprised if not criticized. The\\ncorrections and queries were as follows:\\n1st.\\nVar. 5, 15th move, 3 7 for 19 15 wins, James Murray. Mr. Hef 1 .er\\nsustained the draw by 10 14 for 26 31 at the 14th move.\\n2nd.\\nTrunk, fourth move, for 6 1 play:\\n15 10 9 13 14 9 31 26-^ 10 15\\n7 14 6 10 22 26 2 7 16 20\\n6 2 14 18 9 6 26 23 7 11\\n13 17 23 14 26 31 27 18 8 12\\n2 6 17 22 6 2 20 27 1 1 16\\nW. wins. Thos. Finn.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00948 12, 2 7, 16 19 draws easily here.\\n3rd.\\nAmateur requested a continuation of var. 7, and was accommo-\\ndated as follows:\\n26 31-9 11 8 31 24 15 11 W. wins,\\nvar. 9.\\n26 30 30 26 26 31 20 27\\n15 18 18 9 27 24 19 15 W. wins.", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0195.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "184\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame ^No. 76, Alma,\\nBy Andy Sheeax, No. 79, A. C. R.\\n11 15\\n35 19\\n11 15\\n25 30\\n17 13\\n9 14\\n23 19\\n30 26\\n20 11\\n19 16\\n12 8\\n16 19\\n8 11\\n10 14\\n28 32\\n30 25\\n13 9\\n14 IS\\n22 17\\n17 10\\n23 16\\n6 2\\n8 12\\n15 11\\n3 8\\n6 15\\n12 28\\n25 21\\n25 22\\n22 17\\n17 13\\n13 6\\n26 23\\n2 7\\n12 8\\n11 16\\n11 16\\n1 10\\n9 14\\n14 IS\\n23 26\\n17 14\\n25 22\\n21 17\\n11 7\\n7 11\\n15 IS\\n16 11\\n16 23\\n5 9\\n6 10\\n17 22\\n22 15\\n14 10\\n27 11\\n17 13\\n7 2\\n10 15\\n11 18\\n19 16\\n8 15\\n2 6\\n14 17\\nIS 23\\n26 SO-a\\n1015\\n29 25\\n32 27\\n2 7\\n16 12\\n8 11\\n11 8\\n4 8\\n19 2-4\\n10 14\\n22 25\\n30 25\\n18 23\\n22 17\\n28 19\\n7 10\\n12 8\\n11 7\\n8 12\\n7 11\\n15 24\\n15 18\\n25 30\\n9 6\\n23 18\\n26 23\\n22 IS\\n23 19\\n8 3\\n18 15\\n12 8\\n11 16\\n24 28\\n18 22\\n30 25\\n25 22\\n18 14\\n24 20\\n18 15\\n13 9\\n3 8\\n7 11\\n8 3\\n8 11\\n10 19\\n22 25\\n21 17\\n6 9*\\n15 l0-\u00c2\u00a3\\n25 22\\n27 24\\n9 6\\n8 12\\n11 16\\n3 8\\nDrawn.\\nForms a\\nbeautiful problem.\\n1 Mr. R. McCulloch differs here\\nand play\\ns as follows\\n*14 10\\n15 8\\n32 27\\n28 32\\n32 27\\n16 11\\n3 12\\n31 24\\n12 S-c\\n24 20 B.\\nwins.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Here Mr. Hefter took the problem and drew it. The following\\nis solution ot problem No. 108 of this book. A prize was offered fo\\nbest solution and was won by M. E. Pomeroy of Sidney Centre. N. Y.\\n*24 20-7 10 \\\\h-b *16 12-1 23 IS\\n32 27-4 *20 16-3 15 10 12 S\\n*12 8-c 27 23-0 8 11 Drawn.\\nvar. 1.\\n16 11-2 23 19 8 4 10 15\\n15 10 11 8 16 12 8 4\\n8 3 19 16 4 8 B. wins.\\nvar. 2.\\n8 12 16 11 11 8 8 4\\n15 10 23 9 10 7 7 3 B. wins.\\na\u00e2\u0080\u0094li 27 24, 16 12 draws, but 16 11 loses.", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0196.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n185\\nVAR. 3.\\n8 12 15 19 20 1G 14 10\\n27 23 16 12 18 14 B. wins.\\n12 16 23 18 16 11\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 27 23 or 27 24, then *3 11 draws.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 12 16 then 10 15, 16 12, 27 23 wins. If 20 16, 27 23, 12 8.\\n23 19 wins.\\nvar. 4.\\n10 7-5 7 3 32 27\\n*12 8 S 11 11 15 Drawn.\\n32 28-6 10 15 23 24\\n*12 8 *20 16 *16 12 Drawn.\\nvar. 6.\\n10 15 15 10 10 15\\n20 16 12 8 16 12 Drawn.\\nvar. 7.\\n12 16-8 32 27 24 20 10 15 B. wins.\\nVAR. 8.\\n24 19 d 19 16 16 12\\n32 27 27 24 24 19 B. wins.\\n12 8 8 12 16 11 8. 4 8 12\\n*10 15 e 32 27 *19 15-9 *11 7 23 19\\n24 20-/ 20 16 11 12 8 4 8\\n*15 19 27 23 *15 11 *7 3 19 15 B. wins,\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 23 27, then *24 20 draws. If 32 28, then *24 20 draws,\\n/\u00e2\u0080\u0094If 8 12, then 32 27 wins.\\ng\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If 12 8, then 15 10 wins. If 11 7, then 23 19 wins.\\nVAR. 9.\\n23 18\\n*8 4\\n10\\n7\\n*11 8\\n15 10\\n3\\n18 15\\n*12 8\\n7\\n10\\n*3 8\\n19 16\\n*8 12 Drawn.", "height": "4696", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0197.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "186\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 77, Cross.\\nBy Charles Hffter, Chicago, 111.\\n11 15\\n21 IT\\n4 8\\n18 14\\n19 24\\n22 17\\n23 18\\n10 14\\n19 16\\n10 17\\n7 3\\n13 22\\n8 11\\n17 10\\n2 7\\n21 14\\n24 27\\n26 17\\n26 23\\n7 23\\n16 12\\n11 15\\n32 23\\n1 6\\n9 14\\n27 18\\n7 10\\n14 10\\n15 19\\n7 11\\n18 9\\n16 20\\n25 21\\n16 19\\n23 16\\n24 27\\n6 13\\n24 19\\n11 16\\n12 8\\n12 19\\n31 24\\n23 18\\n15 24\\n30 26\\n3 12\\n3 7\\n20 27\\n12 16\\n28 19\\n8 11\\n10 7\\n19 24\\n11 lb-a\\na To this point the game is rather odd, but it now assumes prob-\\nlematical form and becomes exceedingly interesting and forms prob-\\nlem No. 109. Solution follows:\\n27 31-1\\n31\\n27\\n13\\n17\\n22\\n26\\n31 26\\n*29 25-2\\n15\\n18\\n18\\n15\\n21\\n17\\n17 13\\n5 9-8\\n9\\n13\\n17\\n22\\n26\\n21\\n26 22\\n*25 21\\n17\\n14\\n*15\\n18-3\\n18\\n15\\n14 9\\nVAR. 1.\\n6 9 9 13-14 13 17 5 9 9 13 27 32\\n*15 18 17 14 14 10 10 6 6 1 18 23\\nW. wins,\\nvar. 2.\\n15 18\\n6\\n9\\n31 27\\n25\\n21\\n29 25\\n27\\n24-4\\n18\\n23\\n9\\n14\\n*24\\n20\\n13\\n9\\n17\\n13\\n20\\n16\\nVAR. 3.\\n9\\n6\\n11 15\\n16\\n11\\n2 6\\n6\\n2\\n14 17\\nDrawn.\\n21 17 *27 23 15 18 6 9 Drawn.\\nvar. 4.\\n27 32\\n9 13\\n32 28\\n28 24\\n18 23-5\\n17 14\\n14 10\\n10 6\\nW. wins.\\nvar. 5.\\n17 14\\n9 13\\n24 10\\n23 19\\n1 6\\n32 27-\u00c2\u00a3\\n18 22\\n5 9-\\n7 6 1\\n15 19\\n*21 17-6\\n27 23\\n10 6\\n19 15\\nDrawn.\\nb This is the draw missed by C. H. Freeman in his match with J.\\nP. Reed at Pittsburg, Pa.\\nvar. 6.\\n14 10 18 9 10 6 6 1\\n9 14 5 14 27 23 23 18 Drawn.", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0198.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n187\\nVAR. 7.\\nHere Heffner lost by\\n23 26\\n22 31\\n13 22\\n31 27-9\\n10 6\\n5 9\\n6 2\\n17 13\\n31 26-10 *25 21\\n6 9\\n25 21-11\\n17 13\\n9 14\\n25 21\\n31 27\\n9 13 12\\n17 14\\n*31 26\\n13 9\\n26 22\\n17 13\\n9 14\\n2 6\\n14 18\\n26 22\\n31 27\\n15 18\\n6 10\\n18 23\\n10 1\\nVAR. 8.\\n15 18\\nVAR. 9.\\n17 13\\nVAR. 10.\\n27 24\\n14 10\\nVAR. II.\\n9 6\\n5 9-1$\\n6 2\\n9 13\\n2 6\\n14 18\\n23 26\\n*31 27\\n26 30\\nW. wins.\\nVAR. 12.\\n9 14 15 19\\nVAR. 13.\\nW. wins.\\nDrawn.\\nW. wins.\\n*27 23\\n22 25\\n14 17\\nW. wins.\\n21 17\\nW. wins.\\nIn anticipating the solution of this position Mr. Frank Dunne in the\\nLiverpool Mercury overlooked this 5 9 move and lost by the following\\n14 18\\n22 13\\n13 9\\n9 13\\n21 17\\n15 22\\n6 1\\n1 6\\nW. wins.\\nVAR.\\n14.\\n27 32\\n*13 9\\n9 13\\n10 14\\n24 27\\n25 22\\n*18 23\\n14 17\\n1 6\\n24 28\\n26 30\\n27 31\\n32 28\\n9 6\\n28 24\\n14 18\\n27 31\\n18 15\\n*17 13\\n5 9\\n6 10\\n28 24\\n29 25\\n31 27\\n9 14\\n6 1\\n17 21\\n23 26\\n31 27\\n15 19\\nW. wins.\\nSolution to Problem No, HO.\\nBy Charles Hefter.\\n18 14\\n9 6\\n11 16\\n6 2\\n13 9\\n13 9\\n2 6\\n3 8\\n6 2\\n23 18\\n1 6\\n14 10\\n*14 17\\n6 2\\n16 19\\n2 6\\n22 18\\n9 13\\n6 9\\n8 11\\n2 6\\n18 22\\n6 13\\n5 1\\n17 13\\n2 6\\n19 23\\n6 2\\n18 14\\nW. wins.", "height": "4692", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0199.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n188\\nNo. 113 (E. E. Bean).\\nWhite.\\nWhite,\\nWhite to move and van.\\nNo. 115 (Isaiah Barker).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win\\nNo. 117 (J. A. Kear).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 114 (L. M. Stearns).\\nWhite.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. 116 (A. A. McPiierson).\\nBlack.\\nWhite\\nWhite to move and win.\\nNo. IIS (L. M. Stearns).\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.", "height": "4692", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0200.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "The late A. J. DUNLAP.\\n[From a photo by Downey Son. South Shields, EngUui", "height": "4708", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0201.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "F. BOWNAS and F. ALLEN.\\n[Kindness of J. A. Kear.]\\nTwo of Leeds (England) strongest players. Mr. Allen has won great fame\\nas a problemist, while Mr. Bownas at one time was draughts editor of the\\nEdinburg Magazine. Lack of time prevents a sketch of these two worthy\\ngentlemen.", "height": "4708", "width": "2976", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0202.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS,\\nProblem Vo. 111.\\nBy F. Bownas, Leeds, England.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move and win.\\nProblem No, 112.\\nBy Fred Allen. Leeds, England*\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to move black to win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0203.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "192\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nSolutions to Problems.\\nNo. 111. (F. Bownas.)\\n18 14\\n27 23\\n18 9\\n9 6 2 7\\n10 U-a\\n7 10\\n15 19\\n5 14\\n17 21 25 30\\n25 30\\n14 7\\n22 18\\n13 9\\n6 2 7 10\\n14 18\\n3 10\\n10 14\\n14 17\\n21 25 30 25\\nW. wins.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009426 22, 19 26, 10 7, 25 18, 31 8, W. wins.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. M. Stearns.\\nNo. 112.\\n(F. Allen.)\\n23 18\\n14 10\\n17 13\\n9 6 17 14\\n2 7\\n15 19\\n19 23\\n30 25\\n23 26 22 17\\n22 18\\nlo 1\\nlo y\\n22 17\\n6 2 14 9\\nA K\\ny\\n31 26\\n26 30\\n25 22\\n26 30 17 22\\n30 26\\nB. wins.\\nNo. 113.\\n(E. E. Bean.)\\n13 9\\n27 24\\n22 17\\n7 3 3 10\\n6 13\\n20 27\\n13 31\\n19 26 W. wins\\nneatly.\\nNo. 114. (L. M. Stearns.)\\n26 22\\n23 19\\n21 17\\n30 26 32 23\\n18 25\\n16 23\\n14 21\\n23 30 W. wins.\\nNo. 115.\\n(I. Barker.)\\n30 26\\n24 27\\n27 31\\n31 13 W. wins.\\n23 30\\n17 26\\n13 17\\nFirst position.\\nNo. 116. (A.\\nA. McPherson.)\\n12 8\\n19 23\\n10 7\\n7 30\\n4 25\\n27 18\\n1 10\\nW. wins.\\nNo. 117.\\n(J. A. Kear.)\\n3 7\\n17 14\\n26 22\\n30 26 12 8\\n7 23\\n32 23\\n9 18\\n18 25\\n23 30 4 11\\nW. wins.\\nThis is Mr. Kear s first published problem.\\nNo. 118. (L. M. Stearns.)\\n26 31 19 15 23 16 15 18 30 26\\n20 24 16 19 12 19 19 23 23 30\\n18 23\\nW. wins.", "height": "4700", "width": "2996", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0204.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "ROBERT WILSON PATTERSON,\\nHOSE portrait is given as the frontispiece, and to whom the\\nvv book is inscribed, is a gentleman who is known wherever check-\\ners are given consideration, as the most persistent patron of the pas-\\ntime, ever watchful for the interests of Dameh, and at all times eager\\nto do that which tends to elevate the game throughout the world. Mr.\\nPatterson s Scotch ancestors were persecuted by Claverhouse and his\\nDragoons, from whom they were forced to flee; to leave their native\\nland and seek a refuge in the north of Ireland. His grandfather came\\nfrom Hillsborough in 1768 and settled in Philadelphia. Pa., where he\\ntaught school. He was intensely imbued with Republican feeling,\\nand was one of the fortunate and glorious immortals who stood on In-\\ndependence Square and listened to the first public reading of the\\nDeclaration of Independence. He took up arms for liberty and served\\nthrough several arduous campaigns under General Lafayette. He\\nleft the army before the close of the war and settled in the wilderness\\nof Western Pennsylvania, now Washington county, where R. W. Pat-\\nterson s father was born. His father was extremely fond of checkers\\nand taught Robert the rudiments of the game. During his collegiate\\nterm at Princeton Mr. Patterson s class mate, Mr. Bonner of New\\nYork, regularly perused the Turf, Field and Farm, the checker de-\\npartment of which was conducted by the lamented Andrew J. Dunlap,\\nand this medium gave Mr. Patterson his cue to checkers as a science.\\nHis debut was at the first Reed vs. Priest American championship\\nmatch in Wilmington, Del. He there met Mr. Reed, who at the con-\\nclusion of the first sitting graciously demonstrated the errors of his\\nplay. The placing of the pieces from memory and his clearness of\\nmethod were revelations entirely incomprehensible to Mr. Patterson.\\nFrom that time to the present Mr. Patterson s attachment for and de-\\nvotion to checkers has been most sincere and zealous. His name has\\nbeen inseparably linked with all that has been good in the game. He\\nis ever thinking out something to interest those who have enlisted in\\nthe cause, and he has a kind word for everybody. Mr. Patterson has\\nlarge real estate interests in Pittsburg to the direction of which he\\ngives his personal attention.\\n193", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0205.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "194\\nTHE BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 78, Laird and Lady*\\n[Contributed with notes by Jo eph Maize.]\\nBlack, C. H. Freeman; white, R. W. Patterson.\\n11\\n15\\n19 15\\n13 17\\n32 27\\n13 17\\n26 17\\n23\\n19\\n4 8\\n27 23\\n8 11\\n31 26\\n13 22\\n8\\n11\\n24 19-a\\n2 6\\n19 15\\n7 10\\n23 18\\n22\\n17\\n6 10\\n23 18\\n12 16\\n14 7\\n22 26\\n9\\n13\\n15 6\\n17 21\\n15 8\\n5 9\\n7 11\\nIT\\n14\\n1 17\\n26 23\\n3 12\\n7 2-a\\n26 31\\n10\\n17\\n25 22\\n11 16\\n14 9\\n9 13\\n27 23\\n21\\n14\\n18 25\\n28 24\\n6 13\\n2 l-b\\n20 27\\n15\\n18\\n30 14\\n16 20\\n18 14\\n17 22\\n11 20\\nand after a few more moves Freeman won. 27 23 at third move to\\nlast is the loser, 18 14 will draw-\\na a The student and novice will do well to note the moves for white\\nbetween a a, as anything else and white can win.\\nb In a subsequent game the following draw transpired:\\nBlack, Freeman; white, Patterson.\\n23 18\\n26 31\\n11 20\\n26 22\\n7 10\\n31 26\\n17 22\\n2 7\\n27 31\\n20 16\\n26 31\\n19 16\\n26 17\\n31 26\\n23 19\\n21 25\\n10 15\\n12 19\\n13 22\\n7 11\\n22 18\\n2 7\\n22 26\\n15 24\\n18 14\\n26 22\\n9 6\\n25 30\\n15 22\\n26 23\\n22 26\\n27 23\\n31 26\\n16 11\\n26 17\\n24 28\\n14 9\\n20 27\\n6 2\\n30 26\\n11 15\\nDrawn.\\nGame No. 79,\\nSingle\\nCol\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ner.\\nBlack, R. W. Patterson\\nwhite,\\nC. H. Freeman.\\n11 15\\n24 19\\n10 17\\n32 28\\n23 26\\n10 6\\n22*18\\n15 24\\n22 13\\n5 9\\n6 10\\n23 19\\n15 22\\n28 19\\n11 15\\n13 6\\n14 17\\n6 2\\n25 18\\n6 9-6\\n19 10\\n2 9\\n10 14\\n26 31\\n8 11\\n26 23\\n7 14\\n18 15\\n17 22\\n2 7\\n29 25\\n9 18\\n26 22\\n10 14\\n28 24\\n31 27\\n4 8\\n23 14\\n14 17\\n15 10\\n26 31\\n14 10\\n18 14-tf\\n8 11\\n23 19\\n14 18\\n24 20\\n27 32\\n9 18\\n27 23\\n17 26\\n10 6\\n31 27\\n7 11\\n23 14\\n1 6\\n31 22\\n9 14\\n19 15\\n32 28\\n10 17\\n25 22\\n3 7\\n6 2\\n27 23\\n11 15\\n21 14\\n6 10\\n22 18\\n18 23\\n15 10\\n19 24\\n11 15\\n30 26\\n7 10\\n2 6\\n22 26\\nDrawn.\\na A move well fitted to cause the timid player to shudder with ner-\\nvous anticipation.\\nb A departure from the standard authorities, and black seems all\\nright.", "height": "4704", "width": "3000", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0206.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nNAME.\\nArmstrong, L\\nAllen, F\\nBrennan. M. H\\nBarker, I\\nBarker, C. F\\nBarrus. F\\nBanks, W. B\\nBrown, I. J\\nBradu P. M\\nBrogan. Z\\nBradlev. L\\nBrodghton. W. H\\n(Sketch on page 157.)\\nBrown. Joseph\\nBowen, R. E\\nBownas, F\\nCalvert, I). C\\nClarke. D. E\\nClouser, M. F\\n(Sketch on page 95.)\\nCohen, I\\nColgan, W\\nDe Freest, A. J\\nDunlap. A. J\\nDurkee. G. W\\nDunlap, A. J\\nEnsign, A. M\\nFreeman. C H\\nFreeman, C. H\\nForsyth, W\\nFleming. W\\nFellows, W. S\\nFlint, Thomas\\nPORTRAITS.\\nPAGE. NAME.\\n63 Guide, A\\n190 Grey, J. P\\n9 Hill. W. G\\n23 Heffner. A. J\\n44 Haves. H\\n34 Hopkins. H. L\\n46 Head, L. S\\n48 Huntington. E\\n78 Hill. W. G\\n101 Harbottle. R\\n135 (Sketch on page 172.)\\n150 Hefter, C\\n(Sketch on page 179.)\\n169 j\\n170 Jacques. E. R\\n190 Johntry, J\\n52 Kear. J. A\\n71 Kirkwood, D\\n94\\nLewis, W\\n148 Leddy, T\\n152\\ni Meade, J\\n149 McCall, R\\n37 Martins, R\\n56 Maize. J\\n189 McAteer, H. F\\nMcNeill, J\\n73 M c Lough lin. W. H\\nMarsh. F. A\\n8 i Murray, J. P\\n43 Mead, F\\n86 i\\n87 Nav, S...\\n89\\n97 Odell. G\\ni Oliver, A. L\\nPAGE.\\n35\\n15\\n6\\n45\\n55\\n64\\n85\\n12S\\n158\\n171\\n178\\n144\\n151\\n134\\n177\\n53\\n65\\n22\\n26\\n27\\n54\\n02\\n77\\n96\\n98\\n120\\n123\\n127\\n18\\n29", "height": "4692", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0207.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "NAME.\\nO Melav. F.\\nOliver, A. L.\\nPORTRAITS-\\npage.\\n126\\n167\\nPatterson, R. W. Frontispiece\\n(Sketch on page 193.)\\nPeacock, F. K TO\\nPowell. G. H 141\\nPollak, A 150\\nParshlev. S. W 168\\nReed, T. P\\n(Sketch on page 176.)\\nRobinson, J. H\\nRichmond, O. H\\nRichmond, J. L\\n(Sketch on page 172.)\\nSpayth, H.......\\nSheean, A.\\nSherrow, G. D\\nStevenson, W. E.\\nStearns. L. M\\n72\\n116\\n171\\n21\\n30\\n39\\n47\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Continued\\nNAME\\nShanahan. D\\nSeeds. S\\nSlocum, G. H\\nShannon, H. W\\nScribner. C. W\\nSmith, J\\n(Sketch on page 172.)\\nTyson. W. H.\\nTescheleit, F.\\nVair, L. J.\\nWylie, J\\nSketch on page 157\\nWardell. M. H. C\\nWalton. R. H\\nWood. H. S\\nWright. H. Z\\nWylie. J\\nYates, R. D.\\nPAGE.\\n88\\n93\\n106\\n133\\n142\\n171\\n117\\n28\\n136\\n20\\n36\\n38\\n132\\n156\\n19\\nriATCH GAMES.\\nOliver vs. Hill 159 to 166\\nANALYSIS OF GAMES.\\nOld Fourteenth\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. Bradley 140\\nDefiance\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. H. Tvson 118 to 119\\nMaid of the Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Maize 109 to 115\\nSecond Double Corner\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. M. Bradt 79 to 81\\nCross Brennan and Stearns 11 to 14\\nGAMES.\\nAYSHIRE LASSIE.\\nPomeroy vs. Johntry\\nALMA.\\nAndy Sheean ...184-185\\nBRISTOL.\\nRichmond vs. Freeman.\\nBanks vs. Stevenson\\nClarke vs. Peacock\\nBarrus vs. O Melay\\nJ. Wylie\\nHill vs. Stearns\\nBarker vs. Wright\\nBRISTOL CROSS.\\nSlocum vs. Head\\nFowler vs. Expert\\nBOSTON CENTRE.\\nL. M. Stearns\\nBarker vs. Hefter\\n155\\n41\\n51\\n76\\n130\\n145\\n147\\n155\\n82\\n76\\n181\\nCROSS.\\nHefter vs. Guide\\nPollak vs. Flint\\nHayes vs. Oliver\\nHopkins vs. Gurley\\nMung;er vs. Ward\\nFleming vs. Jacques\\nReed vs. Colgan\\nBrown vs. Stearns\\nCharles Hefter 186-\\nDEFIANCE.\\nHayes vs. Stearns\\nPriest vs. De Freest\\nDENNY.\\nBailey vs. McCaughie.\\nDOUBLE CORNER.\\nVair vs. Friend\\nPollak vs. Nay\\n25\\n51\\n58\\n68\\n82\\n144\\n152\\n175\\n187\\n33\\n155\\n175\\n136\\n115", "height": "4708", "width": "2972", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0208.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "GAflES Continued.\\nNAME.\\nStarkey vs. Guide...\\nBanks vs. Stevenson.\\nBanks vs. Stevenson.\\nCharles Hefter\\nPAGE.\\n81\\n42\\n50\\n181\\nDYKE.\\nA. Guide\\nMc Lough lin vs. Parrow.\\nFIFE.\\nStearns vs. Friend\\nWright vs. Brown\\nHill vs. Shannon\\nGLASGOW.\\nHayes vs. McLoughlin.\\nWright vs. Grove r\\nIRREGULAR.\\nOliver vs. Shannon\\nFellows vs. Friend\\nJacques vs. Fleming.\\nCharles Hefter\\nKELSO.\\nWood vs. Walton\\nBarker vs. Lewis\\nForsyth vs. Irwin\\nMcLoughlin vs. Roberts..\\nScribner vs. Lewis\\nWright vs. Clouser\\nCharles Hetter 181-\\nLAIRD AXD LADY.\\nArgy vs\u00c2\u00bb Fellows\\nFreeman vs. Patterson\\n84\\n67\\n33\\n68\\n138\\n51\\n139\\n33\\n100\\n131\\n145\\n42\\n59\\n92\\n99\\n142\\n174\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01S3\\n59\\n194\\nNAME. p A\\nOLD FOURTEENTH.\\nBrown vs. Mead\\nSECOND DOUBLE CORNER.\\nBrown vs. Cohen\\nFreeman vs. Cohen\\nG. H. Powell\\nMarsh vs. Lowe\\nHopkins vs. Denvir\\nBrown vs. Hill\\nSINGLE CORNER.\\nSimpson vs. Rathbon.\\nR. D. Yates.\\nA. Schaefer\\nFlint vs. Wright\\nOuarles vs. Head\\nPatterson vs. Freeman.\\nSOUTER.\\nDurkee vs. Scribner\\nGeorge W. Durkee\\nSWITCHER.\\nClarke vs. Barker\\nFultord vs. Lobban\\nJ. Wylie\\nPillsbury vs. Cohen.\\nJ. Lees\\nWHILTER.\\nBrown vs. Wheelock\\nHefter vs. Head\\nFleming vs. Jacques.\\nEdgerly vs. Pollak\\nPR0BLEH5\\n122\\n148\\n146\\n145\\n108\\n68\\n169\\n147\\n146\\n145\\n122\\n115\\n194\\n56\\n82\\n76\\n139\\n145\\n147\\n175\\n42\\n92\\n131\\n146\\nPages 10, 16, 24, 31, 40. 49, 57, 66, 74, 83, 90, 107, 121, 124, 129, 137.\\n143, 153, 173, 180, 188, 191. Solutions follow the problems.\\nPOETRY ON THE GAME.\\nPuzzle Problem\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O. H. Richmond 61\\nThe Lallemont Board Sam Nay 99\\nA Siegfried Saga Z. Brogan 102-105\\nPuzzle Problem\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O. H. Richmond 116\\nThe Old Checker Board John J. Barker 157", "height": "4708", "width": "2880", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0209.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "REAR S FJBMGAT18MS.\\nThe Draughts Players Quarterly Review. Price $i per\\nyear. This magazine is acknowledged to be the best in the world. It contains\\noriginal contributions by the leading compilers in Great Britain, and selections of\\nthe finest play from all the columns and magazines published.\\nKear s Repriut of Drummoud s Works. First edition,\\ncomplete in ii parts f i, or bound in cloth Si. 40. Second edition complete in 22\\nparts $2. or bound in cloth $2 40. This is the greate-t work ever published, a dia-\\ngram position is given to every variation showing the positi n of the pieces, the\\nml} work-on draughts ever published in this form.\\nInternational Draughts Magazine. Contains contributions\\nfrom the leading experts of Great [Britain and America. Price $1 per vol or the set\\ncomplete, v U. 1. 2 and 3, with supplement. $3.50.\\nNew Bristol Book. By M. Atkinson, Manchester 44 pages\\nwith over 400 variati ms, 20 critical positi ns and complete exercise on first position,\\nillustrated with three diagram settings by F. W. Drinkwater, Cardiff. Price 50 cts\\nWhite and Colored Doctor Book. By M. Atkinson. Man-\\nchester. 743 v .riitions and 12 positi ins I he finest play on this opening ever pub-\\nlished. Price 60 cents.\\nKear s Manuscript Book for Noting Games, ete. 52 pages,\\nillustrated with five small diagrams at top of every page. Price 35 cents.\\nAny of the above works may be had direct from J. A. REAR, 5\\nBeaumont street, Stapleton road. Bristol. England, or from any\\nchecker dealer in the world.\\nFor anything on the game of draughts write to J. A. KEAR at above\\naddress. I keep the largest stock ot Draughts Works in Great\\nBritain.\\nRARE WORKS A SPECIALTY WITH ME.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0210.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "STANDARD WORKS ON DRAUGHTS.\\nRobertson s Guide to the Game of Draughts. This is an\\nexhaustive Work on instructions for learners, the Standard I aws of the Game, the\\nnames of the Games and their formation Bv John Robertson. It embiaces all of\\nthe 22 well-known Openings, with 3340 Variations, and about 1200 (.riginal V aria-\\ntions which appear for the first time in this work, forming a thorough work.\\nBound in cloth. 8vo, .320 pages S3. 00\\nSpayth s American Draught Player or the Theory aud\\nPractice of the Scientific Game of Checkers. Containing upwards of 1,700\\nGames and positions. By Henry Spayth. Sixth edition, containing: The stand-\\nard Laws of the Game, Full Instructions, Names of the Games and hew formed.\\nThe Theory of the Move and its Changes.\\nBound in cloth, gilt side and back S3 -00\\nSpayth s t^ame of Draughts. By Henry Spayth. This book\\nis designed as a supplement to The American Draught Player; but it is complete\\nin itself. It contains instructions, laws of the game, the score of 364 gamt s, together\\nwith 34 instructive critical positions.\\nCloth, gilt back and side S1.50.\\nSpayth s Draughts or Checkers for Beginners. This\\ntreatise by Henry Spayth, is by far the most complete and instructive elementary\\nwork on Draughts ever published, and contains a great variety ti interesting and\\ninstructive Games, progressively arranged.\\nCloth, gilt edge 75 cts.\\nAnderson s Checkers. Containing Complete Instructions and\\nrules, including all the Standard Games and their Variations, and numerous Prob-\\nlems with their Solutions. By Andrew Andersc n. ]n a certain sense, this is a le-\\nprint of Anderson s Celebrated Second b,dition that is, where improvements have\\nbeen shown they have been incorporated, and unsound play eliminated.\\ni2mo, cloth \u00c2\u00a71,50,\\nDunne s Draughts-Player s Guide and Companion. A\\nGuide to the Student and the Advanced Player. By Frank Dunne. Containing\\nInstructions, Standard Rules, the Move and its changes, End Games, Openings,\\nIllustrative Games, the Losing Game, and some of the finest Problems of the day,\\nwith their Solutions; also the Spanish, Italian, Polish and Turkish varieties of the\\ngame.\\ni2mo, cloth SI. 50.\\nS cat ter good s Game of Draughts or Checkers, Simplified\\nand Explained, With practical Diagrams and Illustrations. Containing the\\nEighteen Standard Games, with over 200 of the best variations, selected from var*\\nious authors, with some never before published. By D. Scattergood.\\nBound in cloth, with flexible covers 50 cts,\\nAny of the above books will be sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of the price by\\nDICK FITZGERALD, Publishers,\\n18 Ann Street, New York.", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0211.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "The Derry news\\nOF ANY WEEKLY JOURNAL\\nIN AMERICA.\\nTHE BEST\\nCHECKER COLUMN\\nIt has many of the Best Checker Players in the World\\nfor Contributors.\\nIt has a Good Circulation in Foreign Countries. Send\\nyour address for Sample. Every Draught Player\\nin the world should have it.\\nERMSooooo\\n$1.00 PER YEAR IN THE U. S. AND CANADA,\\nOr SI. 50 in Foreign Countries in the Postal Union.\\nPUBLISHED BY GHAS. BARTLETT m\\nLYMAN M. STEARNS, CHECKER EDITOR.\\nDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, U. S. A.\\nDerry News,", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0212.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0213.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4708", "width": "2972", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0214.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "Appendix to Book of Portraits,\\nVOL 1.\\nH. F. McAteer, President of Advisory Council of Western Penn=\\nsylvania.\\nThe accompanying picture shows a likeness of President H. F. Mc-\\nAteer, president of the Advisory Council of Western Pennsylvania.\\nWhile Brother McAteer has not become known throughout the gen-\\neral Association, yet by his active and energetic work in Western\\nPennsylvania he is known to all by his works. Brother McAteer be-\\ncame a member of Branch 123, located in Pittsburgh, and filled nearly\\nevery office in his Branch. During the year in which he was presid-\\ning officer the Branch increased over sixty-seven per cent in member-\\nship.\\nBrother McAteer, in addition to his activity in C. M. B. A. matters,\\ndevotes considerable of his leisure moments to checkers, and has\\nbeen for a number of years the editor of the same in the columns of\\nPittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.\\nOne of his contemporaries some time ago wrote of him in this style\\nHave you ever met the great and only Mac? Mac who wields such\\na caustic pen, who makes or unmakes champions with one stroke of\\nhis mighty weapon, who crushes problemists, scrubs McKelvies,\\nsmothers Stearns, idolizes Reed, elevates Edgerly, tramples on Mc-\\nCall, job-lots checkerbooks and gathers all the news first? Well when\\nyou know Mac, he is not such a fierce fellow as he would have you\\nbelieve, and so on.*\\nBrother McAteer is thirty-nine years old young, indeed, to have\\nclimbed so far up the ladder, unaided from the bottom rung. His life\\nfurnishes a splendid example of what untiring energy and ability,\\ncoupled with ambition, will accomplish. He is a native of Pennsyl.\\nvania, and if you ask him about his ancestors he will tell you that on\\nboth sides of the family they were soldiers, and fought in the Revo-", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0215.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "2\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nlntion, the wars of 1812, the Mexican trouble and the Rebellion.\\nBrother McAteer had an ordinary school education, and afterwards\\nhad some experience as a coal miner in Pennsylvania, but his employ-\\nment has been chiefly in connection with railways. He served as train\\nbrakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad and also as fireman and as\\nassistant yard master at Pittsburg. While brakeman he took up the\\nstudy of stenography, and seized every opportunity afforded him by\\nthe intervals of labor for perfecting himself. He got along with\\ncharacteristic rapidity and then applied for and obtained a position\\nwith the road foreman of engines, who has charge of the motive\\npower and of the enginemen and firemen. He now began studying\\nmechanical engineering and the working of automatic air-brake appli-\\nances, and, becoming quite proficient, was placed in charge of the\\nschool for correctly instructing enginemen and firemen in the use and\\nabuse of the brake. He resigned this position in order to accept a\\nplace in the advertising department of the Pennsylvania Lines and\\nfrom there was promoted to be private secretary to the Assistant\\nGeneral Passenger Agent. While in this department he worked on\\nthe newspapers about Pittsburg and through the connections thus\\nformed and being interested in checkers, he was appointed to take\\ncharge of the Chronicle-Telegraph checker department, which he\\nhas personally conducted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and most successfully for 11 years. It\\nis now the oldest column under one continuous editor in the States,\\nand is one of the brightest and best of its kind anywhere.\\nBrother McAteer has been very active in the C. M. B. A. cause and\\nhis Branch sends him as their representative to the Advisory Council\\nwhere he shows his energy and ability and was chosen as first vice-\\npresident for the year 1898. In January 1899, he was chosen unani-\\nmously after Brother Molamphy was nominated and declined in his\\nfavor for the distinguished honor of being president of the Advisory\\nCouncil of Western Pennsylvania. Catholic Mutual Benefit Association\\nNews.\\n*Author sNote. Brother McAteer has been our valued agent for X. A. C. B. and\\nBooks of Portraits, etc., and one of our most valued friends. May his shadow never\\nlessen is our earnest wish. L. M. Stearns.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0216.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n8\\nLAURENCE GILBERTSON, Bathgate, Scotland. It is a pleasure\\nand an honor to be allowed the privilege of presenting a correct\\nlikeness of onr brother checker editor of the West Lothian Courier,\\na paper whose checker columns are quoted from more than any other\\nin the United Kingdom, or in America. Mr. Gilbertson is an ideal ed-\\nitor and besides all this he is a member of The Fellows of the Insti-\\ntute of Journalists, of Great Britain Honorary President, Scottish\\nDraughts Association; President, West Lothian Draughts Associa-\\ntion; President, Bathgate Draught Club; a Problematist, Analyst and\\nplayer of exceptional ability. Onr space does not allow us to do our\\nworthy brother justice, but we wish him every success in the grand\\nwork he is doing.", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0217.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nALLAN HYND, Manchester, England.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0218.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n5\\nALLAN HYXD, Manchester, Eng. A sketch of this great player\\nin his own words. The most complete one in book. Thanks to\\nthe author I am a Scotchman, having been born in the Kingdom\\nof Fife, just twenty-nine years ago. My childhood days were spent\\nin the auld grey toon of Dunfermline, famous as the last resting\\nplace of King Robert the Bruce, the greatest of the Scottish kings.\\nI removed with my parents to Manchester a little over twenty years\\nago and here it was that I learned to play at the game of draughts.\\nMy father was the mentor who first initiated me into the intricacies of\\nthe damboocr and no better teacher could be desired. He had been\\nintimate with the late Herd Laddie Mr. Jas. Wyllie, when the lat-\\nter was resident at Leven and many a fight, over the board, he has\\nhad with the hero of a hundred rights who has just crossed the -val-\\nley of the shadow.\\nIt was not, however, until Mr. Robert Martins, ex-champion of the\\nworld, came to Manchester in 1885, to coach Mr. Andrew Jackson for\\nhis match with the late James Smith, of Spennapmoor, for the cham-\\npionship of Ensland, that I took an active interest in the game. My\\nfirst game in public was played with the old veteran and although\\nI secured a draw on that occasion it was through no merits of mine.\\nIt is characteristic of Mr. Martins that he takes as much interest in\\na game with a novice as he does with an expert, and his object seems\\nto be, not so much to win, as to make the game a valuable lesson to\\nthe player. On the occasion just referred to. whenever my hand hov-\\nered over a move tha would have resulted in disaster to my forces,\\nMr. Martins would exclaim, Xo. no, sonny, you are not going to do\\nthat and he would at once suggest a better move.\\nPrevious to the old Manchester club being disbanded, I with a few\\nothers who had not been at all satisfied with the manner that club had\\nbeen conducted, formed a new organization The Manchester Cen-\\ntral Club. It is with this club that I have received most of my prac-\\ntice. For the last 7 years I have been captain of the first team and\\nin all the matches in which I have played during this time I have\\nnever lost a game, although I have met the principal English players\\nincluding Mr. W. Gardner, present English champion; Mr. Alfred\\nJordan, London champion the late Eley Clarke, Liverpool: Mitchell,\\nNottingham; Cain, Liverpool: Lewis, Burslem; George Jewitt, Hull,\\nand many others. When the Lancashire championship tournament\\nwas first inaugurated in 1895, I made a fairly creditable stand, being\\ndefeated in the final by the late Eley Clarke, Liverpool, with the score", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0219.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "6\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nof one loss and three draws. In the previons round I defeated such\\nwell known players as I. Settle, of Darwen and W. Halliwell, Ashton,\\nUnder Lyne. Not being satisfied with this defeat, I challenged Mr.\\nClarke shortly after, to a match for a stake of \u00c2\u00a350, but the same met\\nwith no response. The next Lancashire tournament held in Manches-\\nter on New Year s day, 1897, enabled me to reach first honors, de-\\nfeating Mr. F. Dunne, Warrington, in the final round with the score\\nof one win and seven games drawn. On this occasion I went through\\nthe tournament without losing a single game. The next year I again\\nrepeated the performance of winning the Lancashire championship,\\ndefeating Mr. A. Cain, Liverpool, in the final round with the score of\\ntwo wins and two draws.\\nIn 1896, I played a small match with Mr. Richard Atwell, then of\\nManchester, but now of London, conceding the handicap of three\\ndraws in six games After an interesting contest I emerged the vic-\\ntor, the final score reading: Self, 4 wins; Atwell, drawn, 2. As\\nMr. Atwell drew the two games in the first three, they of course\\ncounted as wins. In the spring of this year, I accepted an invitation\\nof the English Draughts Association to play for them against Scot-\\nland. Altho a Scotchman by birth and parentage (and I may add by\\ninclination) I felt however, that my services were due to the country\\nwherein I had learned the game, and in this respect I followed the ex-\\nample of Mr. Andrew Jackson, who played for England in the inter-\\nnational contest of 1884 Honors easy was the result of my efforts\\nagainst the Scotti h cracks. On the first day I defeated Searteht of\\nGlasgow; on the second I unexpectedly was grassed by Flem-\\ning Brown, of Ruthergleu and on the third and last dav, I drew with\\nA. Freedman, the Scottish champion with the score of 1 win each and\\n1 draw. My total score was 3 wins, 3 losses and 8 games drawn.\\nCertain public expressions made by Mr. A. Freedman, during a\\nprofessional tour in England, decided me in issuing a challenge to this\\ngentleman, a challenge which was readily accepted. The contest took\\nplace at Manchester, last J ily, and was for a stake of \u00c2\u00a340, to be de-\\ncided by the best of 8 games on level terms. After a stubborn and\\nexciting match, I just reached home a victor, the final score being:\\nHynd. 1 win; Freedman, 0; drawn, 7.\\nI have been the draughts editor of the Manchester Weekly Times\\nfor over two years. I performed similar duties on the staff of the\\nManchester New Weekly four years ago, but that p-^per, after a\\ngallant struggle, eventually succumbed after an existence of barely\\ntwo years. I may also point out that I was one of the founders of\\nthe English Draughts Association and was elected treasurer in the\\nfirst year of its existence.\\nYours truly,\\nALLAN HYND.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0220.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "OF\\nPROMINENT\\nPLAYERS.\\nFRANK DUNNE, Warrington, England. Draughts Editor of the\\nLeeds Mercurj Supplement, and author and publisher of Dunne s\\nGuide and Companion, a most excellent book long since out of print.\\nMr. Dunne s fame has spread all over the checker world. His prob-\\nlems in Gould s Problem Book are a standing monument of his great-\\nness. Excelled by none, the name of Dunne, in draughts will never\\ndie. It is quite impossible to write on paper a tithe part of the good\\nh^ has done to the vast army of checker players, and they are not\\nslow in their appreciation of it. May he be spared to us for many\\nyears to come.", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0221.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "8\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nFEEMOXT L. IEISH. Auburn. Me, Mr. Irish was born in Buck-\\nfield, Me., June 22. 1856 At the age of sixteen he began to play\\ncheckers and has been a constant admirer ever since. Mr. Irish,\\nwhile not posing as an expert at the game, takes pride at the showing\\nmade with Barker, Eeed and other noted masters. He is always ready\\nto play the game with novice or expert, and while on the road had\\nmany amusing experiences with checker players, chief among which\\nwas his first meeting with J. P. Eeed. at Pittsburg, who posed as a\\nnovice and did not disclose his identity until the end of the sitting,\\nwhen Irish nearly died of heart failure, upon learning who he had\\nplayed with. Mr. Irish recently defeated C. 0. Maberry. champion of\\nHaverhill. Mass. Mr. Irish s barbel shop is headquarters for checker\\nplavers in Auburn and there is a standing invitation for all players\\nvisiting Auburn to call on him.", "height": "4732", "width": "2940", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0222.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4704", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0223.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "NOMAS CorKBURX, 1 KVIXGK X-OX-Hl DSOX, X.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0224.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\nMJ. DO WD, worthy secretary of the Lowell, Mass., Checker\\nClub, has been in that official position since the club was\\nformed and is a genial, pleasant, gentleman to meet, and plays a rat-\\ntling good game that keeps most of the boys sawing wood when\\nplaying with him. He is a successful business man, but is always\\nready to play, or entertain checker players who may see fit to visit\\nthe Lowell Checker Club. We could at one time beat him, now it is\\nhard work to come out even.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0225.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nJ. C. BAKER, Springvale, Me.", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0226.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n11\\nJC. BAKER, Spring vale. Me., was raised on a farm in Franklin\\nCounty, Me. At 19 years of age he enlisted in the war of 63\\nand lost his health while in the service so as to unfit him for hard\\nwork. Advised by doctors to keep out of doors, he went to canvas-\\nsing. Canvassed for twenty years in all of the New England states,\\nNew York, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado and New Mexico. Then it\\nwas when his checker career began, just playing for pastime, since\\nthen has studied it for science and now from book study. Has gone\\nout of his way many times through rainstorms to play with some fine\\nplayers and generally he downed them. This was when he was can-\\nvassing. He is champion of York County, Me., having held it for\\nsix years, About once a year he has a challenge in a local weekly\\npaper. At the Springvale House they keep a checker board and\\nguests that can beat the landlord very bad are invited to play with\\nMr. Baker, who has been sent for three times in two years, and beat\\nthem every time. In a letter from Mr. Baker a short time since, he\\nsaid, It is safe to say that if fun could be measured in baskets, then\\nI have had bushels of fun in playing checkers.", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0227.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "12\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGEOKGE F. DAXIELS, Farmington, Conn., is one of New Eng-\\nland s expert players and is a native of Grafton, Mass. He is\\nforty-two years of age and has been playing checkers since 1872, hav-\\ning made good scores with such notables as Bowen, Bowdish, Merry,\\nDickenson, A. Eobinson, Kirby, Newton and Welch. Mr. Daniels\\nhas a library of great value and recently added the Bowdish Manu-\\nscript books. He was a traveling salesman in the west and south for\\nten years, but for the past fourteen years has been in the hotel busi-\\nness.", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0228.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "r. J. Broavx, Rtchmoxi Fxn.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0229.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4740", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0230.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n13\\nJAMES HILL. YTe give a likeness of one of the most popular au-\\nthors of checker literature. Hill s Synopsis and Hill s Pocket\\nManual have reached the fifth edition and still the sale goes on, meet-\\ning with favor everywhere. Hill s Maapie Clnb Sketches has also\\ngained fame for its author. Mr. Hill s home is at Hurstleigh, Eng-\\nland, but he visits Providence, R. I., every winter, and will probably\\nbe in Boston to witness the great Barker vs. Jordan match for world s\\nchampionship.", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0231.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "14\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS", "height": "4708", "width": "2896", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0232.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.", "height": "4708", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0233.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "16\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nA J. KIEBY. It is indeed a pleasure to be able to present to our\\nmany readers a correct likeness, and sketch of that old-time\\nplayer of the Bay State. Mr. Kir by first saw the li^ht at Spencer,\\nMass., August 21 t, 1837. He first bearan to play checkers at the a\u00c2\u00abre\\nof thirteen, but not scientifically until 1872. Since then has met and\\nplayed such notables a^ C. F. Barker, C. H. Freeman, K. E. Bo wen,\\nA. E Bowdish, E. D. Yates, J. P. Eeed, H. Z. Wright, J. Cairns, D.\\nDickenson and others.\\nAt Woonsocket, Feb. 1893, he tied W. H. Wales and J Cairns, and\\nhad close scores /with Fitzgerald and E Mee also at Boston, same\\nyear, he won the only game he played with E. A. Durain, and defeat-\\ned P. Kelly, Mr. Mack and Laug; tied Bugbee and lost to Grover and\\nDean. In March. 1893, at Grafton. Kit by 4. W. H. Wales I, drawn 3\\nsame month at Woonsocket. he tied both Deely and Ed. Mee. His fa-\\nvorite game is formed from 11 15, 23 19, but he can play most any\\nopening with good results. Has played blindfold: also by corres-\\npondence; composed problems and won prizes.\\nAlthough his library is small, he still holds the championship of\\nGrafton and two years ago challenged any player in Worcester Coun-\\nty, and no one accepted a worthy record of a worthy checker player.\\nBut a great honor falls upon cur checker friend, in the fact that he\\nserved three years in the late rebellion, Co. K, 25th Mass. Volunteers,\\ntwo years as musician, and for the past 27 years he has been a hotel\\nproprietor.\\nA cut of Hotel Kirby is also given to allow our readers an oppor-\\ntunity to see the pleasant headquarters of checker players of Grafton,\\nand the hand of welcome is and always will be extended to players\\nwho are fortunate enough to pass that way. Go and see the genial\\nproprietor and while he will play to win at the board, you will say it\\nwas a most enjoyable visit.", "height": "4708", "width": "2840", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0234.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4704", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0235.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "Richard Lyons,\\nThe Stroke Problem King,\\nSl X D E R LAM), EXGLAXD.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0236.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n17\\nWA. DA VIES, Llaneliy, Wales, Bom at Llangadock, 27 years\\nago. Began to play checkers in 1882 under the guidance of\\nMr. Richard Thomas, shoemaker, and had a strong liking for the\\ngame from the start and it is his favorite game. (See his beautiful\\nproblems on another page.) He soon became champion of his native\\ntown. In 1890, he went to Lianelly, met all comers and came out the\\nvictor. In 1891, he issued a challenge to play anyone in Carmarthen-\\nshire. February, 1896, he was challenged to play W. H. Evans, cap-\\ntain of Carmarthen (town) Draught Club, to play 12 games for \u00c2\u00a325 a\\nside and the championship of the shire. The match came oft in March,\\n1896 result, Davies 5. Evans 1. draw 4. He started a club at Lianelly\\nin 1891 and has been captain from the start. There are sixteen\\nstrong players in the club and it is the strongest club in Wales. Mr.\\nDavies is trying hard to get an expert to visit Wales this season and\\nhopes to have a Welsh International Draught Team in a few years.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0237.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "18\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 1. W. A. Da vies. So. 2. W. A. Davies.\\nBlack. Black.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to play and win.\\nNo. 3. W. A. Davies.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nBlack to play and win.\\nXo. 4. T. Turnbull.\\nBlack.\\n911 B B B\\nB^*B\u00c2\u00a9B B^\\nBSB^B^B^\\n1\\ns\\nn:\\n1 is, BSBpB\\nWhite. White.\\nBlack to play and win. White to play and win.\\nGame No. i. Double Corner.\\nBy W. A. Davies, Llanelly.\\n9\\n14\\n10\\n19\\n9\\nb i\\n1\\n5\\n14\\n23\\n22\\n18\\n24\\n15\\n24\\n15\\n24 15\\n24\\n15\\n15\\n11\\n5\\n9\\n10\\n10\\n7 10\\n16\\n19\\n8\\n15\\n25\\n22\\n(1)22\\n18\\n32\\n27\\n31 27\\n23\\n16\\n28\\n24\\n11\\n16\\n10\\n19\\n10\\n19\\n10 19\\n12\\n19\\n19\\n28\\n18\\n15a\\n27\\n24\\n27\\n24\\n27 24\\n29\\n25\\n26\\n1\\nDrawn\\n(a) This move is marked in Lees s Guide as weak for White.\\nThere are several trappy points in the above play which might prove\\nfatal to the learner. There is also scope for variety of play at several\\npoints of the game.", "height": "4728", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0238.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n19\\n27 24 32 27\\n10 19 7\\n24 15 27 24\\n10 ID 18 23\\n23 16 24 20\\n12 19 7 11\\n22 17 29 2:\\n14 18 11 18\\n17 14 2(3 22\\n9 13 1 5\\n25 22 7 10\\n23 26 26 17\\nCD\\n22 15 7 3\\n6 10 19 24\\n14 7 28 19\\n2 18 23 27\\n20 1G 31 24\\n8 12 20 27\\n16 11 19 15\\n12 1G 27 31\\n11 7 15 10\\n16 20 31 27\\n(2)\\n3 7 7 2\\n4 8 8 12\\n10 G 2 7\\n18 23 18 23\\n6 2 (2)7 2\\n23 26 14 18\\n30 23 2 6\\n27 18 23 2G\\n2 7 G 10\\n5 9 18 23\\n7 2 Drawn.\\n9 14\\n2 9\\n12 16 14 18\\nD Fawn\\nProblem Xo. 1.\\nW; A. Davies, Llannelly, England.\\n15 18 31 27 16 19 20 24 23 30\\n1 10 22 15 15 31 28 19 B. wins.\\nA beauty and original", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0239.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "20\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nProblem Xo. 2.\\nA. Davies, Llanneily, England.\\n23 27 19 26 6 9 15 19\\n32 23 31 13 13 6 6 15\\nThis one shows a skilled builder of problems.\\nProblem Xo. 3.\\nW. A. Davies. Llanneily, England\\n24 28\\n15 21\\n28 10\\nB. wins.\\n4 8\\nd i\\n17 13 13 15\\n15\\n10\\n2 20\\n10 19\\n12 3\\n3 17 5 14\\n14\\nt\\nB. wins.\\nA gi-\\nandly constructed problem.\\nProblem Xo. 4.\\nT.\\nTurnbull, Newcastle.\\nEn\\nll:; 11\\n16 23\\n25 22 6 13\\n24\\n23 16\\n29 25\\n18 25 11 8\\n20\\n97\\n24 19\\n10 19\\n27 9 2 11\\n32\\n14\\nW. win\u00c2\u00bb.\\nX 11 1\\nproblem won first prize in a leading Engl\\nisIi paper.\\nProblem Xo. 5.\\nL. M\\nStearns, West Derry\\nX\\nH.\\n24 19\\n27 24\\n22 17* 12 19\\n19\\n23\\n18 22\\n21 25\\n4 8\\n16 23 20 25\\n29\\n25\\nW. wins.\\n31 27\\n3 12\\n24 19* 17 21*\\n23\\n18\\n25 30\\n11 16\\n23 16 25 30\\nProblem. Xo. 6.\\n25\\n29\\nL. M\\nStearns. West Derry.\\nH.\\n31 2 7\\n4 8\\n10 14 16 19\\n22\\n29\\n18 22\\n11 16\\n7 10(1)\\n11 15 14 10\\n15\\n18\\n14 18\\n3 7\\n8 11\\n24 20 21 25\\n(Var. 10\\n10\\n14\\nDrawn.\\n16 20\\n7 2\\n20 24 23 18\\n24\\n19\\n18 14\\n24 19\\n21 25(2)\\n19 15 26 22\\n10\\n22 18\\n8 12\\n22 29\\n30 26 2 7\\n(Var. 2\\n19\\n23\\nDrawn.\\n2 G\\n20 16\\n14 17 10 14\\n10\\n15\\n16 20\\n9 14\\n20 16 17 10\\nW\\nwins\\n6 9\\n16 20\\n23 18 12 16", "height": "4708", "width": "2892", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0240.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0241.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4708", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0242.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a221\\nDR. J. WILLIAM ELLIOTT. It is with the greatest pleasure we\\nintroduce to the readers of the Book of Portraits a correct like-\\nness of the much talked of and accomplished artist, Prof. Elliott,\\nChampion Card Manipulator of the World. He has received no less\\nthan fifty-four medals and other valuable trophies for his wonderful\\nmanipulative card skill. He is the author of New Era Card Tricks\\nand The American Card Manipulator, and is the chief corresponding-\\ncard editor of Mahatma and treasurer of the Magic Mystic Fraternity,\\nthe only society of its kind in existence, He has one of the finest\\nchess libraries in New England and is a chess problemist of re-\\npute. He is well versed in botany, chemistry, ornithology and\\nphotography, and is particularly clever at oil and water color paint-\\ning, sketching, crayon and pastel work, as the walls of his residence\\nwill testify. He is one of the brightest chess players that ever\\nentered Harvard college. He is also quite athletic, having put the 16\\nlb. shot over 39 feet and the 56 lb. 28 feet. He is an accomplished\\nswimmer and diver and fond of sculling.\\nHe has just invented the finest analytical chess and checker board\\ntable with which we are acquainted. The Professor has written\\nmany articles on cards and other topics for the leading magazines.\\nOne of his checker problems appeared in the June issue of the N. A.\\nC. B. as No 9 and is a beautiful conception.\\nTo meet the gentleman is to meet one of the finest of men, his off\\nhanded, genial disposition making him warm friends on all sides.\\nThe doctor is also a rattling good host and all who are fortunate\\nenough to make his acquaintance will find in him a true, good hearted\\nfriend. With overflowing wine glasses we drink to his good health,\\nsaying as we do Well, here s good luck to genial Dr. Elliott.\\nX. B. Dr. Elliott has defeated C F. Barker as recently as June\\n5th, 1899. Checker Editor.\\nBlack. C. F. Barker, Champion Checker Player of America.\\nWhite. Dr. J. W. Elliott. Champion Card Manipulator of the\\nWorld.\\nE. M. CLIFFORD.\\nGams No. 2. Old Fourteenth.\\n11 15\\n23 19\\n8 11\\n22 17\\n-i 8\\n25 22\\n15 18\\n22 15\\n11 is\\n17 11\\n10 17\\n21 11\\n9 13\\n21 20\\n18 22\\n26 17\\n18 22\\n19 15\\n7 11\\n11 10\\n11 18\\n30 25\\n6 15\\n27 23\\n18 27\\n25 1\\nW. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0243.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "22\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nMELFORD S. WOLCOTT was born in Granger, Medina Co., Ohio,\\nDecember 29th, 1849 and commenced playing checkers occasion-\\nally when about fourteen years of age. Has always taken a lively\\ninterest in the game of checkers since he was a mere youth but liv-\\ning on a farm had not the time to play that he would have liked. He\\nhas published some very cleverly constructed problems.", "height": "4732", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0244.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n23\\nWILLIAM CAMPBELL, who claims the distinction of the world s\\nchampion at blindfold playing, and barring Willie Gardner of\\nLeeds, England, we think he would have a clear title.\\nMr. Campbell at one time edited the Draughts World and in an\\nadmirable manner. A true Scottish gentleman and proud of his\\nnative couutry. The above portrait is a correct likeness.", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0245.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "24\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nJOHX DRUMMOND, of Denny, Scotland, was born March 26th,\\n1806, at Laurieston, near Falkirk, of humble parents. In 1830\\nDrnmmond secured a copy of ^Sfcurges Treatise on Draughts, and\\nin a short time he came into the front rank of expert draught play-\\ners. His publications, l The Scottish Draught Player, four editions\\nare eagerly sought after by the players of today. In his youth Drum-\\nmond was a typical Scotchman tall and well made, with a thought-\\nful eye, bright and penetrating and rather severe cast of counte-\\nnance. He suffered much during his long and last illness, and died\\nat Denny, May 11th, 1881.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0246.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "David S. Blessing, Harrisisukg, Pa.", "height": "4704", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0247.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4708", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0248.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4700", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0249.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "De. W. E. Trvax, Breckejsridge, Mixx.", "height": "4708", "width": "2924", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0250.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n25\\nDR. W. E. TRUAX. The subject of this sketch was born at Roches-\\nter, Bacine Co., Wisconsin, June 10, 1848, and is therefore in\\nhis 51st year. Commenced playing checkers when he was ten years\\nold. His enthusiasm increased with his years and at the age of fifteen\\nhad easily vanquished all players in his neighborhood. It was about\\nthis time he discovered he could remember all the moves in the games\\nhe played. This induced him to record the moves of what he con-\\nsidered the best games played. Having never seen a printed game\\nor heard of one, but having seen some chess games edited by Paul\\nMorphy, in the New York Ledger, he used the chess notations for the\\nrecording of the moves. This was the commencement of the Black\\nDoctor work and culminated in the publication of that work many\\nyears afterward. The first checker work he ever saw was Scatter-\\ngoods (1859.) This book so completely astonished him, especially\\nthe system of annotation aud superior play known to him, he at once\\ncommenced the serious study of the games and with the assistance of\\na checker column in the American Agriculturist, 186-1 edited by\\nOrange Judd, the first ever seen by him, he soon became master of\\nthe game.\\nHe has issued two editions of the Black Doctor book, 1888 and\\n1892; edited a checker column in Fargo Times, 1878 to 1880; also\\nchecker column in the Gazette, Breckenbridge, 1886-89. He has been\\nfirst and foremost to advance the game in the west: one of the oldest\\nplayers in America; has met nearly all the best players in the world.\\nHas one of the largest checker libraries in this country and was\\nspecial contributor to Gould s Book of Matched Games, besides con-\\ntributing to nearly every checker column ever printed in this country.\\nHe has played many matched games and never lost but two, one to\\nHead and one to Pierce. In both these matches he was handicapped\\nby being out of practice. His name is known wherever the game is\\nplayed in the world. Lyman s Problem Book has his special contri-\\nbution.\\nHe served nearly three years as a private soldier during the rebel-\\nlion and was mustered out of service before he was 18 years old.\\nWorked at telegraphing for nearly thirteen years has practiced med-\\nicine nearly seventeen years. He still loves checkers and although\\nnot practicing checkers much of late has promised to contribute to\\nthe X. A. C. B during the coming years. Dr. Truax was one of the\\nfirst to play the game blindfolded. See position No. 6, Xew York\\nClipper, Vol. 22, 1870. I. D. J. Sweet, the checker editor, stated it\\nwas truly marvelous considering the conditions. This was the first\\nblindfolded game ever published,", "height": "4708", "width": "2856", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0251.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "26\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nDAVID C. AVHITEHILL, Brookville Pa. The subject of oar sketch\\nwas born on a farm at Kingsville, Clarion Co., Pa., where he\\nattended the district school in winters, working on the farm in sum-\\nmers, until seventeen years old, when he began teaching public school\\nand taught eight winter terms and attended school each summer.\\nAt twenty-five years of age he engaged in the music business, mov-\\ning to Brookville in 1892 and in 1895 sold out his stores in Pitts-\\nburg, Beynoldsville aud Brookville and with his family traveled one\\nyear. He is now in the real estate business aud has been very suc-\\ncessful. His checker problems, of which we publish a page of them\\nin this work, are good examples of his skill. The correction of the\\nFlora Temple, by Mr. Whitehill, on another page with diagram is a\\nbeauty and has appeared in several of the leading checker columns.", "height": "4708", "width": "2952", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0252.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS. 2 i\\nGame No. 3. Flora Temple.\\nBy David C Whitehill.\\n11\\n15\\n9\\n13\\n6\\n10\\n13\\n17\\n7\\n11\\n15\\n18\\n22\\n18\\nIS\\n11\\n25\\n21\\n31\\n20\\n15\\n10\\n10\\n6\\n15\\n22\\n10\\n17\\n10\\n17\\n6\\n9\\n11\\n15\\n2\\n9\\n25\\n18\\n21\\n11\\n21\\n11\\n18\\n15\\n26\\n23\\n19\\n15\\n12\\n16\\n16\\n20\\n1\\n6\\n9\\n18\\n17\\n21\\n18\\n22\\n29\\n25\\n23\\n18\\n2G\\n23\\n23\\n11\\n23\\n19\\n11\\n10\\nFollowed by 22 25 and we have the position diagram.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and draw.\\n21 19\\n16\\n11\\n7 2\\n27\\n21\\n15\\n18\\n2 6\\n25 29(1)\\n25\\n22\\n11 9\\n20\\n27\\n4\\n8\\n12 16\\n10 7\\n6\\n9\\n6 10\\n32\\n11\\n11\\n10\\n6 9\\n3 10\\n22\\n17\\n13 17(1)\\n22\\n25\\n5\\n9\\n8 12\\n15 6\\n2\\n6\\n2 7\\n7\\n11\\n10\\n7\\n9 13\\n29 25\\n9\\n13(3)\\n17 22\\n25\\n29\\n9\\n13\\n17 22\\n19 16\\n11\\n7\\n10 11\\n11\\n15\\n2\\n13 17\\n8 12\\n17\\n11\\n9 18\\n29\\n25\\n13\\n17\\nDrawn\\n(Yar.\\n1-3\\n8 n\\n3\\n12(2)\\n25 29\\n29\\n25\\n9\\n13\\n25 22\\n15 8\\n10\\n6\\n6 2\\n2\\n6\\n19\\n15\\n15 11\\nAnd drawn, same as trunk at 15th\\nmove.\\n22 17\\n(Yar.\\n2-)\\n-1 11\\n6\\n2\\n9 13\\n11\\n15\\n25\\n22\\n10 15\\n10 6\\n29-\\n25\\n19 16\\n16\\n11\\n6\\n10\\n22 17\\n25 29\\n2\\n6\\n15\\n18\\nDrawn.", "height": "4704", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0253.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "28\\nBOOK OF POKTKAITS\\n(Var. 3.)\\n17 13\\n10\\n14\\n13\\n17\\n10\\n15\\n12\\n16\\n22 26\\n11 7\\n22\\n25\\n2\\n6\\n4\\n8\\n15\\n18\\n9 6\\n9 1-1\\n14\\n18\\n9\\n13\\n15\\n19\\n14\\n9\\n26 22\\n7 2\\n25\\n29\\n6\\n10\\n22\\n17\\n18\\n22\\n6 10\\n14 17\\n18\\n22\\n17\\n22\\n19\\n15\\n8\\n11\\n18 14\\n6 10\\n5\\n9\\n18\\n25\\n17\\n14\\n23\\n18\\n10 26\\n17 22\\n22\\n18\\n29\\n22\\n27\\n23\\n16\\n19\\nDrawn.\\n(Var.\\n9 14\\n27\\n23\\n25\\n22\\n3\\n12\\n16\\n30 23\\n10 17\\n25\\n29\\n14\\n10\\n11\\n16\\n11\\n15\\n16 20\\n13 22\\n23\\n18\\n4\\n8\\n8\\n22\\n26\\n23 18\\n2 6\\n29\\n25\\n10\\n17\\n16\\n19\\n15\\n24\\n27 31\\n22 25\\n18\\n14\\n8\\n11\\n8\\n11\\n20\\n27\\nDrawn.\\nXo. 7.\\nDavid\\nC.\\nWkitetrill.\\nXo. 8.\\nDavid\\nC.\\nWhitehill.\\nBlack.\\nBlack.\\nHp\\nm\\njjj\\niplfoi\\nm W, Wf WA\\nloft\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\n24 19\\n27 32\\n31 27\\n32 16\\n22 18\\n13 22\\n20 2\\n12 16\\n15 11\\n16 19\\n32 27\\n31 15\\nProblem Xo. 7.\\nBy David C. Whitehill.\\n2 6 14 9\\n19 23 5 14\\n6 10 10 17\\n23 27 27 32\\nProblem Xo. 8.\\nBy David C. Whitehill.\\n18 2 2 6\\n6 9 10 15\\n17 22\\n32 27\\n22 26\\n27 24\\n6 13\\n15 19\\n26 23\\nW. wins.\\nBy 1st\\nposition.\\n13 17\\nW. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2860", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0254.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4692", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0255.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "Hexry Hutzler, Cincinnati, Ohio.", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0256.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n20\\nXo. 9. David C. Whitehill.\\nBlack.\\nm, h\\ni 11 BoH^\\n1118111 HI 1\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\nXo. 11. David C. Whitehill.\\nBlack.\\nH HP\\nis^\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00ab n\\nm m\\niqih in m\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win\\nXo. 10. David C. Whitehill.\\nBlack.\\niO\\n7 lit m\\no\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\nXo. 12. David C. Whitehill.\\nBlack.\\nW/~\\n19 15\\n10 19\\n23 16\\n12 19\\n31 26\\n27 31\\nW^hite.\\nBlack to play and win.\\nProblem No. 9.\\nBy Dayid C. Whitehill.\\n30 16 19 23 23 32 27 23\\n1 6 10 15 15 18 W. wins.\\n16 19 27 24 32 27\\n6 10 20 27 18 22\\nProblem Xo. 10.\\nBy Davtd C. Whitehill.\\n24 27 30 26 28 1\\n31 22 22 24 W. Wins 1st position.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0257.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "30\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nProblem No. 11.\\nBy David C. White hill.\\n18 15\\n23 18\\n2 18\\n2 7\\n8\\n3\\n10 15\\n22 31\\n11 23\\n21 25\\n11 16\\n30\\n26\\n28 32\\n15 11\\n7 2\\n10 6\\n7 11\\n3\\ni K 1 6\\n1 -L.\\n8 15\\n5 14\\n3 7\\n16 20\\n20\\n21\\n32 27\\n30 26\\n13 9\\n6 2\\n12 8\\n10\\nW. wins.\\n31 22\\n22 6\\n7 11\\n25 30\\n24\\n28\\nThe finish\\nis same\\nas F. X. Johnson s problem\\nXo.\\n899\\nin (to u Id s\\nProblem Book, colors reversed.\\nProblem\\nNo. 12.\\nBy David C.\\nWhitehill\\nEnd game from Cross.\\n15 18\\n25 9\\n10 15\\n14 9\\n21\\n25\\n31 22\\n32 27\\n6 22\\n27 23\\n13 17\\nI\\n5\\n30 26\\n18 22\\n21 17\\n12 16\\n9 5\\n25\\n30\\nB. wins.\\n30 25\\n5 9\\n17 11\\n17 21\\n18\\n11\\n1 5\\n23 18\\n9 13\\n5 1\\n22\\n26\\nHEXEY HUTZLER, of Cincinatti, Ohio. Xone are more worthy of\\na place in our book than he. He was born in Germany fifty-\\nseven years ago. but did not play checkers until 1871 since then he\\nhas played many notable players, such as Yates, Wyllie and other lead-\\ning players, and with good success, and he is recognized\\nas Ohio s best player. His checker library embraces every\\nknown work on the game and is one of the finest collections in ex-\\nistence among them is a copy of Drummond s 1st printed on pink,\\nbuff and yellow paper, supposed to be the proof slips with marginal\\nnotes and corrections by the famous author himself.\\nDuring 1879 and the early 80 s, Mr. Hutzler was checker editor of\\nthe Cincinnati Comercial and many of his beautiful games and prob-\\nlems were published during those years.\\nAs a business man Mr. Hutzler has been very successful.", "height": "4708", "width": "2912", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0258.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n31\\nT. TURXBULL, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.", "height": "4708", "width": "2988", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0259.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "32\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nT TURNBULL, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. The gentleman de-\\npicted herewith is one who is well entitled to a niche in this, the\\nrepresentative gallery of players and problemists. Born at New-\\ncastle-on-Tyne, in the year 1877, he became a member of the Work-\\ning Men s Draughts club in that city in 1897. Although not goins; in\\nseriously for the study of the game from the scientific playing point\\nof view, he has taken part in a few correspondence matches with\\nvarying success. However, it is as a problemist that he has really\\nmade his mark. Having had his first problem published in May, 1897.\\nSince that time he has proved himself to be a most versatile and pro-\\nlific Stroke composer, his contributions in this direction invariably\\nbeing complimented both by editors and solvers in all the leading col-\\numns. He has also taken part in Stroke competions against much\\nmore experienced composers and emerged with success. Beius; a\\ngenuine enthusiast and having youth on his side he bids fair to be-\\ncome one of the leading Stroke problemists of the day. Like many\\nother devotees of the silent game he has wooed the muse with suc-\\ncess and in the rhyme entitled The Draughts Player s Alphabet. has\\nproduced a little gem that we venture to assert will be appreciated by\\nall players. Xote the pretty examples of Stroke problems on an-\\nother page.\\nNo. IB. T. Turnbull. No. 14. T. Turnbull.\\nBlack Black.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\nW^hite.\\nWhite to play and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0260.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n33\\nThe Draughts Player s Alphabet.\\nT. TURNBULL, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.\\nA stands for Anderson alas, he s no more,\\nB for Barker, composes problems by the score.\\nCampbell of Glasgow, plays without sight of the board,\\nDunne of Warrington, many cracks has floored.\\nE gives us Ellis, his problems are grand,\\nF for Flowers, who hails from Yankee Land.\\nGardner of Leeds is champion of the lot,\\nHeffner is another who is also very hot.\\nMing worth, J his problems are neat,\\nJanvier s analyses are very hard to beat.\\nKears of Bristol their Quarterly s come to stay,\\nLees alas has just passed away.\\nMartins as of yore, ever ready for the fray.\\nNelson wakes up memories of a by gone clay.\\nO for Ogg checker poet in chief.\\nPurcell s problems are always bright and brief.\\nQ for Quigley, that s a peculiar name.\\nReed by beating Wyllies gained great fame.\\nSlocum s tit-bits are of sterling worth.\\nTonar is known as the Wizard of the North.\\nUmstead s play is sound as a bell.\\nVauner, I think, is still doing well.\\nW for Wyllie, who King Death decreed should die\\nX for xcelsior, which should be our battle cry.\\nY for Yates in his youth he gained the day.\\nZ for the zeal with which he used to play.\\nNo. 15. T. Turnbull.\\nBlack.\\nNo. 16. T. Turnbull\\nBlack.\\nIB\\nIP ^Q^\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ae\\nM II\\nm m^m WA\\n[on mm\\n\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ab^li\u00c2\u00aelip\u00c2\u00a7l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ m. r mp\\\\\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.", "height": "4708", "width": "2916", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0261.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "34\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nNo. 17\\nT. Turnbull.\\nBlack.\\nNo. 18. L. J. Vair.\\nBlack.\\nWhite.\\nWhite to plajr what result?\\nWhite.\\nWhite to play and win.\\n10 6\\n1 10\\nProblem No. 13.\\nT. Turnbull, Newcastle, Eng.\\n3 8 16 11 27 2-1 12 8\\n11 4 7 1(3 20 27 4 11\\n19 12\\nW wins.\\nThe above was highly commended in Bristol Mercury Tourney\\n1898 characterized by James Murry, of Dairy, as a wonderfully con-\\nstructed composition.\\nProblem No. 14.\\nT. Turnbull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng.\\n17 13\\n26 17\\n13 6\\n2 9\\n18 U\\n9 18\\nZD i\\n3 10\\n19 23\\n12 26\\nProblem No. 15.\\nTurnbull, Newcastle, Eng.\\n31 27\\n6 9(a)\\n22 18\\n13 17\\n27 21\\n17 22\\n21 19\\n22 25\\n19 15\\n25 29\\n21 17\\n9 13\\n32 28\\n13 22\\n15 10\\n29 25\\n30 21\\n22 26\\n10 3\\n26 31\\n1 6\\n28 19\\nW. wins.\\n11 10\\n31 26\\n10 6\\nW. wins.\\n(a) If 6 10, W. wins by 30 26, 10 17, 21 14, 22 17, etc.", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0262.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n35\\nProblem No. 16.\\nT. Ttrxbull, Xewcastle-on-Tyne.\\n29 25 27 25 2 7 2 9 32 14 19 16\\n18 9 10 6 9 2 28 24 9 18 12 19\\n25 22 3 10 15 6 20 27 12 16 11 8\\nW. wins.\\nThis is aii exceptionally fine stroke, and we consider it Mr. Turn-\\nhull s best.\\nProblem Xo. 17.\\nT. Turxbull, Xewcastle-on-Tyne.\\n16 11\\n19\\n26\\n6\\n2*\\n19\\n21\\n23 19* 7 2\\n26 17\\n31\\n6\\n11\\n16\\n19*\\n32 27 20 16(e)\\n11 18\\n2\\n9\\n2\\n21\\n27\\n18 15(b) 23 18\\nU 28\\n25\\n22*\\n11\\n16\\n19\\n23*\\n10 7 15 11(f)\\n19 26\\n9\\n14\\n7\\n11*\\n27\\n31\\n19 16* 18 15\\n28 19\\n10\\n6*\\n16\\n19\\n22\\n18(a)\\n27 23(c) 16 12(g)\\n26 23\\n3\\n7\\n11\\n16*\\n14\\n10\\n16 20(d) 15 8\\nDrawn.\\n(a)\\nThis is\\nnow\\nsame as\\nGem 623\\n1 in\\n-Draught s World by W.\\nJ. Parrott, of Bristol.\\n(b) 19 23, 27 24, 23 26, 21 19, B. wins.\\n(c) 27 24, 16 20, 21 19, 15 11, Drawn.\\n(d) 15 11, 8 3, 16 12, 23 19, B. wins.\\n(e) 15 11, 23 19, 11 8, 2 7, B. wins.\\n(f) 16 12, 2 6, B. wins.\\n(g) 11 8, 15 11, 16 7, 2 4, B. wins.\\nGame No. 4. Glasgow.\\nPlayed Sept. 4th, 1899, at the Detroit Checker Club. Black. Michi-\\ngan player; whites, L. J. Vair.\\n11\\n15\\n7\\n16\\n9\\n14\\n2 7\\n25\\n21\\n6 13\\n23\\n19\\n20\\n11\\n22\\n18\\n31 27\\n1\\n6\\n21 14\\n8\\n11\\n3\\n7\\n14\\n23\\n6 9(a)\\n26\\n23\\n13 17\\n22\\n17\\n28\\n24\\n17\\n14\\n27 18\\n19\\n26\\n23 19\\n11\\n16\\n7\\n16\\n10\\n17\\n8 11\\n30\\n23\\n17 22\\n21\\n20\\n24\\n20\\n21\\n14\\n32 28\\n13\\n17\\n19 15\\n16\\n23\\n16\\n19\\n4\\n8\\n9 13\\n14\\n9\\nW. wins.\\n27\\n11\\n25\\n22\\n29\\n25\\n(a) 6 10, as played by \\\\Vyllie and Martin s leads to an easy draw.", "height": "4708", "width": "2928", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0263.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "36\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 5. Defiance.\\nPlayed at Detroit Checker Club, Sept. 4th, 1899. Blacks, L. J.\\nVaik; white, Detroit player.\\n11\\n15\\n9\\n13\\n7 14\\n31 26\\n23\\n27\\n32\\n27\\n23\\n19\\n24\\n20\\n3.1 26\\n24 19\\n7\\n2\\n24\\n19\\n9\\n14\\n11\\n15\\n15 18\\n14 18\\n27\\n31\\n27\\n24\\n27\\n23\\n19\\n16\\n27 24\\n21 17\\n2\\n6\\n19\\n16\\n8\\n11\\n12\\n19\\n19 23\\n26 22\\n31\\n27\\n24\\n27\\n22\\n18\\n23\\n16\\n26 19\\n17 14\\n28\\n24\\n14\\n18\\n15\\n22\\n15\\n19\\n18 23\\n22 29\\n29\\n25\\n22\\n26\\n25\\n9\\n32\\n27\\n19 15\\n14 10\\n6\\n9\\n15\\n11\\n5\\n14\\n10\\n15\\n23 27\\n18 23\\n25\\n22\\n26\\n23\\n29\\n25\\n22\\n17\\n15 11\\n11 7\\n9\\n14\\n18\\n15\\n6\\n9\\n13\\n22\\n27 31\\n2 11\\n27\\n32\\n27\\n24\\n25\\n22\\n26\\n10\\n30 25\\n16 7\\n19\\n15\\n16\\n12\\nThen 24 28\\nand Black won.\\nGame No. 6. Second Double Corner.\\nPlayed Sept. 4th, 1899, at the Detroit Checker Club. Blacks, De-\\ntroit player; whites, J. L. Vair.\\n11\\n15\\n18\\n9\\n4\\n8\\n27\\n24\\n15\\n18\\n19\\n15\\n24\\n19\\n5\\n14\\n22\\n18\\n7\\n11\\n23\\n7\\n2\\n7\\n15\\n24\\n25\\n22\\n8\\n11\\n25\\n22\\n3\\n10\\n18\\n14\\n28\\n19\\n11\\n15\\n18\\n9\\n11\\n16\\n17\\n14\\n17\\n21\\n8\\n11\\n32\\n28\\n6\\n13\\n21\\n17\\n10\\n17\\n24\\n19\\n22\\n18\\n15\\n24\\n29\\n25\\n16\\n20\\n22\\n18\\n9\\n14\\n28\\n19\\n11\\n15\\n31\\n27\\n1\\n6\\nThen seeing the continuation 13 17, 27 23 20 24, 15 10, etc. My\\nopponent resigned.\\nGame No. 7. Cross.\\nPlayed September 4th, 1899, at the Detroit Checker Club. Blacks,\\nL. J Vair; whites, Michigan player.\\n11\\n15\\n23\\n16\\n11\\n16\\n15\\n6\\n12\\n19\\n16 11\\n23\\n18\\n12\\n19\\n24\\n15\\n1\\n10\\n31\\n27\\n18 25\\n8\\n11\\n22\\n17\\n7\\n10\\n25\\n22\\n9\\n13\\n11 7\\n26\\n23\\n7\\n10\\n14\\n7\\n9\\n14\\n25\\n21\\n25 30\\n4\\n8\\n17\\n14\\n3\\n19\\n29\\n25\\n20\\n24\\n26 22\\n30\\n26\\n10\\n17\\n32\\n27\\n5\\n9\\n27\\n20\\n30 25\\n15\\n19\\n21\\n14\\n6\\n10\\n27\\n23\\n10\\n15\\nBlack\\n24\\n15\\n2\\n7\\n18\\n15\\n16\\n20\\n20\\n16\\nWins.\\n10\\n19\\n27\\n\u00c2\u00a34\\n8\\n12\\n23\\n16\\n14\\n18", "height": "4708", "width": "2920", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0264.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS.\\n37\\nGame No. 8. Double Corner.\\nPlayed September 4th, 1899, at the Detroit Checker Club.\\nL. J. Vair; whites, Mr. King, of Mt. Clemens.\\nBlacks,\\nQ 1 1\\n7\\n11\\n12\\n19\\n3 7(a)\\n19\\n24\\n21 14\\n22 18\\n27\\n24\\n23\\n16\\n32 27(b)\\n9 q\\nLO\\n1 Q\\n18 25\\n5 9\\n9\\n13\\n15\\n19\\n14 17\\n94-\\n98\\nLO\\n29 22\\n25 22\\n24\\n19\\n30\\n25\\n21 14\\n1 Q\\n1 i7\\n1 K\\n7 1\\n11 15\\n15\\n24\\n1\\n5\\n10 17\\nA\\nQ\\nO\\n1 1 7\\nin 11\\nlo II\\n28\\n19\\n16\\n11\\n25 21\\n11\\n4.\\n2 25\\n8 15\\n11\\n15\\n6\\n9\\n9 14\\n14\\n18\\nDrawn.\\n24 20\\n19\\n16\\n20\\n16\\n27 23\\n(a)\\nThis is a loser\\n19\\nt\u00c2\u00b1 will draw.\\nCb)\\nMy opponent misses the win.\\nPlay\\n32 28*\\n9\\n14\\n29\\n25*\\n15 19\\n7\\n2\\n30 26\\n14 17\\n31\\n27*\\n10\\n15\\n11 7\\n26\\n30\\n11 7\\n21 14\\n5\\n9\\n16\\n12\\n19 23\\n19\\n15\\n26 22\\n10 17\\n27 23*\\n2\\n6\\n26 19\\n14\\n18\\n21 17\\n25 21\\n7\\n10\\n23\\n16\\n17 26\\n16\\n11\\nW. wins.\\nGame No. 9.\\nWagram.\\nBy L. J.\\nVair.\\n11 15\\n25\\n22\\n10\\n15*\\n23 16\\n25\\n29\\n10 7\\nL\u00c2\u00b1 ZU\\n8\\n11\\n19\\n10\\n12 19\\n15\\n18\\n8 11\\n9 13\\n28\\n24\\n7\\n14\\n13 9\\n29\\n25\\ni 6\\n22 17\\n2\\n6\\n23\\n17(d)\\n10 14\\n31\\n26\\n19 15\\n13 22\\n32\\n28\\n3\\n8\\n9 6\\n24\\n27\\n18 14\\n25 11\\n14\\n17(a)\\n17\\n10\\n14 18\\n26\\n23\\n25 22\\n8 15\\n23\\n18(b)\\n6\\n22\\n6 2\\n27\\n22\\n3 8\\n21 17\\n(1)17\\n21*\\n13\\n6\\n18 22\\n23\\n19\\n15 18\\n6 9\\n27\\n23\\n1\\n10\\n2 7\\n32\\n28\\n8 15\\n17 13\\n5\\n9*\\n26\\n17\\n19 24\\n19\\n15\\n18 11\\n9 14\\n24\\n19\\n11\\n15\\n7 10(j)\\n28\\n24\\n14 10\\n29 25\\n15\\n24\\n17\\n13\\n22 25\\n15\\n10\\nDrawn.\\n4 8\\n28\\n19\\n15\\n19\\n10 15\\n24\\n19\\n(a) Given as a loser by Mr. Johnson in game 194. This move\\nforms a critical position but I think it is good for a draw.\\n(b) This move of Mr. Johnson s is to be preferred to 23 19. The\\nlatter, however, will draw as follows\\n23 19 22 18 24 8 23 16 21 14 17 21\\n5 9 15 22 3 12 22 25 10 17 12 8\\n27 23 19 16 20 16 30 21 16 12 21 25\\n9 14(c) 12 19 12 19 14 18 Drawn.", "height": "4688", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0265.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "38\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\n(C)\\n17 21\\n22 17\\n9 14\\nw\\n26 22 14 23 19 3 15 19 30 23\\n3 8 17 14 11 15 24 15 6 9\\n23 18 10 26 31 22 23 26 Drawn.\\nThis move is a good strong one and gives white slightly the\\nbest of the ending. 31 27 is very w r eak as the following play will\\nshow\\n31 27\\n14 17[e]\\n23 19[f]\\n12 16\\n19 12\\n6 10\\n13 6\\n10 15\\n30 26\\n24 27 [g]\\n26 22\\n27 23\\n22 13\\n15 31\\n6 2\\n31 24\\n[e] Causes white to do some lively scrambling,\\ngave 3 7 and black lost.\\n[f] 20 16, 11 20, 23 19, 3 7, 18 15, 1 5\\na draw for white it has so far eluded me.\\n22 17\\n23 18\\n17 14\\n18 9\\n13 6\\n1 10\\n2 7\\nDrawn.\\nMr. Johnson\\n22 18, 7 10, and if there is\\nm\\n27 24\\n6 10\\n[g]\\n27 24, then black wins as follows\\n13 6 22 13 6 2 24 19[h] 13 9\\n10 15 15 31 31 26 26 22 22 26\\n24 19, 26 22, 19 15, 22 17, 15 10, now 2 6* draws handily but\\n2 7 loses thasly: 2 7, 10 15, 7 16, 21 25, 17 14, 25 30, 14 10, 15 6,\\n16 19, 6 10, and B. wins by careful play.\\nh] 23 19, 26 22, 13 9, 22 17, B. wins. If 23 18, then 26 23, 18 14,\\n11 15, B. wins.\\n20 11\\n19 15\\nDrawn.\\n[j]\\nWhite may try 7\\n3, thus\\n7 3\\n7 10\\n15 18\\n26\\n22[k]\\n17\\n13\\n8 12\\n28 32\\n22 25\\n24\\n19\\n29\\n25\\n3 7\\n10 15\\n31 26\\n22\\n17\\n13\\n9\\n24 28\\n32 28\\n28 24\\n25\\n29\\n12\\n16\\nM\\n13\\n9\\n9\\n18 15\\n29 25\\n17 13\\n5\\n25 29\\n22 17\\n22 17\\n17\\n14\\n14\\n9\\n26 22\\n25 22\\n[1]\\n5 9\\n27 23\\n[m]\\n5 9, loses.\\n10 14\\n24 19\\nPlav\\n15 24\\n28 19\\n3 8\\n30 25[m]\\n17 21 [o]\\n22 17\\no l\\n9 5\\nDrawn.\\nW. wins.\\nThis is a star play and corrects Mr. Johnson who gave 19 16\\nwhich allows the following draw\\n19 16 23 16 26 19 30 23 16 12\\n12 19 14 23 17 26 9 14[n] 14 17\\n[n] Corrects Mr. Johnson s 8 12.\\n[o] Any thing else. Then 25 21 wins easily.\\n12 3\\n17 22", "height": "4708", "width": "2960", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0266.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT FLAYERS\\n39\\nGame No. 10. Cross.\\nBy F. A. Parker, Rochester, N. Y.\\n11 15\\n5 14\\n[ld)l 5\\n14\\n18\\n8 11\\n5 21\\n23 ]8\\n22 17\\n25 22\\n23\\n14\\n27 23\\n7 2\\n8 11\\n15 18\\n18 25\\n10\\n17\\n[f]6 10\\nDrawn.\\n27 23\\n32 27\\n29 22\\n21\\n14\\n22 17\\n4 8\\n[a] 11 15\\n2 7\\n15\\n19\\n10 15\\n23 19\\n26 23\\n[e]17 13\\n24\\n15\\n13 9\\n14\\n[b]7 11\\n*12 16\\n11\\n25\\n7 10\\n18 9\\n[c]30 26\\n19 12\\n26\\n22\\n14 7\\n[a]\\n6 9 is far\\nthe best reply.\\nSee\\nSpayth\\ns Appendix\\n11 16\\nloses. B. D. P No. 17.\\n[b] 7 11 is given as a loss in published play. 6 9 loses and 8 11\\nis also weak, thus 8 11, 30 26 and *11 16 [not a very tempting movej\\nallows black to draw a man short by careful play. Anything other\\nthan 11 16 runs into Var. 2 or the 6 9 loss, as shown in Spayth s\\nAppendix. A peculiar feature of 8 11 is that 8 11, 25 22, 18 25,\\n29 22, 6 9, 17 13, 1 5, 13 6, 2 9, creates a well known Double Cor-\\nner position with colors reversed. Spayth s Appendix.\\n[c] 17 13 is also good.\\n[d] 1 5 corrects published play. 6 9 loses here. See Spayth s\\nAppendix.\\n[e] i 24 20, 15 24, 28 19, 11 15, 22 18 leads to a nice ending.\\n[f] There is lots of play in this ending but I think this the best\\nfor black.\\n(Var. I.)\\n3 7\\n15\\n24\\n11\\n15\\n9\\n13\\n10\\n26\\n2 7\\n26 22\\n22\\n6\\n27\\n24\\n23\\n18\\n19\\n3\\n3 10\\n(2)6 9\\n1\\n10\\n8\\n11\\n14\\n23\\n26\\n30\\n11 15\\n24 20\\n28\\n19\\n25\\n22\\n17\\n14\\n24\\n19\\n31 26\\nW. wins.\\n(Var.\\n2.)\\n1 5\\n15\\n24\\n11\\n15\\n15\\n24\\n12\\n26\\n10 19\\n24 20\\n28\\n19\\n*20\\n16\\n22\\n15\\n27\\n20\\n17 3\\nW. wins.", "height": "4708", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0267.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "BOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. ii. Double Corner.\\nBy Frank A. Parker, Rochester, X. Y. Played by telegraph June\\n18th, 1899. Time of game, 50 minutes.\\n9 11\\n12\\n19\\n11 15\\n10 17\\n10 15\\n23 26\\n22 18\\n23\\n16\\n19 16\\n21 11\\n11 8\\n8 11\\n5 9\\n8\\n11\\n2 7\\n9 13\\n11 18\\n26 31\\n21 19\\n16\\n12\\n22 17\\n11 9\\n25 22\\n11 15\\n11 15\\n11\\n16\\n15 19\\n5 11\\n18 25\\n31 26\\n18 11\\n25\\n22\\n32 28\\n26 23\\n30 21\\n15 18\\nfi 9 1\\n7\\n11\\n1 o\\n18 27\\n15 19\\n6 10\\n28 19\\n27\\n21\\n29 25\\n31 15\\n8 4\\n(a)18 22\\n4 8\\n16\\n20\\n11 18\\n7 10\\n19 23\\n26 17\\n(?)19\\n16\\n21\\n19\\n17 11\\n15 11\\n4 8\\n21 7\\nDrawn.\\n(a)\\nMy antagonist\\ncut 16 11 here.\\nI continued and won as fol-\\nlows\\n16 11\\n18\\n11\\n11 10\\n11 7\\n10 19\\n7 2\\n10 15\\n26\\n23\\n23 19\\nGame No. 12.\\n19 16\\nCross.\\n16 23\\n23 18\\nB. wins.\\nBy Wm. Fleming, Markham,\\nOnt.\\nii ix\\n11 lo\\n11\\n16\\n7 11*\\n20 21*\\n10 14\\n31 26\\n23 18\\n19\\n15\\n25 22\\n17 13\\n2 7\\n22 18\\n8 11\\n16\\n20\\n3 7*\\n7 10*\\n14 18*\\n12 16*\\n27 23\\n21\\n19\\n28 21\\n15 11\\n22 15\\n19 12\\n10 11\\n4\\n8\\n20 27\\n8 15\\n31 22\\n26 19\\n23 19\\n31\\n27\\n32 23\\n18 11\\n7 10\\n12 8\\n14 23\\n9\\n7(a)\\n11 16*\\n21 27\\n22 26* (c)\\n19 23\\n19 10\\n22\\n18(b)\\n21 17\\n11 7\\n29 25\\n10 p\\n7 11\\n11\\n23\\n16 20\\n27 31\\n26 31\\n6 10\\n26 19\\n27\\n18\\n30 26\\n7 2\\n25 22\\nB. wins.\\n(a)\\nSome ten years\\nago Dr. A. Schaefer showed a black\\nwin by\\nthis move.\\n(b) He played 28 24 and 30 26. I was for a time under the im-\\npression that this move would restore the draw. It fails. Black has\\nhowever, but one line of play, any deviation at any point from first\\nto last will allow a draw\\n(c) 22 17 allows a neat draw thus: 22 17, 28 18, 17 22. 29 25\\n18 29, 10 14, 29 25, 14 17, etc., drawn.", "height": "4632", "width": "3008", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0268.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "L. J. Egelstox, Rtjtlaxd, Yt.", "height": "4708", "width": "2908", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0269.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4700", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0270.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS. 41\\nGame No. 13. Bristol.\\nBlack. Chas. Lawson, ex-champion of Rhode Island. White. Geo\\nW. Dearborn. Lowell. Mass\\nii i 1\\n15\\n10 17\\n1 6\\n99 i s\\n29\\n28\\n1 Q\\n23\\nIt*\\n21 14\\n7 2\\nlii 1 i\\n4.\\n20\\n4\\n1 8\\n7 11\\n6 9\\n24 15\\n27\\n23\\n32\\nOQ\\n_:\\n1\\n14 1\\n11 16\\n10 19\\n9\\n1\\ni 1\\n1 1\\n32\\n28\\n25 30\\n9 13\\n23 16\\n23\\n16\\n19\\n16\\n12\\n8\\n3 8\\n3 8\\n12 1!\u00c2\u00bb\\n11\\n20\\n11\\n20\\n18\\n22\\n11 16\\n13 17\\n25 22\\n25\\n22\\n28\\n19\\n19\\n16\\n8 11\\n8 12\\n9 14\\n8\\n11\\n20\\n24\\n28\\n24\\n16 20\\n23 27\\nIS 9\\n26\\n23\\n26\\n23\\n3\\n12 8\\n31 24\\n5 14\\n6\\n10\\n24\\n28\\n24\\n19\\n30 25\\n20 27\\n22 17\\n23\\n19\\n22\\n17\\n16\\n12\\n8 3\\nDrawn.\\n8 11\\n11\\n15\\n28\\n32\\n22\\n25\\n19 23\\n17 10\\n30\\n26\\n19\\n16\\n17\\n14\\n10 7\\nGame No. 14.\\nKelso.\\nThis is a practice game between W.\\nG. Hill and Geo. W.\\n1 )pa rliovn\\nof Lowell. Mass.\\n[Hill s move.]\\n10 15\\n14\\n17\\n1\\n6(a)\\n23\\n27\\n3 10\\n17 26\\n22 18\\n21\\n19\\n5\\n1\\n32\\n23\\n14 7\\n31 22\\n17) 22\\n8\\n11\\n6\\n13\\n20\\n24\\n15 19\\n28 24\\n25 18\\n19\\n15\\n15\\n10\\n25\\n22\\n7 11\\n23 18\\n11 10\\n11\\n18\\n14\\n24\\n27\\n19 24\\n24 19\\n21 17\\n23\\n14\\n23\\n19\\n14\\n10\\n11 16\\n18 14\\n9 13\\n4\\n8\\n16\\n23\\n27\\n31\\n24 27\\n19 15\\n17 14\\n28\\n24\\n27\\n9\\n23\\n19\\n16 20\\n14\\n6 10\\n8\\n11\\n12\\n16\\n31\\n27\\n27 32\\n15 10\\n11 9\\n21\\n19\\n1\\n5\\n19\\n16\\n20 27\\n9 5\\n5 U\\n17\\n21\\n16\\n19\\n27\\n24\\n32 28\\n10 6\\n18 9\\n26\\n23\\n9\\n6\\n16\\n11\\n24 27\\n5 1\\n16 20\\n13\\n17\\n2\\n9\\n24\\n19\\n28 32\\n6 9\\n9 5\\n11\\n9\\n5\\n14\\n10\\n14(b)\\n27 31\\n30 26\\n10 14\\n11\\n16\\n19\\n23\\n19\\n15\\n32 28\\n9 14\\n29 25\\n19\\n15\\n31\\n26\\n11\\n26 23\\n1 5\\nDearborn wins.\\n(a)\\n3-8 seems to lead to an even game.\\n(b)\\nIn selecting\\nthis line\\nMr. Hill\\noverlooked\\nthis move of 10-14\\nallowing the exchange.", "height": "4708", "width": "2864", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0271.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "42\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nGame No. 15. White Dyke.\\nBlack, A. J. Kirby, Grafton, Mass.; white, George W. Dearborn,\\nLowell.\\n11 15\\n24\\n19\\n1\\n5\\n22\\n18\\n16\\n20\\n15 18\\n22 17\\n15\\n24\\n18\\n9\\n14\\n17\\n11\\n15\\n27 21\\n8 11\\n22\\n8\\n5\\n14\\n18\\n14\\n28\\n32\\n11 8\\n17 14\\n4\\n11\\n29\\n25\\n11\\n15\\n23\\n19\\n2 7\\n9 18\\n28\\n19\\n11\\n15\\n14\\n7\\n32\\n27\\n8 3\\n23 14\\n5\\n9\\n32\\n28\\n15\\n24\\n31\\n24\\n7 11\\n10 L7\\n25\\n22\\n18\\n9\\n3\\n20\\n27\\n3 8\\n21 14\\n9\\n11\\n5\\n14\\n24\\n28\\n19\\n16\\n11 16\\n6 9\\n27\\n23\\n7\\n3\\n8\\n27\\n32\\n30 25\\n26 22\\n10\\n25\\n22\\n12\\n16\\n16\\n11\\nDearborn\\n9 18\\n22\\n18\\n11\\n11\\n32\\n27\\nwins.\\nDeaths Among the Fraternity.\\nSince Vol. I, Book of Portraits was published in 1894, there have\\nbeen nine deaths among those who were represented in the work by\\ntheir photos and sketch of their lives as follows James Wyllie,\\nHerd Laddie. Scotland; James P. Reed, Pittsburgh, Pa. David\\nKirkwood, Boston, Mass.; Robert McCall, Glasgow, Scotland; Fred\\nAllen, Leeds, England; M. H. C. Wardefi, Dowusville, 3ST. Y. John\\nMeade, Holmesburg, Pa. George W. Durkee, Derry Depot. X. H.\\nFrank E, Mead, Montreal, Canada. Of those who were represented\\nin Vol. II, Book of Portraits, 1895. six have played their last game\\nand are crowned in the kingrow above as follows: J. D. Janvier,\\nNewcastle, Delaware: A. E. Bowdish, Pascoag, R. I. George Mug-\\nridge, Buffalo, X. Y. James Ferguson. Murthly, Scotland: W. C.\\nEveleth, Batavia. X. Y. C. M. Tucker, Horton, 111.\\nStearns Book of Portraits of Prominent Players.\\nThe following is from The JSFcw Zealand Weekly Press of 1895.\\nAbout twelve mouths ago Mr. Stearns published Vol. I, which was\\nso much appreciated that he has recently issued Vol. II. They con-\\ntain life-like likenesses of brethren of the brod, embracing all classes\\nfrom weavers, tailors, shoemakers, miners, farmers, laborers, me-\\nchanics, musicians, actors, doctors, lawyers, professors, politicians,\\nsoldiers, sailors and preservers of the peace in full uniform. On\\nopening Vol. II to have a look at the colonial players represented", "height": "4708", "width": "2944", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0272.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "OF PROMINENT PLAYERS\\n43\\nOh! there s John Illingworth; that s a good one What a fine look-\\ning policemau Long may he be spared to preserve the peace among\\nthe devotees of Dameh Turning back a leaf Ah there is a capital\\none of our old friend, Thomas Reid, champion of New South Wales,\\nin all his glory. Turning back another leaf, there s Jamie Little,\\nDraught s Editor of the Weekly Press, very like the photo and an unco\\nguid likeness, but as solemn looking as when he is preaching a sermon\\non Dambrod Principles to the Draughts players of Australasia when\\nthey are breaking the Commandments of Dameh. But whaur s Bro-\\ndie? page 38. What a tine looking young fellow! And by jove\\nwhat a splendid head on iin for playing the Dambrod, and we feel\\npleased to look at such a good specimen of young Colonial born\\nplayers as David Alexander Brodie, champion Draughts player of New\\nZealand. Space forbids more than merely mentioning the names of a\\nfew more, but having been taught the game when a child of three or\\nfour years of age when I turn to page 107 and look at the motherly\\nfeatures of Mrs. 0. Key, one of the finest lady players of America\\nand quite a composer of problems, I am carried back to li auld lang\\nsyne when I stood beside my mother with the Dambrod on her knees\\nand received my first lessons on the grand aulcl game, suited alike to\\nmale and female, infancy and old age, to all ranks and condition of\\nmen. In the words of the late Roland. E. Bowen Draughts, as\\nan intellectual pastime, has no superior It enables you to weigh\\nyourself mentally with your fellow men; it causes the rich and the\\npoor to intermingle in the most friendly manner; capital and labor\\nare seen struggling across board in the most social style. Esteem\\nand friendships spring up between devotees of the game, both far\\nand near, and the noted players of England, Scotland, Xew Zealand,\\nAustralia and the Canadas are as well known and admired as though\\nthey lived in our midst.\\nVol. II contains over 100 excellent portraits of all the leading play-\\ners in the world, including Spayth, J. D. Janvier, L. M. Stearns, W.\\nFleming, Dr. Schaefer, Melviu Brown, J. A. Mugridge, J. O. Fair-\\nchild, M. C. Priest, E. A. Durgin, H. D. Lyman, K. A. Gurley, R,\\nStewart, Dr. Stayman, Uncle Billy Bushy, the late C. M. Wilder, Geo.\\nDick, B F. Sivetts, A. Jordan, Richard Jordan, c. The portraits\\nare life-like, the majority being exact reproductions of the photo-\\ngraphs, with short biographical sketches of the players represented,\\nand eighty-four regularly numbered games, ten of which have numer-\\nous variations, contributed by the masters who are represented in\\nthe book, 159 of the finest problems.", "height": "4696", "width": "2968", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0273.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "44\\nBOOK OF PORTRAITS\\nThe Checker Player s Almanac is a very useful feature of the\\nbook, giving clay and data of all important happenings in Draughts\\ncircles.\\nWhen we began to write this review we lifted Vol. II, and started\\njotting down our impressions to rub the rust off our pen and got so\\nenthusiastic that we have only space left to refer briefly to Vol. L\\nThe frontispiece is a full size likeness of Mr. K. W. Paterson, a\\nkindly-looking refined gentleman and one of the most liberal patrons\\nof the game in America, nor does he forget Auld Scotia, the land of\\nhis forefathers. It does one s soul good to look at him even on paper.\\nThen follows James Wyllie, the veteran Herd Laddie, with the\\nsame calm thoughtful expression as he sat in 1888 opposite where I\\nam sitting now with the auld draughts board between us experiment-\\ning on some critical lines of Mr. H. W. Kay s Ayrshire Lassie, and\\nchatting about all the old friends who have passed away. W. G. Hill,\\nChampion of Xew Hampshire, U. S. A., J. P. Reed, C. H. Freeman,\\nE. E. Bowen, and a host of other players and champions well known\\nto the checker world. The books are handsomely bound, and well\\nprinted on good paper. We heartily congratulate the publisher Mr.\\nL. M. Stearns, Derry Depot, N. H., U. S. America, in giving such a\\nmagnificent display of photos at such a reasonable price Vol. I. two\\ndollars; Vol. II, three dollars.\\nCHECKER BOOI^S\\nOF Rlili KINDS, FROM 10c TO $3.00\\nCan be Obtained of\\nliVPAN W- STERHUS,\\nWest Deiry, H- H-\\nSend \u00c2\u00a5or Price hist.", "height": "4672", "width": "2980", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0274.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4712", "width": "2774", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0275.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4736", "width": "3008", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0276.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4704", "width": "3028", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0277.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4903", "width": "3257", "jp2-path": "checkersstearnsb00stea_0278.jp2"}}