Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-15
join and do their best to make the tourna-
ment grand success.-CHECKER EDITOR.

EMS Ot
James Wyllie, champion of the world,
played at Stenhouse Muir 80 games, winning
| 25 drawing 3; played in Glasgow 40 games,
| winning 46, drawing g.
An exciting contest for the championship
of South Australia is going on between John
Hogg and Mr.. Walkley. At the end of the
elghteenth game the score stands: Hogg 6;
Walkley, 5; drawn, Z, with games to play.
Australia, resigns the championship OF
Queensland A tourney will be played for
the championship. Passey and Lane played
match where Passey conceded the draws
as wins; Score: Passey, lS wins; Lane q
wins and draws), wins.
MI. jackson, after his crushing defeat by
the State champion by the score of Z to 0 and
! draw, challenges Mr.. Maize to a match.
But before he PLAYS Mr.. Maize there are sew
eral in Pittsburg desirous of playing the New
Yorker: and if he will inform this depart
ment where he can be met, match can be
arranged on any reasonable conditions and
play can be commenced at once.
The players who congregate at Home Ho-
tel headquarters will be sorry to learn of the
death of Alexander Wallace, at the advanced
age of u years. Mr.. Wallace took a great
interest in the silent game, though he sell
dom played, but he would sit whole evenings
and watch the players. He was a man well
burg for over three-quarters of a century.
He knew all the old landmarks, ana often
related to the players interesting anec dotes
In the history of these old relics, besides be-
ing conversant with Pittsburg from the size
OF village, he was we'll read on all subjects.
In politics he was strong Prohibitionist,
end was never afraid to express his convic-
tions. He was never happier tnan in the
midst of young men debating some subject,
which he always conducted with earnes tness,
that all felt was the honest belief of the
man, which made him respected by all the
patrons of the hotel. He had great hatred
for the cigarette, and never failed to warn
those addicted to smoking them. He con-
demned their use as strongly as he did the
use of liquor, and he followed up in practice
all the doctrines he taught.
Mr.. A. 7. Karr, of Pittsburg, went on hol-
1day visit to Guernsey county, O., and had q
good time with the farmers playing check
ers. He was very successful with nearly all
he met, and his old friend, whose guest he
was, drove him all over the county to get an
opponent to defeat him. At last they
commodate the Pittsburger, leaves his work
and brings out the checker board. And
seated on two nail kegs tho battle COM
menced, which proved to be a Waterloo for
the city chap. While the games were in
progress the usual country village crowd
gathered into the snlithy and the only dis
turbing element was an old mule who was
trying hard to get fly to make a
move from his ear, and to
accomplish the act brought its feet into
motion. Outside of this little rumpus every
thing was as silent as the grave. Owing to
the fact that the Pittsburg man had found
ers, when the contest closed four games
had been played, and the country black
smith had won them all, to the satisfaction
of all the hayseeds, who greeted the per-
with round of applause. The
following are the complete scores: