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falo. san FrLnC.-10 pussCssCS the finest
of all. and the organization of Chicago Is
probably the largest numerically in the
country. Buffalo ranks high because of
its handful o: exceptionally brilliant play
crS.
Thcrc is no difficulty or question Us to
the men who constitute the big FOUR" Of
American ch,ckCryiou. They arr Charles
+. Barker Ol Boston. who carries the ii
tie Of champion of the world and ais, that
of American champion; CLARENCE II. Fr,N'-
man Of Mansfield. Mass. known as the
''boater of champions August J, Hctf-
ncr of Boston and james Il. Reed of Pitts
burg Upon tho question of the world
championship hangs an interesting hit Of
checker history. Old James Wylir OF
Scotland made many triumPhal pruGCSSys
through America. being beaten only Ivy
DIR. Yates and yuuug FREEMAN Through
these years tho star of James Z. Reed had
been steadily rising Late in the eighties
he won the American championship at
Chicago over Charles r. BARKER by a score
of to and II draws Thcreupon he
challenged tho Herd I.lddic. then in
Australia for the world : championship
April l, 1891. WAS tho date sat for the
match, hut Wylio never npprar,d The
referee Of course awarded the title To Reed
Barker challenged him in September, lS92,
and won handsomely by To ., with %
drawn Since then Wylie has lost tn Fer
ric and forfeited the English Champion
ship Us we'll. Another English champion
has also arisen, Jordan Ivy name, and huth
claim they can win OvCr Barker, They
point 10 the fact that the latt,'r never ac-
tually heat Wyliv and that the hest score
no ever really made against t he Herd Lad
Il "A
% games
Hctrncr stands supreme after Barker
and Reed, having beaten Freeman and
held the title of American champion for
several years, Cautiously enough, these
four players, who hold tho checker dos
TIMES OF the country in their hands, arc
practically of the same age, all having
first seen the light vi DAY in the years l>iS
and l>ia FrrVman. though he holds no
championship title has hcatCn BARKER,
| and, it is said. plays n better game than
HCfTnvr.
After thc>, comes a long line Uf mon,
| constituting the great second class in
| American Ch"ckVTS Chicago has a Notable
trio in Charles Hvficr, John T. D,'nmiS
| and l., : Head llyfIvr is one of the fur,.
most ChrCkvrmou "f the west and i Is
| trVmvd hy some tu hc the fifth player in
the country IIr Is certainly "A Cl,>r cun-
| tCStant with James l.. R,,'d. rrCvnt
match showing Reed. II; IIvttcr, IL;
drawn, - .\> Il Prnhlrmi>t he is very
strong. and until its late demise hr was
an editor " Tho American Checker Re
view
In Philadelphia thcrr arr NJ {. Priest.
whose p'puto is widespread, NJ f. Pom
Croy, master OF all Philadelphia men, and
| William EllinSCr. ButTalus strung CON
tingrnt includes Henry Splyth. who com
| mHnCCCl tn" publication uf his e american
DraughtS Player in I>tiO and was bCatcn
but twice in 70 years; l., b harrison.
| II. Mrr,Tr. PItt>hurg boasts of tho col
| OrCd checker champion Of the world, q.
! ID. Sherrow. James l.. Reed, II. +. Nc
| Atecr and \c>hitt
| Neither New York nor Brooklyn con-
tributes Ia the galaxy of national players
| New Works last are DIR, SChaefcr. John
| Il. Washington. tx champion OF CIlifOr-
| Of Philadelphia. BrUOklyns standbys
| arc Melvin Brown and DIR. Thomas Flint,
who, by the bye, has a checker library
valued at over $1,000,
Boston, besides Barker and Hcffner,
| numbers Graves and DurGin among hCI
finest players On the Pacific coast the
present champion is William Bowc, Yet
other famous men in checker ranks art
| QuarlcS champion of Kansas; Fitzpatrick
| of Omaha and NJ. F. Clauser of Jersey
City. CROMWELL CHILDE