The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
KEOKUK PLAYERS
IN COMEBACK
/, ocaI Checker Club Makes Reply to
Letter Of m. J. Stanton Of
Hamilton, Concerning
Tourney.
LAY CLAIM TO BOARD
Answer states That Matter viii be
Left to Board Of Arbitra-
ton, II Hamilton
Agrees.
LAY CLAIM TO BOARD

Ia
oyar the communication from
az stanton Of Hamilton, published
=. The Gate City last evening". in
III hicb the Hamilton SIDE Of the check
controversy was presented. The
,ao.l checker club has prepared a
ren1v which is given below:
W. the members Of the Keokuk
oheclSe1. club, reply to NJ ]. Stanton
- uaynilton, the man who made the
oballenee board and who thinks we
.,avan,t given him a square deal, as
follows: ~. .. r.
.,,e IN Keokuk the middle of No
uauber and stated to Messrs. Hiram
ctabbins and Roy Sherwood that he
Ma a checker board almost complet-
I'D and that he intended to put it up
as a prize between Keokuk and Ham
,Iton Arrangements were made to
Nav the first game on December Q.
S II was agreed that both teams
shnu,d start players young in the
came. Hamilton voted to open the
match by playing Ebon Dumbauld,
new checker player. and the keokuK
club picked Joseph Hanson as his
III With Pneumonia.
IosenI, Hanson was stricken with
nneumonia, however, at the time and
was not able to play then or IN any
~ the matches since. On the day OF
,bo contest the remaining members
~ the Keokuk club visited Hamilton
md offered to play Victory Story,
hut the Hamilton men objected. VI
.ba Keokuk bunch, Hamilton players
statad that they desired that Roy
Sherwood fill Hanson's place, which
h. did defeating Dumbauld by a score
of IN 1. 1t was Dumbauld who
taught Sherwood the game OF cheek
ers three years before, so that Ham
;lton can have no kick here about the
use Of young players
On December 10, hamilton sent
clyde smith to Keokuk to play lot
tbe hoard and he was defeated Dy
sherwood. two games and draw.
On December II, Hamilton sent
AL Leffler to Keokuk to play and ne
defeated Sherwood, 3 to 1, and TOOK
the hoard to Hamilton. And by the
way. talking about young players
LETTER won third place IN the han
cock county checker tournament play
ed three years ago.
On December "a, Hiram Stebbins
went to Hamilton and won the Ooaro
after trimming his opponent three out
Of four games Hamilton next sent
Ralph Dee to Keokuk and he de-
feated Stebbins. -,
Keokuk next sent Story to Hamll'
ton and he won the board with two
games and a draw. Hamilton then
sent NJ. J. Stanton against Story mere
and the Hamilton man won. }. M.
Wright then entered the lists fori
Keokuk and defeated Stanton four
fled. sent over Dee lin and he was
defeated by Wright in four straights;
Mr.. Stanton then came back ana
won from Wright following when
Story went to Hamilton and defeated
Stanton there. This is where the
tourney now stands. Keokuk has
won seven times and Hamilton only
four.
AS Hamilton has run out of play
ers. the team now desires to make
new match, which they call club.
or else send over Ace Harter, VINO
was barred at the beginning OF the
tournament Keokuk does not claim
to have anybody who can defeat MIN
and he does not want to play anyway
The Keokuk club claims that it has
won the board, fair and square ana
it is willing to leave the matter to
any board of arbitration. When a
player is defeated, he is supposed tol
drop out. Some OF the Hamilton men
have been sent in to be defeated tha
1econd time and there IS nothing lett
or them to do now but surrender.
Signed
THE NEOKUK CHECKER CLUB
HIRAM STEBBINS,
ROY SHERWOOD,
J. M. WRIGHT.
VICTOR STORY.