Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1913 — Wins Checker Championship. [ARTICLE]

Wins Checker Championship.

- M. E. Pomeroy of Binghamton, N. Y., won the world’s championship at checkers from Alfred E. Jordan of ■England, who had held undisputed possession of the title. The competitors were tied up to the fiftieth game at one victory each, forty-eight games having in draws. Pomeroy learned to play the game in a backwoods grocery store at Sidney Center, N. Y., his home, many years ago.