Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1915 — RENSSELAER CHECKER PLAYERS WERE BEST [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER CHECKER PLAYERS WERE BEST

Team of Five Defeated Monticello 35 ' to 15 and We Can Use a Big Capital “V”. Victory to the tune of 35 to 15 for the Rensselaer checker team resulted when five of our players went to Monticello Friday evening. The Republican thus makes good on its pophesy that we would have an opportunity to use some capital “V’s” when next the teams met. Rensselaer was in about the best possible shape Friday night, for the five men who contested represent the big end of our checker talent and had the team been composed of ten players instead of five the result would have been closer. However, our five are so strong that we believe they are good enough for almost any company and they showed strong in the match at Monticello with the leading five of that cityi McFarland, Stevens and Thomas all tied for high with 8% points out of a possible 10. Neither McFarland nor Thomas lost a game, but each won 7 and drew 3. Stevens won 8, drew 1 and lost 1. Hill could not solve the playing of either Raub or Sprague, who each won two games from him as they did when Monticello played here. The scores for the game follow: MONTICELLO. Sprague 5 Raub 4% Schroder 1 Wigmore 3 McQuaig ,lVz 15 RENSSELAER. McFarland 8% Stevens 8% Thomas 8% Hill 5% Molony ... . . ... .. .4 35