Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1916 — CHECKER PLAYERS HERE THIS EVENING [ARTICLE]

CHECKER PLAYERS HERE THIS EVENING

Monticello Sends Two Teams and Several Utility Players to Meet Rensselaer Players. The Monticello checker players, two teams of five men each and a few utility players, will be here from Monticello this afternoon* to meet the local teams. Rensselaer will divide its players into two classes,. the first team being composed of J. A. McFarland,.E. M. Thomas, Sam Stevens, Frank Hill and Maurice Moloney. The second team will be composed of five men selected from the following: A. Halleck, Harry Swartzell, Steve Marshall, George W. Scott, George Collins, Moses Leopold, William Myres, W. S. Parks and Orv. Maxwell. The first team from Monticello is composed of John Raub, Roy Holtzman, F. G. Thrasher, George Wigmore and Chester Sprague. The second team is composed of Harry Pingree, Will Schroeder, Charles Sill, Fred Tom and John Smith. The Journal says that when the team will return home depends upon their ability to fetch home the bacon, and says in conclusion: “they’d better bring it.”