Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1916 — MONTICELLO TOOK HOME THE BACON [ARTICLE]

MONTICELLO TOOK HOME THE BACON

Nine-Checker Players Won From Similar Number Here By Total Score of 43 to 39. Monticello really grabbed the bacon. All our bluster about our checker players has returned us a boomerang and today we are bowing our heads in chagrin, and the figures 43 to 39 stand out conspicuously before us. The much talked of checker tournament took place Wednesday night. Nine knights of the board came over on the evening train and the contest was soon staged. Two classes were made, A and B. Four from each team were in the A class and five from each -teanwn-the B class. The A class for Rensselaer played excellent checkers and won 21*2 points to 10% for Montlcello, but the B class fell down bad-, ly, winning only 17% points to 32% for Monticello, making tl|p total score 43 for Monticello to 39 for Rensselaer. -There were some good and sufficient excuses for the poor showing of the B team, mainly the absence of several of the good players, but we doji’t like excuses and they don’t, bring any bacon. . The showing of the members of the teams follow: Rensselaer A Won Lost Draw Hill 6 1 1 Stevens 611 Thomas 4 2 2 "Moloney ~ * 3 .T Monticello A Won Lost Draw Holtzman —2—.—l3 4 Tom —— — — =- 3 3 2 Sprague 251 Raub 062 ~~ ~6 17 9 Rensselaer B Won Lost Draw McFarland 6 3 1 Colljns .: 1 5 4 Marshall , .53 2 Scott 0 8 2 Parks 17 0 Swartzell 0 2 0 13’ 28 9 Monticello B Won Tost Draw Wigmore 7 3 0 Smith -53 2 "Thresher 7 3 2 Shroeder 523 Pingry 4 2 4 28 13 9 Rensselaer expects to return the game soon and the date will be announced later.