Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — SEE HERE, YOU CHECKER FANS! [ARTICLE]

SEE HERE, YOU CHECKER FANS!

John T. Denvir, America’s Greatest Checker Player, to Visit Rensselaer Saturday NightThe Chicago Inter Ocean of Sunday last announces that John T. Denvir will be here to deliver a lecture on the scientific game of checkers. Mr. Denvir was one of the team that played a match with Europe’s greatest players, and since the death of Charles Barker, the American champion, Mr. Denvir is probably the greatest American exponent of the game. He will be here Saturday and deliver the lecture at the Armory at 8 p. m. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to come out and here him. After the lecture Mr. Denvir will give an exhibition of simultaneous checkers, playing 20 or more boards at one and the same time. He will also give an exhibition of blindfolded playing.