Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1909 — A Kentland Account of The Checker Tournament. [ARTICLE]

A Kentland Account of The Checker Tournament.

Kentland Enterprise. Auditor Bringham, E. E. Bloom and Chester Loughridge, Kentland’s representatives on the Checker board, were in Rensselaer over Tuesday night and defeated the three champion players of that city in a contest of 36 games, winning 23 to Rensselaer’s 13. The Rensselaer pktyerc were Messrs. Thomas, Stevens and McFarland, given names unknown and professional records badly damaged. The tournament was played in the club room of the Odd Fellow building, and a good crowd of megaphone rooters were present when the games opened. Rensselaer started with a small lead, but took their place in the rear ranks about the third game and were never permitted to regain the lost ground. Each contestant played four games with each of the opponents, making 12 games each, or a total of 36. Mr. Bloom made a perfect record of 12 games. The Rensselaer rooters were confident of victory and before the games opened handed out great chunks of condolence to the Kentland trio, whom they assured had made a long drive for a setting of goose eggs. Later in the evening when Kentland took the lead, the crowd began to get sleepy and pull out for home. When the games ended at one o’clock there were but three Rensselaer men in the room —Thomas, Stevens and McFarland, and they were not in a talkative mood. Said they would come over to Kentland some time in the future anti take a few mere lessons. Messrs. Bringham, Bloom and Loughridge were driven over to Rensselaer by Otto Keesler in his automobile, and arrived / home yesterday morning just as the roosters around town were crowing over the victory.