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EXHIBIT 214RP
"TINSLEY-PASK LETTER"
EXIBITED HERE IS A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM THE FILES OF GRANDMASTER RICHARD PASK. IT WAS WRITTEN TO HIM BY FORMER WORLD CHAMPION MARION TINSLEY, AND HAS MENTION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO ON A NEW BEGINNERS BOOK. SADLY, THE PROJECT NEVER MATERIALIZED. SUBMITTED
BY R. PASK
EXHIBIT 138JH
"ACF TOP RUNG MAIL PLAY CERTIFICATE"
ON EXHIBIT IS AN AMERICAN CHECKER FEDERATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO MR. MATT LONG, AWARDED TO HIM FOR WINNING THE
TOP RUNG ON TRIBBLE'S MAIL PLAY LADDER.
AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT MAIL PLAY LADDERS BEING
PROMOTED BY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
STENSON TRIBBLE STARTED HIS MAIL PLAYER LADDER IN THE 1940'S, AND IT WOULD RUN FOR MANY YEARS.
ANY LADDER THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MONTHLY PAGES OF THE AMERICAN CHECKER FEDERATION BULLETIN
WAS CONSIDERED A SANCTIONED ACF EVENT.
DURING THE 1990'S, THE ACF EXPERIMENTED WITH AWARDING CERTIFICATES TO ANY PLAYER WHO WOULD ATTAIN
"TOP RUNG" STATUS ON ANY OF THE ACF SANCTIONED LADDERS.
THIS PARTICULAR CERTIFICATE WAS TO BE AWARDED TO MR. MATT LONG, A VERY WELL KNOWN AMERICAN PATRON
OF THE GAME, MAIL PLAYER AND PROBLEM COMPOSER.
FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THIS WAS CERTIFICATE WAS NEVER DELIVERED TO MR. LONG. IT REMAINED WITHIN THE
FILES OF FORMER ACF MAIL PLAY DIRECTOR EARL HANGEN, WHERE IT WAS RESCUED FROM BEING DISCARDED AT THE PREPARATION OF
HIS ESTATE FOR PUBLIC SALE BY JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
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EXHIBIT 133BC
"JOHN NAPIER SHIELD"
SHOWN IS THE PRESTIGIOUS
JOHN NAPIER TOURNAMENT SHIELD.THE 2010 WINNER, BERNARD COLL, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING...
"Before John Napier passed away he left a sum of money to the Scottish
DA. He, along with the late Derek Oldbury felt that freestyle/ GAYP draughts were in decline and wished to see this format
revived.
John's wishes were for a Bi-annual freestyle tourney to be played for in
his memory. Tourney open to all Scottish players or players residing in Scotland.
Along with the shield, the winner is presented with a top quality draughts board.
Winners to date
include Brian Kilgour (senior) Glasgow; David Glennie, Forfar; Joe Davidson, Aberdeen; Jimmy Grant, Aberdeen; Joe Sloan, Glasgow;
George Starrs, Dundee; Colin Young, Stonehaven; William Docherty, Glasgow; Lamont Inkster, Orkney Islands; Jim Mackie, Burntisland; Willie
Anderson, Blairgowrie; Hamish Budge, Caithness; Graham Young, Stonehaven; Canno Bakie, Aberdeen; and Danny
Oliphant, Caithness.
John's wishes stipulated that any player could win the tourney only once.
2010 tourney was played on 26th and 27th June in Stonehaven. Results
were;
1 Bernard Coll 18pts
2 Anthony Rose 15pts
3 Addie Harper 13pts
4 Brian
Taylor 12pts
5 Keith Fobister 10pts
6 Nils Lokke 7pts
7 Rosemary Wilkie 5pts
Dundee and all the airts
(previous JN winners)
1 Colin Young 15pts
2 Lamont Inkster 14pts
3 Graham Young 14pts
4 Willie Anderson 9pts
5
Canno Bakie 8pts "
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBIT IS BERNARD COLL'S BOARD, AWARDED TO
HIM AS THE WINNER OF THE 2010 TOURNAMENT, TOURNAMENT COVERAGE FROM THE ENGLISH DRAUGHTS JOURNAL, VOL.24, NO. 1,
SEPTEMBER 1984, AND AN OBITUARY FOR JOHN NAPIER WRITTEN BY DEREK OLDBURY AND PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH DRAUGHTS JOURNAL,
VOL.23, NO.3, MARCH 1984.
SUBMITTED BY B. COLL
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EXHIBIT 129LS
"UNPUBLISHED TINSLEY GAME MANUSCRIPT"
SHOWN IS A COPY OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF AN UNPUBLISHED MARION TINSLEY EXHIBITION
GAME.
THE GAME ITSELF WAS PLAYED AGAINST WILLIAM DIXON DURING TINSLEY'S VISIT TO BRITAIN
AND IRELAND, AND LIKELY TOOK PLACE IN LONDON AT THE ST. BRIDE INSTITUTE IN 1957.
THE MANUSCRIPT ITSELF IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LIAM STEPHENS.
FROM LIAM...
"The manuscript is in Mr Dixon's neat handwriting.
I got it (along with maybe a few hundred or more other manuscript games
) from William Coleman, who was my mentor, and a well known London player
of the 1940's to 80's era."
THIS GAME WAS PUBLISHED IN THE IRISH DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION (IDA)NEWSLETTER ,
VOL. 4, NO. 1, MARCH 2010, WHERE THERE IS
A PROMISE OF MORE TO COME.
SUBMITTED BY L. STEPHENS
EXHIBI 125RW
"WILLIE RYAN WESTERN UNION NOTE"
SHOWN IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF THE GAME'S HISTORY.
IT IS A MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN GRANDMASTER
WILLIAM RYAN, INDICATING HIS DESIRE TO PLAY THEN WORLD 3-MOVE CHAMPION ASA LONG A MATCH FOR THE WORLD'S
CHAMPIONSHIP, CIRCA 1944.
ALTHOUGH THIS MATCH NEVER TOOK PLACE, RYAN DID LATER COMPETE IN A WORLD TITLE MATCH.
RYAN'S MATCH WAS WITH WALTER HELLMAN, WHO DEFEATED ASA LONG FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. RYAN DREW
HIS MATCH WITH HELLMAN, AND WOULD LATER PROMOTE HIMSELF AS THE "UNDEFEATED CHALLENGER FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE".
THIS HISTORICAL DOCUMENT FROM THE GAME'S PAST IS IN THE POSSESSION OF RUTH WOOD, THE DAUGHTER
OF REX WOOD, WHO WAS A GREAT AMERICAN PATRON OF THE GAME IN THE 1920-40'S ERA.
SUBMITTED BY R. WOOD
EXHIBIT 119LS
"GAMES DAY PROGRAMME BY LESLIE BOYD"
FROM LIAM STEPHENS.....
"Back in the 1970's and 80's before the advent of the MSO tournaments, there used to be
an annual games day event held in London at which the various board game
organisations would set out their stalls.
The attachments are the two sides of a single sheet programme put out for the London Draughts
Association by Leslie Boyd."
SUBMITTED BY L. STEPHENS
EXHIBIT 113AM
"SIGNED WISWELL-HOPPER PROMOTIONAL PHOTO"
SHOWN IS A PROMO PHOTO FROM ONE OF THE HISTORIC WISWELL-HOPPER FREESTYLE (GAYP) CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCHES.
THIS IS NOW FRAMED AND ON DISPLAY IN THE HOME OF ACF PRESIDENT ALAN MILLHONE.
FROM ALAN...
"Match photo given to me by Tommy Wiswell. Signed and dated 9-7-67. Note the nice trophy ( wonder
where it is now ? )."
SUBMITTED BY A. MILLHONE
EXHIBIT 104AM
"TOM WISWELL PROMOTIONAL CARDS"
SHOWN ARE TWO OF AMERICAN CHECKER GREAT TOM WISWELL'S PROMOTIONAL CARDS.
TOM WAS A WORLD CHAMPION, AUTHOR, PROBLEMIST AND TOURING EXHIBITION PLAYER.
DURING HIS EXHIBITONS, HE WOULD MAKE THESE CARDS AVAILABLE.
THE TWO SHOWN ARE FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN MILLHONE, WHO MANY YEARS AGO ARRANGED AN EXHIBITION FOR
WISWELL IN OHIO.
IT WAS AT THIS EXHIBITION WHERE MILLHONE RECEIVED THESE CARDS DIRECTLY FROM WISWELL, WHICH HE LATER HAD
FRAMED FOR DISPLAY IN HIS HOME.
THESE CARDS ARE RARELY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASING, AND AS SUCH, WHEN AVAILABLE, COMMAND A PREMIUM
ON THE COLLECTOR'S MARKET.
SUBMITTED BY A. MILLHONE
EXHIBIT 097JH
"1988 BURGER KING CHECKERS PROMO"
SHOWN IS A FLYER FOR THE 1988 BURGER KING "TRIPLE JUMP CHECKERS" AMERICAN CHECKERS PROMOTION.
THIS WAS A SCRATCH OFF TICKET THAT WOULD BE ISSUED AT BURGER KING RESTAURANTS WHENEVER A PURCHASE
WAS MADE.
THESE SCRATCH OFF TICKETS COULD RESULT IN PRIZES OF FREE FOOD, IF ONE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE THE PROPER
"JUMPS" (SCRATCHES) ON THE TICKETS.
THIS PROMO WAS HEAVILY PUSHED BY CHARLES WALKER IN HIS ICHF MAGAZINE.
(SEE THUMBNAILS INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT.)
ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE TELEVISION COMMERCIALS THAT WERE BROADCAST IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE PROMOTION.
THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST MONEY EVER SPENT ON A CHECKERS RELATED PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
IN AMERICA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 075LS
"ABEL PARLOW CHRISTMAS CARD:AFTER LUNCH IN THE CITY"
EXHIBITED IS THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE 1954 ABEL PARLOW CHRISTMAS CARD, WHICH
HE MAILED TO HIS FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES.
THE FINE EXAMPLE SHOWN HERE IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LIAM STEPHENS, IRELAND.
SUBMITTED BY L. STEPHENS
EXHIBIT 072JH
"MILLARD HOPPER LETTER"
SHOWN IS A PERSONALIZED ORDER FORM FOR MILLARD HOPPER'S LATEST BOOK AT THE TIME, "HOW
TO PLAY WINNING CHECKERS", MAILED FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TO CHERRYFIELD, MAINE, ON FEBRUARY 15, 1940.
THE RECIPIENT OF THE LETTER WAS FROM ONE OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF THE
TOWN. AS SUCH, MANY OF THE FAMILY ITEMS WERE RECENTLY DONATED TO A LOCAL MUSEUM, SOME OF WHICH WERE THEN GIVEN TO AN ANTIQUE
SHOP TO SELL. THIS LETTER SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE TRANSFER AND WAS SOLD AT THE SHOP WITH SOME OTHER PAPER ITEMS ,
AND WAS THEN RESOLD ON EBAY.
THIS INTERESTING CHECKERS ARTIFACT IS NOW IN THE COLLECTION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST
READING, PA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 069JH
“CARM
AVERY LETTER”
SHOWN IS A LETTER WRITTEN TO EARL HANGEN FROM MR. CHARMIDES AVERY.
"CARM" AVERY WAS A VERY WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED AMERICAN CHECKERIST FROM THE 1940'S-1950'S, AND HAS
THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY PLAYERS, EVER, TO WIN A CROSSBOARD GAME FROM MARION TINSLEY, CONSIDERED BY MOST
TO BE THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER.
THIS WAS DURING A SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION GIVEN BY TINSLEY IN 1954.
AS STATED IN THE LETTER, MR. AVERY LEFT THE GAME IN 1958.
BUT, AS ALMOST ALL DO, RETURNED AFTER MANY YEARS, AND LOOKED FORWARD TO PUTTING FORTH SOME
EFFORT AS A MAIL PLAYER.
EARL HANGEN, FEELING HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME SUCH A RESPECTED CHECKERIST BACK TO THE FOLD,
KEPT THIS LETTER IN HIS OWN PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK .
IT IS EXHIBITED HERE WITH THE PERMISSION OF EARL HANGEN.
SADLY, ON AUGUST 26 OF THE SAME YEAR, MR. AVERY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK, AND PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER
18, 1990.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 064JH
“KEITH TODD LETTER”
SHOWN
IS A PERSONAL LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. KEITH TODD, SENT TO EARL HANGEN IN 1979.
MR. TODD WAS A PROMINENT AMERICAN
CHECKERIST FOR MANY YEARS, AND HAD CONTRIBUTED TO MANY DIFFERENT PERIODICALS, IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT MANNERS.
IN HIS LATTER YEARS, HE FOCUSED MAINLY
ON MAIL PLAY, AND HAD GARNERED A REPUTATION AS AN EXPERT, COMPETING IN SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS, AND MAIL PLAY LADDERS.
EARL HANGEN HAD SPENT A FEW YEARS
GARNERING HIS OWN REPUTATION AS A STRONG MAIL PLAYER (THIS WAS PRIOR TO HIS DAYS AS THE ACF MAIL PLAY DIRECTOR)
AND FINALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO CORRESPOND WITH MR. TODD IN A MATCH.
WHEN EARL ASKED HIM FOR SOME ADVICE,
TODD (AN EDUCATED AND SKILLED WRITER) MINCED NO WORDS IN PENNING THIS LETTER, WHICH OFFERS SOME VERY POWERFUL INSIGHT INTO
THE WORLD OF MAIL PLAY CHECKERS AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVELS.
THIS LETTER IS PUBLISHED HERE WITH THE FULL
PERMISSION OF EARL HANGEN.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 054LS
“COLLECTION
OF TOURNAMENT PROGRAMS”
SHOWN HERE IS A SELECTION OF PROGRAMS FROM UK
AND IRISH TOURNAMENTS HELD OVER THE YEARS.
THESE WERE DISTRUBITED PRIOR TO THE TOURNAMENTS AS ADVANCE PUBLICITY, AND DURING THE TOURNAMENTS THEMSELVES AS A MEMENTO TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
THIS VERY INTERESTING SET OF ARTIFACTS HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED AND PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS
BY LIAM STEPHENS, AND IS PART OF HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION, LOCATED IN IRELAND.
SUBMITTED BY L. STEPHENS
EXHIBIT 045JH
"CALDWELL'S CHECKER PUBLICATION LISTING
CIRCA 1971"
JOHN CALDWELL WAS AN AMERICAN CROSSBOARD PLAYER, AND WAS AN AMERICAN MAIL PLAY CHAMPION.
HE ALSO WAS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF MAIL PLAYERS IN HISTORY TO HOLD THE TOP RUNG ON ALL OF THE MAJOR MAIL PLAY LADDERS
ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT HE WAS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN AS A BONA FIDE BIBLIOPHILE FOR CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS RELATED MATERIAL, AND HAD AMASSED WHAT WAS AT THE TIME ONE OF THE GREATEST LIBRARIES
OF CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS BOOKS EVER COLLECTED.
HERE IS HIS 1970 LIST SENT TO PAUL OTTEY, IN WHICH CALDWELL DESCRIBES HIS TEN YEARS EFFORT
COMPILING THE LIST, AND HIS PLANS TO PUBLISH IT AT A LATER DATE. WHICH MAKES THIS ITEM, IN EFFECT, THE PROTOTYPE FOR AN UNPUBLISHED
BOOK.
THIS INTERESTING PIECE OF HISTORY IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING,
PA. US
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 041JH
"TRUE STORY, by PAUL DAYTON"
ABOVE IS AN EARLIER, HANDWRITTEN VERSION OF AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN JIM REED'S "KEYSTONE
REVIEW" MAGAZINE. THIS VERSION IS CONTAINED IN A LETTER SENT TO EARL HANGEN BY PAUL DAYTON, THE WRITER OF THE STORY.
IT CONTAINS A HUMOROUS ANALYSIS OF A GAME THAT DAYTON PLAYED WITH HIS DOG....A
"TRUE STORY".
ALTHOUGH THE ANALYSIS ITSELF WAS SHOWN IN LATER ISSUES OF KR TO BE FAULTY, IT
IS NONETHELESS AN ENTERTAINING READ, AND DEMONSTRATES HOW EVEN A SEASONED VETERAN (SUCH AS DAYTON HIMSELF) CAN OVERLOOK SOME
OF THE MORE SUBTLE ASPECTS OF THIS ANCIENT VARIATION ON THE SINGLE CORNER OPENING.
THIS LETTER IS CURRENTLY IN THE POSSESSION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA. U.S.,
AND IS SUBMITTED HERE WITH THE FULL PERMISSION OF EARL HANGEN.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
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