“Checker Fiends to
Match Wits Here,” from The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., March 18, 1927.
To contests to
determine the champion checker player of Northeastern North Carolina will be
held in this city next week. The first will be held Monday, March 21, at 7:30
in the Chamber of Commercie rooms for the elimination try-outs. The second and
greatest contest will be held Friday night, March 25 at the same hour and place
to determine the championship.
The winner will
receive a handsome silver trophy.
J.C. Evans and
Lonnie Sherlock are promoting the checker fest, and among the entries to date
from this city are: M.W. Davenport, Dr. M.M. Harris, Dan Harris, Lonnie
Sherlock, G.G. Markham, Vann Sawyer, Jim Wilcox, Billy James, Raymond Ange, and
J.C. Evans.
Moyock’s entry,
J.P. Murray, will play blindfolded.
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