1930

1/1   WELLS MASTER TOURNAMENT at BOSTON.

SAUL WESLOW WINS TOURNEY.

1/1-  OHIO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at AKRON.

GUY H. GARWOOD WINS TITLE.

1/2-  SCOTTISH NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at HAMILTON.

MICHAEL BOYLE WINS TITLE . GAMES PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS REVIEW, VOL. 6, NO. 3, MARCH 1930 AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES.

JAN.  ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ASHLAND.

BASIL CASE RETAINS TITLE.  

1/9   DEATH OF WILLARD DAVIS OF BOSTON. HE WAS A WELL RESPECTED PLAYER, AND WAS A FORMER MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHAMPION. HE HAD SPENT SO MUCH TIME STUDYING THE GAME THAT IT ACTUALLY DETERIORATED HIS PHYSICAL WELL BEING, AND HE DIED IN A NEW ENGLAND SANITARIUM. 

1/14-15  KANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at STAFFORD.

CHARLES MUNSON WINS TITLE.

JAN.   WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at FOND DU LAC.

F.C. STOKES RETAINS TITLE.

JAN./FEB.??? GUY GARWOOD VS. ALEX CAMERON 5-3-2 DRAWS at CLEVELAND, OH. SELECT GAMES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY, VOL.X, NO.1 TO 2, JAN,1930.

JAN./FEB.??? ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TORONTO.

ANGUS CRAWFORD WINS TITLE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TOURNEY SANCTIONED BY THE RECENTLY CREATED ONTARIO CHECKER ASSOCIATION

JAN/FEB ? MANITOBA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY

J. MERRICK WINS TITLE.

FEB.  OWING TO HIS INABILITY TO FIND A PUBLISHER, BASIL CASE SHELVES PLANS FOR HIS "BOOK OF CORRECTIONS".

2/10-12  INDIANA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CONVERSE.

LEE MUNGER WINS TITLE. A RECORD ENTRY OF 40.

2/4-7   32nd NEBRASKA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at OSCEOLA.

JOHN HABERMAN WINS TITLE.

FEB. ST. PETERSBURG TOURNAMENT.

JOHN B. WORNALL WINS "SEMI-MASTER" FINALS.

C.A. CUMMINGS WINS "CLASS A TOURIST" FINALS.

2/18-22  IOWA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WATERLOO.

JOHN SAMUELSON WINS TITLE.

2/21-22   ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LITTLE ROCK.

DR. W. L. NEWTON WINS TITLE.

2/22  ANNUAL BOSTON VS ALL NEW ENGLAND MATCH IS WON UNUSUALLY  BY THE VISITORS, AND BY A WIDE MARGIN.

MELVIN BROWN MASTERS TOURNEY WON BY J. GRANFIELD.

2/22  WASHINGTON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at AUBURN.

FLOYD PAYNE RETAINS TITLE.

2/22  NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS AWARDED TO WILLIAM FITZHENRY. HE WAS TO PLAY THE FINALS OF THE NJ STATE TOURNEY WITH CHARLES JOLLY, WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE DATE, FITZHENRY WINNING THE TITLE BY DEFAULT.

FEB.   NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP at NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

C. J. MURTON WINS TITLE.

SPRING ???  DEATH OF GEORGE DEARBORN, 75, OF LOWELL, MASS. HE WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PLAYERS IN NEW ENGLAND, AND WAS ON THE AMERICAN TEAM IN THE 1905 GB VS. USA INTERNATIONAL MATCH. AFTER PLAYING BELOW EXPECTATIONS, HE LEFT HIS GAMES UNFINISHED AND RETIRED FROM THE GAME FOREVER. 

SPRING.   LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

SAM COHEN WINS TITLE.  

SPRING   GREATER BRISBANE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

J.G. HORSEFALL WINS TITLE.

3/17-  CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WINNIPEG.

FLEMING BROWN WINS TITLE. THIS IS THE FIRST TOURNEY SANCTIONED BY THE NEW CANADIAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION, AND WAS BILLED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT TOURNEY EVER STAGED IN CANADA. THE ENDING OF THIS TOURNEY WAS MARRED WITH A CONTROVERSY INVOLVING ANGUS CRAWFORD, AND HIS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE FINALS AGAINST BROWN.SELECT FINALS GAMES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY VOL. X, NOS.3 TO 4, MARCH, 1930.

3/15-APRIL   GLASGOW CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. 54 ENTRIES.

A. B. SCOTT RETAINS TITLE, AFTER PLAYING 6 ROUNDS WITHOUT LOSING A GAME.

3/23  NORTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at FARGO.

L.H. NICHOLS WINS TITLE, ENDING JOHN MEYER'S RECORD SEVEN STRAIGHT STATE TOURNEY VICTORIES.

APRIL WILLIAM RYAN, IN THE PAGES OF HIS "CHECKERGRAM" MAGAZINE, LAUNCHES "THE AMALGATED CHECKER PLAYERS OF AMERICA".

4/12-13  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (REYNOLDS CUP) at LONDON.

MIDDLESEX VS YORKSHIRE  7-6-17 DRAWS.

MIDDLESEX WIN CUP.

SPRING.   EDINBURGH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

EDWARD GIBSON VS GEORGE MACKAY IN FINAL  3-2-3 DRAWS.

GIBSON WINS TITLE.

4/15  ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BIRMINGHAM.

E.K. TYLER WINS TITLE.

4/18- NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP at INVERCARGILL.

D. CALDERWOOD RETAINS TITLE.

4/21-26  3rd BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at SHEFFIELD.

SAM COHEN VS M. BOYLE (SCOTTISH CHAMPION)  2-1-5 DRAWS IN FINAL.

COHEN  WINS TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. AT THIS TIME COHEN HOLDS THE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF LONDON, ENGLAND AND BRITAIN.

FINALS PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS REVIEW, VOL.6, NO.6, JUNE 1930.

4/21-   WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CARDIFF.

H. TOWNSEND WINS TITLE.FINALS PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS REVIEW, VOL.6, NO.6, JUNE 1930.

4/21-  CORNISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

W. F. GLASSON WINS FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW AND THE SILVER CUP BECOMES HIS PROPERTY.

5/2-3 STAKE MATCH.

JESSE B. HANSON VS. EUGENE WITT  7-2-??? DRAWS at DALLAS.

5/30  INTERSTATE MATCH.

NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK VS. PENNSYLVANIA 22-18-32 DRAWS at DORNEY PARK, IN ALLENTOWN, PA. EIGHTEEN PLAYERS PER SIDE, THESE TEAMS CONSISTED OF SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THEIR STATES, INCLUDING MILLARD HOPPER, H.B. REYNOLDS, TOM O'GRADY FOR NJ/NY, AND H.L. RUDOLPH, MATTY PRIEST AND H.O. NEWCOMB FOR PA. SELECT GAMES FROM THIS MATCH ARE PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY, VOL. X, NOS. 7 TO 8, JULY 1930.

JUNE  1ST KENTUCKY CHECKER ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WINCHESTER.

THOMAS GABBARD JR. WINS TITLE.

6/14  TEAM MATCH.

AUTO CITY CHECKER CLUB (DETROIT, MICHIGAN) VS. INDUSTRIAL MUTUAL ASSOCIATION CLUB(FLINT, MICHIGAN)

7-2-9 DRAWS at FLINT. DETROIT TEAM INCLUDES NATHAN RUBIN, L.T. DEBEARN, ED EBERT (AMONG OTHERS). FLINT TEAM INCLUDES RAY GOULD, E.J. REES, FLOYD PENNELL (AMONG OTHERS).

6/21-22  INTERSTATE MATCH.

NORTH DAKOTA VS. SOUTH DAKOTA 45-17-38 DRAWS at VALLEY CITY, ND.

6/21  STAKE MATCH- FIVE DOLLARS PER WON GAME.

JESSE HANSON VS. TOM O'GRADY 1-0-5 DRAWS at BUFFALO.

SUMMER  VANCOUVER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

DAVID JEFFREY WINS TITLE.

SUMMER  STAKE MATCH FOR ONE DOLLAR PER WON GAME.

BASIL CASE VS. RALPH BANKS 18-2-20 DRAWS at CHICAGO.

SUMMER  STAKE MATCH.

L.T. DEBEARN VS. C. ARNOLD 6-1-13 DRAWS at DETROIT.

SUMMER  BASIL CASE CLAIMS THE TITLE OF JUVENILE CHAMPION OF AMERICA, AFTER A MATCH BETWEEN HIMSELF AND NATHAN RUBIN FAILS TO MATERIALIZE.

SUMMER   RHODE ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYING SESSIONS, WILLIAM BROGAN WINS TITLE.

JULY  NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LAWINBURG. 

50 ENTRANTS.

EDWARD SCHEIDT WINS FOR THE THIRD SUCCESSIVE TIME AND BECOMES POSSESSOR OF THE GOLD MEDAL.

JULY TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DALLAS.

CHARLES A. BRADLEY WINS TITLE.

8/4-9   CEDAR POINT TOURNAMENT.

WON BY GEORGE O’BRIEN.

8/13-15  SOUTHERN CHECKER ASSOCIATION ANNUAL TOURNEY at SPARTANBURG, S.C. 39 ENTRANTS.

EDWIN F. HUNT WINS TO BECOME SOUTHERN CHAMPION.

8/21-  U.S.NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

NATHAN RUBIN VS BASIL CASE 3-0-19 DRAWS at CHICAGO.

RUBIN WINS TITLE. CASE HAD CLAIMED THE TITLE EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHEN THEIR MATCH WAS CANCELLED. HERE IT WAS FINALLY PLAYED, WITH RUBIN WINNING THE VACANT TITLE.

AUG.  IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

WILL COOK WINS TITLE.

9/1   VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LYNCHBURG.

WILLIE KING RETAINS TITLE.

SEPT.   6TH ANNUAL KANSAS FREE FAIR CHECKER TOURNAMENT at TOPEKA.

CHARLES MUNSON WINS TOURNEY.

SEPT. BASIL CASE BEGINS AN EXHIBITION TOUR, EXTENDING FROM CHICAGO TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK, AND LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS. IN CALIFORNIA HE WINS A SIX GAME MATCH WITH JULIUS D'ORIO 2-1-3 DRAWS,  AND DRAWS A MATCH WITH SOLOMON JERUCHEMSON, 1-1-8 DRAWS.

9/22   OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at OKLAHOMA CITY.

SAM RUSSELL WINS TITLE.

9/25   38TH ANNUAL TOWN VS. COUNTRY TEAM MATCH at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 136 PLAYERS COMPETING.

TOWN 151 WINS, COUNTRY 109 WINS, 92 DRAWS.

10/11 TEAM MATCH 8 PER SIDE

SEATTLE VS. VANCOUVER 13-12-17 DRAWS at SEATTLE.

FALL/WINTER ???  NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

V. RICKARD WINS TITLE.

11/18-22  MAINE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PORTLAND.

RAY GOULD WINS TITLE FOR THE ELEVENTH TIME. 

11/23  DEATH OF FRANCIS TESCHELEIT , AGE 65. FORMER CHAMPION OF LONDON AND WELL KNOWN ANALYST  AND CROSS BOARD PLAYER. REPORTEDLY, HE SPENT A MONTH OR SO IN A LONDON HOSPITAL BEING TREATED FOR BRONCHIAL TROUBLE. HE LEFT AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, AND DIED A FEW DAYS LATER. HE DIED HAVING HALF COMPLETED HIS COMPILATION "MASTER PLAY OF THE DRAUGHT BOARD".

11/27- 3RD MISSOURI VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at KANSAS CITY.

GEORGE FARLEY WINS TOURNAMENT.

THANKSGIVING WEEK  MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DETROIT.

NATHAN RUBIN RETAINS TITLE.

12/3  DEATH OF PRESTON KETCHUM IN CHICAGO. A NOTED CHECKERS PLAYER,AUTHOR AND ANALYST, HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN HE FELL FROM AN ELEVATED PLATFORM INTO THE PATH OF A MOVING TRAIN.

CHRISTMAS WEEK  OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at YOUNGSTOWN.

VICTOR JOHNSON WINS TITLE.

12/26-27  GLAMORGAN CHAMPIONSHIP at PONTYPRIDD, WALES.

GRAHAM DAVIES WINS TITLE.

12/29 VERMONT CHECKER ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MONTPELIER.

ERNEST J. STACY WINS TITLE.

 

1931

RICHARD FORTMAN'S FIRST TOURNAMENT

FROM RICHARD FORTMAN

"After  finally  defeating  my father, I  decided  to  enter  my  first
ty; the  1931   Il  Downstate  at  Decatur.  I was  shown  no mercy
and finished  well  down  in the  minors.  I was  discouraged  and  probably would  have  quit the game  had  it  not  been  for the  encouragement of my  coach, Harland  Richards,  1933  Il  state  champion,  who  loaned me  books  and  also  many practice games  at our  local  chess  & checker  club. Two  year  later  I  finished  3rd  in  Class  A,  after winning  over  the  1928 Il  state  champ, Oscae  Apple,  of Rock Island,  and  was  "hooked  for  life":this  in my  77th  (!!!) year in the game . "  ( RLF ) 2/22/2008

1/1   WELLS MEMORIAL CHECKER CLUB MASTERS TOURNAMENT at BOSTON. ROBERT SMALL WINS TOURNEY. 

1/1- SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at GLASGOW.

ROBERT SCOBBIE WINS TITLE.

1/8  PUBLICATION BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION OF THE LIST OF 3-MOVE OPENINGS TO BE ADOPTED FOR FUTURE COMPETITIONS. THESE WERE BASED ON SUGGESTIONS BY A. J. HEFFNER.

1/13-16  KANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at WICHITA.

J.M.STULL WINS TITLE.

1/16-17  8 GAME EXHIBITION MATCH

NEWELL BANKS VS. EDWIN HUNT at NASHVILLE, TENN.

FOUR 2-MOVE GAMES, ALL DRAWN

FOUR 11-MAN BALLOT GAMES, BANKS 1, HUNT 0, 3 DRAWS

1/17   SAM COHEN BROKE THE RECORD FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAYS BY PLAYING 106 BOARDS at LONDON, 46-2-55, WITH 3 GAMES UNFINISHED.

1/24  DEATH  OF A.W. VALENTINE, AGE 79. HE WAS A FORMER AMERICAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND ONE OF THE GAMES LEADING PROMOTERS. IN HIS LAST YEARS, HE FELL ON VERY HARD TIMES PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, AND  DIED "OF A BROKEN HEART", QUOTED BY E.H. GREENE, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE ACA. 

JAN   ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at ASHLAND.

BASIL CASE RETAINS TITLE.

FEB  33RD NEBRASKA CHECKER ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT at YORK.

HARRY YOST WINS TITLE.

2/2-3   INDIANA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at ROCHESTER. A RECORD ENTRY OF 44.

LEE MUNGER RETAINS TITLE. MANY OF THE GAMES WOULD LATER BE PUBLISHED IN THE INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN.

2/2-4  COLORADO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DENVER.

GILBERT ADAMS WINS TITLE.

2/10-  ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA "SEMI-MASTERS" TOURNEY.

VICTOR MONTERIO WINS TOURNEY.

TOURISTS' TOURNEY WON BY WILLIAM E. NOEL.

2/20-24  SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GETTYSBURG.

WILLIAM LEMLER WINS TITLE.

2/21 DEATH OF AUGUST J. HEFFNER OF DORCHESTER, MA., AGED 73. ONE OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN AMERICAN CHECKERS HISTORY, HE WAS A FORMER AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPION AND PLAYED IN THE FIRST TWO INTERNATIONAL MATCHES AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. ALSO A GAMES EDITOR , ANALYST AND PROBLEMIST.

2/21-22   ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at LITTLE ROCK.

E. W. McCLUNG WINS TITLE. THIS WAS A HUGE EVENT THAT ALSO INCLUDED A TEAM MATCH; OKLAHOMA CITY 9 WINS, LITTLE ROCK 7 WINS, WITH MANY DRAWS.THERE WAS ALSO A 20 GAME MATCH ARRANGED BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CHAMPION R.W. CLEVENGER AND FORMER TEXAS CHAMPION A.J. TEMPLE , CLEVENGER WINNING 5-3-11 DRAWS. 

2/22  GREATER NEW YORK CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NEW YORK. THIS WAS HELD AT KENNETH GROVER'S CHECKER CONCESSION AT THE SPA GOLF EMPORIUM. WILLIAM RYAN DEFEATS JACK COX IN THE FINALS 1-0-13 DRAWS. 

2/22  WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at SPRINGFIELD.

ISAIAH SPECTOR WINS TITLE.

2/23-24  WASHINGTON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TACOMA.

A.J. LEMENSE WINS TITLE.

2/23-25  IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ESTHERVILLE.

VICTOR DAVIS WINS TITLE.

MARCH  FIRST ISSUE OF "THE INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN" , DEVOTED TO BOOSTING CHECKERS IN INDIANA, IS PUBLISHED BY REX WOOD. 

MARCH   J.M. TURRELL OF VINCENNES PRESENTS THE INDIANA CHECKER ASSOCIATION WITH AN INLAID CHECKER BOARD, MADE BY CHARLES LAWSON OF PETALUMA, CA. IN 1913. IT IS TO BE RETAINED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND THE NAME OF THE WINNER (AND RUNNER-UP) IN EACH TOURNEY SHALL HAVE THEIR NAME ENGRAVED UPON IT. THIS BOARD, SHOWN BELOW, HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS.

IN RECENT YEARS A NEW BOARD HAS BEEN CREATED, ALSO PICTURED BELOW, WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE WINNER ALEX HOLMES.

3/7-9  WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PORTAGE.

DEL CARPENTER WINS TITLE.

3/17 SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MOOSE JAW.

J. CARMICHAEL WINS TITLE.

3/19-20   NORTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at FARGO.

JOHN MEYER WINS TITLE.

SPRING???  CHICAGO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.

57 PLAYERS. JOE DUFFY WINS TITLE, DEFEATING PADDY WHALEN 1-0-13 DRAWS IN FINALS. FINALS GAMES PUBLISHED IN INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN VOL. 1, NO. 2, MAY 1931. 

SPRING   JOHN T. DENVIR , AFTER  A 15 YEAR RETIREMENT FROM THE GAME, RETURNS TO ACTIVE PLAY IN CHICAGO CIRCLES.

SPRING???  MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at ???

OTTO A. HOLT WINS TITLE.

SPRING ???  VANCOUVER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

E.O. TAYLOR WINS TITLE.

4/2-4  KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ASHLAND.

BURRELL F. FORBIS WINS TITLE.

4/6-  ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at LONDON.

F. KAISER WINS TITLE.  HIS FINALS OPPONENT WAS LEONARD CLAXTON, WHO RESIGNED AFTER 6 DRAWN GAMES, THEN REFUSING TO PLAY THE BARRED OPENINGS.

APRIL  NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY at CONCORD.

MAURICE C. HAMMAR WINS TITLE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW.

SPRING   NEW JERSEY STATE TOURNAMENT at ???

DARIO FORGNONE WINS TITLE, DEFEATING CONRAD CANTOR IN THE FINALS 1-0-7 DRAWS.

SPRING   SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

J.V. EARLE WINS TITLE.

SPRING   NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

V. RICKARD WINS TITLE.

SPRING   LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONSHIP

J. MOLLOY WINS TITLE.

EASTER WEEK   THE NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO A DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE IN THE NORTH ISLAND.  

EASTER WEEK  TASMANIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LAUNCESTON.

G. MOODIE WINS TITLE.

4/6-  WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CARDIFF.

GRAHAM DAVIES, AGED 17, WINS TITLE.

4/18    ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BIRMINGHAM.

E.K. TYLER WINS TITLE.

4/18   TEAM MATCH

OHIO (26 WINS) VS. MICHIGAN (16 WINS) , 32 DRAWS at SANDUSKY. 19 PER SIDE . MANY OF THESE GAMES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN, VOL.1, NO. 3, JULY 1931.

4/25-27   GLASGOW CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FINAL.

WILLIAM RODGERS VS HARRY FRENCH  1-0-7.

RODGERS WINS TITLE.

THE TOURNEY HAD BEGUN ON 21 MARCH, WITH 48 COMPETITORS.

MAY   BASIL CASE, IN THE PAGES OF AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY, CHALLENGES ANYONE IN AMERICA TO A MATCH FOR $50.00.

5/2   EDINBURGH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FINAL.

EDWARD GIBSON VS JOHN ALLAN  1-0-9.

GIBSON RETAINS TITLE.

5/16   BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL (REYNOLDS CUP) at LONDON.

LANARKSHIRE VS MIDDLESEX  4-3-17 DRAWS.

JUNE    TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CHECKER CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DAVENPORT, IOWA.

TOURNAMENT WON BY OSCAR E. APPLE OF ROCK ISLAND, IL.

6/13-22  CHICAGO CHECKER CLUB MASTERS' TOURNEY.

TOURNAMENT WON BY LAWRENCE M. LEWIS, DEFEATING

J.T. BRADFORD IN THE FINALS 2-1-13 DRAWS. THIS WAS THE FIRST IMPORTANT USE OF THE NEW AMERICAN THREE-MOVE RESTRICTION IN A TOURNAMENT.

6/20-21  TEAM MATCH

NORTH DAKOTA VS. SOUTH DAKOTA at ABERDEEN .

5-PLAYERS PER SIDE.

A TOTLE OF 100 GAMES WERE PLAYED, WITH NORTH DAKOTA WINNING 15 GAMES MORE THAN THE SOUTH DAKOTA TEAM. 

SUMMER   TEN GAME MATCH

WILLIAM RYAN VS. GEORGE FARLEY 1-0-9 DRAWS at KANSAS CITY.

JULY    16 GAME STAKE MATCH

JESSE B. HANSON VS. E.O. TAYLOR (VANCOUVER AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CHAMPION)

3-0-11 DRAWS at VANCOUVER.

7/3-4   12th NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WINSTON-SALEM.

EDWARD SCHEIDT RETAINS TITLE.

7/5   DEATH OF HENRY O. ROBINSON OF HOVE, SUSSEX, AGE 58. HE WAS REGARDED AS AN EXPERT PROBLEMIST , AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ENGLISH DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION. 

7/14-16  19th ANNUAL TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DALLAS. A RECORD ENTRY OF 35.

E. L. WITT WINS TITLE.

7/21   DEATH OF JOSEPH HILL, AGE 64, OF TILTON, N.H. HE WAS A FORMER STATE CHAMPION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND WAS RELATED TO INTERNATIONALIST WILLIS G. HILL.

8/3    2ND TEAM MATCH

MICHIGAN VS. OHIO 21-18-37 DRAWS at CEDAR POINT, OH.

8/5-    CEDAR POINT TOURNAMENT WON BY NATHAN RUBIN, DEFEATING H.B. REYNOLDS IN THE FINAL ROUND PLAYED

1-0-11. THERE WAS TO BE ONE MORE ROUND PLAYED, BUT REYNOLDS HAD TO LEAVE FOR BUSINESS REASONS.

THIS TOURNEY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO USE THE NEW "AMERICAN" 3-MOVE RESTRICTION. SELECT POSITIONS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY, VOL. XI, NO.9-10, SEPT.-OCT. 1931. SELECT GAMES PUBLISHED IN INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN, VOL.1, NO.6, DEC. 1931.

8/10   1ST WEST TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ABILENE.

RAYMOND DITTRICH WINS TITLE.

8/11-12  SOUTHERN STATES CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ASHVILLE, NC. EDWIN HUNT RETAINS TITLE OF SOUTHERN STATE CHAMPION, DEFEATING ED SCHEIDT IN THE FINALS 2-1-3 DRAWS.

8/23  OUTDOOR CHECKER TOURNAMENT at LAKE WEHL, IN. HARLAND RICHARDS WINS TOURNEY.

8/26-27  GEORGIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LAWRENCEVILLE.

WITH A RECORD ENTRY OF OVER FIFTY ENTRANTS,WILLIAM H. PATTERSON WINS TITLE.  

8/29   11 MAN BALLOT TEAM MATCH

DETROIT (MICHIGAN) VS. TOLEDO (OHIO) 14-7-23 DRAWS at TOLEDO. IN THIS MATCH, NATHAN RUBIN WON A HEAT FROM ASA LONG 1-0-3 DRAWS.

SEPT.   IOWA STATE FAIR TOURNAMENT at DES MOINES.

VICTOR DAVIS, CURRENT STATE CHAMPION, WINS TOURNEY.

9/5-7,11   MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DETROIT.

L. T. De BEARN WINS TITLE. SELECT GAMES PUBLISHED IN INDIANA CHECKER BULLETIN, VOL.1, NO.5, NLOV. 1931.

9/7  VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ROANOKE.

WILLIE KING RETAINS TITLE.

9/22 DEATH OF E. H. GREENE. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION FROM 1915 TO 1924 AND WAS ONE OF THE GAME’S GREATEST BOOSTERS.

9/24  39TH TOWN VS. COUNTRY MATCH

142-134-73 DRAWS at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 70 PLAYERS PER TEAM.

SEPT.   7TH KANSAS FREE FAIR TOURNAMENT at TOPEKA.

J.M. STULL (THE CURRENT KANSAS STATE CHAMPION) WINS TOURNEY.

SEPT.    24 GAME NEW ENGLAND MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

RAY GOULD VS. SAUL WESLOW at AUBURN AND PORTLAND.

FINAL SCORE WAS 3-1-16 DRAWS IN WESLOW'S FAVOR, BUT WESLOW RESIGNED THE MATCH TO GOULD AT THIS TIME, AND LEFT TO BOSTON.

OCT.  CHAMPIONSHIP OF CENTRAL NEW YORK TOURNAMENT at UTICA.

STANLEY R. MOREY (20 YEARSS OLD)WINS TITLE.

10/18 TEAM MATCH

DETROIT VS. FLINT 14-5-13 DRAWS at FLINT, MICHIGAN.

10/20   OUTDOOR CHECKER TOURNAMENT at SOUTH BEND, IN.

HARLAND RICHARDS WINS TOURNEY.

10/24  TEAM MATCH

GARY, IN. VS. SOUTH BEND, IN. 7-4-9 DRAWS at SOUTH BEND. THE GARY TEAM INCLUDES 15 YEAR OLD WALTER HALLMAN, BEGINNING A CHECKERS CAREER THAT WOULD LAST OVER FORTY YEARS, AND END WITH HIM ESTABLISHED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYER-ANALYSTS EVER. 

11/15   TEAM MATCH

CONNECTICUTT VS. NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY 17-17-18 DRAWS at NEW YORK CITY.

11/17-18  MAINE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PORTLAND.

RAY GOULD RETAINS TITLE.

NOV. MISSOURI VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at KANSAS CITY.

GEORGE FARLEY RETAINS TITLE.

DEC.???  QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA) CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BRISBANE.

S.H. CHALK WINS TITLE.

DEC.???  VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

J. BOYLES WINS TITLE, DEFEATING HUGH EGAN 1-0-3 DRAWS IN THE FINALS.

12/25  NEW YORK MASTERS TOURNAMENT.

LOUIS C. GINSBURG VS WILLIE RYAN  1-0-3 DRAWS IN FINAL.

CHRISTMAS WEEK  OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at COLUMBUS.

GUY H. GARWOOD WINS TITLE, DEFEATING HARRY BELL IN THE FINALS 3-0-0 DRAWS. GARWOOD'S FIFTH VICTORY IN THIS TOURNEY

DEC.  20 GAME SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

L.M. LEWIS VS. WILLIAM RYAN, 2-1-17 DRAWS at CHICAGO.

DEC ???  10 GAME SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

JESSE B. HANSON VS. CHARLES H. WOOD 3-2-5 DRAWS, at WACO, TX.

DEC. 20 GAME 3-MOVE RESTRICTION MATCH

A.M. PETECK (ILLINOIS CHAMPION) VS. LEE MUNGER (INDIANA CHAMPION), 4-0-13 DRAWS at CHICAGO.

12/26  GLAMORGAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PONTYPRIDD, WALES.

J. WILLIAMS WINS TITLE.

 

1932

1/1-    4th BRITISH OPEN TOURNAMENT at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

PLAYED ON 3-MOVE OPENINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SAM COHEN BEATS R. SCOBBIE (SCOTTISH CHAMPION) IN FINAL.

COHEN , THE ONLY ENGLISH PLAYER IN THE FIELD, RETAINS TITLE.

WINTER   BELFAST CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

WON BY D. SCARBOROUGH.

JAN.   NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BOSTON.

RAY GOULD WINS TITLE.

JAN???   SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

BASIL CASE VS. J.T. BRADFORD, 3-0-7 DRAWS at KANSAS CITY, MO. GAMES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY  VOL. XII, NOS.9 &10 , SEPT.-OCT. 1932.

1/12-15    KANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ANTHONY.

J. M. STULL RETAINS TITLE.

JAN.   OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at OKLAHOMA CITY.

ERNEST LOFT WINS TITLE.

JAN.   CHICAGO CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY A. M. PETECK.

FORTY ENTRANTS.

1/18    DEATH OF FRANK G. FARMER IN GLENDALE, CA. AGE 79. A NATIONALLY KNOWN PATRON OF THE GAME IN AMERICA, HE WAS SEVERAL TIMES KANSAS STATE CHAMPION, AND SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION. 

1/29-2/2    ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CHICAGO.

WILLIE RYAN  WINS TITLE.

JAN.-FEB.   NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

WON BY J. BELL.

2/9-     2ND CANADIAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION  TOURNAMENT at REGINA, SASK.

VICTOR DREMAN, 19 YEARS OLD, WINS TITLE.

2/15    DEATH OF JOHN GREGG, OF NEWCASTLE, AGED 76. 

PUBLISHER OF THE 1901 "GREGG'S GUIDE", HE WAS ALSO A WELL KNOWN CROSS BOARD PLAYER AND PROBLEMIST.

FEB.    NEBRASKA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LINCOLN.

THIS TOURNEY WAS POSTPONED, WITH THE FINALS BEING PLAYED  ON APRIL 9TH.

ADOLPH CARLSON WINS TITLE, DEFEATING GEORGE GROSVENOR IN THE FINALS 3-0-2 DRAWS at HASTINGS.

FEB.   COLORADO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DENVER.

CHARLES BEACH WINS TITLE.

FEB.   ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA TOURIST TOURNAMENT.

TOURNEY WON BY JOHN B. WORNALL OF KANSAS CITY.

2/22   ANNUAL BOSTON CHECKER CLUB EVENT.

J.J. LANNIN (CLASS A) TOURNEY WON BY RAY GOULD.

MELVIN BROWN (CLASS B) TOURNEY WON BY HOLLEN.

GEORGE LIBBY CUP (CLASS C) WON BY ELLIOTT.

2/22  ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LITTLE ROCK.

MARVIN SHERRIL WINS TITLE.

2/22   WASHINGTON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TACOMA, WITH THE FINALS BEING PLAYED ONE MONTH LATER at ABERDEEN.

FLOYD O. PAYNE WINS TITLE, DEFEATING J.B. WILLEY IN THE FINALS 2-0-3 DRAWS.

3/2   SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

WILLIE RYAN VS. ALEX CAMERON 2-0-8 DRAWS at ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

2/22   TEAM MATCH.

NORTH CAROLINA VS. SOUTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE. 16 PLAYERS PER SIDE. THE NORTH TEAM WON BY 20 GAMES.

2/22    6TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TOURNAMENT at MANKATO. 41 ENTRANTS.

OLE VEUM WINS TITLE.

2/25   TEAM MATCH.

EAST SCOTLAND VS. WEST SCOTLAND 10-10-25 DRAWS at EDINBURGH. WITH ONE GAME REMAINING, WORLD CHAMPION ROBERT STEWART WAS PRESENT AND ADJUDICATED THE GAME IN FAVOR OF THE EASTERN TEAM.

MARCH   IOWA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at OTTUMWA.

VICTOR DAVIES RETAINS TITLE, DEFEATING BOBBY MARTIN IN THE FINALS1-0-7 DRAWS.

MARCH   MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MINNEAPOLIS.

MORRIS GOLDMAN WINS TITLE.

3/1   TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

A.R. CORNELL VS. ROBERT  SWANN 4-1-3 DRAWS at DALLAS.

CORNELL WINS TITLE. AT THIS TIME, THE TEXAS CHECKER CHAMPIONSHIP COULD BE WON IN THE ANNUAL TOURNEY, BUT MUST ALSO BE DEFENDED IN MATCH PLAY WHEN CHALLENGED. CORNALL WAS THE FOURTH DIFFERENT TEXAS CHAMPION IN LESS THEN A YEAR AS A RESULT OF THIS POLICY.

3/3-5    WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at SPARTA.

LEO SANDERS WINS TITLE WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A GAME.

3/10-11  SOUTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at SIOUX FALLS.

SAM MORRISON WINS TITLE.

3/20-22  19th NORTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at FARGO.

JOHN MEYER WINS TITLE.

3/28   DEATH OF THOMAS HULLEY OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. HE WAS AN EXPERT PLAYER, AND A WELL KNOWN PATRON OF THE GAME IN SCOTLAND. HE WAS MANAGER OF THE SCOTTISH CONTINGENT THAT CAME TO AMERICA FOR THE 2ND GB/US INTERNATIONAL MATCH IN 1927.

SPRING   WASHINGTON CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at SEATTLE.

A. COLMAR WINS TITLE.

SPRING   LOS ANGELES CITY CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY M. L. DAVIES, DEFEATING JOSEPH DROUILLARD IN THE FINALS..

SPRING ???   MANITOBA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WINNIPEG.

G.H. COLLIN WINS TITLE. 

SPRING ???   MAINE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PORTLAND.

RAY GOULD WINS TITLE.

SPRING ???   CALGARY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

J.S. JOHNSTON WINS TITLE.

SPRING   20 GAME STAKE MATCH.

RALPH R. GRIFFEN VS. EDWARD EBERT 6-4-10 DRAWS at DETROIT.

APRIL  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

ASA LONG VS RAY GOULD  2-0-14 DRAWS at PORTLAND, ME.

4/17    ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NOTTINGHAM.

SAM COHEN WINS TITLE. AT THIS TIME, COHEN HOLDS THE TITLE OF CHAMPION OF LONDON, ENGLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN.

4/17  WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CARDIFF.

T. F. SMITH VS P. THOMAS IN FINAL. [Result unknown] 

4/17   ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TORONTO.

ANGUS CRAWFORD WINS TITLE.

4/17   3RD TOURNAMENT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TASMANIA.

GEORGE MOODIE RETAINS TITLE, HAVING WON ALL THREE TOURNAMENTS.

4/29   SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

WILLIE RYAN VS. H. B. REYNOLDS 0-0-6 DRAWS at  BUFFALO.

2 GAYP, 2 2-MOVE, 2 3-MOVE GAMES PLAYED.

APRIL   OPEN-AIR BOARD SET UP IN DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND.

5/13    WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WEST UNION. 50 PLAYERS.

JAMES G. CHARTER WINS TITLE.

5/19-20    WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PITTSBURGH.

C.W. YOUNG WINS TITLE.

5/25-27    KENTUCKY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NATURAL BRIDGE.

DR. J. D. McNEILL WINS TITLE.

5/25    IN A REMATCH OF THE FINALS OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, JOHN FINLEY REVERSES THE RESULTS OF THE STATE TOURNEY, AND SOUNDLY DEFEATS THE NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPION, BENJAMIN BUDRIKAS, 5-0-1 DRAW at NEWARK. 

JUNE ???   RHODE ISLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

WM. BROGAN, CHECKER EDITOR OF THE ATTLEBORO SUN, WINS TITLE.

JUNE    IN THE AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY, IT IS REPORTED THAT MAURICE HAMMER IS BANNED FROM ENTERING ANY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY IN HIS HOME STATE (NEW HAMPSHIRE). THIS WAS THE RULING OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CHECKER ASSOCIATION, CITING HAMMER'S "PROFESSIONALISM", AFTER LEARNING THAT HAMMER HAD VISITED BOSTON AND NEW YORK AND COMPETED IN SOME STAKE MATCHES.

6/18   TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DAVENPORT, IOWA.

OSCAR APPLE WINS TITLE.

JULY    TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DALLAS.

EUGENE L. WITT RETAINS TOURNEY TITLE, ALTHOUGH HE LOST THE OFFICIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN MATCH PLAY.

JULY    OKLAHOMA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at SULPHUR.

C. T. REXRODE WINS TITLE.

SUMMER     VANCOUVER CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

DAVID JEFFREY, CHECKER EDITOR OF THE VANCOUVER SUN, WINS TITLE.

SUMMER     IN A METROPOLITAN TOURNAMENT AT THE WLTH STATION IN BROOKLYN, SEVERAL HUNDRED PLAYERS COMPETED, INCLUDING TOM WISWELL, MONTE SCHLIEFER, IRVING CHERNEV (FUTURE CHESS CHAMPION AND AUTHOR), CHARLES LAWSON , KENNETH GROVER AND WAS WON BY WILLIAM RYAN.

7/4-5   NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ALBEMARLE. 54 PLAYERS.

JESSE N. LYBARGER WINS TITLE.

7/20  SOUTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at FLORENCE. 31 ENTRANTS.

FRED SMITH RETAINS TITLE.

8/8-9   SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CHARLOTTE, NC.

R.W. GARRIS WINS TITLE.

8/14    WEST TEXAS CHECKER ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT at MAY.

MARK ROBASON WINS TOURNEY.

8/17-18   GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ATLANTA.

D. WEBSTER SKELTON WINS TITLE.

8/2-30   IOWA STATE FAIR TOURNAMENT at ???

BOBBY MARTIN WINS TOURNEY.

AUG.  CEDAR POINT OUTING WEEK.

TOURNAMENT WON BY WILLIE RYAN.  

SUBSCRIPTION MATCH  ON THE AMENDED 3-MOVE RESTRICTION OPENINGS.

EDWIN F. HUNT VS. HARRAH B. REYNOLDS  3-1-11 DRAWS. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED AS A HUNT- ASA LONG MATCH, BUT ASA LONG REFUSED TO PLAY  FOR LESS THAN A $100.00 PURSE, REYNOLDS ACCEPTING THE INVITATION. ANNOTATED GAMES BY HUNT PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY VOL.XIII, NO.9-10,SEPT-OCT, 1933.

AUG.  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LOS ANGELES.

NATHANIEL H. RUBIN WINS TITLE.

AUG.   IN AN ARTICLE FROM THE AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY MAGAZINE, A BRITISH-AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE MATCH ATTRACTS WELL OVER 100 PLAYERS PER SIDE, INCLUDING MANY OF THE TOP CROSSBOARD PLAYERS OF THE DAY.

9/2-4   MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DETROIT.

L. T. deBEARN WINS TITLE.

SEPT.    STAKE MATCH.

SAM COHEN VS. LEN CLAXTON 1-1-10 DRAWS at LONDON.

SEPT???   BRITISH COLUMBIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at VANCOUVER. THIS WAS PLAYED AT INTERVALS.

DAVID JEFFREY, CHECKER EDITOR OF THE VANCOUVER SUN, WINS TITLE.

9/4   VIRGINIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at RICHMOND.

WILLIE KING WINS TITLE. HIS SIXTH TIME WINNING THIS TOURNEY.

9/4   NEWELL W. BANKS SET A RECORD FOR SIMULTANEOUS PLAY at THE WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO. HE PLAYED140 GAMES IN 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES, WITH A SCORE OF 133-0-7. THERE WERE OVER 5000 SPECTATORS.

DEC.  KANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AT WICHITA.

J. M. STULL WINS TITLE.

DEC.   OHIO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at COLUMBUS.

VICTOR JOHNSON RETAINS TITLE.

 

3/17-   NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

WILLIE RAE WINS TITLE.

3/19-21   NORTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at JAMESTOWN.

HOWARD J. KING WINS TITLE.

4/2-    5th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

LEN CLAXTON WINS TITLE.

4/2-3   WELSH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CARDIFF.

H. TOWNSEND WINS TITLE.

4/2-     NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

G. A. BROWN WINS TITLE.

SPRING   WISCONSIN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MARSHFIELD.

MIKE ZIERHUT WINS TITLE.

SPRING   BOSTON CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

VICTOR MONTEIRO RETAINS TITLE.

SPRING   GLASGOW CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

JOE CARMICHAEL WINS TITLE.

SPRING   DETROIT CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

RALPH GRIFFEN WINS TITLE.

5/24-26   KENTUCKY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BOWLING GREEN.

DR. J. D.McNEILL RETAINS TITLE.

MAY   CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at LOS ANGELES.

JOSEPH A. DROUILLARD WINS TITLE.

7/2-4   WALTER HELLMAN (INDIANA CHAMPION), AGED 18, VS. BOBBY MARTIN (IOWA CHAMPION), AGED 20, 5-4-15 DRAWS at GARY, IND.

JULY???   SOUTHERN STATES CHECKER ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT at GREENVILLE, SC. 37 ENTRANTS.

DR. J.D. McNEILL WINS TITLE OF SOUTHERN CHAMPION.

7/5-7  OKLAHOMA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at HOLLIS.

ERNEST L. LOFT WINS TITLE.

JULY   23rd TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DALLAS.

LEROY ROBERSON RETAINS TITLE.

8/1-2  GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MACON.

N. P. MALCOM WINS TITLE.

8/13-29   8TH AMERICAN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at 

JAMESTOWN, NY.

EDWIN HUNT WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN CHAMPION.

THIS WAS THE FIRST U.S. NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN WHICH THE 3-MOVE OPENING RESTRICTION WAS USED.

1937

1/1-   40th SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GLASGOW.

R.J. ALLEN VS WILLIAM RODGERS IN FINAL 1-0-5 DRAWS.

ALLEN WINS TITLE.

2/1-5   NEBRASKA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at HOLDREGE.

LESLIE GREEN VS MARK NELSON IN FINAL 4-0-4 draws.

GREEN RETAINS TITLE, WINNING FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW.

2/20-22   OKLAHOMA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at OKLAHOMA CITY.

E. H. GILL WINS TITLE.

2/22    MASSACHUSSETS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BOSTON.

RAY S. GOULD WINS TITLE.

3/1-3   IOWA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WATERLOO.

BOBBY MARTIN RETAINS TITLE.

3/15-20   SOUTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WATERTOWN.

PALMER EKERN WINS TITLE.

3/20-21  ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MATTOON. 49 ENTRANTS.

J. E. LESTER WINS TITLE.

MARCH    ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

T. W. SHARYER WINS TITLE.

3/28-    AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at HOBART, TASMANIA.

JOHN BOYLES BEAT HUGH EGAN IN FINAL.

BOYLES WINS TITLE. 

3/28-     ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at BOLTON.

SAMUEL COHEN WINS TITLE.

3/29    CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

W. F. GLASSON RETAINS TITLE.

IN THE LAST 10 TOURNEYS HE WAS 6 TIMES WINNER AND 4 TIMES RUNNER-UP.

SPRING   WASHINGTON D.C. TOURNAMENT WON BY HERMAN L. RUDOLPH.

SPRING   NEW YORK MASTERS TOURNEY WON BY HAROLD FRYER, AGED 18.

4/10   CONNECTICUT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at HARTFORD.

JOSEPH GRANFIELD RETAINS TITLE.

4/25   3-MOVE  BLINDFOLD MATCH at TACOMA, WASH., OSTENSIBLY FOR THE "BLINDFOLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA".

WILLIE RYAN VS NEWELL W. BANKS  3-2-7 DRAWS.

RYAN WINS TITLE.

SPRING    IN THE UNITED STATES VS GREAT BRITAIN CORRESPONDENCE MATCH, STARTED IN  JULY 1933, LATEST SCORE WAS REPORTED AS 81-64-267. OF 160 PAIRINGS, 103 PROVIDED RESULTS. SOME PLAYERS HAD DROPPED OUT OR DIED! THE CONTEST WAS PRIVATELY ORGANISED AND THE RESULT IS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE.

SPRING   WISCONSIN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WILD ROSE.  A RECORD ENTRY OF 66 PLAYERS.

EVERETT FULLER WINS TITLE.

5/15   PROVIDENCE CHECKER CLUB WITHDRAWS ITS BID FOR THE AMERICAN CHECKER ASSOCIATION (ACA) 9TH ANNUAL TOURNEY AFTER A DISPUTE WITH ACA SECRETARY JOHN G. FINLEY OVER FUNDRAISING, FORMS A RIVAL ASSOCIATION CALLED THE NATIONAL CHECKER ASSOCATION (NCA), AND DECIDES TO HOLD ITS OWN NATIONAL TOURNEY INSTEAD.

5/31   23rd NORTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at NEW ROCKFORD.

SAMUEL SAMUELSON WINS TITLE.

6/9-12   KENTUCKY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at STANTON.

DR. J. D. McNEILL VS J. F. TRUECK IN FINAL  4-3-7 DRAWS.

McNEILL RETAINS TITLE, WINNING FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN A ROW.

JUNE    ROBERT STEWART , WHO IS SCHEDULED TO DEFEND HIS 2-MOVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST SAM LEVY, RETIRES AS CHAMPION OWING TO ILL HEALTH, PASSING THE TITLE TO LEVY.

7/5-6   NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at WINSTON-SALEM.  A RECORD ENTRY OF 57.

FRANK NEWSOM WINS TITLE.

7/6-    3-MOVE BLINDFOLD MATCH at ELIZABETH, PA.,

ARGUABLY FOR THE WORLD BLINDFOLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

NEWELL W. BANKS VS WILLIE RYAN   2-1-7 DRAWS.

BANKS WINS TITLE.

7/12-15    TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DALLAS.

VINSON C. STANPHILL VS. A. J. TEMPLE IN FINAL 3-1-6 DRAWS.

STANPHILL WINS TITLE.

7/  - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH  2 MOVE.

SAM LEVY VS. SAM COHEN 5-1-31 DRAWS at DUMFRIES and GLASGOW.

LEVY WINS TITLE.

COHEN HAD STOOD IN AT SHORT NOTICE FOR ROBERT STEWART.

8/2-9  1ST NCA TOURNAMENT at PROVIDENCE ,RI.

NATHAN RUBIN VS WILLIE RYAN 2-0-4 DRAWS IN FINAL.

RUBIN WINS TITLE.