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EXHIBIT 117JH
"WYLLIE-ANDERSON 1847 MATCH MANUSCRIPT"
EXHIBITED IS A HANDWRITTEN COPY OF THE GAMES FROM THE FINAL MATCH BETWEEN ANDREW ANDERSON, ACCREDITED
AS THE FIRST DRAUGHTS/CHECKERS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, AND JAMES WYLLIE.
THIS MATCH WAS THE LAST MATCH PLAYED BY ANDERSON, AS HE RETIRED FROM ACTIVE CROSSBOARD PLAY
AFTER THIS MATCH, ALTHOUGH HE WOULD CONTINUE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE GAME IN OTHER WAYS.
THE BOOK ITSELF MEASURES 7 1/2 INCHES X 6 INCHES. IT IS A NOTEBOOK WITH STIFF MARBLED BOARD
COVERS. IT CONTAINS SEVERAL OTHER MATCHES, ALL SEEMINGLY WRITTEN BY THE SAME PERSON.
IT APPEARS AS THE BOOK MAY HAVE AT ONE TIME BEEN OWNED BY JULIAN JANVIER, AS THERE ARE SEVERAL
CORRECTIONS WRITTEN THROUGHOUT THE BOOK IN PENCIL, WITH THE INITIALS J.D.J.
FOR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF THIS MATCH, AND THIS COPY, PLEASE VISIT THE OMOCH
FORUM BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW.....
IT WAS PURCHASED ON EBAY FROM A SELLER IN MARYSVILLE, PA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 105AM
"INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, B COPY"
EXHIBITED HERE IS A VERY RARE COPY OF PAYNE'S "INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS", PUBLISHED
IN 1756.
THIS COPY HAS BEEN GIVEN THE DESIGNATION OF BEING A "B" COPY BY ITS OWNER, ACF PRESIDENT ALAN
MILLHONE OF BELPRE, OHIO.
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DEBATE, AND MUCH WRITTEN ON THE VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS BOOK OVER THE
YEARS. (SEE EXHIBIT 001LS "HAND TRACED PAYNE'S GUIDE WATERMARKS" ON PAGE # 1 OF CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS ARTIFACTS)
THE COPY IN MILLHONE'S COLLECTION WAS PURCHASED FROM ROBERT SHUFFETT, A FELLOW AMERICAN
CHECKERIST WHO HAS BEEN A GREAT PATRON TO THE GAME OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS.
HIS LETTER TO MILLHONE UPON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBIT. IN
IT, HE DETAILS SOME OF THE PARTICULARS OF THIS INDIVIDUAL COPY.
THIS "HOLY GRAIL" OF CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS BOOKS IS BUT ONE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE ITEMS IN THE
FABULOUS COLLECTION OF ALAN MILLHONE.
SUBMITTED BY A. MILLHONE
EXHIBIT 094AL/CM
"MAJOR TACTICS OF CHECKERS BY HOPPER;
WNYC ARCHIVES FILE COPY"
DURING THE 1930'S, MILLARD HOPPER, AN AMERICAN PLAYER/PROMOTER , WOULD
GIVE LESSONS ON PLAYING THE GAME OF CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS VIA BROADCAST OVER PUBLIC RADIO. THESE LESSONS WERE PRESERVED IN PRINT
BY HOPPER IN A LIMITED EDITION BOOKLET ENTITLED "MAJOR TACTICS IN CHECKERS". (COVER SHOWN ABOVE)
THE BOOK CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PLAY, AND ALSO MANY OF HOPPER'S EARLY CROSSBOARD GAMES AGAINST
THE LIKES OF LOUIS GINSBERG, ALF JORDAN AND HARRY LIEBERMAN, ALL GRANDMASTER PLAYERS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
MR. ANDY LANSET, WNYC ARCHIVES DIRECTOR, FOUND THIS COPY AMONG THE ARCHIVES AND DID A FEATURE ON HOPPER IN HIS
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER,DATED JULY 10 2009. (SEE THE ARTICLE ,FULLY PRESENTED ,IN THE OMOCH "ARTICLES" PAGE)
AS A RESULT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE OMOCH AND MR. LANSET, THE ENTIRE BOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED IN PDF FORMAT,
BY CARA McCORMICK, AND IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT THE LINK PROVIDED BELOW.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A LARGE FILE, IT WILL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO DOWNLOAD.
SUBMITTED BY A. LANSET AND C. McCORMICK
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EXHIBIT 088BN
"MYSTERIES OF DAMA: SIGNED "
EXHIBITED IS A COPY OF THE BOOK "MYSTERIES OF DAMA", SECOND EDITION, REVISED.
THIS COPY IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT WAS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JULIUS D'ORIO, IN 1927.
THE BOOK IS OWNED BY BOB NEWELL , AND IS ONE THE PRIZED POSSESSIONS IN HIS PERSONAL LIBRARY.
FROM BOB NEWELL...
"The first one (image shown) is the book cover.
The second one is on the flyleaf and bears
the author's signature and greeting to an unknown checkerist of 1927, Ralph Stotsky . You may have some info on him,
but I have none at all beyond a mention I found from the Southwestern Jewish Press noting that he was the best man at a Los Angeles wedding in July 1947. This makes sense, as Julius D'Orio lived in Southern
California.
The third one is the title page.
The fourth one is the author's photo as contained
in the book.
The fifth one is the page immediately preceding the text of the book.
The sixth one is from
the very end of the book and is the author's fanciful farewell. As a native Italian, Mr. D'Orio mastered
English very well indeed, but employed it in some rather unusual ways.
I got the book via Amazon, on-line, from
a used book seller in Maine.
There must be an interesting story about how this book made its way from the Los Angeles area all the way to a small town in Maine, but it's a story which unfortunately
we will never hear told."
SUBMITTED BY B. NEWELL
EXHIBIT 077DK
"BOLAND'S FAMOUS POSITIONS:SIGNED"
SHOWN IS A REMARKABLE COPY OF BEN BOLAND'S BOOK, "FAMOUS POSITIONS", 1965 EDITION.
THIS COPY WAS SIGNED BY BOTH TEAMS OF THE GREAT BRITAIN VS. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
MATCH, AND BY PATRICIA BREEN AND JOAN CAWS, WHO WERE COMPETING FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT
THE SAME TIME. IT IS ALSO SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BEN BOLAND.
THIS VERY INTERESTING COPY OF THIS BOOK IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAVID KOTIN, CZECH REPUBLIC.
SUBMITTED BY D. KOTIN
EXHIBIT 071DK
“WILLIE
RYAN INSCRIBED BOOK”
EXHIBITED HERE IS AN INSCRIBED COPY OF WILLIE RYAN'S "CHAMPIONSHIP CHECKERS
SIMPLIFIED".
THE BOOK HAS A WRITTEN NOTE TO A WELL KNOWN AMERICAN CHECKERIST, NATE COHEN FROM THE STATE
OF MAINE.
WILLIE RYAN HIMSELF
WROTE THIS NOTATION TO MR. COHEN.
ALSO PRESENT ARE WRITTEN NOTES REGARDING FUTURE OWNERS, DISPLAYING AN INTERESTING
HISTORY FOR THIS PARTICULAR COPY.
THIS BOOK IS FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DAVID KOTIN, CZECH REPUBLIC.
SUBMITTED BY D. KOTIN
EXHIBIT
049JH
"BARKER'S
ALPHABET, BY D.A. LETOURNEAU"
D.A. LETOURNEAU WAS A VERY FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD AS A COLUMNIST.
HIS ARTICLES ALWAYS HAD AN HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND OFTEN A VERY HUMOUROUS FLARE.
HERE IS HIS OWN, HAND WRITTEN COPY OF THE FAMOUS CHARLES BARKER ALPHABET PROBLEM BOOK.
AS CAN BE SEEN WITH THE FIRST "A" PROBLEM, MR. LETOURNEAU WOULD STAMP A DIAGRAM ONTO A PAGE, DRAW IN THE PIECES, AND THEN
WRITE OUT THE TERMS AND SOLUTIONS, ONE TO A PAGE.
IN THIS MANNER, HE COPIED THE ENTIRE SET OF ALPHABET PROBLEMS.
BOOK MEASURES 6 INCHES X 3 1/2 INCHES.
THIS BOOK WAS PURCHASED FROM THE ESTATE OF EARL HANGEN, IN A LOT WITH SEVERAL OTHER BOOKS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS BOOK ONCE
BELONGED TO PAUL OTTEY, WHO PURCHASED IT FROM ONE OF THE MANY BOOK DEALERS THAT HE DEALT WITH DURING THE 1960'S-70'S.
THIS UNIQUE BOOK IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA. US.
SUBMITTED
BY J. HINNERSHITZ
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EXHIBIT 043JH
"JAMES J. EARLEY SCRAPBOOK"
JAMES EARLEY WAS A NOTED PLAYER/PATRON OF THE GAME IN MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. HE COMPETED IN THE 5TH AMERICAN TOURNEY AT BOSTON IN 1922, WHERE HE IS LISTED AS THE SECRETARY OF
THE NEW BEDFORD, MASS. CHECKER CLUB. (SEE TOURNAMENT PHOTO INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT.)
HIS LIBRARY OF BOOKS HAS BEEN SOLD BOOK BY BOOK ON EBAY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BY A BOOK DEALER.
THESE ARE IDENTIFIABLE BY HIS HANDWRITTEN NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE INSIDE COVER OF ALL OF HIS BOOKS. HE WOULD ALSO METICULOUSLY
HAND WRITE, IN PEN ,WITHOUT ERROR, CORRECTIONS WITHIN THE TEXT OF THE GAMES CONTAINED WITHIN HIS BOOKS.
PURCHASED FROM ONE OF THESE EBAY SALES WAS A SCRAPBOOK OF CLIPPINGS FROM WHAT APPEARS
TO BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEWSPAPER COLUMNS FROM THE REGION.
THE BOOK ITSELF IS 14"X11", 60 PAGES BOUND INTO A HARDCOVER.
THIS IS VOLUME # 2 OF EARLEY'S SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION , COVERING THE TIME PERIOD
OF 1915-1921, A PERIOD OF VERY SPARSE PUBLICATION FOR CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS PERIODICALS.
THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF THE OTHER VOLUMES OF EARLEY'S SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION ARE UNKNOWN.
A NOTICE IN THE NOVEMBER 1955 ISSUE OF ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD STATED THAT JAMES EARLEY OF MASSUCHUSETTS PASSED
AWAY, BUT GAVE NO DETAILS.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA. US
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 026JH
"COMPLETE CHURCHILL'S COMPILATIONS"
PICTURED IS FORMER ACF MAIL PLAY DIRECTOR EARL HANGEN'S COMPLETELY CORRECTED,
CROSS INDEXED AND TRANSPOSED SET OF CHURCHILL'S COMPILATIONS.
THIS SET IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE IN EXISTENCE, SINCE,
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTERS AND PROGRAMS INTO THE GAME, MOST ABANDONED THEIR CC.
EARL HANGEN , WHO NEVER OWNED A COMPUTER, CONTINUED UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY
TO ADD TO HIS SET OF CC.
THIS SET IS CURRENTLY IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JAY HINNERSHITZ,
WEST READING, PA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 027JH
"CUSTOM BOUND COMPLETE THE DRAUGHTS WORLD"
PICTURED IS A COMPLETE SET OF THE DRAUGHTS WORLD VOLUMES 1-41.
THIS SET WAS CUSTOM BOUND BY L. A. STEFFENS, (NAME EMBOSSED ON COVER OF EACH
VOLUME) A CHECKERIST WHO CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL MAGAZINES AND WAS AN AVID MAIL PLAYER. HE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 4, 1971.
THE SET WAS THEN PURCHASED FOR RESALE BY TOM WISWELL, AND WAS THEN SOLD IN 1980 TO
EARL HANGEN.
THE DRAUGHTS WORLD, WHICH MANY CONSIDER THE BEST PRODUCED DRAUGHTS PERIODICAL EVER, WAS
FIRST RELEASED WITH THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1892 ISSUE. IT WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AND LATER WENT TO A MONTHLY SCHEDULE.
IT'S FINAL RELEASE WAS THE JUNE 1913 EDITION. PUBLISHED BY A. BRYSON & CO. AND EDITED BY WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
INCREDIBLY, THIS PARTICULAR SET OF BOOKS WAS DISCARDED AS WORTHLESS BY THE AUCTIONEER
WHO PREPARED THE ESTATE OF EARL HANGEN FOR PUBLIC SALE. CURRENTLY, THIS SET OF BOOKS RESIDES IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF
JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA.
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 028JH
"BOUND BRITISH DRAUGHTS JOURNAL, SIGNED"
PICTURED IS A BOUND SET OF THE BRITISH DRAUGHTS JOURNAL. VOL.1 1952-53, VOL.2 1954-55, VOL.3 1956-58.
WHAT MAKES THIS SET UNIQUE AND HISTORICAL IS THE FOUR PAGES OF SIGNATURES CONTAINED WITHIN
THE PAGES OF VOL 1.
AS SUGGESTED BY LIAM STEPHENS, THIS SET PROBABLY BELONGED TO N.T. BYARS, AS HE WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN IT.
JUDGING BY THE POEM HE WROTE, AND THE NAMES OF THE OTHERS WHO SIGNED, THIS WAS PASSED AROUND AT
THE ELEVENTH BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT WHICH STARTED ON JUNE 7TH , 1954 AT WHITLEY BAY, AND WHICH WAS WON
BY JAMES MARSHALL.
THIS SET OF BOOKS IS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JAY HINNERSHITZ, WEST READING, PA. USA
SUBMITTED BY J. HINNERSHITZ
EXHIBIT 038LS
"THE LAST BATTLE BETWEEN WYLLIE AND MARTINS"
THIS COPY OF "THE LAST BATTLE" WAS AWARDED TO A WELL KNOWN PERSONALITY OF
THE LATE 1890'S ERA, PETER THIRKELL , AS A THIRD PLACE PRIZE FOR ANALYSIS HE SUBMITTED TO THE DRAUGHTS WORLD IN
1898. NOTE THE STAMP AND REFERENCE TO THE DRAUGHTS WORLD AT THE TOP OF THE INSIDE FIRST PAGE.
APPARENTLY, THE BOOK WAS LATER REBOUND WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COVER OF ANOTHER BOOK TITLED "LAYS OF FAITH
AND LOVE" by T. TODD-POTTS.
A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS WAS A BOOK OF POEMS ISSUED AROUND 1910. IT HAD NO CONNECTION WITH DRAUGHTS.
THIS UNIQUE BOOK IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LIAM STEPHENS, IRELAND.
SUBMITTED BY L. STEPHENS
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