DRAUGHTS OR COCOANUTS ??
ABE PARLOW'S INTRO TO THE GAME.....
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HELLMAN OR HALLMAN ?
READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS FROM THE PAGES OF CHURCHILL'S COMPILATIONS,
CIRCA 1965, FOR SOME INSIGHT INTO THE CHANGING SURNAME OF THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION....
NOT A WOMEN'S GAME....
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
"THE CHECKERGRAM", APRIL 1930
I COULD NOT STATE THIS ANY BETTER MYSELF !!!
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| ARTICLE FROM HUGH HENDERSON'S COLUMN IN THE PITTSBURGH DISPATCH, LATER REPRINTED IN ACM |
ARTICLE FROM BOOK "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLAY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY".....
*EDITORS NOTE, ALTHOUGH THE OMOCH IS MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE,AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY,
WE WERE NEVER CONTACTED, AND DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE WRITING AND/OR EDITING OF THIS ARTICLE.
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TOM WISWELL ON "WHAT'S MY LINE ?" !!!!!
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO SEE TOM WISWELL ON "WHAT'S MY LINE" EPISODE #195
, BROADCAST FEB.21 ,1954 .
THIS FOOTAGE WAS VERY RARE, AND EXISTED ONLY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY, WHEN IT WAS POSTED ON YOUTUBE BY A PRIVATE COLLECTOR OF THE PROGRAM'S EPISODES.
THE WISWELL SEGMENT IS FROM THE 4:00 MINUTE MARK, LASTING UNTIL 6:33....BUT YOU
MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE RARE LUCILLE BALL FOOTAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIP.
BELOW IS A FEATURE ARTICLE ON MILLARD HOPPER BY ANDY LANSET.
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN WNYC RADIO AND
HE HAS A NEWSLETTER FULL OF VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION.
TO VISIT THE WNYC ARCHIVES WEBSITE,CLICK THE LINK BELOW.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM AN EDITORIAL WRITTEN BY MR. LOUIS VAN DEVEN. IT IS FROM
HIS "SIXTH DISTRICT NEWSLETTER" VOLUME 2, NO. 2 MAY 1976.....AND, AS FAR AS HIS IDEAS ON "CHECKERS AND CHESS AND OTHER SUCH INTELLECTUAL PASTIMES"....I COULD NOT
AGREE MORE !!
JAY HINNERSHITZ, OMOCH EDITOR
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| ARTICLE FROM NEW ZEALAND DRAUGHTS REVIEW NO.1 1954 |
KOTIN VS. CHINOOK !!!
THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE KOTIN, A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OMOCH SITE.
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David would be interested in any thoughts you may have on the subject....
GONOTSKY WINS AMERICAN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP !!
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| ARTICLE FROM AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE SEPT. 1924 |
GONOTSKY'S IN TOWN !!!!
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| ARTICLE FROM MORRIS-SYSTEMS CHECKERIST |
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| ARTICLE FROM DRAUGHTS WORLD |
WYLLIE ON SIMULTANEOUS PLAY.....
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FEATURE ON ART HEDGES !!!
MASTER OF THE CHECKER BOARD SEEKS OUT SECRETS TO A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE.
FOCUS ON
REV. EDWARD SHAW
Photograph used with the kind permission
of the Oldham Evening Chronicle
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| Image submitted by J. Reade |
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| Article submitted by J. Reade |
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| Article submitted by L. Stephens |
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AS AN OMOCH EXCLUSIVE. IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVID
KOTIN, AND THE SUBJECT IS ONE OF HIS PERSONAL HEROES....
"CHRISTY MATHEWSON"
by
DAVID KOTIN
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| ARTICLE FROM ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD |
AN INTERESTING ALPHABET !!
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| POEM FROM NORTH AMERICAN CHECKER BOARD |
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| ARTICLE FROM NORTH AMERICAN CHECKER BOARD |
JORDAN VS. BARKER AFTERMATH
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| ARTICLE FROM DRAUGHTS WORLD |
THREE LEGENDARY PROBLEMISTS !!
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| ARTICLE FROM NEW DRAUGHTS WORLD |
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