Show FRISCO CHECKER STAR SHOWS CLASS CHICAGO Jan 12 J. J J B. B Hanson San Francisco came camo to the tho biennial blen- blen nial battle for the American checker championship yesterday won his hh prelimInary preliminary prelim prelim- inary loary skIrmish h with hugh Hugn Henderson of ot Pittsburgh the prel nt champion champlon und and defeated de do- Morton Morion Spielman a local champion cham charn- pion Alfred Jordan of at London the worlds world's titleholder won both bolh sides of ot tho the Switcher Switch Switch- er or in his tilt with Walter Welter Cooper of or De- De troll trott John Howe Jr a year sixteen old boy earned a draw In the thc opener with Jordan but lo lost t tho the second see sec ec- ec ond orid match Tom Torn Pennsylvania champion won both hoth sides fides of or the tho from 1 IV I R R. Carlson Carbon of ot Chicago California scored cored coreda a again ln when John Bradford Pacific coast champion twice downed Tom rom Patterson on of ot of fit St Louis Harrah B n. Reynolds of Syracuse played two draws wIth LouIs Louts Ginsburg star atar of tho New cw York CIt City ch checker players |