Show Hugh MacKean Has Bone to Pick With the Checker Editor The following communication received by this department today Is s self Jr explanatory ex ox- Walter D. D Bratz Brats Sporting Editor I VEN ING l Salt Suit Lake CIl City Dear Sir 1 beg to draw your our attention to several misstatements that were welO published published pub pub- b by the checker editor in your sour our Issue of ot Saturday the lost In that section to EO 0 recently sot bOt Gt apart for checkers and chess I not only claim to be checker champion of Utah and ond o of Salt Lake L. CIt City but 1 I have o held those tho e titles since 1003 1 03 No one has haH over ever defeated mo 1110 In Utah at checkers checker either cither In a match or in tournament tournament ment pia play No 1 one knows of this title better botter than J. J B. B Smith who played me a match for tho the title nt at the tho Salt Halt Lake Press club dub dubIn In December 1806 1906 and I beat him by lIve five games gaines he lie failing falling to even draw any of oC the tho five Tho The decisive manner manner man man- ner In which I have havo defeated him on that and ond on various other othea occasions ought to tomake tomake tomake make him a t little more moro diffident nt attempting to leach others through your our pages what ho lie does not know about checkers himself It Is a m mystery to me nie why hy lie lie- refers reters to H. H Shaw Shan as state champion cham cham- pion as that player has never beaten me ne meat meat neat at checkers at any time either for the tha state to or city championship or In tourney play The Tho score of or the last twelve games played between myself and II IT Shaw were MacKean lacI an ve f wins Shaw ono one win drawn six L' L I have ha always been willing and anxious to play an any 1 player laer In the state fi a match for Cor the title titie and nd a stake of ot at least a t I would prefer a larger stake e If Jf possible Should II 11 Shaw desire a a. match for the checker er championship champion ship of Utah I am read ready and willing to play him H It match o of at least twenty games for a stake o of or moro more a a. sl side As this offer of mine mino to play a match with Shaw hav or an any ono one elso else in the this state baa hau been appearing for the past two or three months In the tho Salt Lake Tribune I and copied Into nil An the checker columns throughout bout tho the world I think It time timo timeto I to call all on II IT Shaw to put up his lila Si 25 as I requested 1 to bo ho covered ered 1 by me with a a. alike alike I like amount as forfeit to bind a match I as stipulated Should II H Shaw fall fail to to put up his s 25 as ns forfeit within the next sK six days das the tho checker public will know knowlie I he lie i Is a R. bluffer who finds discretion the bolter botter part of or valor alor I have hao played many I checker matches In different parts of 0 the world and have never backed down yet et so O It IB is now up tip to H. H Shaw Trusting you will accord this letter hotter tho the same pub pub- In your OUr Monday evening TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GRA GRAM I a as was given cn the tho misleading statement statements state state- ment ments t In your our l ru o of June C. C I am am yours sincerely HUGH MACKEAN M. Undefeated Checker Checkel Champion of ot Utah and Salt Jt Lake CIl City |