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Show Great Britain Accepts Challenge to Checkers The challenge issued by the United States to Great Britain for an international inter-national checkers contest in 1027 has hern accepted. For the contest, which will lake place in New York city from March 1 to 10, Great Britain will be represented by six Englishmen and six Scotsmen. The English representatives will be It. T. Ward of Birmingham, champion of Great Britain: S. Cohen, champion of England : .1. Alexander of Birmingham Birming-ham : John Ilynd of Manchester, and II. Christie of Sunderland, all ex-chanipions ex-chanipions of England, and F. Kaiser of London. ex-London champion. Reserve. Re-serve. T. Goldsboro of Bradford. The Scotch team has not yet been chosen. |