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Title: International match. Complete record of the (checker) games played between players of Great Britain and the United States, Boston, March 14th to 25th, 1905
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Heffner, August J., 1858- ed
Subjects: Checkers
Publisher: Boston, Mass., Angel guardian press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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principal cities of the States,and is now located in Austin & Stones Museum, Boston. AUGUST J. HEFFNER. August J. Heffner, born April 5, 1858. At an early age becameattached to the game and soon developed great skill. Defeatedby W. R. Barker in a five game match; Barker 1, Heffner o, drawn 4.Defeated C. F. Barker; Heffner 2, Barker, o, drawn 2. Lost toYates: Yates 3, Heffner o, drawn 3. He defeated H. Z. Wrightfor a $50 stake in 1884; Heffner 7, Wright 3, drawn 10. DefeatedBusby; Heffner 6, Busby 2, drawn 10. Heffner won the American championship from Freeman by agood score. Lost the Championship to Charles F. Barker; Barker2, Heffner 1, drawn 47. Since the last match Mr. Heffner has en-gaged in a few friendly matches and has been uniformly successful.His fame as an analyst is unsurpassed. He is now conducting achecker column in The Boston Herald, and for many years previousto 1902, conducted columns in The Boston Globe and Boston Post,successively. (Draughts World, Nov. 1893.) 14
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SAMUEL GROVER. Samuel Grover was born in Avon, Maine, on Nov. 5, 1864.When a small boy, his parents moved to Farmington and it was herethat his first insight into the game of checkers was acquired fromS. S. Laughlin, who is to-day one of the strongest players in the stateof Maine. In the year 1888 he came to Boston and entered the employ ofthe John P. Squires Co., and to-day holds one of the most respon-sible positions in this concern. Shortly after he came to the Hubhe joined the Boston Checker Club, and became one of the leadingspirits, and through his efforts, joined with other enthusiasts, wasthe means of bringing the Boston Checker Club to the high standardthat it occupies to-day. Up to the time of the late International Match he had been aparticipant in nearly all tournaments and with one or two excep-tions captured first prize. He has only engaged in three publicmatches for a stake, but was successful in each contest. His firstmatch for a stake, was in 1893, wnen he defeated H.

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