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Metro checkers championship. The Ontario match tittleholder, F. E. Kendall, right, makes a move against Nick Dalianis during the Metro Torotno checker(...)
Metro checkers championship. The Ontario match tittleholder, F. E. Kendall, right, makes a move against Nick Dalianis during the Metro Torotno checker(...)

Metro checkers championship. The Ontario match tittleholder, F. E. Kendall, right, makes a move against Nick Dalianis during the Metro Torotno checker(...)

Date4/21/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro checkers championship. The Ontario match tittleholder; F. E. Kendall; right; makes a move against Nick Dalianis during the Metro Torotno checkers championship now under way at the Central YMCA on Saturday afternoons and Wednesday evenings. The A class winner gets the Loblaw Cup and the B class winner; the A. S. Wheeler cup. Spectators are welcome. Classes for beginners at the game are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008009F
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