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Archive for May, 2004

They Said It (Howell/Young feud)

Tuesday, May 18th, 2004

We read in Checkmate (v1 #10, 1901) of a challenge issued by C S Howell to Franklin K Young. The reporter quoted Young’s rather acidic response as, “As to the matter of stakes, you can put your money in your pocket. When I play for money, I play poker.”(Howell had suggested a modest stake to [...]