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It
has been reported from our Club officer, Assistant Business Manager, Mr.. Mel Mitchell that he has personally talked with Mr. Al “Eastpoint” Barnett of
As
all would know, “Buster” protected us from INTRUDERS for nearly fifty
years. But he did warn us that after
he’s gone, a day like this would come. And, he said, when it did, we would have
to carry the torch ourselves. With Mr.
Barnett’s visit, (if he does visit), we will now have to deal with two elite
Top Masters. But it’s all right.’ Consequently, we will not stand idly by if
someone tries to intimidate our good friend Mr. Clorius
Lay. I, myself, might still have some
issues to settle with “Eastpoint” for what he did to
me in
It
all started when Mr. Mitchell’s son visited the club about a year age. Mr.-Williams, I believe his name is, who is
not a pool checkers player himself- just happened to mention to us that he had
visited a barber shop in his home city of
As
a result of this acquaintance, Mr. Williams has indicated to his father, Mr.
Mitchell that he would personally drive “Eastpoint”
to
(To
access an in-depth profile of “Eastpoint,” scroll to
the main page of www.hspccc.com, and click on, Pecan‘s
Checkers USA.com Archives/The 20 greatest players/ #5 Al “Eastpoint“ Barnett.)
“Pecan“.
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“Eastpoint”
Arrives in
All
time great and legendary player, Al “Eastpoint” Barnett, of
Only
after he was reminded that he had his fact mixed up and that he had some “serious issues” to settle, right there in
Atlanta, about the number 5 and 6 picks did he become a little less provocative. We reminded him that “The Claw” had indicated
to us that he was unhappy with my 5th and 6th selections.
In
addition, the “Point” was threatening to walk through
Local
players stood in utter shock and disbelief as Mr. Barnett continued to berate
the locals. He quieted down somewhat
only after he was reminded that he was “guest,” and as long as he was here, we
were going to try to treat him as such-but he couldn’t come in to our town
talking all crazy like he was. And we
assured him that he would be provided with the competition that was necessary
to keep him entertained as long as he was here. And that we would hope that he
would let his playing do his talking. We
were then somewhat able to quiet him down a little. Additionally, it’s believed here that
‘others’ talked to him and suggested that perhaps he could be a little less
combative.
Whatever the case, time would prove that “The Point”
would be in for the shock of his life. After his lashing of the Jr.
Master/Gold Bar player, he engaged Master player Fred D. (The Shark) Shurn. Mr. Shurn repulsed his advances. The score was 1-1 in, I think, three
games. But the best was yet to come.
In
waiting for his scheduled match the next day with Clorius
“Mongoose” Lay (Who never showed), the mighty “Point” was to engage Al “Action”
Lambert, who didn’t play in the Championship Tournament, in a twelve games
match. That’s where the battle began.
When the dust settled, the “Point” survived 2-1. But there was more to come. Disregarding others that we
had lined up to play him, “the “Point” challenged Al to another match the very
next day. In a perhaps a six hour
battle, the “Point” fell 1-2. Mr.
Lambert perhaps had his finest hour in this one. The score was now 3 - 3 overall and the
“Point,” seemed to begin to realize that he was in a “dog fight.” And there was more than one dog involved in
the fight. There was one member who swore he had seen “blood” coming from “The
Point.” Another one shouted “ Y’all tell that “Point”
this ain’t
And
yet, there was more to come. While he
waited for Mr. Lambert to show up for their third encounter,
On
the final day, Lambert returned for their third encounter. The “Point” won this one 1-0 in an
abbreviated 6 games match. After it was all
said and done, Mr. Barnett, the 5th rated player in all of American
Pool Checkers history, left
And,
I think, somewhere in Pool Checkers heaven, “Buster” was smiling.
“Pecan“.
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(Posted 3/4/06 )
Announcement!
As
has already been mentioned, the Club HSPCCC will be traveling to
Also,
it’s our belief that a well attended event of this nature, including players,
kibitzers, and just plain observers will go a long ways in helping to generate
continued interest in the Game in order to help preserve its legacy. As has already been observed, our
website: www.hspccc.com have teamed with Mr. C. Gooche’s website, http://americanpoolcheckers.us
in order to bring on-going activities “for the good of the game.“ and to do just that.
In
our visit, we are prepared to arranged a series of 10
game matches with same level opponents, such that there will be fair and
equitable competition among all. Of
course, there will be “free play” games for those who do not take to the scheduled games
format. Additionally, we are hopeful of
helping the
Since
this will be an attempt to get the Regional Concept jump-started, we have
promised Mr. Gooche anywhere from 5 to 10 recorded games to be displayed on
T-Dam for our global audience.
We hope to see you there!
A
Tribute to Mr. Clarence Gooche
GOOCHE’S MASTERPIECE
Again, wonderful Gooche.
Yours’ is a MASTERPIECE-especially for a beginner. It’s a credit to the game. Hopefully, it will join with other sites
about the Game of American Pool Checkers and continue to help popularize
the game that has always been popular with us.
I am especially impressed with your fusion
of text, sound, and image-all coordinated to give the viewer a great feeling as
he surfs the different sections of your work. The videos, that are offered, from some of the clubs are of
impressive quality as one takes a peak at the American Pool Checkers player “up
close” and “in his environment” while enjoying the game they have come to love.
Additionally, you were very gracious in
giving praise to those who helped and gave you the insight, motivation, and
energy to pursue your dream. It’s a job well done.
Long live the Site!!
…
Now the real challenge has come. That
challenge is to provide, meaningful, interesting, and updated materials for
your audience.. That task is not only yours
though. First of all, the game itself
must be of such that there will be on-going activities such that it can be
showcased. Secondly, the players, (the
guardians of the game) must be receptive enough to the activities that are planned such that
your job of reporting and showcasing it will be made much easier. And thirdly, there ought to be others who are
willing to “step up to the plate” and work to help to make the site an
ongoing success.
With that bit of commentary, I am hopeful
that your site, HTTP://AMERICANPOOLCHECKERS.US and our site WWW.HSPCCC.COM
can work together to meet the challenges ahead of us. I encourage
viewers to log on to either site, at their convenience, to become more apprised of the
on-going activities in the world of the Game.
.
Thanks,
“Pecan”
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An APCA Tournament Announcement!
From the Desk of Checker Director, Wayne Lockheart
Time is moving on in the direction of our much-anticipated 2006
APCA 40th Annual Checker Tournament held in our Ohio’s
capital Columbus, Ohio. I, Wayne Lockheart, our APCA National Tournament Director would like
to extend greetings and good health to all.
A few points I would like to touch on are as follows:
Firstly, since the time of our last tournament many of our checker
brothers have passed on and we as brother checker players extend our
condolences to families and friends to all who have lost loved ones of our
checker family. A moment of special
remembrance goes out to former National Checker Director of 36 years, Dr.
Nathaniel Leach and the co-founder of APCA.
Also for Paul Haskins, President of Detroit Checker Club and long time
great Gold Bar Players and to any others not mentioned at this time.
Secondly, I would like to express my personal gratification at the
seemingly new interest in the checker world, as there seems to be more than
usual talk of new participation in our upcoming tournament. Also noticing that there
are a large number of individual competitions of our greatest checker players. I believe these are great for the advancement
of our great game.
Thirdly, I hope for the growth and advancement of our game. I can’t help but
encourage all as I listen to the talk and read e-mails as to how many readily
and willingly financially contribute to other checker projects in support of
individual matches. I certainly applaud
and congratulate all who have and will be involved in such endeavors. But, I encourage all to consider our own APCA
National Organization. Meaning, great is
the fact that we anticipate this year’s tournament
to be financially better than any other tournament we have ever had and it has
been guaranteed a purse of $2,000.00 for first place Top Master Winner. This shows the progress of our game.
Now our plan of sponsorship of our National Tournament by those of
us who can and will can propel our tournament status immensely. It is asked that all checker players be a
sponsor in this and each year’s tournament. Which means a donation of
$100.00 for each tournament sometime during the year. I have long since sent in my money for
sponsorship of the ’06 tournament. I’m thankful
to have been able to do it because I might not always be able.
By calculation if we as an organization could depend on 50 or more
to commit to be a sponsor from year to year, it would increase our financial status
by approximately $5,000.00 yearly and times 10 years would mean $50,000.00
going through our organization.
$50,000.00 would certainly elevate the status, consideration and
participation of any game or organization.
Also the raffle tickets, which are also a fundraiser, have been
distributed early enough for each club to give their best effort to sell all
the tickets that have been sent to them.
Now lastly, as Tournament Director, I have since the last
tournament been working constantly and diligently on improving the current
scoring system to eliminate any and all mistakes in future tournaments. What each player can do to help me in this
endeavor is to send me at my personal e-mail address (waynelockheart@aol.com) the following
information:
Name (First and last)
Address (Number and Street Name)
City, State and Zip Code
Telephone (please include area code)
Personal E-mail address (if applicable)
Playing Class
This information will go into my personal database, which will
make it easier for me at tournament time to make our scorecards for each
classification. All I will have to do is
access the database and hit one button.
This will save me much time and writing.
All information sent to me will be held in the strictest confidence, I
assure you. I need to update the
information of all current players and also even if you have not played in a
National Tournament. I would like to
have anyone who is interested in playing to send this information so I can put
it into my database. For the sake of
being able at any given time to relate any pertinent checker information to all
interested parties.
Again please send information to my e-mail, as it will be kept
private. Anyone who may wish to contact
me by telephone can reach me at either telephone number listed below:
Home 419-474-8835
Cell 419-215-3573
Thank you for your time and consideration and I look forward to
hearing back from all of you soon.
My Best regards,
Wayne Lockheart
National Tournament Director
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From the Desk of
the President:
Stoney Burke (Oct. 2006)
First Letter
The Homan Sq. Pool Checkers and Chess
Club is standing strong in three ways.
Number one: Membership ---We have approximately fifty (50) active
members in our two tier membership segments.
We have a Gold Card segment with approximately 25 members, and we have a
Regular Card segment with approximately 25 members. Number two:
Financially --- All members are up to date with their dues, and this
allows us to take care of all of our financial responsibilities in a timely
manner. Number three: Talent---Our quality of talent in the chess
is on a level with that of anyone in the city, state, and the nation. We have four (4) nationally ranked Top
Masters in Pool Checkers, (Al “king” Lambert, Charles “Pecan” Thompson,
The
Stoney Burke
President (Oct. 2006)
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