Title lost - answered by Al Darrow

[Ingo_Zachos]

Which American Champion was so good that once he was stripped of his title because he was accused of being a professional player ?

[Lindus Edwards]

William F. Ryan

[Ingo_Zachos]

Close, but ...

wrong!

Sorry, but you may try again Lindus.

[Mr. Checkers]

Ingo would this have been a pre-1948 happening?

[Lindus Edwards]

Newell Williams Banks

[Ingo_Zachos]

Ingo would this have been a pre-1948 happening?

Yes... and no, because the player lived longer and made his way.

It was not Newell William Banks Lindus, but you r still close.
I am sure the player in question played them both (Ryan and Banks).

[Mr. Checkers]

Was it a sanctioned title? If not I would say Millard Hopper or Tom Wiswell. Asa Long may have found himself in that situation when he was younger.

[Lindus Edwards]

Tom Wiswell. I will get the answer right - eventually

[Ingo_Zachos]

No.
All were close and might have been worthy opponents of the player in question, but until now his name was not mentioned.
A clue:
he had "more traps to spring at y'a then freckles on his face - and that's something!"

[Mr. Checkers]

Edwin Hunt or Maurice Chamblee?

[Mr. Checkers]

Hellman spent much of his time working in the steel mills, but the young Marion Tinsley who I beleive was the junior champion was around at this time.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

chinook

[Ingo_Zachos]

No.
Not Tinsley, Long, Hellman, Chamblee, Hunt or Hopper.
But I am sure the player in question played them all.

Chinook?

an unusual try, but yes, Chinook was stipped of its US Championship.
But no, I refer to a player that never played Chinook, but most likely all of the aforementioned players, and Ryan, and Banks, and a few more shining names.

A clue: I never said that the player in question was stripped of his national title. In fact, the incident happened when he was a prodigal player, and he became US Champ quite a few years later.

[Mr. Checkers]

My good friend Al Darrow, checker historian par-excellance would like to offer "Milton Loew" as his answer to this fine "Checker Trivia" question. Refs. Ryans Checkerist Volume 1, page 70 and Volume 5, pages 8 and 9.

[Mr. Checkers]

Opp's!!