In another thread, the question arose as to when "Green and Buff" squares were first used....
George Hay wrote:That makes it difficult to trace when green and buff checkerboards first were used. Anderson did not specify green and buff squares. It is safe to say that green and buff squares were introduced sometime between Anderson's 1852 second edition and the founding of the ACF in 1948. --George Hay
This may be of interest....
If someone has the 4th AT book, perhaps they could check in there (I do not have the book)...I believe I read once that it was at that Tourney that IIRC, Newell Banks suggested the Green/Buff Red/White color scheme should be accepted as ACA "official" colors.
I looked in the 4AT Book, but found no reference to Banks proposing a Green and Buff board.
However, in the Minutes of the 4th ACA Meeting (referred to in the Tourney Book) there was a proposal item as follows:
OFFICIAL CHECKERBOARD
H. B. Reynolds - John Howe Jr.: THAT the matter of selecting an official checkerboard should be taken up by the Executive Committee and a number be purchased by the Association. CARRIED
Bob Newell mentions that Newell W. Banks advertised a "green and buff" board in Scientific Checkers. Bob's article is on The Checker Maven website page Obtaining a Regulation Checkers Set, and for mention of Banks, scroll down to 6.2 A Little History. --George Hay
Thanx for the research men !!! I must have amalgamated my thoughts........... WARNING TO THOSE UNDER 30..........things like this will happen, and much more often , as your years increase........
Jay, I missed it on my last post! Morris Systems in Detroit is Newell Banks' publisher.
I don't know how many editions of Banks' Scientific Checkers were published. But all of the several WWW references that I found are to the year 1929, when a year is mentioned. That would be the second edition. John K. King Used & Rare Books in Detroit has the best summary of Banks' work published by Morris Systems that I have found. The same Morris Systems Co. that sold green and buff checkerboards, two for a dollar, in 1928. --George Hay
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