WHO WAS THIS GUY??

[william]

I remember about 22 years ago when I first started poking my nose into checker books and mags the name of a problem composer which aroused my curiosity.

I had been sniffing around endgames in the draughts world mags of the 1920's.

I just recently opened up some of these mags and there was that guy again ( or perhaps girl) .

I am calling out to all historians of checkers .

Could someone tell me what this persons real name was?

His ID was BO'SUN.

I find this very romantic , and i suppose that if my name was something like ERNEST MAC KLEUGER then I probably would have adopted a name along those lines too.

No offense to anyone who is called ERNEST MAC KLEUGER.


Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this enquiry


WILLIAM DOCHERTY

[whitefork]

Was Chris Nelson a longshoreman? I think I remember a problem in Wiswell's Science of Checkers and Draughts that says that.

Longshoreman, boatswain?

[Gene Lindsay]

I think, more likely BO'SUN is refering to Boston. This composer probably lived in Boston.


Gene Lindsay

[whitefork]

According to John Meaden in the July 1995 Keystone Checker Review, p. 919, Bosun was P. J. Lee.
Lee's credentials as a Bostonian are not specified.
(Bo'sun is the pronunciation of "Boatswain" - a warrant officer of petty officer in charge of a ship's rigging, anchors, cable, and deck crew - American Heritage Dictionary)

[Mr. Checkers]

P. J. Lee--(aka. "Bo'sun"), renown American checker critic, problemist, and author was a major contributor to the Draughts Review from 1924-1932. He was also involved with several checker columms in the northwestern United States (he was from Washington State). I refer you to the Draughts Review, Volume 8, #5, page 66 dated May 1932. (Compliments of my esteem friend and checker historian par-excellance Al Darrow).

[william]

HI all

Well if today my bones i must lay to rest , then I will go a little more informed than i was last week

Thanks to all who contributed to passing on the info

WILLIAM

[tommyc]

wiliam...........if yur bones yu lay down..............it wont make a damnd difference whether yu know it or not.............but i rather suspect .......!!! yu will be around for a while ..And so say all of us.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cmon ya ool Celt/