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Article: JOHN'S HIS NAME, AND CHECKERS IS HIS GAME
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- March 21, 1988
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PHOTO (COLOR)
John McKown, 81, poses at his home with some of the checkerboards he has made during years of playing. (Color)(Photo by Karen P. Pulfer)
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ONCE AND FUTURE KING
At age 81 John McKown might look like an easy mark for a hustler.
But don't be fooled. If anyone can hustle, it is "Old John."
McKown's game is checkers, but he won't pass up a game of chess or pool, even for a small wager, if someone wants to try his luck.
"Maybe I'll stop at the bar for a glass of beer and a game with someone who wants to play an old man like me," says McKown with a mischievous grin.
If the game is pool, he said, sometimes he ...