April 11 1943
Donald Brooks Wins At Chess 11 Apr 1943, Sun The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) Newspapers.com
DONALD BROOKS WINS AT CHESS
Victorious in 18 straight games, Donald O. Brooks, 1109 Stanfield street, won the northern Indiana chess championship Friday night in the clubrooms of the Gary, Ind., Chess club. The tourney matches, among 10 of the best players in the state, lasted several weeks. B. C. Jenkines, of Gary, finished second in the meet.
May 07 1943
State Chess Tourney Will Be Held May 30-31 07 May 1943, Fri The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com
STATE CHESS TOURNEY WILL BE HELD MAY 30-31
LOGANSPORT, Ind., May 7 (Spl.)—The second annual state chess tournament will be conducted at the Logansport Y. M. C. A. May 30 and 31, it was announced Friday by Glen Donley, president of the Logansport Chess Club.
Judge Bertram C. Jenkines, of the Gary superior court, who won the first state tournament last year, will defend his crown.
Five Indianapolis players have indicated they will enter the tourney, and several other Indiana cities will be represented.
The tourney will be an elimination.
Judge Jenkines defeated Mr. Donley in the finals of last year's tournament.
May 27 1943
Judge Jenkines To Defend Chess Title 27 May 1943, Thu The Times (Munster, Indiana) Newspapers.com
JUDGE JENKINES TO DEFEND CHESS TITLE
LOGANSPORT (U.P.)— Drawings for the second annual state chess tournament, which has drawn entries from every part of Indiana, will be held at 1 p. m. Sunday, and matches played Sunday and Monday, tournament officials announced today.
Topping the list of entrants were Defending Champion Judge B. C. Jenkines of Gary and Charles Moore of Indianapolis, central Indiana champion.
Other entries were received from Indianapolis and Gary, as well as Fort Wayne, Marion, Anderson, Portland, South Bend, Kokomo, Peru, Markleville and Logansport.
Matches will be played at the Logansport YMCA on an elimination rather than round-robin basis, officials said.
May 28 1943
State Chess Tourney 28 May 1943, Fri Princeton Daily Clarion (Princeton, Indiana) Newspapers.com
STATE CHESS TOURNEY
LOGANSPORT, May 28.—(UP)—Top-notch chess players from all over Indiana will meet at Logansport Sunday and Monday for the second annual state chess tournament.
Matches will be held in the YMCA at Logansport.
Topping the entries are the defending champion, Superior Court Judge B. C, Jenkines of Gary, and Charles Moore, of Indianapolis. Moore is central Indiana champion.
