| Jan-30-16 | | zanzibar: <THE genial Chess Editor of the Bradford Observer Budget, was born at
Woolwich on July 5th, 1860, and is thus Southerner by birth,
although, having lived in the North nearly all his life, his sympathies
naturally are Northern, and especially Yorkshiren, to coin word. In the county of broad acres, chess has few more devoted
supporters than he, and he is always ready to break lance for the
honour of club or county. His column generally contains something
of more than local interest, and to player or problemist we can heartily
recommend it. Mr. Woollard possesses keen sense of humour. The
following extract from the Birmingham. Mercury, July, 1893, well
illustrates his style:--
The Chess Editor Bradford Observer Budget has just had lively
experience. Every problem published during the month of June proved
unsound, and he thus humorously hits off the situation We don't
know whether we are sorry for this or not. To publish two or three
successive unsound problems is annoying, but when the number is increased to five, all in the same month,
the first tendency towards picturesque language, is over-borne by feelings of gratification at having
established record. Of course any chess editor could publish any number of unsound problems in
succession if he tried, but the merit of our performance is that we didn't try. One hears of extraordinary
deals at whist, but take the published compositions of the five gentlemen responsible for our June problems
Messrs. Walter Gleave, B. G. Laws, G. Heathcote, F. R. Gittins, and J. Rayner shuffle them up, and the chances of dealing out five successive blanks would be smaller than that of getting thirteen trump cards.'"> "The Chess Bouquet (1897)" p113
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