...I have committed to write a piece for PhillyDarts.com every two or three
months. I want to thank Mike Broderick and PhillyDarts.com for providing this
opportunity to discuss To The Point and darts in general and to report on
the adventures of the road. Joy and I look forward to hearing from readers of
the book and of this column....
........By
generally accepted accounts, the Southern California Darts Association,
rumored to have been established in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s was the
first British-style darts league to have appeared in America. There are
rumors of leagues predating the SCDA, such as one in the Detroit area that
is said to have been the southern sector a Canadian league. But therein lies
the tale. ..................
APR 2003 "The Cleveland Story"
The best know "transplanted" Philadelphian in Cleveland was
George Silberzahn, a master of both American and British-style darts. There
are a number of candidates for the young American role;
FEB 2003**********PHOTOS***********
News and entertainment magazines often
feature retrospectives at year’s
end entitled something like “The Year in Photographs”. I thought
PhillyDarts.com visitors might find my Philadelphia-related travels and
experiences in 2002 to be of interest.
OCT
2002 ... Some characters,
though, emerged immediately, their story demanding to be told. At the head of
this class was Philadelphia's Al Lippman, a
remarkable dart shooter and perhaps even more remarkable man.
July 2002
...Joy and I will be visiting
Philadelphia again in Novemberand we are looking
forward to having another terrific time doing some
darts pub-hopping and hobnobbing then.
April 2002 ...Helen Scheerbaum, would come to be
recognized as, arguably, the best woman darts shooter America has produced...
February 2002 ...Philadelphia
is the hometown of darts in America, it's where the first dartboard in America
was hung and...
PhillyDarts Exclusive
Dan Peek Author of "To
The Point: The Story of Darts in America" was at the Rae
Chesney Tournament January 2002. I was able to get a
picture of him with Frank Ennis. We talked for a while and I asked him
if he would be interested in providing any articles for my website. He mentioned
he wrote about 1000 pages for the book, but the book was edited down to 308
pages, therefore he had extra articles about Philadelphia Darts and shooters!
We worked out a deal and he will be allowing me to publish some of his work
here on PhillyDarts. I've created a
link so you can check out his book and order it online. Please support
him and his efforts to document stories and history of darts. He will amended
the book in 2005.
I'd like to thank Dan Peek for writing this article for the dart shooters
in Philly. If you enjoyed this article, please take the time and post
your comments on the
ON
POINT forum. I created this forum to allow people to post
questions and comments about the articles he writes for PhillyDarts.
Comment about the book too!! I'm sure he will be thrilled to read comments from the
city that hung the first dart board in America!!
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