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=== The 500th Game ===
Zach and Jonathan’s four years of friendship and cribbage culminated in early April with the 500th game played since that fateful fall day freshmen year when Jonathan saw Zach’s board and inquired “You play?†and Zach answered “Yes.†A perfect situation unfolded for the 500th game – Chadbourne resident and cribbage fan Robert Hahn had scheduled a root beer keg party for Saturday April 10th, and did not mind for welcomed Zach and Jonathan 's big to play the big game during the festivities. To promote the event, the following message ad was run in the Daily Advisor Messages the week of April 4th:
<blockquote>Cribbage Fan??? Come to the Williams Cribbage Club's annual meeting on Saturday April 9th. The two titans of the college game, Jonathan Landsman '05 and Zach McArthur '05 square off in their 500th game of their career at 1pm on Perry Volleyball Court.<br><br>
Come learn the game and then cheer on your cribbage stud of choice, Z-money or J-dawg in their 500th clash. Runs, pairs, fifteens,... it's going to be crazy. Don't miss this epic event, or you'll be, like, totally skunked</blockquote>
In addition, Jonathan emailed the bridge and deviant listservers, while Zach composed an email late the night before the contest to the golf team, Gladden, and the pair’s freshman year East Three entrymates. It read,
<blockquote>1 pm
perry volleyball court
Z-$ vs. J-dawg , jonathan landsman baby baby!!!!<br><br>
OUR FIVE HUNDRETH CRIBBAGE GAME OF OUR CAREERS<br><br>
all should come -- root beer on tap, it's like tiger. vs. chris dimarco<br><br>
i'm up about 255-245, holler<br><br>
Zmac ach</blockquote>
Notes Zach: "I am pretty sure I was drinking when I wrote that email. With my insurmountable lead, I was able to drink the night before the big game."
With virtually the entire campus aware of the game, a large bedsheet was converted into recapping the four years of cribbage and hung on the net of Perry Volleyball Court on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. A most special part of the event, noticed by very few attendees other than the contestants, was the intricate ivory board which marked the score. A present from Jonathan's grandfather and never used before, the board dated back to World War II. The atmosphere for the game will probably never be seen for a cribbage match again - dozens of students milled around cheering for both sides as updates were periodically shouted out to the volleyball court and fire escape where an aerial view of the matchup was afforded.
=== Highlights, 2004-2005 ===