Great Britain lost the only lacrosse match played in 1908 to Canada, earning the silver medal.
He is known to have officiated 2,400 hockey games and 1,500 lacrosse matches.
In 1911 the Trillium ran aground while on her return from a lacrosse match.
Checketts, who was attending his daughter's lacrosse match in Ohio yesterday, could not be reached for comment.
The USA had not lost an international lacrosse match since the 1978 final, their only ever loss in international competition.
In 2013, the first public sports event was held in the Seneca language, when middle school students served as announcers for a lacrosse match.
He remembered the lacrosse match, and a little sinking feeling came into his heart as he remembered that Elizabeth was to take his place.
Canada won the only lacrosse match played in 1908 against Great Britain, earning the gold medal.
They planned to take her and two friends to dinner in Columbus, Ohio, having just watched them compete in a lacrosse match.
Have you had a hockey match, I mean a lacrosse match?