DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 75

DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Negotiations are in progress between ttttk English and Scottish Associations for th« establishment of an International" Board, _ th* main provisions of* which 'as embodied in at. resolution passed at the annual meeting of /the English Draughts Association are as .fol-" l ow : — (i) Composed of an equal number of representatives of the two associations. (2)j Chairman jointly elected. (3) Such board tb govern rthe game, throughout the kingdom. (4) Laws and rulings- to be recognised by all! affiliated clubs.' - . " • A move in the right direction is recorded) in » current issue of . the -Canadian Checker, Player as follows:— "A. ladieV checker club* the Argonauts, has lately been organised afl Auburn, Me., with' Miss E.- C. SPerrell a 9 secretary. , It is composed of ladies only, with! members in Auburn, Agusta/' Gardner, an<| Lewiston." ~ ~ The players who lose most games between 1 the moves are -those who resent the expenditure of "time by- their, adversaries, and whoeai nerves consequently get into such an irritable?" state thatit is" impossible for them to return/ to the game in a judicial frame of mind^ No doubt' excitable and -impatient "amateurs! I suffer .torments when. they,' have some schema' .that they, are burning, to execute, and aref kept for a long .time -"on" the thorns of un- +v certainty.. It might be thought that masters > competing in a great tournament would have cultivated the knack of controlling .their sec- . sations, but 'even they 'do", not' always suc-"-ceed. — Draughts' World/ "-- — ' ••-"---. bin -a special article in the Glasgow Evening itisen - lately, v"-Home- Lif«' : Among the. " Poor," the v writer .(Mf L?ane) says: — ".I have .. scarcely .ever seen an -indoor game of any, kind played in' -.the homes of .-the - poor.' ' Draughts, chess, cards, etc., ar« practically, unknown. "When they appear, 'they will at once, be the sign and cause of a great facial

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