DRAUGHTS ITEMS

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 67

DRAUGHTS ITEMS

N.Z. Championship. — A meeting of thf General Committee of the tournament will b« held in Hilliker's saloon on Thursday, 13th inst., at 8 o'clock. Winning by a False Move.— An old story of AVyllie is going the rounds of the press again. On the occasion of the Herd Laddie* first visit to the United States his American admirers presented him. with x beautiful gold watch. Shortly after his return to Scotland he was taking a walk on Glasgow Green one day to think out a problem. Som* children were playing about him. One of them, a ragged little urchin, ran full tilt -with his head against the bottom button of Wyllie's waistcoat. The champion was brought to a sitting position on the green: sward. When he gathered himself together he discovered that the urchin had taken his departure and the gold watch as well. Quick Play — As an instance of rapid play a Home paper cites the case in which Mr H. Morrall, at a simultaneous exhibition which he gave at the Birkenhead Draughts' Club, contested some 80 odd games ii? a little over an hour. The calibre of the single player's opDonents, of course makes a difference. In Dunedm Champion Jordan played only 40 games in two hours, but against him were pitted the best players in New Zealand l , assembled in ■ Dunedin for the championship! tourney, fully half a dozen of whom wei* foemen worthy of Mr Morrall's steel in! single combat. Piper R. Menzies, o. the Cameronians, has just won the correspondence tournament for the championship of India; Mr F. W Sladti coming in second. Mr Slade, it is worthy o£ note, has twice won, and come in second; three times out oi five entries — a pretty good Cerformauca,

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