DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 65

DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Australasian Champion.— -On Wednesday . evening, 15th, a social will be tendered to Mar J. A. Boreham hy the<)t«go Draught* ■ Club,- in honour of "his "victory at -Brisbane, • The-* function ' will be held in Hopkins**rooms, corner Manse and Stafford streets, where anyone desiring to be- present may - t 'secure a ticket shortly before 8 o'clock on the evening mentioned. The Draughts World. — The August number . 1 of the World is to hand with customary promptitude. It makes a vel j£ interesting pub- - lication. full of good tnings. Prizes are ■ offered (15s, 7s 6d, ss, and 2a 6d) for the best -. analysis on 10 15, 23 18, 9 13, 24 20, 12 16, 21 17. Play not to exceed two pages of the World. Where play is conipiled, authors" to be quoted. In order to give distant competitors a chance, competition will be open till October 30. "If any New Zealand competitors' play arrives after 'that- date it wift-^ receive <fue justice." Editor's decision will' "• be final. A. Bryson and Co.", 92 "Trongate, :■ Glasgow. - . l -I , • '.-»• The "Ca^dian;^ Checker P^yeri— The. July, v end August numbers' are issued in one, just ,! to hand. Editor Teetzel maintains his reputation in the 1 , production 'of a racy and 1 interesting 'magazine, to' ; hioh is added the "^ value of 'its games, problems and analysis. v£ A full , page is d-evoted to -the New Zealand >" championship, tourney, portion, of which we '% reproduce for "the benefit of this Dominion. ' M. D. Teetzel, Chatham;" Ontario, Canada. "{ Teetzel on All-round Tourneys.— Writing of the last Niew Zealand tourney, the Canadian, Checker Player gives the results, and continues :—": — " Now, as the one round decided '<■ "" the championship and prize money, these -i were: distributed in the order named. And -<■' right^ here as in the . English tourney, not *. the man with best sccfe among those m ,% his own class, but the one who could run -'" fastest among the scrubs, so to speak, was 2' the.ibwto wearthfc-belt. <Among themselves^ alone the fotir leaders scored as follows: '.'& Hilliker ~3fc Brotiie «,. Gardiner 3, 1 and *Bore-'J •ham,2J. Even if Scott were included, - Hi!- C hker. would still have been high man with. ?* Boreham second. Again, if we included -~ Campbell,- it would leave Hilliker, Boreham! -S and Brodie even. Hence, it would seem that' "3 an all-round championship tourney, to be '2 fairest, .should first weed out the weak £ players by a . preliminary .round and then- „ give the real men. ' who could show their '$ class, an opportunity to ' demonstrate their '^ claims in a final round. Boreham might he,-;^ able to will from Gillies, the weakest player, .3! nine games out of tSen. Davis, the average j| man, might £o it likewise. Yet that would -"I show no comparison of strength as to Bore- *Ji ham and Davis. The real championship 5* H*« is B^°^ n . when men of nearly equal! 2 ability get. together. Moreover, a final round -M as suggested reduc.es materially the chapcew'S for collusion -where one or *tyro weak one.a * may be inclined to assist some favourite % into victory, as such .player, if any, cannot" J survive the preliminary stage." - .2 ' — — M