DRAUGHT ITEMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 5

DRAUGHT ITEMS.

A private match is on tho tapis between Messrs Gunthorp and Wilson. Arrangements will probably be completed by next week. Asa Bartlett, a well-known New England draught player, died on March 19th, at WoonsockeK It is stated that but for his antipathy to publicity, his fame would have been world- wide. Mr J. Little still claims the championship of Australasia. He declares himself willing to meet all corners, but will not play for a stake. In a letter to Mr McCall he gives the following reason :—": — " We have even some ministers of the gospel in New Zealand who can preach a good sermon and play as good a game of draughts, and so long as I hold the championship it will be free from any conditions which might be considered derogatory to the dignity of a clergyman if he wished to contest the title with me." In the event of Mr Wyllio returning home through San Francisco he will be entertained by the players of that city. An exhibition of blindfold play was given at Glasgow on April Bth by Mr H. Cnimey. He met four of the local players simultaneously. He won two games, loslone, and tinished by calling correctly the positions of the men on each of the four boards. The Avondale people are determined not to be behindhand in the matter of amusomenfc. They have determined to inaugurate a chess and. draughts club in the district. At a meeting held last Monday evening twenty-five persons gave in their names as members. It ie anticipated that in a week or two the members 9 roll will be fully forty. With Mr (I. Wilson to the fore at draughts, this should certainly be a great success. It is proposed to have these club meetings on Monday nights, and in order to afford amusement for youthful members of both sexes it has been decided to introduce dominoes, backgammon, and other simple methods of passing a pleasant hour.