DRAUGHT ITEMS.
Why is Smith a superior musician to Barker ? Because he is a better player of the "Fife." A Matter of Course.— "Say, Tom, how do you like the new schoolmaster ! Is he a checker player?"' "You just befcheis." " What game does he play most ?" "Oh. the 'Single Corner' with the girls, and •Switcher ' with the boys." — N.E.C.P. T. W. Roper, in the " Norwich Journal," write 3 :— "A fundamental factor in the procesg of checker computation is resoluteness against the temptation to base your calculations upon chance or speculation. With an inditterent playei even, you compromise a good position. The immortal Shakspere says : 'Ot >our philosophy you make no use if you give rise to accidental evils,' an aphorism which is adequately applicable to the manipulation of the draughts pieces.'' Arrangements are being made to hold nn Exhibition Draughts Tournament in Dunedin. Subscriptions have already been received by the Committee of the Australasian and South Seaß Draughts Championship Tournament. Solutions to problem 89 have been recehed from R. W. and C. G.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 420, 16 November 1889, Page 6
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173DRAUGHT ITEMS. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 420, 16 November 1889, Page 6
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