DRAUGHTS TOURNAMENT

Evening Star, Issue 17954, 27 April 1922, Page 9

DRAUGHTS TOURNAMENT

AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. LUCAS BEATS BOREHAM. Tho Australasian championship tournament promoted by the New Zealand Draughts Associate was concluded yesterday. The final round between Boreham ant! Lucas war; well contested. In tho final game Lucas secured an advantage, maintain jug it to Urn end, and thus winning the coveted Australasian championship. The final scores in the championship j were as follow : Third Round.—Boreham, 1 win, 1 draw ; Brown, 1 win. Final.—Lucas, 1 win, 3 draws; Borehrun, no wins, HANDICAP TOURNEY. The prizetahers ate as follow: —Mr G, A. Brown (Christchurch), 29 points, 1; F. Hutchins (Invercargill), 26, 2; W. Carswell (Taiori), 25], 3; W. Young (Baknia), 23], 4; H. Morris. (Tuatapere), 23, 5: L. R. Morris (Palmerston), 22], 6. The mayor presented two prizes for competition—one for tho non-prizetnker scor. ing the greatest number of wins, and tho other for the lowest score with handicap, the respective winners being J. Bnico (New Plymouth) and E. Morris (Tuatapere). Tho following table shows tho positions of the various competitors;

Mr Lucas, a Dunedin player, has boon j connected with the game for many years, and is generally considered to be a frontrank player. He won the Now Zealand championship in 1903, and was second in the following tournament at Oainarn. Mr Borcliam is also an old hand at the game, and has been New Zealand champion on j several occasions. In 1910 ho won the I Australasian championship at Brisbane, j and it lias remained in New Zealand over ; since. The. arrangements for the tournament, which were in the hands of Mr R. (Jaldow, gavo general satisfaction. j i

Score. Hdp, Tl. n. A. Brown ... ... ... 24} 41 — 29 F, Hutchins ... 17 9“ — 26 W Carswell ... 19} 6 — 25} IV Young 15} 8 — 23} H, Morris 18.14} - 23 L. 11. Morris ... 12,} 10 — 22} B. Bolting m 4} — 22 J. M. Hutton 14' 8 — 22 C. Millington ... 9} 12 — 21} w Templeton 7} 14 — 2U J. Bruce 15} 51 — 21“ A. M'Ewan 5 16“ — 21 T. Ilea ... ... 19} 1 —20} P. tt. Peterson 12} 8 — 20i K. Morris 9} 10 — 19}