DRAUGHTS ITEMS.
It will be interesting to our readers to learn that at the recent ' annual examination of the. University of Otago, John A. Hay, only son of David R. Hay, chess and draughts editor of the Melbourne Weekly Times, was highest in tlie list in junior medical science, third in mechanics, and sixth m senior French. Elizabeth. K. Hay, the younger daughter, was highest in. the list in junior English, English composition, and rhetoric, and passed creditably in mathematics. The son is nearly 20, and tihe daughter: about ISJ years of age.
Barker v. Jordan. — Mr Charles F. Barker, champion of America, has ugieed to play Mr Richard Jordan, draughts champion of the world, who is at present in Melbourne, for tho championship of the world .and. a stake of afc lease £200 aside. Mr Barker is willing to allow Mr Jordan £20 for expenses, as the match must be played in America. The match is .to consist of 40 games, and to be played on the samo restricted lines as the Jordan-Stewarfc match for the championship. As Mr Barker, has substantially agreed to all the conditions stipulated by Mr Jordan, tho match is sure to taka plfecc during next year, and it will create the liveliest interest among draughts players thioughout the world. Death of Mr James Lees. — We regret (saya the Glasgow Weekly Herald) to anounce the death of Mr James Lees, the world-famous analyst. He had been ailing for several months, but latterly hopes had been entertained "of his speedy recovery. Unfortunately, lie had a fciDpsc, which speedily proved f atal./ "He _waa 38 years of age, and had. ' devoted the greater part of his short life to the study of the game of draughts. His ' Guide ' to the pastime is a, most popular work. He was thoroughly posted up on all the games, and had amassed an aetoEishing amount of play, the most of which, would no doubt have seen-the light within tho next few years had he lived. For the last four or five yems he acted as tho games editor of the Draughts World and' the Draughts Quarterly, a couple of admirable publications. Ilia work for these periodicals was characterised by great accuracy and conscientiousness. Notwithstanding his indifferent health, he fulfilled his duties almost up till the day of his death. Mr Lees was a highly intelligent man, and well-read in general literature. His death, is a great loss to the world of draughts." Book Players. — All expert players are " book " players. A book player is simply a student of fAe game — one who refers to the records for the correct move, as he would to the dictionary for the correct Bpelling of a-,' word. Dictionaries do not always agree, neither do checker books. The most apparent characteristic of " natural players " is confidence in their knowledge of tHe board, not infrequently amounting to glistening conceit. It is not difficult for a person with a. distinct aptitude for the gams to become a first-class " natural player," recognised locally a3 an invincible and checker master. It is a task to become a fairly good " book player." Uncle Josh may be " cute at figures," but that does not make him a good mathematician. — Ellsworth Checker Book. . '
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Otago Witness, Issue 2389, 14 December 1899, Page 48
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