DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 56

DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Otago Draughts Club —We desire to draw attention to the alteration m nights of rneetn.g of this chib, as notified at the head of this columr>. There, will be no meeting on Wednesdays until fuither notice, as on that night the loom is otl'erwiS3 engaged. The club is m a flouii«nmg conditioi, and some c\emngs, like la^t Saturday, the room gives one, on fir=t entering, the impression that a match is under way, as the lo.ng tables aio fully occupied. The membership might actually reach the hundred during the coming winter, as there is a ' irge number of players m town whose names ha\ a not yet been received, but who purpose joinm?, and aheady the membership boaid shows c\er 60 names. The question of a club tourney is to be brought up on Thursday evening, and a. match against the Peninsula players is on the tapis. Dunedin Draughts Club. — A representative meeting of the Dunedin Draughts Club was held on Monday evening at the clubrooin, Mr D. A. Brodie in the chair. After 'o:re di'-cus-sion it was 3e^ol'"pd, on tne ruction of Mr Hilhker, seconded by Mr lliuchison, that — " Eehevmg it to be f or the interests of the game m Dunedin that there should be but one club, we hereby agree to disband.' Readci3 will please note this. We appreciate the spuifc of the members which prompted this resolution, and hope it will always obtain in draughts circles in Dunedin. A draughts tournament of 10C0 games (draws being entirely ignored) is something unique. This was started on October 25, 1898, at Gravesend, by Mr Graham L. Simmonds (who resides there) and his cousin Mr Henry B. Sexton, of Bury St. Edrruinds, and was completed on October 25, 1900, having taken just two yeaTs to play. Play took place on most week evenings duiing tha-t time and a strict and correct account was taken of each game. At the end of the first 50 games Mr Simmonds led by 4, at; the end of 100 he led by 8, but on reaching tha 200 games Mr Sexton took the lead by 7, and continued ahead until the 730 th game, when Mr, Simmonds made a fresh spurt and kept ahead light on to the finish, Simmonds, 505 wins;) Sexton, 495 wins. Note This. — Sergeant S. Morris, Army Pay office, Woolwich, wishes to open coirespondcnca games at draughts with moderate pLijeis in. the United States or the colonies A note or postcard addressed as above \mH have iniiu*-