The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-23
AT DRAUGHTS.
Lawson Wins Champion
ship From Newton.

Charles Lawson holds the championship
. of Worcester county At drauShts, and in
cidentally pockeJed So belonging 10 Ar
thur II. Newton OF Grafton by defeating
I Newton yesterday in series Of twelve
games.
Lawson Won three games. Newton TWO.
ana seven were drawn. The games were
played in sets Of four there being three
, SllulGS the last OF which took place yes
ttrda% IN the barber shop OF Edward Con
Ne>,, lvS Canterbury street. When the
paying began yesterday the score stood
thiee 10 one IL favor Of Lawson. He lost
. same yesterday and three wSre drawn
The sittlnss have been each week for
Ine t4SI thrse. The 1irsl was in Good
eiAp44Is 4oaeeroom Al ga Main street. in
winch Lawson won TWO games and drew
Two. The second was at the Kirby House
Grafton. week ago, in which Newton got
one wiz and lawson one. and the last sit
ting was yesterday. The match was for q
purse OF Sc and the championship OF the
county, which Newton has held for many
years II was an excellent battle. for
lawson mas been champion Of Rhode Isl
and, and wsS undefeated resigning the
{ltIe when he removed from The state 10
Worcester.
Ats After the victory yesterday Lawson was
chale&Eea by Daniel Z. Shea who has
acted as tlmekeeper for him in the three
stSuhsS. lie promptly accepted, and an
oNAer match Will be arranged shortly.
> .
GraTton was referee. n. p. Shea acted as
umekeeper for Lawson, and a J. Kirby
% GE2tton ohiciated in a similar capacity
for Newton.
Lawson had the blacks YESTERDAY in the
nIst game. and opened with q Bristol It
vas evident from his play that he was
e;onIsnted with his lead. and looked FOR
draw simply, for he played slowly and
carefully. ana kept his own position safe
instead OF trying TO force his opponent.
ms careful! play heightened the game.
whieh was the longest 81 The entire series.
lasting . minutes. II vss draw
Lawson made a bad mistake in the sec
end 2 anne, watch lost him the contest. Il
was Nevton's move with the blacks and
a. A. opened with 5 Bristol Lawson imme-
ulately turned the same into q Switcher.
NhlcA Is his Pet move, and which he
claims ne can draw against anybody. al
though the game IS not regarded IS eX-
cepuocally strons among players. Law
son has proved that he can play il strong
y. however, and everybody looked for q
draw at least The game had gone only Is
moves on either side when Lawson made
studied The board, Newton doing the same,
Tor II was his move. Before he decided
which man e move Lawson showed q man
along, and Newton instantly claimed the
game, which he had right 10 co under
the rules. Rule = Of the standard rules on
ar2UEhts, under which he claimed the
victory, reads:
Either player making . false or i'm
proper move shall instantly forfeit tbs
game to his opponent without another
move being made.
There was Nc SiSpu-aover the game. and
the contest then stood three 10 two in IA
vor o. Lawson, with two more games 70
be played.
Lawson tried hard for . win 10 retrieve
MS fatal bIuEGe-. but Newton put W
magnificent game, and the best the Wo--
ceStsr man could do was 70 draw both
games.
Lawson opeEed with tie Bristol on the
third same, but Newton turrs3 The con-
test into a Paisley. and obtained & draw
after 3 minutes play. The fourth open
ing. by Newton. was another Bristol. but
Lawson again turned the game into his
play the contest resulted II g draw. The
men were careful in the last TWO games.
and although Lawson tried hard 10 force
Newton he could not, the latter keeping q
goo6 position and not making any bad
moves.
For the benefit OF the inquirer who sent
II q request Yesterday for information "a
Earding the numbering Of checker board.
The. Spy gives The information. Only
I black spaces are numbered. The board !
placed SO that the double corner comes al
the right-hsE6 of the player. The num-
bering begins with the side o. the board
on which the blacks ara placed. No. Is
the first black square in the first row on
the riEht-h2DG side q The board. The
successive numbers follow from riEht u
left, always beginning al the right side OF
the board and crossing 10 the .sfc-hal6
side. Thus Nc. ] is the black square u
the double corner nearest The player using
p |'Han f.a n al -.