Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — A NOVEL GAME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A NOVEL GAME.

Counters Placed on Spinning Top Throw It Into Divisions. A game that is vastly more complicated than appears at first glance Is that designed by a Connecticut man and depicted in the illustration. A board is divided into a number of comoartments, some marked with plus

and other with numbers. A top with a broad, flat head and a stem high above It is spun on the board and counters of different numbers and with perforations of different diameters are thrown over toe stem of the top. The course of the latter Is affected by these counters according to the diameter of the perforations. If a counter marked 10, for instance, is thrown on the top and the latter falls Into the compartment marked “Add 25," 35 is added to the player’s score. If the top stops In the compartment marked "Back 25,’’ the player goes back 35 points. While the element of luck is prominent in this game, a great deal may depend on the wisdom shown in the use of counters which may deflect or atop the top’s course.