Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1918 — A Good Old Game. [ARTICLE]

A Good Old Game.

A man ninety-three years old, whose home is. in a Massachusetts town, walked 11 miles one day recently to indulge in an annual checker orgy with his 'former neighbors. He left for home, at the end of the forty-fifth game triumphant in the thought that he had made the, best record known in 14 years. He had won thirty games and lost seven, while eight were a draw. In these days of golf apd tennis and pool and bowling, the sedentary of checkers has fallen into some disrepute, remarks an exchange. • Men who boast of athletic tastes speak slightingly of it as tame and. tiresome. But it has its faithful adherents who are undisturbed by criticism. The game entertains them; it even arouses their enthusiasni; they become mildly excited over it. The old man in Massachusetts had undoubtedly been aided to pass his ninety years by the pleasant stimulus of the simple game. His mind was agreeably stirred by the effort to enter G hls opponent’s king row, capturing as many “men” as possible on the way.