Checkers as an Out-Door Sport 



Dr. A. GcofRC GoMstcin Illustrnting 

 the Moves and the Ordinary Rules 

 for Playing Out - door Checkers 



The Dark Squares Are Patches of Grass Showing 

 Through Cut Out Holes. The Checker Disks 

 Are Shoved from One White Square to Another 



A RECENTLY invented game called 

 Lawn Cliockcrs, which is sponsored 

 ■ by Christy Matthewson, is being 

 popularized at the Prospect Park Tennis 

 Courts, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and tour- 

 naments are being arranged by Dr. 

 A. Cieorge Goldstein. The game is 

 played on a i2-foot canvas "board" 

 stretched out on the lawn. The 

 .s(]uares are the size of an ordinary 

 table napkin, and the alternate colors 

 are green and white. The green 

 squares are simply square holes cut 

 out of the can\as at the proper 

 inter\als. The checkers are red and 

 i)hie aluminum disks, one side of each be- 

 ing adorned with a star to represent the 

 king or (|ueen. The disks are sho\'ed 

 from one square to another by means of 

 a long bamboo stick. 



Teams of from two to twenty may play 

 matches, each pla>er being allowed 

 thirty seconds to make a move. The 

 ordinary rules of chess are followed and 

 pr()m])iing is strictly forbidden. 



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