LAST week Mr. Blackburne visited Banbury, and gave two performances at Christ Church Schoolroom, by permission of the vicar, the Rev. Graham Jones. The first evening of his visit he conducted twenty-eight games simultaneously, of which he won twenty-s...
LAST week Mr. Blackburne visited Banbury, and gave two performances at Christ Church Schoolroom, by permission of the vicar, the Rev. Graham Jones. The first evening of his visit he conducted twenty-eight games simultaneously, of which he won twenty-six, and drew two. The following evening he gave a blindfold séance, at which he demolished five champions and divided honours with one. Amongst the combatants in the former match were several ladies.