Manila, Mar. 10, Datu Alip, 2 Moro, has just won the chess championship of the Philippine Islan 'a national tournament in which 16 players from various parts of the islands contest-Jed. His victory was overwhelming Out of 34 games played he won 32, lost one, and one was a draw Datu Alip, who had never been out of his native province of Lanao, Island of Mindanao, until two years go, learned to play chess with hi father, who was a prominent Datu in Lanao. He has taught his son, lad of fourteen, to play chess and the boy finished fourth in the national tournament.
Datu Alip, who can neither read nor write any language, si tinually while engaged' in zame.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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