London, Apr. 1 Darts has become a popular game with convicts now and Sunday matches are being played between inmates of Maidstone Gaol and teams from the local public-house:
Several teams have vi prison, but the convicts' team, con-ug of eight good-conduct men, remain unbeaten.
The game is played on a "doubles board," and the gaol captain—a man who earned five years' remission of sentence for defending wi in the Dartmoor riots and will be leaving this year—has an average score of 80.
He rarely misses scoring
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