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Show Checker Player "Trained" John Cummlng, an eighty-year-old checker player of Philadelphia, has ideas of his own nbout physical training train-ing for mental exertion. When he competed In a checker tournament in that city, he brought his trainer with him, After Cummlng had disposed of bis first opponent, the trainer went into action.. Be gave the octogenarian octogen-arian a sip ot water and made him recline In his chair while his second fanned him with bat After each match the performance was repeated and each successive opponent proved easier picking. At the end of the tournament Cummlng was fully able to step forward to receive the win- j ner's cup. ,; " |