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    Not Just Child's Play: World Tiddlywinks Champions Look To Reclaim Their Glory

    David Lockwood and Larry Kahn, "the Ali-Frazier" of Tiddlywinks, are vying to win the World Pairs title. To the professional winkers, the game is far more than shooting discs, or "winks," into a cup.
    by Emma Bowman Apr 21, 2019 3 minutes
    Larry Kahn (left) and Dave Lockwood, practice tiddlywinks. The game has a startlingly simple premise for a game that draws an academic fandom.

    In 1995, Sports Illustrated likened Larry Kahn and David Lockwood to the Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier of Tiddlywinks. A fearsome metaphor for two men who, in the parlance of their game, spend their time squopping and potting, rather than bobbing and weaving.

    Kahn has won 114 national and world Tiddlywinks titles. Lockwood has won 41. "Larry is the Ali," Lockwood concedes.

    But their rivalry is a friendly one, and when they're not competing against one another, they

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