Modern Living: Darts Away

It was match time at the Chelsea, a Chicago pub that draws dart players he way Raquel Welch attracts glances, and after several hours of steady practice, the first competitor toed the line and braced to throw. "He was really tired from all that practice," remembers Manager Joe Cassidy. "On that first throw, his follow-through was beautiful. But the dart stuck in his toe."

The Fine Olde English Game of Darts is not usually so dangerous. The most common peril, in fact, is a slow disntegration of precision caused by overdrafts of...

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