 In 1909, according to Frank Leslie's Weekly, he defeated Hugh Henderson for the national championship.In 1947, at age 60, for 45 consecutive days (4 hours per day) Banks played 1387 blindfold checker games, winning 1331 games, drawing 54 and losing only two, while playing six games at a time.He also set a new blindfold speed record playing 62 games in four hours, winning 61 and drawing one at the Convention Hall, Detroit, Michigan.