Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-26
FARo's FOLLOWERS.
A Philadelphia Gambler Breaks the
Bank $eo,oOo Ahead OF the Game.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 22.--
The most engrossing topic of oonver.
sation In sporting circles In this city
at present is the very large winnings
that q Philadelphia gambler, named
''Dink" Davis lis said to havo made
bettipg against faro In New York,
during the past month. Davis win.
nings are placed all the way from
$45, coo to $50, 900, and It is said that
Q large percentage of the total
was won at a day. game In Bar.
clay street. Davis has been we'll
known as faro dealer In this city for
years, and he has the reputation of
being one of the cleverest In the
country. His immense success has
created genuine sensation In sporting
circles. The manager of SAMSON
street gambling house, who knows all
about 1t, when asked for the truth Of
the stories which are the talk of the
clubs where the gamblers congregate,
said:
ut Ia true that Davis has won
nearly all the money they gave him
credit for. They didn't put the figures
higher than $45, 600 when I was over
In Now York, though some were dis.
posed to think that his pot was nearer
SEQ 600.
"Isn't that the worst beating the
faro bank has had for long time2"
"There has been nothing like II
for ten years at least, when you con.
slider that Davis had small money to
start In with. When he first went
over he had only about 81, 900, and
he lost nearly all of that before any.
thing began to
COME THIS WAY,
but since then he has fairly brokou
their hearts,"
"Is he following q system2"
'No; he Is Just playing right along
~ any man who thoroughly under.
stood his business. !"
SHOW long has 1t taken him to wir
this money!
HJust about q month. That's tn.
Treason iio one herd OF II unit. he be
gan to send money into the country
He sent $l5, ,0OG to his father. You
see he did not confine his play to any
one house, but played around gener'
ally. In that way man could win O
couple of Thousand dollars night
without attracting attention. The
bank would expect to win 1t back the
next night, and so the first thing they
knew Dlnk had gathered In small
fortune"
"How do you account for it7',
II don't account FOR 1t. He struck
streak; that's all there is in 1t. He
never did anything of the kind before.
I've known him for years, and is'f
always been up and down with him,
and rather more down than up"
"Hs hit the Barclay street game
very hard, didn't he2"
II believe 80. That's combina
tion game, you understand, with five
or ak people backing 1t, but his play
made two of them so tired that they
drew out. They knew when they had
enough"
"Will he keep any of the money
that he didn't send homel"
'It's like this. He is playing right
along, and it would be hard to tell how
long he will last. Faro, when square.
ly dealt, 10 . good game with fall
percentage; but have you ever observ.
cd that sooner or later the gambler
and the player both tumble into the
same bAsket--broke. The gambler
wouldn't get there If he didn't lquand
or his money, but he squanders it.
Davis is about 80 years of age, anG
he 10 we'll known to the sporting fra
ternity all over the county. A char
aoteristic not uncommon among eamb
lers Is likely to bring him reversei
that will make his fall as preoipitste 81
his rise was sudden. An old gamble,
described him In line yesterday. HI
said: "Now that he has got $40, ,00C
or $50 600, he'll want the earth. That
will settle him."