Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-08
GorGNG GREESIEs.
r&cks AND oOoGES or The CIRCUS
hANGEaS-ON.
Tbs Well known Pal ming Trick Che NJ
ting In the Change" Roth Ends
Against the MiddIs''-"Fl p" aud
"ksash- Back Avoiding u Fuss
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eWhy, bless your soul, the innocence
Of the average hay-seed granger would
knock ots out Of u year child ity
people are easy enough to get away with
at times, bui your c untry -akey takes to
being robbed as natura as mutton chop
to the grid-iron just you travel with
circus as | have. aad you IL had the pig.
cons flock around faster than you can
pluck EN-
in the wav-back time the scooping was
done with thimble-rig three card monte.
sweat-cioth aud SUN like games but
they've all got played out and nowadays
they doa't even give fellow little ex-
element for his money. but just rake it
in vithou, his knowing he's lost
It There's no end Of ways for
doing this just AS chance offers,
but there are several regular standbys
taat are played day after day and don
fail once IN tweaty times. One of these
u the palminy trek. wnich eau be doae
BY anybod, after a little practice. The
sucker hands you bill for 81, say. aud
you count the change all right into your
left hsad. taking pans to have him zee
yeu count il Thea you turn your hand
ever aad empty the change into his hand
and he naturally puts It into his pocket
WItQOuk StCoIV "uiiS thc hoSs
| 10 he's half-dollar short. rs you ha e
captured that half dollar in the palm Of
your left hand
stDg-sHOw TRICKS.
.Theres another way of making .
ANAL squeeze that's al the time bel ng
used at The boz 0 &c or the doors of the
| aide showa A man calls for two tickets
at 81 cents e-' b. we Il say. and pass up .
q bill The ticket man says hold out
| your hand sir. tickets. 81. 20. chicken.
| feed. %. 81. "a. 50: next Now, the
man has got his tickets and 81 in silver or
| notes, but the chicAeu-feed amounts to
only 20 or IS cents in nickles aud dimes
| The crowd pushes him on: he sees The
| tickets and dollars are all right and in
! his hurry to get into the tent never thinks
| to count the small change This is about
| the only trio < the door-men or wagon box
! chaps of snide management can Afford
| 70 play, but when the crowd is big they
eften ma mere than 50 on it per day
for each ticket seller.
Every man in the gouge racket gang
10 pretty good Judge Of human nature,
and from long practice is able to pick Out
| . green horn al sight With such q fel-
low they try the dodge that seems best
suited to bis case. and the three methods
| most usually adopted are rs follows: One
10 called both erds against the middle.
aud il only worked on . greeny who is in
| big rush. and who is 80 iiurried that he
don't know what he is doing lie passes
over 8 bill and the scalper hands him
the ticket which Gusts 81 say, and three
| 81 bills aud says quite sharp. as though
be has no time fooling; here you are. sir
| your check. two. three. four dollars. and
| OBJ In that daal fha
scalper makes 81. for in nine cases out OF
ten. having SIZED their man right. the
sucker ANS the change into his pocket.
and slides of without An idea but thai
its ell square
| "FLIp" AND "PUsH-BACK."
.When . chap looks more cautiou'
they give him the double or nip. Thi,
is pretty game. and if pla ed right will
81 bill the scalper hands over the ticke
and the right amount of small change
| and says Let's see l still owe you ~
Here they are-one. two, three. four.
counting the money under the mans eyes
and then folding up the notes aud hand
ing them to him The man really Ouly
gets ;s3. for the scalper has folded one OF
| the notes between his fingers SO that wheu
be counts both ends of that uo;e repre-
sents dollar. while the man. having seeI
| the counting. puts the roll into his pocke,
without Q. ening it
The boss game however. is known tt
the ira .e - push-back.' and is only
| played by men who have practiced ii til
they are slick as eels The sucker come.
up to q scalter, who 10 standing arount
with tickets in his hand for sale, anc
forks over s5. $40 or $50 bill, as tn,
! case may be- The scalper takes the bill
! in his right hand in which the ticket:
are. an goes down into his left poke
for ,hange, bringing up some. but no
enough Take this back. says he. :
ian change it Haven't you somethin.
smaller. The sucker puts the bill baci
in his pocket. ali crumpled up as it wa
handed to him, and either brings GU
enough silver to pav for the ticket o
SAYS he hasn't anything smaller In th'
latter case the sca,per saws all right vol
look like an honest man and ! II trust yot
with the tickets IN have some change
before you come out and you can pay mt
then of goes the sucker. uckled 4
death. and that's the last OF him. Now
the beauty Of the business is that tn,
scalper had 81 bill crumpled up In hi
hand under the ckets and he made tha
change places with the big bill while b.
was apparently looking for change.
-Unce in while a man lind he's heel
swind.ed and begins to make . kick abou
it. but it never resl!ts in row nowadays
4 for the sea per is slways ready 10 squar'
his msa rather Il an have fuss Thi
last don pay. for 1t attracts too much at
tention and spoils the further working Of
the little games.