St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-04
cold DEALS IN POKER.
Stories of Famous Gamblers
and Tricks of the
Trade.
Big Winnings in New York
at Faro and Bacca-
rat.
California Miners Who Lost
$25O,oOO in One
Night.
How Ben Wood Won $780,.
900 at a Single
Sitting. ~

UtiLpNGll lJIA S all naLlOnS anu cldSScS
,ItLTHSSSSffffS in all ages. say the New
| qE1NlESyglhSN York Herald. In Greece
l,tWhNS H&NH'lbd laws were enacted for
NAVElGL)%lE,ssyD it's suppression. The
VNLY' GOths and VandalS not
I'll only risked fortune,
but liberty, Oh the single throw OF dice.
English history proclaims the Normans.
SaXonS and Danes have been gamblers.
and in Henry Wills reign the use of
cards was prohibited, except at Christ
mas holidays. James l. left on record
that "when it is fouie and storme
weather there may be lawful play at the
cards or tables" Charles Ii. forbid
gaming in all its forms, while Queen
Anne declared gambling debts void.
From those days until these the gambler
has been very properly under the ban.
But as there has always been gambling
there always will be. Some men are
born gamblerg, and if offered odds
would nos rise on the morrow. Fifteen
years ago Bony Nash. Cincinnati
gambler who was i'll or a drOpsical af-
lection, bet on tuesday that he would
die before Saturday, aud won the bet by
dying Friday noon.
Montana No Place for Tenderfeet.
hey play pretty stiff poker game
out in Butte, Mont, il all stories are to
be believed. A winning of $4,000 is
thought to be about the proper caper
when they are running your way, and II
you go thai amount in the hole you are
expected to look pleasant when YOU put
on your overshoes. When the big ones
get at it they take down the skylight.
and then it's smoking hot. One night
tenderfoot dropped in and asked if he
could come i'll. "Oh. Yes. if he wanted
to-" There was then $1,000 on the table.
and after the hand was played the new
conner put aside his fur-ined Overcoat
and silk tile and presented crisp
500 bill for chips. The banker-they
have bankers in poker games out
West-looked surprised. The PLAYERS
looked at each other and then at the
stranger. swell, what's the matter,
grntlemen?" said the Fastener with
bland smile. Amt l in the game?"
There was silent moment. why, OF
course" said the dealer; there, banker,
come up for this gentleman. he wants
white chip" You couldn't have kept
the traveller in that place with lasso
He left town that night Oh an cast
bound freight train.
Two High Rollers.
Mai. Crump and Charlie Ransom were
two of the best known all around game
sters New York ever produced. They
we're associated for a quarter of CEN
tury at the Shakespeare club on West
Twenty-fifth street. The major laid up
fortune of $4,000. while Ransom was
squeezed by Wall street firms who had
lost through clerks. Crump loved the
Jack pot, pure and simple, while Ran
som was clairvoyant on horses.
He never lost $4,000 OH the
turf, while he won $4,000 at
Saratoga alone. He could lose $4,000
at faro and win 100000 OH the turf in
one season. The Shakespeare club
catered to the swells, while Morrissey.
around in Twenty-fourth street, played
the heavy gamblers game. In Nor
rissey's, one night, party of California
came next night and won it all back at
faro. Ben Wood won 100000 from
Morrissey at a single sitting. which
cured John of his propensity for heavy
betting at faro. MUrriSSey died with
less than $4,000 after his debts were
paid.
Pettibone- Cleveland Faro Duel.
The two swell gamblers of New York
| in the old days were Pettibone and
| Cleveland. The latter was Philadel-
phian, while Pettibone came from
| Tennessee. They had Il faro duel one
night. They had been partners in a
game in Philadelphia in 1857 and quit
as enemies. They met at No. s Barclay
! street. ''I'll settle with YOU" said Pet
tibone to Cleveland, who was tall,
| raw-boned, elegant specimen physically.
Sin game for 100000 at single Sit
| ting" Come on!" Cleveland replied.
| The green baize was cleared and
| the tiger had no combatantS in
| sight but the two middle aged
| gamblers. at il they went. PettibOne
! was heavy loser in the first five deals,
| ana began to grow white around the
| gills. The next deal he was loser to the
| tune of $4,000, for there was no limit.
The seventh deal the nervy Tcnnes-
seean made a call for 5000. He won,
picking up 5000, and by midnight he
| had won every dollar of Cleveland's
money They parted as friends, and
| Springs, Ark. They soon bought the
| Blue PIG, famous faro cottage at Cape
May.
I Knew His Company.
oe Among the dead games, poker has to
I be played fair-or, to be exact-as fair
as poker is played by those who know
all the ms and outs. That. however,
| does not entitle the uninitiated to come
in; and if they do, they may pay
very expensive tuition. One of the
| flyest gamblers in Western New York
ever turned out was Charley Perkins.
He was also known to the lovers of the
! prize ring, as he always attended man
fights of Importance. Perkins knew
| poker by heard, and, as goes without
| saying. knew his company. One night
| he was playing in stiff game at re-
| sort In st. Charles street, New Orleans.
1t was simply question of winning
or walking back to Rochester. As he
sat thumbing his corners the people
| looking on noticed that his shirt front
was fast becoming sight to behold. He
| was chewing tobacco at fierce rate,
| and though usually scrupulously neat in
his personal appearancet. presented a
| disgusting spectacle. At last it became
| unbearable, and one of his friends said:
For Gods sake, Charley, why don't
| you use the cuspld0r"' Use nothing.
fool,'' was the reply; this yer haint no
| sort O. game to be lookin' round in"
Bucking Against Sanded Cards.
Out West they play stud poker great
deal They might as well play that as
the regular game, for they have changed
that until it is quite different from that
! known to Eastern sports. They allow the
one sitting at the left of the dealer to
pass and then back in and raise before
| the draw, and have plenty of other limo
vations. They also use on occasion
what are commonly known as sanded
cards. That is, pack is prepared with
a piece of sandpaper, certain small
marks at given places indicating king,
| queen, ace, etc. With these cards
the dealer, who has sanded the
| deck, knows exactly what is in
his opponents hands, and he also knows
the top card, Which he can probably
Ginger to suit the occasion. On the
Pacific slope they generally use '.angei
| back" cards. or pasteboards, bearing on
| their backs the picture of an angel. A
few years ago a young player from
Michigan met Luke Short in Arizona
and did him out of $4,000 by SUBSTITUTE