The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-22
THEY BEAT TaR GAMBLnRs
How Couplezof Experts Skillfull,
Handled the Crooked Dios.

How a Couplesof Experts skillfully
Handled the Crooked Dics.
From the Netu York Advertiser.
The firm of Bush & johnson, New Or
leans. consists Of two Of the smartest sports
in she United States. Great was the aston
ishment, therefore, when two seeming suck
ers dropped into their place day or two
before the big fist fight and carried off
Sll,0OO OF their money. When, however,
it was discovered that the alleged suckers
were "Dago John" and Jack Nolan of Gu
cinnau land any other city where playing
Is lively, the sporting fraternity immedi-
ately got over their astonishment, but were
very curious to know how 1t was DONE
Nolan went In day or two In advance Of
the coup and played a square game In do
ing so he discovered the weight and size of
the dice, and the private marks on them, so
he and his partner came prepared. The
"Dago" lost 81, 700 in straight playing; then
the turn came, and the pals" quit $1l, 600
ahead. A stranger came ia, but he lost $40
while the "pals" continued to win. Il was
mystery and. the explanation is, "They put
In six and eight dice" SO say the sports, and
30 it was, though several experts were
watching them all the time.
The 'six and eight" are the hardest dice
In the world to detect. They are bored on
the ace, deuce and tray sides aud filed with
mercury. By giving them a long roll they
will turn 60 six and eight more times than
to any other number, although other points
will show up now and then. Once in
great while they will turn seven and craps.
but the work is SO fine that Ii gives toe
players the percentage that should belong
to the game. This style of loaded dice Is
very popular nowadays with the sxperts
Crooked dice cannot be handled by every
one. as IL req lires skill to make them roll
right. This was clearly proved by the
young fellow who dropped into Bush &
Johnsons and played with the crooked dice.
He did not know how to roll them and
lost $40.
After playing with their own dioe the
pals" had to lose q fov hundreds In
straight playing to get their own dice back
into their pockets and get away with the
evidence. All the old tricks Ia dice are 90
well known that sports no longer attempt
them put there Is new one by which ex-
perts-and experts only-can beat the
dealer, and that is called 'peekayingn the
dice. There are several ways Of doing this,
but the most popular way is using the little
finger. In shooting craps. il person can
manage to throw five face upward every
time he has great advantage, as il pre-
vents him from throwing craps and pives
him chance 20 throw seven or eleven.
The throwing of the five can be done by
"peekaying.h
One way to do this is to hold the die be-
tween the first and second joints of the lit
tie finger with the facing the inside of the
baud. By quick movement the die can
be thrown into the air, but instead of roll
ing 1t will spin, and the will remain face
upward. That is the simple way, and it is
easily detected by any one familiar with
the trick. Another way lie to mold IL be-
tween the first three fingers with the 5
facing the finger. This can only be done
after weeks OF practice.