The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-21
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NEw YoRn, Nov. 2O,-"Al" Smith,
whose lame as sporting man is inter.
national, made the greatest play OF his
life last week against faro bank, lie
won 500, 100 2O.0OOof it vt one sitting
and yet he is not satisfied. in the
gambling centres all the sports Were
talking about AIS" great play and
spevu.aling Is to wien he would stop.
lie started out ON the warpath on
Monday. For year 10 had been ab-
stemious. More It's joke than any
thing else one OF his friends bet HIM
$3.50 a year AGO that he wound not alb
stain from liquor for twelve months.
The year expired on sunday last. smit1
pocie,ed the $3.50 and in celebration oil
the event took Il drink
Ii the stories tod at the Coleman
House are true he did no; stop at one,
and by Monday the old spirit TO "nucE
the tiger was rampant in his breast.
lie went to the gambling house KEEP by
Darden & Fitzgerald IN West Twenty
eighth, near Fifth avenue, and bought
500 worth OF checks. lie played all
tfias night and lar into tho next day,
and then, exhausted by the long strain,
he took short sleep. Upon awaken
ing he again went to the faro Layout
and resumed his play.
When hungry or thirsty he ordered
sandwiches or champagne and st'li
played on. After two days and two
nights OF play he was 5000 winner
Darden had to go deep into the bank
'roP to cash The checks which Smith
pissed over the board. Several times
the player had all the checks in the
rack and the bank had to buy them
back. When Smith lett the gambll ling
house be was still under the influence
Of liquor lie carried his winnings TO
the rooms OF his partner and turned
them over to him. Then he went to
sleep. When he awoke yesterday he
took another whirl at The faro bank.
81 Just want to win car fare" he said
to the dealer
He was 81, 400 winner in an hour and
had .'cashed in" The man who gave
the Information and was present part OF
the time while Smith was playing says
he never before saw man play in such
luck.
"He didn't play what gambler would
cali good safe game. He simply laid
his money down and trusted to luck.
He had one oil those phenomenal
streaks which man has once in four
or five years, and he got all the money.
"The more he dranE the more he bet
and the more he won. Dardcn allowel
him 10 play the limit all the way
through. He thought, | suppose, that
AIS luck would turn, and that when
it did all the money would come back
to the house. But it didn'i, and Iguess
poor 'Fitz' Cmeaning Darden's partner,
Ftzgerald) is cripp ed"
ii "Fitz." is crippled" he didn't
show any evidence OF it at the Gilsey
House last night. He was sitting on
one OF the great lounges in the lobby,
perhaps waiting Tor smith to revive and
take another fall out OF the tiger"
Fitzgerald is well on in years, and, be-
specialized as he was, he looked more
like professor than a gambler. But
he is accustomed to the freaks OF for
tune. lie conducted the Washington
game, over Eugene Browns place at
Thirty.irst street and Sixth avenue, for
many years and won and lost many
thousands Of dollars there. While the
loss OF S., 400 will make quite hole in
his purse, 1t is not likely there will be
any Grape on the door bell Of the West
Twenty-eighth street paceas the result
OF Smiths streak of luck,
His partners are young "Phip DAILY
and a Baltimore gambler named oar
den. The latter had an interest last
summer in the play OF the Pennsylva.
mia Club at Long Branch, run by phil
DAILY,