Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-11
TOOK IN a YALE PROFESSOR.


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! god story is going the rounds Of -
dfy with Relation 10 . certain well known
Yale professor He il young man, and
the title Of professor has rested upon him
but few years. but bis name b withheld
for obvious reasons
On returning from Chicago recently. q
goes the story. he was approached On tia
train By fre appearing man. who asked
him II he would bot I'LL up hand Of whist
- It needed Just one more TO complete thu
tsbleL The Yale professor complied and waa
soon sitting with three nicely dressed an6
apparently thorough gentlemen The carda
were dealt around. when 1t was discovered
that there was one card less than the usuA
number. and in this sxigeney IL was sug
gested that as whist could not be piayet
they had better resort to euchre This wan
satisfactory, aud the game commenced.
Il had proceeded but short time whef
one Of the gentlemen, after looking II bib
hand, remarked that he wished he wa
playing poker. as he had hand that b.
would like to BIT on So, Just for the fur
Of the thing. the first speaker suggested
that they drop euchre for minute and
play poker with the hands they held This
was aeceded TO. and small amount o.
money was bet, which finally went into thu
Grss speakers hand. Euehre was resumed
ard ii had progressed but short time be
fore the third stranger. who had not en-
tered into the iTst deal, said be had hand
which he would like TO bet on, and as thu
gentleman who had made the first sagges
ton was agreeable the game was agair
stopped ard they bet money on their hands
After this eueLre was resumed, when, Il
the professors surprise. he foaud as he
picked up one hand that he held three aces
and a pair. or in poker parlanee. full
house. He langhingiy remarked that ht
had got hand which he would be willing
TO wager Little money on His partnei
said he had II good hand also, and if tn.
professor desired the game would b.
stopped, and they would play the game Out
on poker lines. This was agreeable to the
professor, and the Two fell to betting. The
bets were small but it was only a few min
utes when the amount wagered was about
s12, Of which half Was the money of the
professor. At this point the professor
called and wa, astouished 20 see his part
per, against whom lie had played. lay do@I
four seven spots. OF eourse he lost, bui
without saying II word the euchre CANT
was resumed.
After several more hands had been pl y ed
the professor picked up a hand 10 find THAI
he held four aces. This time lie said roth
ing about playing it IA poker hand. and the
gone of euchre was uninterrupted. a lit
tie later and ft.3r ~ spots also came into
his hand, bat thi- did not tempt him TO try
his luck with il ut poker and it was played
out rs eucAre
Very soon Ul(tr this his com raniOns be
came sudeludly tired OF the game, aud by
mutual consent tie four quit playing, thu
Yale professor returning to his own seat
As he began to think over the incidents oi
the previous half hour. IL suddenly dawned
on him all at once that he came near being
taken in As lamb by three sharpers. As
he remembered il then the men did not
cut the cards aud there dawned upon hi.
mind other little discrepancies with regard
to card playing which had not attracted
his attention at that time, and he came tc
the conclusion very quickly that the hand
which he had bet OH had been put up
against him, and, furthermore, that The
four aces and four tens which came into
his hands subsequently was not mere co
incidence, but deliberate attempt to draw
him into losing his money. 1t was no,
through any suspicion at the time that ht
did not play these hands in poker. bu,
simply because he was disinclined TO break
up the euchre game i'll that manner.
Since the story has got nosed about, the
professor has received considerable chat
at the hands Of his friends, and he is now
trying to ascertain how it got out. He il
satisfied. however, that he got out Of it SC
sAsily.-New Haven Register