The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-02
sWtyDLED Ar rnE roorBALL GAME.
Everybody WHO B.t with the Thin Youth
mud Let the Fat Youth Hold the STAKES.

Everybody WHO ut with the Thin Youth
mud Let tie Fat Youth Hold the Stase-.
There were two young men who paid their
expenses at the football game on ThanksGiv-
ing Day and something over by means Of n
scheme more ingenious than honest Who
they were and where they came from Is not
known. hut there are n number Of 10th Yale
and Princeton men who would like to know
where they nave gone
one OF them was thin and blond. and wore
big chrysanthomum and a knot Of Princeton
ribbon. The other was fat and rather dark.
and he sported the blue OF Yale. Both were
tall and we'll dressed. They began operations
in front OF stand G at the western ond OF the
ground. where there was a big crowd Tho
betting before the game was all In Nale's favor.
and IL was on this principle that the pair.
who pretended to be strangers to each other.
worked. They approached n crowd OF lnlo
men. and the thin youth, with Irinrotun colors,
speaking to no one in particular, began
The \ ale mon talk about their sure thing
in this game. but don't SEQ very much money
in their t1lk. They're not putting up much
lie Kept this up until presently ono ~ the
Yale men turned around and asked him II he
would hct iio II9.,nlied that II thG Yale man man
Princeton would score twelve points or hettcr
This was srecdily .ngtord TO-,
porter Of Princeton. Then turning around lie
caught sight apparently lutte 10y chance. ot
THE lat young man VINO was SlNnulNE near.
There's ono Of your Yale men. suppose We
leave the money in his hands" Then turning
to his accomplish, he said politely:
Would you be- kind enough to hold tho
stakes in bet between this gentleman and
ME-
There are several bets In my possession al
ready" said tho one addressed. Cant you
find some one elsei'
oh, well put tho bet down on paper. so that
II won't be any trouble to you" replied the
first speaker. and on this condition the fat
youth agreed. with seeming reluctance. to hold
the stakes, this being agreeable to the ale
bettor. After the game. when the ale man
came around to get his money. he couldn't Hnd
the stakeholder. and he hasn't found him vet.
Several similar bets were made by the thin
youth in the crowd near stand c. Then the
pair forced heir way to the other end OF the
held by this time tho first half was nearly
over. and Princeton had scored: SO tho betting
had turned In Princeton's favor.
Consequently the pair exchanged colors. and
the thin youth went around Offering to bet on
Yale. the money being laced in his partners
$50. using the stake money OF former bets
which his partner had handed over to him for
his stake.
Two men who were in the Princeton pool
and who couldn't find the stakeholder after
the game. met Yale crowd ut the Hoffman
House yesterday, and the conversation turn
ing on the betting. they compared notes and
concluded that they had been swinGled by the
same couple There ia no way OF telling how
much the pair got. but a J ale man said yester-
day that he personally knew Of $500 which
had been placed in the hands OF q fat youth
stake money 10 match that OF thin youth.