The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-25

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Ike articles tepr.ssptins mercy. the rlay.ts
varying ODDS Present., The d..isr srIs.:
,hoa. Cool fortune ty,, 70 the Virtuou' and s'l to
Then lifting the bowl he deity inpsies the
peiI.hsd WOOD. 0 II the num- Der o. coins under
the bowl Is any multiple OF four. side number
four wp tva . one c9D s and STs 81 s sde
withdrawing the simplicity OF the game the
chinese arr, psssi0nately fond o. i; During
niskt or day. W The police rsidei It OF the
players I had to be carried to the station. helns
unable to walk. one had sat at the table
without leaving their chairs. tea, cakes. aud
wine being brought 70 them by servants
the gambling house. during the week. sleep.
ing on couches in the rlace for . few hours at
time and then returning 70 the table The
greater percentage In favor OF the bank tn en-
even roulette or faro.
All Of the. games ern- - hitherto re-
duire special arrAnger,' paying. Shoot
ing crap 10 u sport u. a. an. body can engage
in anywhere. except in tue Iark and with DO
further ou, nj than a. pair of dice, which may
be purchased for few cents. Tbs game Is
So dee from his on the f.t Ss
aum OF tho uppermost sides comes to or l l
he wins the pot and throws again. III comes
throws until he either duplicate that number
and beSns ossr eh 1fhe throws SA seven before
duplicating he loses. and the dice pass on to
shoot in a game. and YOU may frequently see
q circle OF seven or eight newsboys gathered
But TO see crap played at its best. you must
go to Minetta lane or some other place where
negroes. who are inveteIate crap shooters:
have names for the different conrbin atlons.
much as in, policy which Is also favorIte
eleven Is Elisa Butler. two or three is bad
to be be- avoided. 4 game. OF crap, played BY
You shoot S mex: Nick ,FfOw 'em out good
mes. o craps; comes ONE Llzs Bq,le5t dl'waJ bad
Just after thspwing out the dice, and darky
would q playing in game with a eross-eyed
man. Nick throw. and turns up four aud
'EH coms nov nc good SIX Coms.s four.stwo.
three. Some,a gooa sN. rway oad craps
Meant while the rest are adju-ing the dice to
turn up q seven and make loss for the
shooter.
,"Coms.a seven" they plead, Comes blue
luck. Turn-a lve-a-two. Make-a four-a-
three. Come-a crap. Crss-cross on Nck's
luck. Hoodoo with a rabbits foot back-end-
to. Come-a seven crap"
1t may happen. sure enough that the dice
presently show a five and two. and then the
next player taxes a chance at the shooting.
Probably he tries O mascot formula, OF which
there are many.
"Come.a mess o. craps. Come-a Liza Butler.
Crack! Come-a good crap Comc.a six-a-one.
Gway low craps. Criss-cross i've bones.
North wind an crapsl Crackr
Up comes Eliza Butler. the shooter takes the
stak az. and the game proceeds merrily. Cen
orally 1t is Tor SIN all stakes but In some p aces
notably at Guttenbure there Is heavy lie"
70 each eorner" rteen-year-old Jockey
there lost $500 In game, lasting an hour last
year. That was craps for $50 corner, aud
the players were found out and punished.
In general 1t may be said that there is but
one game that has any ella m to he called uni
versal In the city. ana that is the game where
three Of q kind beats two rair. and a stiff blum
frequently beats everything out. In the French
quarter. among the negroes. In Chinatown. on
the Bend. In the Hungarian cafes. and even In
the German places. except those where skat
or plnochle claim all the attention. the man
who wants to risk his money on the Am erican
game can find plenty Of opportunity to open
up Jack pots for other men to rake down.