The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-08
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How a New Orleans Gambler Lost
$500 on a Referred Bet.

$500 on a Referred Bet.
/ In a casual conversation with well.
known sporting man a Morning News re.
porter got some pointers yesterday or
interesting decisions on nice points in
games OF cards which may be OF interest
to card players.
The discussion came up on a decision
recently published in the New York World
The question on which the World was ap-
pealed to was this: Two men were play
| ing game of seven-up upon which there
was a considerable sum of money at stake
The dealer had six points to his credit and
the other party five. The latter received
an ace which was the only trump in either
hand. The party receiving the ace
claimed that 1t put him out of the game
as the ace being the only trump card cut
counted two points, high and low and gave
him seven points. he already having five.
The dealer contended that the ace could
only count one point and the question was
appealed to the World. The Worlds
sporting man decided that the ace could
only count one point"
The Savannah sporting man whose at
tention was called to the case differed with
the World, and held that the ace counted
two points. high and low Any trump
card he said. being the only trump out,
would count both high and low, even the
deuce. Had It been the jack which was
dealt, IL would have counted three points,
he said, high, low, jack.
This brought on discussion as to other
interesting points in card games, es-
pecially seven-up. The sporting man re-
called a celebrated case which occurred in
New Orleans several years ago in which a
noted sport was whip-sawed. as they term
II in sporting parlance. Two men were
playing a game of seven-up. Each had six
points. The dealer turned a jack, and
dealt his opponent an ace of the same suit.
Each claimed the game. The dealer held
that having turned the jack, which was
the first card shown and made the trump,
he had made his point first, and was enti-
tied to count out. The man who received
the ace, claimed that IL being a higher
card than the jack took precedence of IL.
and he was entitled to the point needed to
complete the seven.
Two sporting men whose attention was
called to the matter made a bet of $500
a side and referred the question to Wilkes,
the sporting authority of the Spirit OF the
Times, the great sporting paper OF New
Orleans, for settlement. Wilkes decided
that the ace took precedence, and the
man who bet on the jack lost his $780,
Being professional gambler, he conclud-
ed that there was still way for him to
get ahead on the game and going to
Galveston he raised a discussion on the
point there and succeeded in getting a
bet for s., 900 a side there. this time betting
on the ace. The matter was again referred
to Wilkes for his decision. The New Or
leans man naturally felt that he had a
dead sure thing of 1t and that he was
coming out $500 ahead on the whole bust
ness. What was his surprise when wilkes
announced that the jack took precedence
and he found himself again a loser for
$780,
Since that time" said the Savannah
sporting man, the professionals no longer
refer their fine points to the newspapers
for decision. They remember Johnsons
experience, for that was the name of the
New Orleans man. When they have a
fine point to decide they take it to an ex-
perienced gambler and abide by his decis-
ion" Johnson, he said, felt that he had
been whipsawed. but he had no redress.
There is another interesting case that
came under my eye few years since"
continued the sporting man. Two men
were playing a game of seven-up in Au-
gusta Each man had six points. One
revoked, or renigged, as it is commonly
called. Now all points in games Of cards
are decided according to Hoyie, as he is
really the author and founder of all our
modern card games. Hoyle's decisions are
accepted without question among profess
SIGNALS, and it is only points which have
arisen since Hoyle's time that call for
fine decisions. According to Hoyle, the
man who revokes in seyen-up loses the
point of game. Now it happened that
there was no point of game because there
n int in affhay- hand The O.
ton was whether the man
who revoked could be made to
nav a penalty or set back
a point l made bet with well known
Augusta gambler and we referred the mat
ter to Cotton of New York, the recognized
authority among the gamblers of America.
/ held that while there was no point OF
game in either hand, Hoyle's intention
was that the man who violated a rule at
cards by revoking. should suffer penalty
and that while Hoyle's rule on the ques-
ton had been generally accepted to mean
only the point of game in the immediate
hand that the rule had been originally in
tended to cover all points made on that
game. Cotton declined TO make any de-
cision, as he said he had taken an oath to
decide no more points at cards where
money was at stake, Barron of Augusta,
another celebrated gambler also declined
to make any decision for the same rea-
son. The money was accordingly WITH
drawn. Cotton afterwards informed me
that he agreed with me in my opinion that
Hoyle's intention was to impose penalty
upon the man who revoked, whether
there was any game in the hand or not"
'The rules of cards." continued the
gambler, ARE the most just and equi-
table in the world. and this is because
all points at cards are decided according
to justice and equity. No gambler ever
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is against him In law it is different. The
results in law are largely dependent upon
technicalities and not upon the merits Of
the case. It is upon technicalities that
lawyers thrive. To quote an eminent
Scotch jurist law is hocus pocus science
that smiles in your face and picks your
pocket behind your back"
In the Court of Ordinary.
In the court Of ordinary yesterday let