The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-19
|TH|S PO0L-R00M
| HAS A " PULL"
Reported to Mayor Gilroy and
the Police Board, but
Still Open.
Nm THE Vanderbilt HOTEL.
Police Inactive, Although News
Of It's Existence Was Printed
Yesterday.
MANY OTHERS IN OPERATION.
n the Police Claim There 10 Not
One Such Place in the City
of New York.
hANy OTHERS IN OPERATION.


pmblers and men about town that
bol-rooms Of greater or lesser magni-
lde in this city. This estimate does
BIT include a swarm of petty gamblers
Tho are making hand-books In saloons
J nd hotel corridors.
: Vet the police calmly announce that
Z here is not a pool-room open in any of
be precincts. This appears to be true
I far as their Official knowledge goes,
5 no action is taken to secure evidence
gainst the places now existing. In
bet, as In the case of THE" Aliens
lace. exposed by THE Evening world'
ewo days ago. the outposts and police
men seem to be on the best of terms.
Another case Of a pool-room. run boldly
and openly, although not on so extensive
scale as the Allen establishment. was
visited yesterday by an Evening World"
reporter, who found no difficulty In OBJ
tanning entrance and placing a bet.
Every indication of bookmaking was
present, although the business was car
ried on without unnecessary parapher-
MALTA.
This pool-room Is located in one of the
most conspicuous buildings in the East
Fifty-third street precinct, commanded
by Capt. Thomas Reilly. Moreover 1t was
the subject of a complaint made to
Mayor Giroy several days ago. The let
ter, calling attention to the place, was
written by a man who claimed that after
he had won a bet taken by the pro-
prietors, they refused either to pay the
losu or to return the stake money. Ac-
cording to the statement. 1t was a bold
and deliberate case Of "welching." The
bet was made at long odds and the
book stood to lose.
The letter was referred to the Police
Commissioners. and was yesterday turned
after it had been read to the Board. Ii
further stated that the applicant for the
money he had won, was told that 1.-The
police were all fixed"
The allegations contained in this letter
were published In The Evening World
Close up the place. for it was sunnins
Yesterday afternoon as though such a
thing as police interference was never
the ss nGse
WAS no fear of raid and no increase OF
precautions in anticipation that the To-
Ice might suddenly become aware that a
bedroom was being maintained.
With no pretense at concealment, the
pool-room is conducted in the back
room, next to the bal. of the Wander,
bilt Hotel. on the northeast corner OF
Lexington avenue and Forty second
street Enough was seen Yesterday b,
an Evening World reporter to prove
Brighton Beach, odds being posted pre-
yious to the running. as well as other
information. as to mounts. scratches
The barroom of the Vanderbilt Hote
has been rendered famous by many ex
ploits Of John L. Sullivan. who is Away.
"atA
in this city. In honor of the distin
guished patron OF the house, there is or
the south wall a full-length pastel por
@ Of the Ssb pe G.fe aks1 Pads s
Ryan. Directly under this Is the ticker
that furnishes the information for use o
the pool-room.
At the rear Of the Forty-second stree
side Ia an archway, with handsome cur
tains fully drawn back, giving entranc
to the back room, an apartment abou
eighteen feet deep and the fnil With 18th, o o
Wv '-doors lead to the dining-room. still
poll ther back, and half-doors swing int
d. hallway Of the hotel which leads 7
gs are artistic. dark in tone, and
rro tdued light comes through the screene
heindow at the side.
~ On the, floor are but two or thre
~ irirs, the room being given up er
men.ly to the bookmakers. long GA
" pie. with green top. runs along 4
~AEndow, furnishing the only seat In tf
y place for bettors while waiting for
race to be run; On the wall at the le
1 mahogany table. Opposite, against II
1 ,dining-room partition, is another tabl
A Of similar make.
il Upon .he first table is percentage
card, on which the scratches al
recorded and jockeys names filled In
a short, thick-set man, whose face r.
AZ calls tout once familiar at Gutter
\ burg. Pinned to the bottom of Il
II clock case Is slip cut from the pc
centags card, containing but one RAJ
and 1928 odds which the book Is pr
pared to offer.
Not word is spoken above an unde
tone. Visitors who are inclined to b
10 are referred by the man at the mr.
a table to the opposite side Of the, roor
Here sits bald, gray-mustached ma
sIie takes the bet. while short. blac