The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-16
TO DISCUSS BOB-rAIL FLusHEs.
Convention for That and other
Purposes to he Held.

The sporting men are talking of hold
ing convention in Atlanta before the
exposition closes. The dates selected are
Dec. 20 p and p, the latter day being
Sunday, but as the proceedings for that
day, according TO the programme outlin--
ed are OF a very quiet nature. il is not be-
lieved that they will be interfered with.
Everybody else has had a chance" they
say, and why shouldn't we?'
Ihat certainly looks reasonable enough
when placed on the common ground
Ing. The boiler-makers, the con
ductors, the farmers, the lawyers
ana even the newspaper men have
had their conventions there along
with everybody else, and viewing IL I'm
the light that sporting as a profession is
a legitimate following there is no reason
why the members of the fraternity should
not meet and discuss the limitless possi-
bihties Of the poker hand or the number
or turns the roulette wheel makes before
II strikes the double o.
4 understand the governor has about
decided to call our convention" said a
Journeyman member of the frat the
other day. Every other imaginable class
has had a meeting there, and for the sake
Of completeness il has been decided to
give US a show down, even though there
is danger of our radng in the pot"
1t does my heart good to know that
in this AFFAIR the kitty will take back
seat, and it will be free for all You will
see all the fake poker yarns exploded,
and the ISLANDERS that have been stacked
UP on the good old game win scatter in
chips, before the expert handling OF scien-
tfic dealers.
II understand that the first days dis
cussiOn will be devoted to the question
of the value of a full hand when played
against the dealer and as a side issue
there will likely be taken up the matter
OF the value of a bOb-tail flush with a full
pot when 1t comes to the show down.
Those are questions which have agitated
many a scientific flirter of the paste
boards, especially when the last blue
check has been changed for reds and the
last red is in the pot
The second days discussion is to be
on more scientific lines, / am told. There
IS many an old sport who has puzzled his
brain over the value of a pat hand before
the draw, and 1t will likely take the entire
day to reach anything like q definite de-
termination of that question. OF course
the question as to its value after the draw
tenances of those who have an interest
in the pot.
THE third day will perhaps be the most
Interesting, and the most quiet of the
three. Like everybody else, all sporting
men have a theory and they all think their
theory'is the correct one. In order to de-
mOnStrate Which is correct, practical il
Illustrations will be had, every man playing
according to his own theory in a little
draw game of freeze out. Anything like a
true solution of this question may take
several days or a week, and even though
1t extends some time after the adjourn
ment of our convention. the public will be
given the benefit of the results We are
going to meet in the interests of science,
and we trust all scientists who are pro-
Vided for the emergency will give us the
encouragement that our efforts deserve"