Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-16
SCRAPS"
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game to which the Savanna e 3 q.
devoted above all others II is negro
or country. 1t is al. alike Cps. c,
the country negroes gathoon sunta,
groups in the shade OF trees IN hi.
of the big house" and out Of SIN
long, or until the wages Why an d,
ceived on Saturday nigh, aSa They n
the cities they gather ON ~ gone
in the corners of WI ,ehonsNe "harss
favorable spot u of sight of " sy
n play for any amount thew = COZ
sess, from coppecs TO dollarss Hay ps
The Savannah bootblacks
boys, IKE those OF any other civ news
away then earnings, and may ganaa
is carried on m the lanes -. 4 saa
often becoming so interested :. Player
lose all thought of the pol,eonsuAal They
that worthy appears in their naa uAla
nabs a couple of the players W ~uusI an
play the game. too, but negr . egH
sizes and ages shoot" crans i a
only one other game which ec,a ineis b
in fascination for them. and th". eak
icy. and. as policy is more ,Iah,. y POI
interfcred with by the police : y q
all the advantage. N9ps na
There are destinations about ~,
peculiarly African. Ii is not wi,s sans
i~ntricacies: the ordinary .come u
come eleven" plan of the game : syss
enough, but there is a crowd aros s,nps
players, and there may be q ho,, w
interested in the game and . dor.a uOla
bets. How they manage 10 keen =, 8 zoe
OF h game is a mystery to the o,S,. W
observer, but they do so with may
accuracy. Fights over rap game
rare. As ~
The expressions common 10 ~.
are amusing. New dress f., AZ 49, Il
exclaims one. See my raj sr,2,.
night" exclaims another. 'sns nay
number two says one as the u,, sIs
number shows up. Il eight Won . ~
another. meaning that he bets that nv
Der will not turn up before the "lrcs,
seven And so IL goes.
The city council of New Orleans !,
just passed a law making the pans \
craps Illegal. II does rot matter ws,,'
is is played, whether in the streets |,
the club or at home, craps Is snsol,r,
singled out as the most deprayed Of gam
bling games, not TO be tolerated .rz
where. the game. according to a wri,s
ia Harper's, is of New Orleans origin
and over one huldred years old, Benau
de Marigny. who entertained Louis Phi
lipe when he ca ne 20 Loui sana. and WIN
stood seventy years & at the head 4
the creole colony OF the state as its mo,
wealthy and prominent citlzen-he va
entitled 20 call himself marquis in Fran,
was the inventor. 3r father, Of 'crapsl
and brought IT in high favor as the fash
ionable gambling Of the day. When q
laid off his plantation, Just below II
then city IF New Orleans-it IS now II
Third district, but was then the Fauboar
Marigny and divided il up into lots. /
named one OF ,he principal stree
Craps" and explained that he did
because he had lost .he money he y
ceived from the lots on that street In III
fayorite game Of his. IL Isnlined Graf
street until n Few years lgo, when a pr
test was raised against such a disre
utable name for a very quiet and respec
able street, especially given to churche
After Bernard Macigny's death craps
j gambling game lie scended in the s0ci
scale. and vas finally m~o1opolized mai
ly by negroes and street gamins.