Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-03
sA0LETS.


Mayor liar rlson at his word. The May.
or went on record that lar would MT
stop pool selling where Nackbodrds
were not used upon which Ia pos, the
odds offered Oh the various races. The
p0Ol room men. instead OF using black
hazards, have adopted large pieces of
white cardboard which are hung on the
walls of the pool ROOMS and upon which
the odds are displayed The bets are
taken through n cashiers window. ana
thu places ARE running wide open, NJ If
without fear Of police interference. The
regular pool rooms, which Mayor IIar.
risen says hc will not permit t@ run.
have Income ~ numerous that the old
hand hook" places have been p,sicti.
cnllN driven out of the city.
The advantage tO''die gamblers az tho
pool room over the hand hook Il mani.
fest In thu patronage each receives. Tho
former II connected ~ direct wire with
the race tracks. and the odds posted
nre ~ good or better than ut the track,
while ttic now Lonesome hand book
mnkcr gets his odds over u ticker ass,l
then r"luces them tO.slit himself. r'5r
this reason the pool rooms have acq,,!r-
ell nll the patronage and the former aJn.
tocrat!o proprietor Ok the hand bon,s it
hard Up.
The advantage of dc cards over tiis
blncklsMr,ls IL explained by one OF rlie
"tOuts' who hangs around the peci
room Nv 0S Randolph street. Ilo ,Hli.l:
"fOu ss'. IL do oops comes dc boys eau
grab 'le' cards from dc walls and rear
dem NJ before dey ann beat hotc,.p,
up dosNa' stairs, Daa when dey gets up
In dc Joints dey ala't nOthin' letr 80
trow Gs guys la for."
Pool rooms wlii,h were In opera ,acn
ut the following places yesterday have
been rnnning t0r several weeks:
At - Randolph street; second nssjr.
AT " Plymouth place; In an ale xed
plumbing shop.
At t2i Clark street; on second thor.
opposite II Justice court.
NJ ft0 Ctsris street; SECOND tio0y. over
Harry Pcrry's tape game.
AT f2f Clark street: In the rear Of
Arthur Wehb's ticket office.
/. At l8A Clark street; over the blouse
ef DAVID saloon.
At TO Madison street; over Powers
Il O'Brien's saloon.
, At ~ Madison street; over Hannal,
Il HOgg's saloon.
> 1?S Dearborn street: top fl,Or In an
alleged grnin-dealer's office.
Although "lOOkOuts" ara Kept at the
entrance to all these places no difficulty
Il encountered In gaining admission ia
, them. Since Mayor Harrison declared
| himself rs not against the operation OF
hand books the usual precautions arr
|, omitted, ana admission IL refused to NJ
> one who has the appearance of posses
sing u few dollars.
The pool room ut 0S Randolph street
{ was operated Mt different times during
) the Swift administration, hut was
+ rnldcd several times ana eventually
. forced I'd close. a few days after
Mayor Harrison took his seat the place
0 was reopened, and has been in con
Y slant operation since. The pOOl.rOonl
= ut II Plymouth place Is said to be
;. owned ana operated by "IIinky Dlnk''
( Kenna, Alderman of the First Ward
i Signs on the window of the place read
h "Plumbing-Shop; Steam and Hot.
Water Heating" The entrance to the
n place Is unlocked ana Just inside the
@ door hallway leads to the rear, where
j. the regulation poOl-rOOm Is encOun,
i tered, In answer to question as Ia
G who owned the place an employee said
i mike Kenna Is the whole thing here
$ but he doesn't want his name used AZ
the owner, so couple of guys working
j. Tor him say they are the BOSSES"
i NJ. G, Mcdonald denies that he has
= any connection with the pOOl-rOOm nj
!, n Madison street, over Hannah 4
Y liogg's saloon. Mr.. Mcdonald says III
$ has severed his connection with all en-
terprlses of such character.
. At tla last meeting of the Drainage
. Board, Ia the list OF weekly bills al
, lowed We're three vouchers aggre.at
ing $3i2.4G In favor of l.. u. Cooley
! for legislative expenses at Springfield
Mr.. Cooley was hired by the board t.
| go to the Legislature rs n lobbyist IL