The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-02
GAMBLING ATBOWERY BAY
LLL THE sURE-THING GAMES RUN
BMOOTHLY ON SUNDAY.

4 gswtswn Police Construction or the Law
ana the Police Do Not Interrere-NeEro
Targets for BasebnIis go Out on n strike.
"spme laws is made for some people and some
for other people. Others Is made for few. and
stu others for the many. We take 1t TO be our
duty to enforce such laws as are turned over to
us and TO leave the rest to others. Such laws AZ
lack complainants to make them properly
capable Of being regularly enforced we are
obliged to pass over for other laws"
This IL the lucid and diplomatic answer Of
Capt Corrigan OF tho Bowery Bay police to the
question:
captain, what is your opinion of the RaincS
laIf'
Under these circumstances 1t is easy to under
stand why the sandwich 10 not a part of tho
Sunday decorations OF the beer halls of North
Beach. 30 liquid Joy at least was unconined
yesterday. With ono most unpleasant exception
tho amusements Of the crowd and the crowds
way Of psrtaking Of those amusements were
harmless and mlrth provoking. The excop-
ton was the perniciously active presence Of
nix or eight gentlemen with smooth tongues
and dcft fingers who invited tho visitors to par
ftoipate In games Of the -you.lose, or
you-lose-and-I.win u sort These folks had In
= operation In ono place q common or country fair
nweat board, two slot machines at fifty cents
and one dollar o drop. with Jackpot attach
Hsnts, and q ball and conc outfit. The man
In charge Of this last game was an open
faced fellow with o crumpled SLOUGH hat and
egood-naturod voice. He was assisted by an
indefatigable army Of accomplices, headed by
one "Beadles," fraternslly 90 called. The 40
ctppltces herdod around tho board with eyes
ehttering with oarofully-preparod excitement,
as,they won their employers money. They
rNHNff1vklN hint Internationally paaned IL hack tn
"Readlee." who promptly returned 4, likewise
oPsp:iaOcd man who ran tho game ,.,-.
than most Of those In use near the beach, and
The Boss" takes a wooden cone three inches
tho middle Of the table. He then announces that
any gentleman who will 30 swing the ball across
;s soSe sS VIII sHG'i 81 n for eS'e eTerg 10 S cents hs2 he places IsS on
Il DOESN'T cost you anything 70 tEy;" " was 81 h.
'Yreotise Sl you IKE. Or put up a half and III
me tciks Who tried it for fun were almost uni.
fprmly successful So were tho caIppers. But
. .sYou could do it" the boss would cry, III you
S g I, S oost. f ms 81 So ioso 1S yon1 n aSsP s sSafi it n costs
Sou q halt. Step up ,youns man. and try It, for
run or money, as you ike.
man, with ciean.cut features, sandy hair. and q
contagious air of suppressed excitement He
wore . blue string tie, dotted with white, and a
light brown suit. When ho opened his coat no
di.elossd . pair Of green s9spsnders; His pat.
that accumulated on them as he trotted from
per" for all four. At each place, before
he laid. down his money, his eye sought the
Wade q slight motion OF recognition. The peou-
fiartty OF this young mans Gaping" was that
he always won and never cashed in to Boadles
or any ono else. Late In the evening, as his activ-
tty continued undiminished, tho folks who ran
The games seemed to grow impatient and angry:
still continued to place his money. though Boa
dlee told him moro than once there was =" no use
making q hog Of himself just because no had
mot q few liberal people,"
Tho Bowery Bay police do not interfere with
gamblers. Ono OF them was ask cd why.
"The suckers they catch" no said senten-
tiously. had better lose their money that way
than to get into verse trouble with it"
e sSs s sDSTA{ Ss.o En- fm @sS%esny'tt r eSnssn to
The police arc not hired by tho company
but ~ tho town Of Newtown. There 10
osrroussis. beer halls. and rho ranges whIoS;
arc o. the company's ground and those which
are not There 10 no difference in the quality Of
the shows; Tho only way In which a stranger
can and the boundary Of Tho company's prop
ersy T. By Observing tho limits Of police activity:
offered their heads as targets for basepalls
hurled BY the visitors were doing q small busi-
poss yesterday. The proprietors had subett-
tueed wooden heads for the human targets The
their popularity Of that Sunday. Most Of them
had been dispensed with.