The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-09
TENTS USED BY GAMBLERS.
PooIroOm~ Established Under Can
vas in the Vicinity of New York.

PoOIroOmS Established Under Can
vas in the Vicinity of New York
NEW YORK. July 9-WhiIe the raids
| recently made by Assistant District At
| tCruey. Schurmau on two pooIrooms Caus-
| ed hestv closing of the majority Of pool
| rooms in the district below City Hall 9th
| er gambIiuC-house keepers are putting ON
/ "a bold front and are opening up their for
/ nler places Of business in the same old
! style. and with the assistance Of the same
/ old workers The activity Of the pool
room gamblers Is due to the quieSCenCc OF
| the Committee Of Fifteen.
( In this borough and the Bronx the pool
room kings are not yet looking for the
/ patronage Of strangers, but IN thu Bor-
/ 0ugh of Queens what may be called out
/ door meetings of gamblers and their
! friends are being held in the Ravensvood
/ district. These outdoor meetings are con
[ Quoted under tents, and no effort TO ayoia
/ police detection Is made Betting on the
races at Brighton Beach ana the Western
/ tracks is carried on openly and freely
/ and every Thing possible has been done by
! the bookmakcrs there % make visitors as
/ comfortable as possible one Of the tents
! is near 4 large beer saloon. and walters
/ connected with the saloon serve drinks
under the tents The results of the races
| are received by telegraph ard the gath
| eringS Of bettorS under the tents are in
formed OF the results as soon as they are
| recorded by the telegraph operator by
several men. who below through mega
! phones the names of the winners and the
| placed horses
| OId-time bettors, especially those who
are known as pooIroom frequenters. take
much delight in hearing telegraph de-
/ scrptioHs Of races The bookmakers do
/ ing business under the tents have not for
gotten this fact. and the men with the
megaphones tell the patrons every word
F.. about the races that Is received by the
! operators over the wires
If there was only an improvised grand
stand built near the tents and d few sign
boards with pictures OF horses painted on
them, said man who WIS invited to
visit the tents 20 a reporter yesterday,
1 the patrons of the tents. I am told,
! might easily be led TO believe that the
days when running races were held at the
/ Parkway Driving Club had returned
! The hackers Of the tents IN Ravenswood
employ runners Among gambling men
! runners are persons who are expected
to keep their employers in constant touch
with the odds on races in nearby rooms,
! how business Is being conducted in those
rooms, TO sound an alarm when detectives
/ appear, and to get bettors to frequent the
Inaces run by their employers. The Raw
/ enswood runners are men OF pleasing
manners and know how to drum up busi-
/ ness. they search for patrons on the
/ Long Island ferryboats and in many other
places within the city limits. Their meth
DDS OF talking business for their employ
ers are interesting.
4 runner for one OF the tents in Ra-
ne nod
/ noon in the mems cabin on a ferryboat
/ bound for Long Island City An elderly
. man VINO was studying racing chart
/ sat next 10 him
May I borrow your chart for a min
ute2' said the runner to the elderly mn.
i want TO see how Lightning Quick ran
in the handicap race at the Pickville
track yesterday I understand he Is out
again today. and that ne VIII win at
good odds. My Information comes from
the stable Does he handicap well? What
do you think Of his chaHccs2
/ The eIderly man remarked IS he gave
/ the chart to the runner that he thought
the horse was "a good performer and
was a good betting proposition lie then
! asked the runner where he could place a
bet. oh, there are many places run
ming where ( am going now And the
reason that l travel so far to bet Is the
fact that the rooms q short distance
from Long Island City mark up tempt
ing odds odds that are better than those
offered at the tracks You may come
with me- If you care TO- and shall intro
duce you at the place that play"
The elderly man accepted the invita-
/ ton.
Within two blocks Of police headquar-
tiers IN this borough q large PooIToom is
in operation. There was a report heard
last night that one OF the big gambling
houses in Fourteenth Street. Oh which a
raid was made some months ago by jus
tice Jerome, was being fitted I'D again,
and would probably resume business in
a week. The room in question was the
! one IN which Justice Jerome found q
check for $500 drawn 10 Frank Farrell 9
order and signed by 4 man named Ma
/ her, who was repUted TO be the proprie-
I tor of the place