The sun., 1902-11-10

CHICAGO AND UNITED STATES
CLtBS NAY RE CLOSED.
Even Richard trnfie'i Must Run Ills
Gam''i'nE House In q Much More
tn0btrusi>r Way Than BefOre-NO
POOlroOnis viii he Above ed to Run.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Nov. s.-.The story
printed in THE Sun this morning to the ef
fect that the kennedy -Walba UNI Burhridge
Farrell syndicate had given up the idea
Of opening a gambling house in Saratoga
next summer had a particular interest for
r'l Saratogans. The situation here regard
ing open gambling will be different next
summer from what it has ever been before
This will probably be news even To such a
popular Saratogan as Richard A. Garfield
IL Is pretty generally understood here that
some Of the best known Saratoga gambling
houses. those which have been doing bus-
ness here in summer for years, will not
be opened next season. In fact. il * doubt
ful If the proprietors Of these houses are ever
again permitted To do BUSINESS in Saratoga
And thereby hangs a tale which will in
terest every sporting man in the United
States and it will not be without interest to
several New York State politicians.
There was much printed last summer
about the wide-open gambling that was
permitted IN Saratoga IL II true that what
gambling there was war done with the
knowledge Of everybody in authority here
There we're fewer gambling houses open
last summer, however, than for several
years past. The gambling question here
IdN D''-li Nihtll bu' bl IhlllNl't Nv llIt DUFF
ness Mems Association, of which Cassius
Is. Thomas, large Wholesale and retail
coal dealer and a director of the Citizens
National Bank, /, the president. Two years
ago this association, which is made up OF
the leading business, men and fnancier-
of the town, decided that the number Of
gambling houses should hc Immediately re-
duced and that the reduced number should
he further reduced each year until finally
there should be few If any, gambling houses
in the town.
When william &. Whitney and his As
sociates acquired control of the Saratoga
Racing Associatio.!, Caleb W Mitchell
former president of the village, and Dan
stuart of Texas had poolroom opposite
the entrance to the track. Mr.. Whitney
ard his friends insisted that the poolroom
should be closed, and it was. Mitchell
retaliated by trying to close Canheld's $
place and the Saratoga summer of 1901
was made merry NY an almost nightly opera
boufe raid on the Saratoga club. These
raids became farce and Mitchell finally
committed suicide.
Last summer, Leo Meyer, "a wellknown
boc';maker, rropened the pooroom in
defiance Of the local authorltie- Jane,
Kennedy, one Of the prppriejor- of the
Chicago Club here and on" of the members
OF the Farrell syndicate which operates
the house in West 1hirty-third street
\ $ York, opened another poolroom. also
in detlanc" of the local authorities. in the
southwestern part of IN" village.
These fac's wer" brought to the atten-
tion of the Business Mems Associat on,
whose officers at once conferred with Sena-
tor Edgar T. Bracket and State Com
rnitteeman William ". Wordcn Senator
Brackett declared that both poolrooms
should be put out Of business even If such
course resulted IN closing every gambling
place in the town. Senator Brackett at
the conference said:
.(,ert lsmen II has oopa ont all Oyer tho
country that Saratoga has undertaken to
solve the problem of controlling a vice
and that We are succeeding fairly well.
The way to control 10 to control. II these
two places are permitted To run this sum
mpr, what's to prevent others from doing
business next year? There is only one way
TO handle this quest ion and that il To notify
these men that their places must close
and stay closed. or they must take the
,'unssQllences.
In some way or other the position taken
v senator Brackett got Ia the ears of Gov.
. iel ana tnose wno,n II migh, concern
heard that If there was repetition of any
such proceedings "a occurred here la the
summer of 1901, he would see to il that
every gambling house in Saratoga was
closed, even II he had to call out the
militia. Rightly or wrongly. the Gov
ernor's position VAS taken TO be that, II
the gambling business could run along
quietly during the summer he'd consider
il local question with which. on the theory v
nf local self government, he had no busi-
ness to interfere, unless especially called
upon 10 do So That was before the Guber-
Material campaign began.
Senator Brackett was not particularly
we'll pleased with the news that came up
from Albany. but his friends prevailed
upon. him to refrain from precipitating
a fight on the poolrooms for what they
caled the general good of the town
Neither tho Sauator howeypr nor tha
Business Mems Association has forgotten
the gauntlet which MAYER and Kennedy
threw down to them at the beginning of
last season. As result. the officers of the
association and senator Brackett have
held several conferences of late and now
the following statement NAV be made;
Under no possible circumstances will
anv poolrooms be allowed to operate In
Saratoga next summer and, unless the
situation materially changes. James Ken
nedy and his associates and Edward Croker
and his associates will not be permitted
70 open the Chicago Club and the United
States Club in Woodlawn avenue, of which
they are the respective proprietors. Tho
BUSINESS Mems Association take the ground
that Kennedy and his friends must under
stand that thev have been permitted TO do
business in Saratoga only by the grace
Of the powers that be, and now that they
have so far abused their privilege as 10
open poolroom In defiance of the authori-
ties, their days a. proprietary gamblers
In Saratoga are over.
This news will he interesting readin z
to the great army of professional sportin &
men all over the country. because the
Chicago Club, particularly, and the United
| States Club. to a certain extent, have been
the part ocular resorts of the profession al
SPORTS They werc a little out of their
element at Canfield's and II was more COM
Portable TO do their playing in Woodlawn
avenue The Sullivans. Big and Little
Tim, have played there for years and so
have many other wcll-known men in Tam
many Hall
But this is not all II has been decided
also, that the gambling houses wt.ch shall
bc permitted 10 do business shall be run
in a much more unohtrusive way than
before If Garfield wants TO DO business
ore, ne must 40 arrange his house that
I ose who pstronze hi, restaurant may
II look from the dining room into the
Iamng room Heretofore that has been
one of tho features of the Saratoga CluN
Ladies could sit In the restaurant and wat, II
their escorts AT roulette or faro All this
,lust bc done away with. What Is true
Of Canfeld's place is Also true of the Man
haitian Club, operated 10y Westcott, Jolly
4 Wc!sh. From the balcony attached
| to their restaurant a full view of the ganin x
| room may be obtained,
Further than that. il has been pr ctically
| decided that no gambling house shall N'
| as wide open A. il has been In tho past
| Heretofore, any ordinarily respectable look
| ing person, who Ciidn seem to be in the pay
/ n q Il