The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
A POKER CAMPAIGN
~ on AN OCEAN LINER.
Exro ure of a Gard Cheat IN the
Smoking Room and Its
CONSEQUENCES.

= -ro by tho papers, SAID the hot sport
q Long Acre Square. "that one q them extra
conscientious gaZabo"S that considers il
sinful - .av on good money for gambling
,.r''. las jus, landed in New York after
q -.rcWhat strenuous passage across
ac irlacir in the smoking room Of one o.
,1a uoHal srevh"uui,.
u makes mo think q The trip that Jim
an { mo 60 orc summer. not long ago.
vic'. ,uinE- didn't seem 10 be going just
r.cn' .n little Old Now York 1t was one q
t}a'o wears thar vas neither Eat nor lean
.C." ddy we stacked It up that a "trip
rr,.-~ would he almost as cheap a. staving
bore. aud might offer som" chances on
49,, vtv SO We scraped up n fair wad
and divided even, III" undprstandiu' being
t|.ar v" Wa, % hC strangers TO each other.
~ ."7-' rill we -,rlck London.
tim vent as plain farmer He called
l--..' r,-am Walkcr from Cattaraugus.
and gl.c !. Cu' that ne was run down some
'r.r, '.u uu'h lard work, and, hayiu' a
.r'" money laid hy, hgosh. he was eoin'
o.'r 81, $40 how they run things On the
'r'Dta0 farms h" want lpukiu' for no
., ni.,f~ hut, hv gum. il any ono 'em
Wis .Trrni for sale where he was. he'd
10 game enough TO buy 'crn IL they was
roo L.id
you'd la' swore, 20 hear him talk,
'.a' he hadn't been OF pluuched ground
a',t" three times in twenty Years, and
~ game wa- T. talk all the time 10 every
body Dee could got at
u was Jus plain Mister When We was
DON ri turn a. the old London Theatre
ior Harry Miner We took them same parts
him a. the eu'l,ioss tCricu'ur!St loohin'
frr somebody that had firS' class counter
felt money for sale and me a. the gentle
manly Broadway statue that was within
to b. took in an used for a Cud by any COW
that come to town for forag"
~ coursH, we didn't dress the parts
ike We VI, a To on the stage. an our cue
wg- 10 fight shy Of each other on board
shin: but tn" old variety business was
tranln' enough, and We TeChuu.d on gettin'
opposite each other in some poker game
before Wa caught sight o. the chalk cliffs,
and the tgurin'wa- that therc'd hn Some-
thin dom 10y m" time We was ready to
cash in
W" hadn't neither Of Ills been further
ont % sight o land than Al Fos'or'd take us
On a fishing trip, an We hadn't made no
reckuuln' on NAL de mare: but say, you've
rad nightmare, haven't you? Well, that's
a sort of summer night = festival at Jones's
Woods along side o. scasickness.
The third day, though. got up with
clear head. an looked round for an openin :.
jim hadn't lost time, like HAD, an found
him studyin a game that was new to both
Of us
seems they had what they called auc-
tipu pools every day on The run o. the ship.
Everybody put in a sawbuCk an drawed
Number an then each man put up his
number a. IC,ion, and either bought
II in himself or took down the price of il
an got on % the game. leavin rake-off
fpr he pot, Then, when the figures was
posted At noon, the guy that had the inning
number -coopnd the pot
1T looked 10 mo like n sort o. superior
blend of roulette" and policy and the old
mutual pools they used 10 sell on the races
an I didn't size " up for game that was
worth gettin' So far from the Bowery 10
ge' into.
If I'd had proper dope-sheets 20 study,
an few days ON To learn the curves |
rerkoned | might ha' copped out cigarette
money from It; hut not understanding
eya"'lv who was pitching didn't feel
Ike taking the bat. 80 | took right field
vol 20 the rear. and -at down
/ put up my y, Just to keep in the push,
hut didn't bid on any other horse in the
race bus my own. That cost m" n dollar
aud a half extra. and he finished some
tim" after tie others had all got under
IN" wire.
jim did some better than mo. for ria
number was n hot favorito an he sold out
a. profit BEFORE the start. We could
zoe that the push looked on that sort Of
play A. ANYTHING else but sporty; but that
was Just what jim wanted.
He chuCltlcd an Dragged, an told every
body about how he knowcd enough, b'gosh.
10 win ont even, If he hadn't never seed
the game atore. and he nadn a. much
fuss over his three dolar-' VIM in as If
he'd broke the bank. so. after all, 1t was
q good enough play for "a starter.
After the auction the crowd scattered,
hut there was aunt" number of EN- set
tied down to whist. | sat and looked on
Tor a time, whist being too slow for my
card, AZ dollar corner which they was
plaviH', blt toward eyenin' one q the guys
that was in got tired and was invited in.
So it struck me that ! might do we'll to
take A hand aud tumble il bad enough to
get somebody else tired. Then. maybe,
there might be some poker propositions.
We'll, il worked all right. BY tho time
tho first rubber was settled there was two
PLAYERS in the game who was pretty near
ready 10 take up n cor'rihu ion for my
partners benefit and tLa man that took
my dollar seemed to feel like he was
stealth
Il didn't make no outrageous breaks,
Uu' L ItNtl dDpll as wen ~ a N'IlIl''-
mara Mick sings a Dutch yodel. They
couldn't very we'll ask me TO get out, hav-
Ing invited mo IN. 80 1t was up to some
body To propose some other game, and
there was Young Engli6hman named
Carruthers that did il
] don I seem To care much about whist
h" said. when the PLAYERS are not we'll
acquainted with ono anothcrs style Of
play There are too many variations in
tn" different schools TO make the game
really harmonious
he Said II politely enough, but we all
knew what he meant, and il was up TO mo
10 max" my acknowledgment, which ! did,
as polite az ne was.
m no great card player, gentlemen,
~avs, A. you've all seen for yourselves.
hU' play about the game that | was taught
when ! was a hoy 'Vaint exactly fair.
suppose. for mo 10 be in this game, but
Seeing IFS only small game, lust for amrlse-
mcu', reckon there's no great harm done.
l"r'ap~, = We are going to play whist the
fa'rr~i way would he to cut for partners
al each rubber
"N"li, that suited just about as well as
know l. wouldn't
'Lc''- play something else, saws Car
rL'n"r~ You all know poker, don't you|