Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-12
THE EASTERN GAMBLER,
He 10 Well Sized Up BY an Old Neva1a
Sporting Man.

r Sporting Man.
| Yesterday an old Nevada sporting
man was in Carson and gave the Ap-
peal an interview on how Reno gamb-
ling saloons came to be closed at mid
night. He did some plain talking and
it is worth printing:
; Yes, Reno is no longer a wide open
town and the police have closed the
saloons and gaming places at midnight.
Vel, l don't blame 'em for putting
the cinch on the places that have been
running there Of late The business, IL
gambling and saloon keeping had been
conducted with some regard for decen-
cy up to the time that a stable of cas-
tern sports drifted in there and began
running the games on the Colorado
plan.
Pm an old sport, but say it open
| ly that l blushed for my profession
when saw the class of men who mada
Reno wide open town. There is a
wide difference between the old time
California and Nevada sporting man
and the class of men who brought
such disgrace to Reno and gave the
entire town a set back. You never
heard of a time in all your life when
a Pacific Coast sport didn't have the
proper respect for woman. His cree
nf Qtinnaffo fhof fhin0 fhof
wore peticOats was entitled to be
treated IS lady as long as she act
ed like one.
Il recollect once in San Francisco, I
was in the rear room of a saloon fire.
|quented by the fancy. Some men in an
adjoining room were treating some
women of the lower class One of them
a big lout from the east. took advan-
tage of the womens position to use
coarse and uncalled for language and
he was at once called down and forced
to apologize. The women thanked the
man who forced the apology and re-
marked you must be Nevada man
for Nevada men are courteous to wo-
men Of all classes, even our kind We'll
when l overheard this, was proud Of
Nevada
These eastern gamblers who came
to Reno were bad lot. They had no
idea of decency Or the respect due
women of any class. No lady could
pass their place of business without
causing filthy remarks about her. Not
even school children in short clothes
could pass down the street with out
these wretched specimens of huma l.
ity indulging in their dirty comments.
Now, who ever heard of q Nevada
sport who would pass remark about
a woman, much less a school girl. But
they went beyond this. Some of the Sc
fellows who were little more than mac
quereaux were paying attentions TO
respectable girls in Reno. They carried
sorrow into many happy homes, then
went about the saloons and brothels
Dragging of their conquests tell you,
II Is high JlUlo 10 Call a udll WIFI Luc. |
class 1t was time that the Vigilance
Committee and the tar bucket brigade
got out and did some work l don t
blame a single Reno official for en-
forcing the law and pulling t,
rein on these proceedings. don't think
it fair to the old Nevada sporting fra
ternity to have their names mixed
Up with the class who carried things
with such a high hand and caused the
authorities to close down the gam
ing resorts at midnight. don't want
to include all these Eastern sports in
this category. There were some very
straight men who came to Reno and
} invested capital. but their camp toll
lowers were the riff raft and the YER
min. A good many of them have skip
ped out and it is the best thing thu. I
; ever happened to Reno and the whole
State"