New-York tribune., 1905-11-07
A BeefSteak
Dinner
is not complete
Without
Evans
Cream Ale.
BETTING ENDS IN RIOT.
Crosod IN Hoffman House Grabs
fWeLcher'- Police 4re Called.

The Hoffman House crowded last night
with men who talked betting loudly and occa-
sonally made a bet. Charlie Maloney the bar
manager took about $4,000 in bets to hold.
most of them on Mcclellan There was little
Hearst money Jerome money.
When the corridors were most crowded some
individual said he had several thousands TO
wager on Mcclellan against the field at L to ..
dozen men snapped up his offer but he did
not make good. The crowd grabbed the
"welcher" and played football with him.
So boisterous did the crowd become that the
manager sent for the police to clear the cor
ridors This the police did after some trouble
and then all the lights in the hotel We're turned
down.
Tim Sullivan placed one bet In wan street
Yesterday betting S11,250 against S5,0oo on NC
Clellan. The money was posted with heop'iu
& Co
IN to 10 O'Clock no large bet was recorded, al
though small bets were numerous enough the
earlv odds on Mayor were 8 to 1 on Mcclellan,
dropping later to to !, and few bets were
made at 10 to 7.
William Low bet 5000 with Thomas Harmon
against $500 that Hears. will win A man giving
his initials as "A. r." put up $3.50 against SzVo
on Mcclellan. There was lots of talk but some
how cash seemed scarcer than usual
The biggest bet heard of was one made at the
Marlborough Fred Brooks put up sloo"
against $4,000 by Arthur Housman on NC
CIelian Farmer Scott took chahce on
Hearst Of s4Oo against 81, 100. put up by Wrenn
Brothers
One bet of 81 900 to 500 made, being the
tiegast odds heard of This a bet by Joe
vendig that WINS will not be elected 'Cai NC
Knight put I'D the 500 WINS. Mr.. Mcknight
s.id that he had called a bluff by taking his END
Of the bet.
The curb brokers had busy day yesterday
with the election betting, which went on ac-
ttvelv until nearly o'clock great deal OF
money was wagered, the principal peltiiis oeHe
on the mayoralty result at ABOUT lhe ouu'
which nrevaiIed on Saturday. At the close the
Mcclellan odds were to 1 offered and 10 "a
bid. while to 1 was offered on Jerome
The largest bet of the day was S-oV" ~
$4,000 on Mcclellan. the Tammany emo peils
taken by M. B. Mendham- Next IN SIZE was q
wager of Sill 500 to 5000 on Mcclellan. be
tween De Witt P Rosenhein, who took the NC
Clellan end and c. Salisbury. Mr. Rosenheim
.lso made a series of bets on Mcclellan at : to l.
IT was raDorted that a syndicate" of twenty
civ noIicemen and two firemen had bet Sz,oU
m $1,000 on Hearst against McCleiian- w.
Marco. for Wassermarin Brothers wagered
about $4,000 on Mcclellan in seVerai pets at
2x and 21k to 1. among these bets peine one Vi
| ca osn m So 200 with Charles H. De Witt & co.
| prnneJ1 e. Co bet $500 to $3.50 against Nc
C1euan with w K Fowler, $500 to so"o
| with Sheffield & Mccullough and on McCiehai'
$500 to $500 with Charles H De Witt q GO. anu
s5n0 to $3.50 with W. Content. F. Schwed prac,
+tcenv closed his betting book last Week aho
,-es+ardav made only these wagers: SloU 10
So. 500 on the field against McCleliaIi Win II
ness & Newman. and $1,000 to Sl'ooe on NC
e Judge bet $500 to $1,000 against McClel-
! lon With n Carpenter and 81, 500 to 500 on NC
| C,IeIlan with HeTzog & Glazier M j. hiTillaii s
het 81 900 to $500 on Mcclellan with M r. bIo9-
scL and So 300 to S, 900 the same way with X.
| Leon r H Brooks bet sou to SlooV asdiii''
| Mcclellan with A A. Housman & Co eo- ooo
| At the close A. A. Riley was oIIering $500
| sgeinst Hearst at 21s TO 1. De Witt r Rosen-
| bsin, made a large number of bets against Je-
ronne at / to 9 the first being $3.50 to Sooo VIII,
| "a Chartrand w. Marco wagereo In az
about $4,000 at 1 to against Jerome, soLile @ p
! the takers being Rogers & Gould. A Upper q
! Co and Edey Brown & Sanderson J; ); Juoge
bet $500 10 $3.50 on Jerome with +. n bro1hs. 11s
and $3.50 to $500 against Jerome with aitotne 10 nen
man Anness and Newman bet SoUV 10 so'oVo
IN Jerome with l. NJ. lehman pet was re-
| norted of $4,000 even money on RiosWay pc
fw.en 7 H Dunne acting for Seligsberg & Co..
| and Tinpson & Jones .,o
Inst after the close Mendham offered on the
curb 500 OOe TO $4,000 on Mcclellan
Tn E1red Schumm's cafe. in BROOKLYN lasl
night q bet of 81 900 to $1,000 that Mcclellan
would be defeated was made george Drs" 9e'
60 OO0 TO 81 coo that Ridgway would be de-
of the bet was taken by Joseph DlcKersoIl. SOL
Schumrn had $1,000 to bet against Siuo thaI
Jerome would be defeated, but he found no
takers