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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18
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One of the Few Bunco
Games Always Up
to Date.
By J. P. JOHNSTON.

(Author OF Twenty Years OF Hustling."
What Happened to Johnston.)
Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowies.)
D HE day of the old-time give-away
graft apparently will never end.
The first time 1 ever saw this
game played was eight years of
age, and the last time I was fifty-two.
/ found 1t to be the same year ago
as it was forty-fye years ago. except
that in the latter h.stance the suckers
were more plentiful. Perhaps the mod
ern CRATER was the more clever Of the
two; at any rate he was clever enough.
He would go out upon the streets In
q livery carriage on d circus or coun-
ty fair day. after having fixed the
chief of police. While the driver logged
the team along the main street the
CRATER would stand up in the carriage,
throw silver pieces and dollar bills right
and left and shout at the top of his
voice that he intended to distribute $780,
0oo on the streets that afternoon
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and Said Nothing. But he Resolved
that If ever that Clerk should come to
Jasperburg, Indiana, he would see that
there was No Place for him to Eat and
that If he Ate at all it would have to be
Standing.
Arriving at the City by the Sea and
finding the Bus with the Name u. it,
he and his Baggage got in ans acre
soon at the Place
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Getting More Liberal.


When two dozen had been passed out
and the cash received for them. he lined
up two rows OF twelve men each, and,
exacting from each the same promise as
before, he gave back to every buyer his
25 cents and Is cents additional. and al
lowed each to keep his box OF salve.
By this time the crowd had Increased
and the excitement was intense.
Now" said the CRATER, 81 am going
to drive over there on the other corner.
and don't want you men who have
been In the last two pools to follow me. -
He then ordered his driver to take
him to the opposite corner, and, OF
course. the whole crowd. including his
pool members. followed him. Again adj
dressing the crowd. he said:
Gentlemen, few moments ago I
formed pool of thirty-six men across
the street for the purpose of advertising
my firms famous corn salve. and al
though 1t cost me a little money, yet the
amount given away is q mere bagatelle
compared with what we will get as a
result of this Advertising
Then opening a large valise, he pro-
duced some electric belts, and explained
that ne wanted to do u little advertising
for them as well.
NOW gentlemen" he continued, 81
am going to form one or two, or possi-
bly, three pools ON these belts for the
purpose Of advertising them"
He then gave an excellent and con-
Vlnclng talk on electric belts, and i'm
| nediately proceeded as follows
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Gave Them Their Money Back.

In an instant, four dozen hands were
up. each holding a 10-cent piece. After
handing out twelve boxes, he refused
to sell any more for the time being.
When the twelve boxes had been de-
livered and paid for. he lined up the
twelve buyers In a row and said:
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showed him that the Table at which he
Ate was strongly-built and of Good Ma
terfal. also Explaining to him that the
Excellence OF a Piece of Cabinet Work
had nothing to do with the sort of Food
that Careless Persons might Serve on It.
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You have been liberal with me, now
III be generous with, you
Then. turning to the first man. he
asked him if he would be satisfied to
receive back twice the amount he had
paid, and keep the remedy, too
When the man said he would, the
CRATER handed him 20 cents, saying;
Now, sir. will you promise me. either
to use this salve yourself. or give it to
some one who will, and not forget the
name Of it?''
The man agreed, and the CRATER did
the same thing and demanded the same
promise in the case Of each OF the
others.
Now, gentlemen" he went on, Il
am going to make up another pool for
advertising purposes; but remember,
none Of the twelve who were in this
pool can come In with the next Don't
forget, gentlemen, the more liberal you
are with me, the more generous I can
be with you. Now, then. here are two
dozen boxes Who will give me 25 cents
for this box? Who is the first man to
show me that he has confidence In met"
In a jiffy, a hundred hands were up,
each holding a quarter.
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Wrinkled. he Felt something Tickling
one Of his Knees STOPPING to Scratch
II. he noticed that he felt No Sensa-
ton But Lady standing Close BY
looked indignantly at him and Moved
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Cool in Winter.

After he had been Exhibited to his
Room and found that he had to Hang
his Grip to the Door Knob outside be-
fore he could get Ali of Himself inside,
Elmer said again Gas he felt very
Friendly with the LandIord0:
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A Chance to Get $40.

Now. friends, I want to IMPRESS up
on your minds that the more liberal vo,,
are with me the more generous I can
be with you. Who will give me $40 for
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All Kinds of Money.

At this juncture he began another
talk on the wonderful curative proper
ties Of the belts, and then called for
four more $40 investors, whom lis soon
found, together with still FIVE others,
making altogether ten $40 dupes.
Turning to the two colored men VINO
stool looking on. he said: why haven t
you men bought7'
Because we haven't got no money"
came the reply.
Addressing their colored comrade IN
tho SO row, the CRATER said:
Here. loan these men g apiece %
which he instantly did, and before they
had time to get into line he once more
turned to the old coIored man and said:
Here. loan your friends each another
50. and hurry up before close these
POOLS
AS If completely under his control.
the old darby handed 1t over. and the
CRATER handed each another electric
belt
By this time he was ready for more
SO Investors, and soon had ar least a
dozen of them. Then he wanted a
larger pool Of IS investorsS and as If in
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The Lady Looked Indignant.

After he had Frozen for about Five
Minutes in the Crowded Water and his
Face had Turned Purple and his Toes
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duty bound to contribute their share,
several whe had stood out to the last
came forward.
As 1t now began to look as If he
were closing up at least twenty men
caSne forward with from 81 TO 81, end
were lined up where they belonged.
some one in the crowd making remarks.
said.
What's that? Was that meant for
ne?'
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made II In a little over Two with his
Auto" Explained the Man
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Pulled Out His Knife.

UilcQ OuC his hulle.
And looking intently in one direction,
as though greatly wrought up: 80
you are going to cut out my heart. are
you? Well, now, well see about that
Reaching in his valise. he brought out
an ugly looking corn cutter, with q
blade fully eighteen inches long, and
carefully feeling its edge. he recited the
/ Razs. oaa:,l, as follows:
You know {, gun shoots fast and loud,
But razor IL the real thing In a crowd.
I could have used It better than A.
| II they ,lssa only fought with razors IN the
war;
Then, corn cutter In hand. he cooIly
crawled down from the buggy, and
began walking slowly through the
crowd. carefully scrutinizing every face
as If trying to locate the man who had
| threatened to taxa his hearts blood.
| The glitter of the corn cutter. and the
| terrible look Of vengeance on his face
climbed back into the ccrriage, every
man stood as IL paraIyzed- They seem
ed to have forgotten what had hap
pened, or what was expected to happen
Immediately the CRATER signaled the
driver to start, he himself remaining
standing IN the carriage as II terribly
agitated and repeating:
ST would like to see some man cut my
heart out; would just like to have him
try it, at the same time Gaeling the
| edge Of the big knife, as ff 70 see that
| It was sufficiently sharp.
The team went off at trot. The
grafter's hotel and livery bills had been
paid In advance. and no stop was made
| until they had reached a small town
twenty miles away.
Left Them Standing There.
The CRATER was 500 or $500 to the
good. As the carriage moved away the
dupes still stood IN line. staring sheep
ishly al one another, with 10-cent belts
dangling from their hands. The old
darby who had been so obe,dent was
the only man who haa the courage 10
protest
--see yner.'' he yelled. you generous
white man. what my family gwine to
do fer sumpin TO eat2 Gin me back ma
ten collars. or top you buggy over, you
scoundreI."
So saying, he and his two colored COM
panions rushed toward the carriage,
when an officer who stood conveniently
near said:
What you niggers lettering around
here for? Go on home, or I'll run you
in"
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this belt? Remember, I am going to
leave it with each one of you. to pass
up any amount from 81 TIC s20-no less
than one, no more than twenty, and the
more liberal you are with me, the more
generous I can be with YOU" and look
ing straight at well dressed business
man. he said.
Haven't you confidence enough in
me to pay me $50 for this belt?'
Yes. sir. have" said the man, pass
ing up a $40 bill and receiving "a belt.
Now" said the grafter. 81 wish you
would stand r.Skt over on this side of
the carriage until ask you to hold Up
your belt Now. he continued, "who
will give me $40 for this one?" and
turning to one Of three colored men
who stood near, he said: Have you
got SO. sir?"
eyes, sab. I has, came the reply.
| We'll. then. give It to me and take
this belt" shouted the CRATER. and the
darby meelly did as requested
now" said the CRATER, you stand
on this other side of the carriage"
| Then he asked for a s. investor. at
the some time announcing that 81 or
81 would be accepted, and Immediately
a flood of 81 and 81 bills came pouring
| In.
Those who paid 81 he lined up in one
row, and the 81 men in another, admon-
ishing all that none should leave until
he was through with them
another S. investor. still repeating:
1.-THE more liberal you are with me,
the more generous can be with you"
Two men came forward, each with a
So bill. and then four more followed, all
Of whom were lined up by themselves.
| AZ
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THE uprisings in Russia. with the
many desperate attempts on the
/ lives OF the royal family. have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-18
Epiphany Defeated st. Vincent by One
Run

The 81. Vincent team was unable to get
an eye on Mr.. Hanvey's shoots and after
seven innings of a istless game Epiphany
took the victory, 6 to s.
Both sides got an even nine hits. but the
Eiscopal boys secured theirs at oppOrtune
times-wheu hits meant runs. Harvey
pitched good. steady game. but his sup
port was bad Notwithstanding the fact that
they took the game
ST. Vincent could not connect safely until
the third session. when three hits was the
number chalked up, together with two runs,
while In the previous round. Coleman
crossed the pan on r. Rogers miscue
Epiphany. in the first. found Wooden an
easy mark and worked him for three
SafetieS and pass. while in the fifth an
other trio of runs was credited to the Epi
phanys account book. Two runs in the
seventh for St. Vincent brought things up
closer, but it turned out that the missing
two rams caused the Marquette Lacquer
defeat. The score:
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AFTER COLLEGE PROFESSIONALS
Many Players to Be Barred From West
ern Teams

CHICAGO. August 1S.--According to re-
port that Is going the rounds of the confer
ence colleges now there are going to be
some surprised base ball collegians next
spring. 1t is understood that members of
the conference college faculty committee
have been gathering data this summer rela-
tive to the summer base ball situation and
have obtained enough evidence to put about
half of the college base ball players in the
professional class.
Under the new summer base bali rule col
lesians are not permitted to play summer
base ball. Some colleges have gone to the
extent to grant their base ball players per-
mission to play on the amateur teams of
Their home towns, but further than this no
privileges have been extended NotWith-
standing the new rule. it is said that mem
herS of nearly every college team in the
conference have been busy all summer play
ing semi professional ball
The committee is said to have gathered an
abundance of evidence and that a dozen
prominent athletes will be called before the
committee at the Thanksgiving meeting. II
is limited that the blow will probably strike
hardest against the Wisconsin players while
the University of Chicago PLAYERS claim To
be absolutely guiltless
The information has it that Pitcher Lewis
of Wisconsin Joined team in the Sioux
League in northern Michigan before the col
lege season was really closed and that Per
son accepted position on a western team
Whlle HoelZ has been earning a little money
in the business at Racine
several Purdue players are said to be
guilty of gross infractions of this rule and
not less than two members of the Michigan
team nave found 1t profitable to do little
base ball in the summer.
Down in Indiana and Illinois several nIav
ers are under surveillance but as vet NO
olrect evidence has been obtained
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AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.
New York, z; Cleveland, l.

After pitching practically a no-hit game
up Ia the oigatH inning. Joss weakened in
lhe tiu1l round and a pass, two singles and
Yesterday ar Cleveland. just when the
spectators were about to leave for home,
with the score ! 70 - il. Clevclaud's favor,
tic New Yorks got busy and snapped up
the game. JOSS started in with so much
speed to fairly lift Bueow off his feet.
BAT l." was wild. Conroy walked went to
second when kc'Icr was hit hard on the
arm. but vas out making for third as Ell
berteld famed. Williams caught an in
reel when Euclow caught him. Joss hit
Ful;z on the arm in the next round with
oJt damage.
The only lift made off Joss for eight in
nings was by CHESHIRE, who sent a bounder
10 Bradley. He would have been an easy
out but for tho sun binding the captain.
who turned his back on the ball The
Sma~n went fur single. In the ninth
Bradley threw out E,lberfeld and then JOSS
Psssed Williams, who scored on singles by
Chase and Yeager. With Chase on third
Fultz bounded 20 Turner. whose throw to
Carr was muff"d. Chase scoring Klenow
who succeeded MCGUIRE In the eighth when
the Eaters hand was hurt few out TO Carr
and CHESHIRE struck out. The Napoleons
Tailed in the fourth. Stovall making the
circuit on his pass. Bradley'S single and
Turner's out. I.aioie resumed command of
tu' team. He was in uniform and INDUCED
IN a little practice before the game. The
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FATHER OF NEW
ENGLAND ROWING DEAD.

BOSTON Mass. August lS-Walter
simpson. the father of amateur rowing
here. died at his home in North Cam
bridge yesterday morning, aged fifty years.
Nhen the New England Association of
Amateur Oarsmen organized in 1887 he
was chosen president. an office which he
held fourteen years. Whenever Il regatta
or any size or Importance was held in or
near Boston Mr.. Simpson was an official.
usually referee.
Not only had he been prominent official
at local regaitas, but he had also refereed
at the Dig nationals He had served as a
member of the executive committee on the
National Association of Amateur Oars
men unlnterruptedly since 1891. Mr.
simpson also served as president and
vice president of the national associa-
ton. He was for many years in charge
of the real estate of the John p. Squire e.
Co. corporation, but of late had been en-
gagged in the hot-air engine business He
leaves a widow.
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NEW YORK YACHT CRUISE.
Fleet Started Today on a Go-as-You.
Please Run,

VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass. August IS
The fleet of the New York Yacht Club start
ed from here today on ''go-as-you please
run to Marblehead. A few of the yachts got
away early as ) o'clock while others did
rot leave until after 8. 1t was decided by
the regatta committee not to hold a race
between here and Marbiehead and no times
will be taken. In view of the delay on the
run from Newport the proposed stop at New
Bedford was abandoned.
y few of the yachts did not proceed with
the fleet. but sailed off in the opposite di-
recton. Still others of those which started
from Newport yesterday turned back before
they reached this port. Among those which
returned westward from. here today were
the big yawl Syisarta and the schooner
LaSca.
The last sehooners to get away eastward
were the Elmira, Muriel and Katrina OF
West Chop the Katrina and the Muriel Were
side by side evidently intending to race over
Nantucket shoals.
The weather was fine. The sky was clear
and moderate wind was blowing from the
north.
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NATIONAL ROGUE TOURNEY.
Play Resumed Today at Norwich,
Conn.-Good Weather.

NORWICH, Conn. August 1S.-Play in
the national rogue tournament was resumed
today under the best weather conditions and
with a marked increase in interest. AS the
tournament draws toward the end close con-
tests for first place in at least two of the
divisions seem possible.
In the first division Charles G.. Williams
of New York, the championship winner OF
four years ago. was the leader this morning
as the result of the previous four days play,
having a record of four victories. and no de-
feat s. f. Davenport, jr., of Northampton,
Mass, was regarded the probable winner
of the second division. In the third dtvis-
ion j. C. Kirk of Philadelphia, A. NJ. Pyle
of Westminster, Pa, and J. l.. Dudley of
Springfield, We're leading.
AS the play was delayed by bad weather
early in the week a large number of games
have still to be played and it is doubtful
whether the tournament can be finished by
Saturday night.
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DEPARTMENT LEAGUE
Standing of the Clubs.
Today's Game.
Interior vs.. Navy.
Treasury Boys Pulled War Team Out of
First Place

Wars stay in first place was short one
Being at such high altitude must have
made them dizzy nervous. or maybe
both, as they tumbled to the Treasury lads
In the most unexpected manner in yester-
days game the ellipse. Score: Treas
ury. 8; War, 4.
Treasury started things in the first Lord,
the hrSt man up. walked. stole second.
went to third on McCauley's out and scored
on two-bagger by Fucher. who in turn
scored on another safe one by Bieaski.
Newman was retired a fine catch of a
foul fly to Patterson Smith got cracked
in the ribs, but he and Belaski were both
left, Daily tanning the breeze Another
two-bagger and a single. combined with
two errors, gave them three more in the
second. This was enough to win, as
Fulcher pitched good, steady game and
he was given excellent support: too hare
a combination for the War boys. The score:
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vens. ST. Georges Cricket Club. defeated F. C.
Coiston New Haven Lawn Club. Ga, Ga; Henry
W. Slocum. Meadow Club defeated George A.
Netteton. Yale Ct o. Clarence Hobart,
Orange Lawn Tennis Club. defeated Alfred still
man. Meadow Club. 60. 6-3; c. F. Watson Jr-,
Orange Lawn Tennis Club. defeated Robert T..
Huntington Meadow Club. 6-3 6-3: Henry Tor
rance EEglewood Field Club. defeated E. \: Pot
ter, Meadow Club. 6-3, G-1; Karl Behr, Yale. de-
feated B. b. Vincent Lyon, Yale, 10, s. g; Edgar
W. Leonard Harvard. defeated Robert Leroy, Co.
lumbia, by default.
Third round Richard Stevens. st. George
\ Cricket Club defeated Henry w. Slocum. Meadow
Club. 6-1, e.: Clarence Hobart Orange Lawn
Tennis Club. defeated C.. f. Watson, jr.. Orange
Lawn Tennis Club. 10 6-1; Frederick G. Ander-
son. Kings County Lawn Tennis Club defeated
Harry f: Allen. n. Y. A. c., defeated Stewart
Waller. Meadow Club. 60, 6-S. 60; Wendell
Il. Bagden. Harvard, defeated Archie W. Post,
Harvard. GA. Ga; Edward b. Dewhurst Penn
sylvania. defeated Theodore Roosevelt Pell. New
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CROSBY STILL UNBEATEN
IN ROGUE TOURNAMENT

NORWICH. Conn. August 1S-Invigor-
adng weather stimulated the rogue PLAYERS
In the national tournament TO do their best
yesterday, and the morning games We're
contested with considerable spirit All the
players in the first division have gone down
to at least one defeat except former ma
tional champion, c. C. Crosby of Wash
ington. ID. c.
The forenoon games resulted follows:
First dlvision-Wahly beat Jacobus; Cox beat
Bacr: Drake beat Bryant; Veasey beat Jacobis:
Williams beat Bosworth; Bryant beat James:
Wahly beat Hogelsnd.
Second diyision.--t;raves beat III. T. Webb: T.
W. Robinson beat Raida IN; Clark beat j. +. Web.,:
ii. i. Webb beat Thompson Clark beat Graves
Third divison.-Crosby beat Pyle; Kirk beat
johnson. Pyle beat Carruthers; Crosby beat Brown
ing; Dudley beat Johnson.
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National Outbat and Outfield the
AloYsius Bows.

Cantwell not In good form at the
Coliseum yesterday. and the National Attn
letic Club spanked his curves for enough
hits to accumulate seven runs, while the
best Aloysius could do was five safe ones
and two tallies. Walker had all the neces-
sary fooers with him. and his team
mates backed him up in almost perfect
fashion the win was easily executed.
After Price had gone out on grounder
to first Venable poked dainty little hit to
right. Conway made his swat count for
the limit. driving the ball over the left-held
barrcade. The next three men reached
the bases, and with two out Walker hit
what looked to he pretty single to right.
but he must have had partial paralysis in
his underpinning, Salb picked up the
grounder and easily threw the batter out
at first. Kerr and Nenable by fast base
running crossed the plate In the second
The Nationals added one more in the fifth
on a hit by Conway. Myers sacrifice and
Noyes error. On error. a sacrifice and
two singles Kerr and Fenable counted In
the sixth.
Jenkins error and Gates double scored
Mattingly in the first. In the second Salb
was safe on Prices tumble and scored the
second and last run for Aloysisus when
ErOWn lOublpl RI right The
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burg in the second round for the chief cup
of the Exmoor golf tournament. Mr.. Giles
who failed to qualify for the amateur
championship, defeated the title holder by
3 up and 1 to play. The Pittsburg man
was two up at the turn and eventually
dormie playing the seventeenth hole which
he also won Mr. Egan, who suffered his
first defeat of the season in this section,
was not only erratic in his long game but
was very much off color In approaching
and putting The summary:
Exmoor Championship cup, second round
E E. Giles Pittsburg. beat II. c. Egan,
Exmoor, 3 up and 1 to play; George +.
C,Iingman IT. Homewood, defea ted G. E.
Smoot, E,xmoor, 6 up and to play; Walter
E. Egan, Exmoor. defeated Ned Cum
Minis Exmoor 3 up and to play; r. &.
Newton. Seattle defeated r. Harvey Nc
F,IWee Onwentsia, up and l to play.