The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
SINS LAST VHIUL IN RENO
EVERYTHING WIDE OPEN FOR
ron THg VISITING SPORTS.
nut Thls Is the Last Time. for PSiIie
Gambling Finds In september Nnd
heren Never Ne Another Priss-
aEhI Vivid saturday NiEhi scenes.

has Reno had such a Saturday night
a. the one just past.
To-day the smart little town which
squais where the desert rises TO meet
the eastern foot Of the Sierras 10 taking
the still bromo Of the pulpit with ne
dizzy headache and the dose 10 received
with . naughty wink. for Reno Ia frankly
proud Of ice devilishneas.
The big time IL on, was on about
O'Clock last night. when the last roulette
wheel was installed in tho Palace saloon
down across the street from the depot.
Il will continue from now until the
day after the fight between Jedries and
johnson. II will get bigger and bigger
a. the trains from the West and East
dump more and more people out on the
station platform.
Wickedness a. the pulpit CONSTITUTES
the word Is going to blow up and bust
right here in Reno. One last chance:
one grand time.
Here Is the why and wherefore Of Il.
and you cannot understand just Why
Reno and all her divorces are in for
the last big fling at licensed Joy. un-
ashamed and even proud in civil naughti-
ness. unless you know one or two facts.
sPoET's LAST CHANCE.
In the first place. the ring hattie be-
tween two men trained TO the highest
excellence in crushing and Gripping
will be the last great fight in America.
Nevada IL the only State left which coun-
tsnancea prize fights Of unlimited length.
and Il IL tacitly Understood that after
this affair Of July 4 the Legislature is
going 10 make Nevada a sweet and good
State by passing the same restrictions on
boxing contests that all Of the other
States have on their statute books.
There will be a Law here a. easy Of
strict Interpretation a. that one which
Gov. Gillett OF California brushed up
and set in the roadway Of the promoters
there
Then on Sept,mb % a law prohibiting
gambling Of any kind. which has already
passed the Legislature. will be operative.
Nevada "a the last Of the States 10 prohibits
public gambling Nevada is determined
20 BE- good. even II the last remnant Of the
old West. in which the Brooklyn and
Westchestsr school Of fiction writers find
rich color has 10 60. 70 prizehghting
il 10 be squelched and the roulette wheel.
the faro box aud the crap board with Il.
In the face Of this impending moral
sterilization came the chance for the final
carnival Of badness. Reno has taken from
san Francisco the right 10 BE- sporty.
deliriously sporty. from now until ths
time when that much Wanted supremacy
Of the white race is either upheld or over
thrown by the trick Of five mule power
punch.
SACK TO GOOD old DAYS.
Go back % the good old days 81 the
ComstOck kings even though electric
clusters light the green baizs instead q
pine torches and men travel 70 the gaming
table in upholstered automobiles instead
Of wagon teams.
Reno heard Of her present opportunity
on Tuesday last when T0E Richard. the
Goldfsld mining adventureT and fight
promoter. told Reno that la hastily sub
scribed bid Of several thousands vas an
acceptable sacrifice for the honor Of spOn-
soring the Hght. Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday were days Of frantic prepare
ton. Of the oiling Of tho money ahelling
machines everywhere and the sowing
for the golden harvest. Then TIE Pacific
coast sports began % drop down tho
mountain grade from San Francisco.
Sacramento and Los Angeles ready b BE-
early on the grouad for the prosecution
Of business and the enjoyment Of pleasure.
by Saturday there were nearly q thou
sand strangers IN town and everything
was ready for tho big blOwOd thaC b 10
be here in this smart little city on the
Truckes for the next ten days.
7Is OAMBIIN0 HOUSES.
Before the county Noenss bureau closed
business on Saturday afternoon 7io H.
Osnsss for gambling games had been
taken out There viii be more applloA-
tons on Monday and more on Tuesday
a. the belated gamblers drop into RsnO
With their tents and stalls. ClamOring for
a chance 20 do business. Under tho laW
the keeper Of . gambling resort must
Day a 500 initial hosnss for the year md
a toll Of SIS a month for each game. poker
excepted or rathsr ignored. on each crap
table, wheel or faro layout that BE- Oper-
atss. some Of thu biggest saloons in
town have e. many a. eight games going
and tlisir owners wish you may believe
that they are not going 70 feel that TAX
very heavily.
There was not back room that was not
cleared % itI rubbish, painted and fur
bished and crowded with the lay outs.
Partitions were installed and extensions
built. vaoant stores were oil anatohed up
and thsir ElooEs scrubbed for tho business.
There h even a aOurishllag gambling place
below the rooms Of the Christian Science
Church.
whsn Tex RlOkard dropped into Reno
Iasa Monday night after having been bed
Of almost hls lass dollar by San FFanoisoo
lawyers. supervisors and political hodup
Inen be Was frankly busted and thOas Of
his frisnds who were nearest In his con-
hdanos knew that this man who Was en-
ginssring . dsal with hundreds Of thou
aands IN Il didnt have ths pFioe u . ssOoad
hand automobile In hin ieans.
nfCKARp GHfs A AIFt.
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