The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-27
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Windy City Sports Make
Much Noise About Bet
ting in Seattle.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 27.-Half a
dozen sports from the Windy City
who wouldn't take the $40 bet OF
a poor Wenatchee farmer on the
football game yesterday between the
Wenatchee High School and the Oak
Park High School because the
amount was too small were forced
yesterday morning to the conclusion
that all of the real live ones in the
country don't live in its second larg-
est city.
Excitement over the game, for
which one team has travelled half
across the continent, was intense in
the lobby Of the Seattle Hotel. The
Wenatchee team was stopping there,
and there were a number of Chica-
go hackers vigorously looking around
for Wenatchee money. About 400
Wenatchee citizens were in Seattle
for the game, and number OF them
were gathered near their heroes.
Asked Odds on Oak Park.
Among the Chicago boosters was
a travelling man. Said gentleman
had the nerve to ask for odds of sew
en- to five an account of the wet
field, which he said he thought would
be great benefit to Wenatchee, and
because the Oak Park team had trav-
eled long distance. The fact that
the Chicago institution had about
500 or COO more students to pick
a football team from did not occur
to him. With him was another in
dividual who had a few gold coins
in his pocket, which he jingled fire.
quently, making himself generally
obnoxious by asking every stranger
TO bet with him.
Finally a farmer, who has not
lived in the Wenatchee country long
else he would not have been re-
ferred to in the first paragraph of
this story as poor farmer"-el-
bowed his way through the crowd
and offered to bet SO on the home
team. A laugh of derision. greeted
the offer of bet of a paltry $40.
Why, the trouble wouldn't be
worth the $40. Oh. no--Oh, 100000.
They wanted a real bet, and they
posted a notice on the cigar stand
that they would bet 1925. evidently
their combined resources-and they
wanted it all in a bunch.
Smiles at Rustic Locks.
Soon another man elbowed his
way through the crowd. His name
is d. w. Jones Jones made 'few"
thousand dollars in Alaska few
years ago and came back to Wenat-
chez TO live Though he has soft
sport for the apple country. Jones
about a year ago sold out his inter
ests there and moved to Seattle,
where it was livelier. He Just
happened to be in the lobby Of the
Seattle Hotel.
Did | understand that there was
some Chicago money in sight said
Jones.
There sure is" replied the man
with the red necktie Anything
you want" with a glance at the ra-
Their rustic appearance of the
speaker.
well, I'll just take $4,000 worth
of that Windy City green, old boss
said Jones, with an expansive grin
adjoining his countenance, whereup-
on he reached into an inside pocket
and produced a roll of banknotes,
the smallest one visible being 500
bill that would make a elephant
leg look like toothpick, ana began
10 peel them off.
No Penny Ante for Him.
For about a minute the. Chicago
sports looked at the roll with mouths
wide open Two of them finally
produced SIS and in a greatly modi-
fled and subdued tone of voice Of
fered to wager that amount.
Excuse me-" said Jones, ''but l
don't make a practice of playing
penny-ante.' And he turned around
and began to talk to a friend about
crops in the vicinity of Wenatchee.