Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-27
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GAMBLERS
ARE REAPING
LAST HARVEST

Reno. New, June 27.-Realizlng that
with the gathering Of the big crowd to
witness the Jeffries-Johnson battle
they VIII probably have their last op-
pOrtunity to operate openly on a large
scale, the gamblers are now busy night
and day with their games, and the
prizefight promoters are interested
with them In the frenzied effort to
corral every loose dollar that is
brought into Reno. Both the gamblers
and the promoters feel that they are
face to face with their last big chance
and are determined to make the most
of 1t. The gamblers, who had for
years looked upon Nevada as their i'm.
pregnable stronghold, have at last lost.
control Of the legislature, and law
has been passed forbldding games of
chance after Sept. 80. The fight pro
moters have been warned that they
are to be treated no better than the
gamblers by the states lawmakers.
That is why Reno is today cholSed
from end to end with gambling devices
of all kinds
The state legislature is going to make
Nevada sweet and good state by
passing the same restrictions on box
ing contests that all of the other states
have on their statute books. There
will be law here as easy of strict
ernor Gillett of California brushed of
and set in the roadway of the pro.
moters there.
Then on Sept. 80 law prohibiting
gambling of any kind, which has al.
ready passed the legislature, will be
operative. Nevada is the last of the
states to prohibit public gambling.
Nevada is determined to be good, even
If the last remnant of the old west, in
which the Brooklyn and WestchesteI
school of fiction writer's find rich color,
has to go. So prizefghting is to be
squelched and the roulette wheel, tho
faro box and the crap board with 1t.
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 to
be sporty, deliriously sporty, from now
until the time when that much vaunt-
ed supremacy of the white race Is
either upheld or overthrown by the
trick of Eve mule power punch. So
back to the good old days of the Com
stock kings, even though electric clus-
ters light the green baise instead of
pine torches and men travel to the
gaming table in upholstered hotels In
stead OF wagon teams
Reno heard of her present opportuni-
ty on Tuesday last when Tex Rickard,
the GoldHeld mining adventurer and
fight promoter, told, Reno that its has
tily subscribed bid OF several thou
sands was an acceptable sacrifice for
the honor of sponsoring the fight.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
were days Of frantic preparation Of the
oilIng of the money shelling machines
everywhere and the sowing for the
golden harvest. Then the Pacific coast
sports began to drop down the noun
tain grade from San Francisco. Sacra-
mento and Los Angeles. ready to be
early on the ground.
The harrled fight promoters have
found more ways Of breaking even''
| than by looking to the gate receipts
and the moving picture money.
1t is an open secret-and Rickard.
who looks upon such things with the
eyes of Goldfield pioneer. admits it.
that Jim May, proprietor Of the Palace
gambling house, is going to give him
one-third Of the net profits from the
Palaces ginning tables after the big
blowout is over. May figures that his
net profits will be near $4,000.
Now, here Is an odd thing. and every
body In Reno will vouch for 1t with
pride: In all the 200 games of chance
going day and night there is not ono
that has been discovered to be crook
ed. There Il a code among the gam
blers as strict as the law OF mans
Ronor, and It is held that because
gambling is legitimate business, au-
thorized by the state, at least up to
Sept. 30. any man who has a pin In
his faro box or pricks on the corners
OF his cards Will be run out of town.
True. ON the day Of the fight the gov
ernor OF Nevada will place 6fty of the
state police in Reno, and the sheriff of
Washoe county will have that many
deputies sworn in. but these provi-
sions are TO be taken not SO much
against the gamblers as against the
crowds that gamble.
Even though the pastor Of the First
Methodist church used as the topic of
his Sunday sermon 'The Shame of
Reno" and the. Christian Endeavor So
ciety took up as topic of Sunday
afternoon thought the disgrace of this
fair city, Reno seems to be enjoying