The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-13
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Magnates Lichtenheim and Herr.
mann .Mysteriously Terminate
Their Pinochle Series.


sAe corridors of the Walled OFT
= Hotai yesterday afternoon. Fur
~ hassban magnatss stepped on the
49, g epulent baseball reporters and
cssUot - apo1osizs. Rspertsss bumped
~ Oiaysrs without esmoving their hats
~ kaesiing thsk heads three times
= 0Ae door IN token OF respect Player
eooo from the cuHonsd seats In large
oes1u and forgot to sit down again. All
aisog the bar In the cafe stood row
q glasses nllsd With various concoc-
kionA forgotten aod unpaid cse.
NJ WAyf
Reason enough, gaAsoomi
'0aryf' HERMANN. ACCORDING 70 Q
mp6dly circulated rumor. was about to
blay . game Of pinoohie with Mr.. Whas-
haname-you know-<rom Montreal-for
. stake Of $4,000.
inagine thati. Garry Hermann. Why
They've always said that Garry wouldn't
bet q hard thin dime that Cincinnati
IAN b found on the map OF the Unitsd
Efat<s. And s2o. CO., whsw! And "Whas-
ksnnms-you.know." why. they DO say
~, ivsss 1870 Cor 10 u.610-or el6.U0f)
on that little old ball club OF his every
rear, and has 10 play pinochle TO strike
an average. Poor 0arryl Up againse
an expert!
when the frst cataciysmic hystsris
was over tho thing stn,msrsd down .
little. Mr.. "whaxzizname" gave out
tho facts. Instead Of one game. twenty
games. Sort OF . pinocholean Mara
lnon. Bet on each game OF 80 eanh
with q. Hermann and b. Drcyfucs,
ana something or other With somebody
else, ''whAxziznams" taking all wassrs.
49, -. - nm nm thu aaY4~n
between Garry and "Whaxzis"-Sam.
mats N-6am. Of Montreal. Good OF
mort. Sam. Ffgurss out that no V BET
ting $500 on twenty games OF pinochie-
ufty-live hundred-Snere bag.a-bonsA
scouts bring In wesd that Garry doesn't
know how to play the geme-hasn't
blayed plnochls since he began dabbung
b baseball. Hasn't had time
@HENcE comes upon ne Walled
- on cafe, broken only BY the chink
- Of ooln failing INTO TIE cash
texister. MIR. Garry Hermann and Sam,
Of Montreal. are upstairs behind doors
boited and barred. guards stationed
tutslde. starting that serass. After an
eour Sam comes back 70 the cafe and
orders q Pilsner. Looks tired and
s,irsty. but dead game. says he and
barry played 200 worth. and he copied
Sne game. Garry hus eurnsd In for two
nogrs' sleep. Sam won't sleep. He'll
stand BY his guna BY heck Mother
fflsnwi
That's whore come In. Round table.
Next b Mr.. Whassisnams. introduced.
tie oAn. all ngnt-Sam Hchtenheam
Aioatrsal-yes, UP In CAnada- Sam 90
xn0Wlsdgss that he has little bet on
ma NJ. HERMANN. 80 . game-e1oo-
sise-Gals bet Of 1900 on ssriss-just Z
ntt1o bet 70 make Il interesung-tS.60(
n ell Let Oarry siesp. Let Garry
AaSs 'nothsr hAopy hour. A. o'clool
tcong 20 take 0arry's money away
PinoeAlsf Gay. game was invented righ
p n Montrsal. Canada Mother Pills
Rsooss oesns ssa 70. Bail p,sysrs
u.Spe ball players. 10000 bah players
wandsr n to. look at man from Canadi
wAe y going 70 take all Garry Herr
nana'o 0onSy away. Sam waves hi
hama "RAahsr Sivs Il 70 Garry thai
pug 'nethee player with It Nice fsl
low. 0Aryy." Nearly O'Clock. San
koe0 ct % change his lie.
About hsre there waS . slight chang
n the scene. Garry was stnl slsepins
however. unsaAly. Friend Of 0ary'
eat ct our round table. Leaned over m
way.
Say" said h. ''Yeu don't went :
print anything about this Think Q
Il. Why. Mr.. Herrmann's tho blygsa
mAn N baseball. He Is against betting
Wont allow players to bet on bs
James or anything else. They'd thin
II was funny. wouldn't they. II he wen
found betting a players years salary
And on pinoch.e! Huhg Now I'll to
you how " 10. Garry wouldn't bet
.ins on anythlng-noyer known to b
4 dime. This fellow Whaxxixname froi
ontfsai.-is ty-some place up
:,anada or somewhero--Sot q little ba
club there-he thinks it'll look fine ,
zee his name In the papers coupled wit
big name like Garry Herrnann's. Ge'
talking with Garry. Says he doesn
Lnow anything about baseball, but
ian trim Mr.. Hermann at anything els
i.sintng. Paying phoebe, anythin
lie. him anything he can. Garry matt
sllly bluffs bacx. says les pnoch
aver. Fellow from Montreal offers 4
OF $50 a gane-s.i0. an. thing Carr
thinks IFS a joke. Fellow offers n so
'lse bet for ,weaiy games and 500
tame Garry accepts, Tor a Joke. al
inen finds out the fellow means H. lie
ooksd. Now tao Parcrs are printing
and herr fan L,ch.enhe.la 10 tel
fraphln; u ilgc|s story IN The EvenIi
World anal Lp 10 the Montreal star.
his own experse Fine ad for hi,
worth 500 II It's worth n cent. Coupl,
With Garry Hermann. biggest man
bsseball. I'm eoing to wake Garry
ind tell h.ii I, cal Il on"
YYALF al honr later ! met Mr. Her
mann IN the lobby. He was
= = full dress. looked calm and co
In the mids; OF all the excitement n
lichtenhein. Montreal. was standing
at one aide. l5okng glum.
slow nbou, that phoebe, Mr.. He,
fnann?" ] asked.
Mr.. Hermann beckoned Mr.. Lichie
helm over.
MT. Ltchienhei,n called Il ali o
Didn't you,- Mr.. L.ehtsnheim? sad !
Hermann. hx.ng him with his glitter.
go
~Yoo, called OF the s,dsfbet," repli