Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-07
.LALlAPALOOsER WINS
BUT ONCE IN SITTING
story OF Great Poker Hand and
How 1t Came to BE
Invented.
IT WAS BLAIsDELLs IDEA
Something Had to he Done to Stop
Pete GrOsjenn's Winning Streak,
And This Did 1t Most EHcctually,
Relieving Him OF His Roll.
by DAVID 4. CURTIS.

old man Greenlaw one day when Mr..
owen Pepper had spoken disparagingly
OF the particular poker hand known by
That peculiar name. but thcy amt but
u few knows what they is" he con-
tnucd. much less how they come 10
he in,crJuccd into the game. an vino
done it,
They had questioned Mr.. Pepper
when he came into the old mans little
saloon in Arkansas city concerning the
qualifications OF Il mysterious game
ster from somewhere in the North who
had recently appeared on the Mssis-
sippi River. and who, while travelling
ip ana down III various boats. had sat
III as stranger with the professionals
who played poker regularly on those
boats liunors had reached Arkansas
CITY which credited him with having
had amazing success in number OF
games. and the Old man and his friends
were kecniy Interested. Strangers
seldom won from the professionals at
that period
away with III. best players they Is on
me boats said old man o;vecnlaw as
u awed by some tale Of the super
natural some says he done win often
me ohe-cyed man, but That don't sound
reasonable"
fLAfS SoMf: DIFFERENT
FROM HEGiLiH GAME;
oh, don5t Know" said Mr. Pepper
reckon h" amt no such heel roariu
terror Pears like he plays some Diff
rent I'm the regular game, but that
am 10 say what lac plays no better,
"n'y what lac iutcijuccs new idccs ]
reckon when the others gifts f'iniliar
WIN en- they's novelties lie gifts away
with EN-"
What new ld.es en- he pu, Into =
poker game demanded the old man
greatly mystin.d
On don't know" said Mr. Pepper.
Mebbe they amt all ON 'cm xactIv-
new. but he plays en- like tho, 80,
He plays biz dog on little ,ior an:
Jumpers. an round the corners. an
Akee'crs' an s.ch. wouldn't b. none
Npr!sed n he was 10 ring In "a lalln
phiooser af"' he @ils through
oh, shucks" said the old man
iHey amt none a. them things new.
"hy skeetcrs never hcer'd o. than
afo' VIVA, he they
., on, don5t know" said AIr. Pepper.
! never seen en- PLAYED nay own seJf
hu' they sag it's q nine. nv. AN, ,ierr.
- hiN'rcnt suits. with two cv.rJs -,
h''we"n The plays en- in Boston. nm
s ne Deh,s ihr"" Of iytud They
ooh nobody ia these parts know.
no,hin bou, en- Only MIN"
Wei Just nachuly thu, rIvcs hin,
HS'""b!c OF q 'dNantare, Known all
mo modern improvements II he IN
sit away with en-" said the old man
"Out pears like he'd have somc ,rn,,tlc
dom OF T."
oh. don't know" said Mr. Pen
per lie hairt rad no trouble. not.
YET. bc'n' he's that quick with 3;
gun Ihey's done hccn some arsv
,ne"'' but he pears 10 20, away with
II, SO fur"
Wei. don't hoid with none q.
Them new Ideas IN poker. no, as a
Gen'l thing, don't" said the old MAJ,
but they sho' rs mpo'tnu, fn,o :,
merF"ncy was 'l'ays posed 10 on,
t'Ii i'laisdeN invented The lallapa looscr.
IN time a. need am I seen how II,
worked. tn amt no question b,,t
that was stroke q genius" An then
the old man mad" the remark record.
ed ~ the beginning OF th.. story
Then he lighted fresh cigar or
"ha' was left OF Il cigar aftcr hc had
eaten ono end OF 1t. and vent on TO
tcn about the lalitpa looser
SOME POSER pLANrD.
Hut 1r LACKED SYSTEM
when com" to Arkansas ci,y. FRS,
on he said Il done seen what they
"as a long felt want into the c'rnmu-
nifty what hadn't never bec, tended
10 proper Thcy was 4 heap o poker
played, nachul enough They arnvs
is poker played when two or three is
gathered together as the Good Look
says, but 'twa'nt did onto "A system.
helm IN mo r less pmiscous, an out
siders being : liable To- to win ou,
as the citizens was.
- W. a., "rohE' ih"H
ou.",' no"o"E HP'c' '"c Town 10 S''
"neau 'ohe ionE CROSSROADS gam
blers was comm hyar I'm time to
time an Gittin away with big chunks
onten the il"atln capital O tho en- :
munity. Thing to do was to organize,
an ] done organized.
Il begin pickin' out the best play
ers they was in town an rittin EN-
together with the idee o maxim n team
what d be pow'ful enough 70 to git
away with the strangers In union
they &c strength as tho ZOO; I:ooi,
s,ys an. 7 showed 'e,n how. IL ,bo,.1
La IN, ia. common rs,r,ro a
,o,, ,o,,r r.. .ho; y.
,,,,I ~ ,ho $500, ,,y;,a. ',
uu''" W ,,t ",.''
ne '''' ny
ItsI"'
JUST nachuli! tmeN was some dif-
hcNlticS ruSt on iN't 4" u" strangers