The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-10-13

rior. The Big Chief then made
much noise in the papers about
there being a bench warrant out
for "Rasty" and declared that he
would be nabbed if he came to the
Duluth side Of the bay.
Investigation, later on, showed
that neither warrant was out nor
complaint was made against the
veteran gambler.
Then "Uncle Bob 50 eyes got
bad and while he was fighting off
total blindness, Professor Wright
came back 70 Duluth and has been
here ever since, although chief Nc
Kercher cannot see him when
plainly in public.
It is stated that Prof Wright is
1ather up against it financially
and quite il good many seem to feel
that he should have show to re-
plenish The roll that troubles and
Ill luck of different kinds have so
sadly depleted.
After returning to dear old Du-
luth from Superior, Prof Wright
was credited with taking a few
select pupils and holding occa-
sional night school classes in his
family residence. That was not
highly profitable and rather in
convenient.
Then sheriff Meinjng closed up
the booze bungalow, otherwise
Known as the Iroquois Club, near
French river. In some way, Prof.
Wright get the key to that place
and held occasional sessions out
there, sometimes on Saturday
night and sometimes on Sunday
. night.
One Saturday night out there,
hid" Taylor won $1,000.
Students were taken out to the
Iroquois Club in an automobile.
This machine stood inside the
Central garage. 1t belonged to
s. S. Wright, another chip
off the old block, who re-
ceived S. for making the trip and,
incidentally, helped in the games.
To avoid notice and undue no.
toriety, students for the night
school sessions at the Iroquois
Club slipped into the garage two
at time and took their seats in
the machine. When the entire
night school attendance had so as
sembled, the chauffeur would shoot
the machine out Of the garage and
speed away towards Two Harbors.
But, for some reason, it proved
inadvisable to longer hold sessions
out at the old clubhouse. Night
school quarters had to be found
within the city limits. By some
good luck, a place was secured in
the Central garage.
To attend the night school in
the garage, you enter the main
floor, 60 to the rear, pass through
a door over which there is a sign
barring all but employees. Once
inside, you enter a second door
and find yourself right in the
midst of a crap game.
If you are a philanthropist, you
can enter the game and leave your
money for the benefit of dear old
Prof. "Rasty" Wright, the man
who, in his college days, put the
capital letter "P" in Poker, that
great national game.
Despite the assurances OF Onkel
Bernard Silberstein, Commissioner
of Unsafety, there are still other
kinds of gambling in Duluth than
"Rasty" Wright's crap game on
wheels.
You can get some mighty big
bets and brisk action in the places
where they bet on base ball. Some
mighty handsome winnings have
been reported and, naturally,
where there are big winnings,
there must be heavy losses.
Some of this base ball betting is
most lively. A great many who
patronize the joints where base
ball games are the basis of bet
ting, are great characters in their
way. Some Of their sayings, ac-
tions and habits are extremely in
teresting and worthy of Dickens
as characters in a human interest
novel.
Probably the most popular base
ball betting place is on the Su-
perior street floor of the old Boyle
ho+ol That little Mace often is