The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-23

. "CroWn and Anchor ana House..
The paraphernalia used In Grown
and Anchor" consists Of a piece OF cam
vas two feet by three feet. This "a
divided into six equal squares. In these
squares are painted club, diamond,
heart, spade, crown, and an anchor,
one device TO a square. There are
three dice used, each dice marked the
same as the canvas. The banker sets
Up his gambling outfit in the corner of
a billet and starts bally-hooing until a
crowd of Tommies gathers around;
then the game starts.
The Tommies place bets on the
squares, the crown or anchor being
played the most. The banker then
rolls his three dice and collects or pays
out as the case may be. II you play
the crown and one shows up on the
dice, you get even money If two show
up, you receive two to one, and IL three.
three to one. If the crown does not ap-
pear and you have bet on it, you lose,
and so on. The percentage for the
banker is large If every square is
played. but IL the crowd Is partial TO,
say two squares, he has to trust to
luck. The banker generally wins.
The game of House" is very popular
also. 1t takes two men TO run It. This
game consists of numerous squares of
cardboard containing three rows of
numbers, five numbers to a row. The
numbers run from one to ninety. Each
card has different combination.
The french "estaminets" In the VII
lagos are open from eleven In the morn
Ing until one in the afternoon In ac-
cordance with army orders.
After dinner the Tommies congre-
gate at these places to drink French
beer at penny glass and play
House"
AS soon as the estaminet is suffi-
GENTLY crowded the proprietors OF the
House" game get busy and, as they
term II, form a school," This consists
of going around and selling cards at
a franc each. If they have ten in the
school, the hackers Of the game de-
duct two francs for their trouble and
the winner gets eight francs.
Then the game starts. Each buyer
places his card before him on the Ia
BILE, first breaking up matches into if
teen pieces.
One of the hackers OF the game has
q small cloth bag in which are ninety
cardboard squares, each with a num-
Der printed thereon, from one to nine,
~. He raps on the table and cries,
D. out: Eyes down, my lucky lads"
All noise ceases and every one Is at
tention.
Tie croupier places his hand in the
bag and draws forth a numbered
square and Immediately calls out the
number. The man who owns the card
with that particular number on II,
covers the square with q match. The
one who covers the fifteen numbers on
his card first shouts House" The.
other hacker Immediately comes over
to him and verifles the card by calling
out the numbers thereon to the man
with the bag. AS each number is
called he picks It out of the ones
picked from the bag and says, Right"
II the count is right he shouts, House
correct. pay the lucky gentleman. and
sell him card for the next school,
The lucky gentleman" generally buys
one unless he has a miser trace in
his veins.
school formed, and they carry on with
the game.
The caller-out has many nicknames
for the numbers such as "Kelly's Eye"
for one, Legs Eleven" for eleven,
'.Ciickety-ciick" for sixty-six, or TOP
OF the house" meaning ninety.
The game is honest and quite en-
1oyable. Sometimes you have fourteen
numbers on your card covered and
you arc waiting for the fifteenth to be
called. In an iinploring voice you call
ont. Come on. Watkins. chum, I'm
sweating on 'Eelly's Bye"
Watkins generally replies, "Well,
ksep out OF draft, you'll catch cold.
Another game is "Pontoon," played
with cards; 1t 10 the same as our
BLACK jack" or -Twenty-oue."
A card game called Drag" is also
popular. Using q casino deck, the
dsaier deals each player three cards.
It In similar to our poker, except for
the fact that you only use three cards
iend cmnuot dra~. Tho deck is never
,Gnuzned until a man shows three Of u
kind or ~prile" as 1t La called. The
Qnfne OF che hands are, high card, a
pair run. a flush or three Of q kind
or 'prile." The limit In generally a
pmnny, 80 1t is hard 10 win O foctune.
Tne SMxt In popularity is q card
gmz2e tAAed Nap" Il Is well named.
BHary LIZA played 1t ] went to slesT.
Whist srh solo Whist are played by
me .esiSHs1s Of me company.
Wen IAa gamblers ,iro ot I'll Ohio
HGnSes sa,lS cy "BAni er ano Broker.
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spsnt weak Tying 60 reach some
lcf che Tommiss how 70 play poker, but
because I won thirty-f1ve francs they
declared that they didn't "flwncy" the
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