The Washington herald., 1922-07-31
GAMBLING DENS
AT FULL BLAST
NEAR D. G.. LINES


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up a stack Of "cartwheels" and hand
them over without counting them.
This club has a feet Of six high
priced touring cars and a motor truck.
The truck takes care OF supply needs
during the day and hauls gambling
prospects at night. The vehicles are
driven by men employed by the estab-
lishment.
Passenger service starts at Third
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
and runs southeast down the Ave-
nue. by way of the south side of the
Capitol.
Make Regular Stops.
Regular stops to pick up passengers
are made at First and B streets south
east. on Pennsylvania avenue between
Sixth and Seventh streets southeast.
and Thirteenth and Pennsylvania
southeast. However. cars will stop at
any point en- route for players who
are known to the chauffeurs.
Returning from the club. play
ers are brought as far as Third
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Should they be win
ners of. large sums. however. an
armed guard Is provided with in
struetions to take the customer
wherever he should. designate.
Car starters are provided by
this establishment. The three
principal ones are located at the
main stops. Third and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, First and
B streets southeast and on Penn
sylvania avenue between Sixth
and Seventh streets southeast.
Here the prospective customer is
introduced and the preliminary de-
tails are arranged in the event
the player is not known to the
management
The Route to "JImmy's.-
Here is the way the boys go
out to "Jimmys.' formerly
ell-patronized roadhouse: A
player owning his own car need
only to drive out the Bladens-
burg road to the District Line and
there turn left into the wooded
enclosure. Following the road
WlInln the IenCt he Will run up
to the front entrance.
Not having a car of his own,
any person desiring to play can
be accommodated from Sixth and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
the starting point for the house
cars. Leaving from Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, the
usual route is north to Louisiana
avenue east to Fourth street.
north to E. east to Maryland ave-
nue., and northeast to Fifteenth
and II streets. thence out the
Bladensburg road.
House car drivers will pick up play
ers anywhere along the route on sig
nal. and returning will even deviate
from the beaten path on request, to
leave players at their own doorsteps
if near the route.
-Getting Rich Quick.-
Drivers for this house. as in the
case of all of the others. do not wait
until a player loses his all to start
their return trips. but leave at regu-
lar intervals. and usually they have
a reasonable load to carry back.
The cars start leaving Sixth and
the avenue at about 1880 p. m, al
lAIIS d ScENlCc early
in the afternoon for those desiring to
play the races.
AT "Jimmy's' three times as much
odds money is Laid" on the line
as at other dens. By this is meant
vantage of the usual odds against the
making of a point. he may do do to
that extent. The odds against the
making of a four or ten are two to
one. against a five or nine three to
two. and against a six or eight six to
five.
And these are absolutely correct
One instance is that while a four
may be made two ways, ace-tray,
or two deuces, a seven
may be made six ways, therefore.
the six to three, or two to one
against a four. How a little money
may be turned into a big figure by
a lucky player by taking advan-
tage of the odds can readily be
seen.
Club Has Fancy Name.
One of the newest of the clubs,
with a quite fancy name, is further
out in Maryland and is to the right,
off the Bladensburg road. A lucky
player can win at this place and
will be given every protection re-
turning, IL requested. An instance
of player being down to his last
dollar and leaving the house with
$500 in his pocket is an actuality.
This player was invited to return
the following night and take away
$1,000 the house had Immediately
available.
A den just this side of Alexan-
dria, on the Alexandria road. main
tains an auto service from Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, but 1t seems a bit too
far out for the average local player.
A small fleet of touring cars, be-