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OVERCONFIDENCE CAUSE OF
DOWNFALL OF THE ROARERS.
SUFFERED THEIK FIRST DEFEAT
OF THE SEASON.
HIGH SCHOOL WORKED
HARD FOR VICTORY.
BY TERRIFIC FIVE BI'CKING ONLY
TOICHDOWN WAS MADE.
Excellent Work of tlie Hitch School
Train Largely Due to the Concil
iate of Fallback McNeill of the Sn
vn ninth Team Roarers Font
Ground in Attempting; to Ie
Their Trick Flays nail llonlilc
Pusses That Have Heretofore
Prove n So Successful Referee's
Whistle Snveil a Second Toneh
donn for the Victors.
For the first time this season the gold
and black of the Roarers went down,
and the blue and white of the High
School came out victorious in the grid
iron struggle at Bolton Street Park
yesterday.
The score was 5 to 0. The only touch
down was made by Gilbert in the sec
ond half, on a plunge through tackle.
By terrific line bucking on the part of
Morton, Gilbert and Sllverfield, the
High School had carried the ball
steadily down the field to within three
yards from the Roarers’ goal line,where
Gilbert took it over for a touchdown.
The Roarers were outplayed at every
point of the game, and this was es
pecially evident in the second half,
when the High School gained at will.
( mild Not Gain on Double Passes.
The Roarers who have depended on
double passes and other trick plays for
a large jfart of these games, were
downed with a loss every time they
tried to use them. So confident were
they of winning that they Wave not held
a practice since their last game.
Much of the good team work of the
High School team was due to the ex
cellent coaching of McNeil, the Sa
vannah full back.
Th‘e game ended with the ball in
possession of the High School team on
its opponent’s four yard line. Morton
had taken it there by a series of fine
line plunges and had the game lasted
a minute more it is probable that the
blue and white would have scored an
other touchdown. Cann and Cardan
aid all the playing for the Roarers.
Morton and Silverfleld did some fine
line bucking and Gilbert and Wilcox
put up a splendid game. Taking it all
in all Silvet field's playing was the best
in the game. Newman, Thompson,
Starr and others played good ball.
The only runs of any consequence were
made by Cann, who made a gain of
seventeen yards, and Lazaron, who
made thirty on a blocked kick. The
High School had a lighter, but a
better line than their opponents and
all helped to win the victory.
The officials of the game were: Spen
cer, referee; Hunt, linesman and Mc
neil, timekeeper.
First Hit If.
The Higih School won the toss and
chose the north goal to defend, the
Roarers kicking off. Starr booted the
pigskin down the field to Saffold, who
was downed in his tracks. The High
Schools fumbled, a Roarer falling on
the ball.
Carolan skirts left end for a gain
of five yards. Cann gets four and
Carolan adds two to this. Cann gains
four, but Carolan fails to make any
thing. Thompson goes through tackle
for five yards. Cann around right
end for five more, and then loses two
yards, a fumble gives the ball to the
Jiigh School. Sllverfleld bucks three
yurds and Gilbert loses two. Saffold
punts to Cann, who returns the ball
but one yard. After failing to gain
but three yards In two downs Starr
fumbles, Silverfield dropping on the
ball. Silverfield bucks three and then
t>vo yards. Morton gains three. Sil
verfield two, Wilcox one, the ball go
ing over on the final down. Cann goes
around right end for two yards. Starr’s
kick Is blocked. Lazaron gets the oall
ahd carries it thirty yards before be
ing downed. Martin makes two yards,
Gilbert adds five more. Saffold's kick
is blocked, a Roarer falls on the ball.
Starr attempts another kick, which
goes to Saffold. He goes ten yards
before being tackled. Gilbert makes
two' and then four yards. Silverfield
adds five more to this. Saffold loses
ten yards. His kick is blocked, but
a High School player gets the ball.
After an attempt to gain. Saffold kicks
to Starr, who brings the ball back
eight yards. The half ends here, with
the ball on the Roarers’ twenty-yard
line in their possession.
Second Half.
Saffold kick off to C. Haile, who re
turns the ball fifteen yards. A double
pass from Cann to Thompson loses
three yards. Cann makes seventeen
yards on a run around right end. A
fumble loses the ball to the High
School.
Silverfield bucks for two yards. Mor
ton adds four to this. Gilbert makes
ten yards around right end. Silver
field gets two more, and then Morton
gains five and two yards. Gilbert
makes eight yards in two attempts.
Merton five and then two. Gilbert
makes four around right end and then
hits right tackle for a touchdown.
The High Schools forfeited their
right to kick a goal by letting the ball
touch the ground after the touchdown
was made. Saffold kicks oft to Ur
quhart. who gains four yards. Car
olan makes three yards, Thompson
loses six and the ball goes over on
the next down.
Morton makes five. Silverfield four,
Gilbert four and then two yards. The
High School gets five yards for off side
play by the Roarers. Morton bucks
three, Gilbert one, white three, Morton
five, and then two, three and two
yards.
The line-up was as follows:
Roarers. High School.
Mariek left end Wilcox
L'ro.uhart left tackle .. Sllverfleld
Elliott left guard Turner
S. Haile center Newman
Nlcholl right guard Weinkle
Cordson light tackle .. Lazaron
(Guerard)
Thompson right end White
Starr quarter back Saffold
Cann left half back .... Gilbert
Carol*! ... right half buck ... Martin
C. Haile full back Morton
SULLIVAN’S BELT SOLD.
Piiixioum g 111.000 Trophy Brought
fg.OOO nt Auction.
The famous belt, said to be worth
110,000, which was worn by John 1,.
Sullivan when he was at the zenith of
his career, has been sold at auction for
$2,900. This belt, the most celebrated
in fistic annals, was pawned by the
former champion and never redeemed.
Tear after year he has announced his
intention of "getting It out," but has
never done so. The ornament was stud
ded with diamonds, large and small,
and bore metal plates representing Sul
livan In various poses.
GYMNASTIC STUNTS
BY Y. M. C. A. ATHLETES.
Fair Attendance at Fall Exhibition
Despite Cold Weather.
The fall gymnastic exhibition of the
Y. M. C. A. was given last night and
proved an enjoyable entertainment,
though the cold weather and the num
erous entertainments given elsewhere
interfered, in a measure, with the at
tendance both of spectators and mem
bers of the athletic class.
Music, by the First Regiment Or
chestra, was furnished both as a pre
lude to the athletic work and also dur
ing the exhibitions on the various
pieces of apparatus. The programme,
in which about thirty men, members
of senior and junior classes, partici
pated, was as follows:
Overture, First Regiment Orchestra.
Grand march.
Flying rings. Messrs. Graham, Lynes,
Goodenow and St. Clair.
High jumping, Messrs. Morgan, Sib
ley, Solomons, Stark, Kraft, McTyre,
Morton, Dougan.
Tumbling, Messrs. Hoynes, Silva,
Bridges, Fitzgerald.
Horizontal bar, Messrs. Goodenow,
Artley, Bythewood, Solomons, Graham.
Wrestling, Messrs. Kntelman and
Dougan.
Parallel bars, Messrs. Artley, Morgan,
lleman, Sc ha upp, Goodenow, Kraft,
Sibley, Purse, Holmen, Flinn, Graham.
Three deep tag, class.
The youngsters who did the tumbling
as usual, carried off the honors for the
most spectacular work, and the show
ing they made is the more commenda
ble, in that there were new members
on the team and the boys had not the
opportunity of working together as
long as has been the case when they
appeared in former exhibitions. De
spite this handicap their work was ex
cellent and received the applause de
served .
Meritorious work was done also on
the flying rings, and on the parallel
bars, the first of a fancy character ex
emplifying not so much the work of
the classes as the control of the body
that is developed by them; the second
showing genertil class work of an ad
vanced nature. In each case the
work was of high order, and though
each man of the class acquitted himself
well, particular credit is due to Messrs.
Graham, the physical director of the
ftssociation, and Messrs. Artley,
Schaupp and Goodenow.
In the high jump the best record was
made by Mr. Kraft, who cleared the
bar at 4 feet. 10 inches, while in the
wrestling match honors were easy,
neither man being able to score a fall
over the other. The game of tag proved
an amusing finale to a well selected
and well executed programme.
RACES CALLED OFF
BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
Wiiltlioiir Will jtat Go Against the
Horses This Afternoon.
Bobbie JVjflthour will not race ten
blooded running horses at the Fair
Grounds this afternoon as was sched
uled. The weather conditions make it
impossible to run the race and Presi
dent Hull of the Savannah Racing
Association has been forced to call it
off. *
An exciting contest had been prom
ised and there was e\(ry indication of
a large attendance. Nothing had been
left undone to> make the race a suc
cess and many had made arrange
ments to see the champion pace fol
lower try his strength and speed
f gainst the ponies. But Wednes
day night's rain, followed by freez
ing weather, but the track in such
shape that it would be impossible to
run a bicycle over it this afternoon.
When Mr. Hull went out yesterday
to superintendent the rolling of the
track he found that it would be im
possible to get it in shape. The water
had frozen and there was six inches of
mud in some places. The horse own
ers were disappointed because they
had confidently expected to pull out
ahead of the bicycle rider. Walthour
will return from Atlanta this morning
and will leave to-night or to-morrow
for New York to enter in the six-day
race in Madison Square Garden.
SERVICES OF HEISMAN
ENGAGED BY GEORGIA TECH.
Grenl I ilia Olt'ereil for flic
Man Witw Hum Made Clriiison Ru
inous.
It has been olflcinlly announced that
J. W. Heisman, the famous football
coach, who has made Clemson what it
is on the football field and who for
several years made the Auburn team
one of the best in the South, has signed
to coach the George School of Technol
ogy team next vear.
It was a well known fact that a num
ber of Southern colleges were making
an effort to secure the services of Heis
man, and it is also understood that the
consideration of his signing with the
Techs was something over $2,000.
The announcement of the securing of
this celebrated coach was made Thurs
day. just before the Techs met the
South Carolina team at Atlanta, and
the greatest enthusiasm was manifested
when a big sign bearing the announce
ment was borne on the field at At
lanta.
—Not long ago Joseph Jefferson took
part in a benefit in aid of a New York
hospital. He opened the entertainment
with a short talk, other noted players
crowding at the wings to hear his re
marks. Just then two highly rouged
girls of the song and dance persua
sion came down the winding staircase
from their dressing room. One of them
came over to the wings, listened a
moment and went back to her com
panion. The latter said: “Who's on
now?" “Some old guy doin’ a mono
logue,” was the reply, “and, say, he's
doin’ fierce. Been on ten minutes and
ain't had a laugh yet.”
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. NOYEMRER 28. 1903.
ON NEUTRAL GROUND
GAME HETWEEN SAVANNAH AM)
CHARLESTON MAY HE PLAYED.
WILL PROBABLY BE AUGUSTA.
FEAR THAT HIVAFHY MAY BRING
IN SATISFACTORY HESI FTS.
Augusta Is Anxious to Secure the
t outest. as It Will lie One of the
lluriU st Fouglit Battles on the
Gridiron of (lie Year—Great Inter
est Already Centers in the Con
tes!—Seven of CTeiiiaon’it Crack
Team of Thin Season Will Fine I j>
With CliarlCHton—Savannah'. Fine.
1 It Will lie the Same as Thut Flit
V| Against Georgia.
Negotiations are now pending Between
the Savannah and Charleston football
teams to the end of arranging for the
annual game between these two elev
ens to be played at Augusta, the Sa
vannah team advocating neutral
grounds for the contest.
it is well known here that when Sa
vannah goes up against the Charles
ton eleven, it will practically line up
against Clemson, as seven of this
year’s team, with additions from for
mer teams, will compose the line up.
No objections will be offered to this,
as the blue and white eleven are anx
ious to enter the lists with one of the
real first-class teams of the South, and
interest everywhere is centering in the
game.
The reason for a desire on the part
of the Savannah eleven to play the
game on neutral ground is that the
intense rivalry between the two may
engender ill feelings, and it is believed
here that it would be far more satis
factory to play the game in Augusta.
AngiiKtn Anxious to Get Game.
Augusta is anxious to get the game.
It is realized there that if the con
test is pulled off there, that Augusta
people "<ll have an opportunity of see
ing two of the best teams In the South,
•and will be able to draw distinctions
between a regular college team and a
city team.
No attempt has been made to con
ceal the fact that there is ill feeling
between the two cities. Charleston has
never forgotten the unpleasantness of
their last game here, and while the
cooler heads of Savannah deeply de
plored the incident, and would have
done anything to have prevented it,
this would have no effect in the event
revengeful spirits were aroused in
Charleston during the visit of the Sa
vannah team, as some of the same men
are still in the blue and white line.
Game Will Be Hard Fought.
That the game will be one of the
hardest fought yet phtyed in the South,
all of those, who know the personnel
of the twb teams are assured. Savan
nah, with an unspotted record of three
years, not even having been scored
against in that time, will fight with
all the strength embodied in the heavy
line, and sturdy Backs. Charleston will
have almost an all star team. It w r ill
be picked from the best of the Clem
son team of this year, one man from
North Carolina, and the rest, past
stars on the Clemson team. With a
line up such as they will be able to
place in front of the Savannah men
it will be a toss up which will w'in.
For this game Capt. Cope will strain
every energy to have his men in perfect
shape. They will be given all of the
hard practice possible, and if possible
a number of games will be arranged
between now' and New Year’s Day,
An effort will be made to get a g*ame
with the Fort Screven team for an
early date, and with the game with
Macon less than a moth off it is believ
ed that the team will have worked
itself into championship form.
Furinnn’n llefent Surprise.
The defeat of the heavy Furman
team by Charleston was something of
a surprise, and yet the team that will
be sent against Savannah will be much
stronger.
In the event the Charleston team re
fuses to agree to meet the blue and
white on neutral ground a special rate
will be granted by the railroads, and a
large number of Savannah people will
go over to root for the home team.
The line up of the Savannah team will
be the same as it was with Georgia,
with possibly one exception. Charley
Harris, one of the best all-round men
in the country, and who is justly a Sa
vannah man, traveling out of this point,
will probably be put in on the Savan
nah line. Harris' playing is too well
known in Savannah to need comment.
He weighs 185 pounds now, and played
the whole game for Macon against the
Jacksonville team Thursday.
Just how the Charleston team will
line up is not yet known. In fact, it
is not even known in Charleston.
COLD DAY AT BENNING.
Washington, Nov. 27.—This was the
coldest day of the season at Benning,
and none but the regulars turned out.
Only one favorite, and that odds-on,
•won. Sam Craig won the handicap at
a mile and a furlong handily from
River Pirate. Summary:
First Race—Three-year-olds and up,
six furlongs. Demurrer, 8 to 1, won,
with Blue and Orange, 8 to 1, second,
and Many Thanks, 10 to 1, third. Time
1:15.
Second Race—Two-year-olds, five fur
longs. Fort Hunter, 5 to 1. won, with
Ganamogue, 3 to 1. second, and Blithe
ness, 11 to 5. third. Time 1:00 4-5.
Third Race—Two-year-olds. seven
furlongs. Monster, 3 to 5, won, with
Miss Melton, 10 to 1, second, and Ga
zelle, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:29 2-5.
Fourth Race—Three-year-olds and
up, mile and forty yards. The Guards
men, 7 to 2, won, with Mona graph, 7
to 1, second, and Rightful. 3 to 1, third.
Time 1:45 3-5.
Fifth Race —Three-year-olds, seven
furlongs. Pittacus, 13 to 5, won, with
Miladi Love, 6 to 1, second, and Har
rison. 8 to 1. third. Time 1:29 2-5.
Sixth Race—Handicap, 3-year-olds
and up, one mile and a furlong. Craig,
4 to 1, won, with River Pirate, 3 to
1, second, and Highlander, 6 to 1, third.
Time 1:58 3-5.
NAVY HAS LITTLE HOPE IN GAME
AGAINST WEST POINT.
MOST DISASTROUS SEASON IN HIS-'
TORY OF NAVAL ACADEMY ELEVEN
WILL FIGHT WITH
DESPERATE HOPE.
FUOSFECTS THAT WERE BRIGHT
ARE NOW ON THE WANE.
Worst Fork Was Experienced Witli
tile Tackles—Grady. Ilie Big Mas
■aclimietta Boy. Vim So Badly In
jured He Cannot I’lny—Earley, the
Ollier Tackle, Is 111 With Typhoid
Fever—Tan Fight Hoys xvill be Flit
in lit Tackle—Middies Will Fight
Hurd, However, and Will Defend
a Forlorn Hope.
For the first time in several years
the army and navy will meet in con
flict as desperate, if not as deadly, as
on real battlefields, v hen representa
tive elevens from the two branches of
the service will clash on the gridirbn
at Philadelphia to-day.
Down in the bottom of their hearts
the followers of the Annapolis team
realise that only something a little
short of a miracle can bring about a
victory over the army.
This year has been a perfect series
of accidents and illness of players at
Annapolis, and the failure to make
good by new men who were relied upon
until the navy is about to close the
most disastrous season of its history.
Notwithstanding all this, the navy
team went to work in the last week of
practice to make the best of a forlorn
hope, and will meet the army with such
spirit that everybody will at least real
ize that there are two teams on the
field. There are no star players on the
team this year, but they are a spirited
lot, and are certain to fight desperately.
Began Willi Fair Prospects.
The navy began the season with fair
prospects. Most of the backs of last
year’s team and several of the regu
lar linemen were back, and there were
great hopes from the 300 and more
members of the new class.
The season began with Halsey at
full-back, Straussburger and Root at
half-back and Needham, who played
on the Yale Freshman team last year,
at quarter back. Halsey and Strauss
burger have played steady games and
are secure in their positions. Needham
soon showed that he was an unrelia
ble tackier, and after Shoup, Whiting
and Wilcox had been tried, the choice
for quarter-back has fallen to the lat
ter, who is a fast player and hard
tackier.
The other backfield position is not
yet settled. Dowell was picked for the
Winner, and played on Saturday last,
but he made a miserable showing and
the place will likely go to Doherty,
who did not have much opportunity
at the early part of the season, as he
was recovering ffohi an attack of ty
phoid fever. Jones and Root are also
possibilities.
The line has been changed in every
game since the season began, and
there is still uncertainty in some
spots. The ends who have played in
most of the games are Capt. Soule and
Howard. Whiting, the regular left end
for the two previous seasons, seems to
have been permanently displaced by
Howard, whose defensive work is just
as good as Whiting’s and whose serv
ices as a punter are very necessary to
the team.
Hint I.nek With Tackles.
The navy has met with the worst k'nd
of luck at the tackle positions. The
season was begun with Grady and Far
ley, both Massachusetts boys. The
former weights 184 pounds, and is six
feet two inches in hight. He has play
ed regularly and showed improvement
in every contest, but during the game
with Virginia Polytechnic, his ankle
was sprained so badly that he is not
likely to play against West Point. Far
ley was the most aggressive man on the
team, but ho has been taken down with
typhoid fever, and, of course, will not
play. Piersol, a fourth class man, who
only weighs 171 pounds, will play right
tackle against West Point. Rees, whose
weight is about the same, will likely
play the other fiackle position. Both
are fair players, but not strong enough
to be good men for the positions.
. Center will be looked after by fair
ly good men, who cannot possibly do
more than protect their position from
direct assault. Oak, right guard, is
the heaviest man on the team. He is
hard to move from his positon, but does
not cover much ground. The choice
for the other guard will probably fall
to Chambers, a 186-pound fourth class
man, who is strong and willing, but
not experienced. Goss, who has play
ed center most of the season, has not
been entirely satisfactory on account
of his poor passing, and Rees was sub
stituted for him. If Rees, however,
is put in Grady's place at tackle, Goss
may return to center, or McKinney may
be preferred.
Too Much Shifting.
The team work of the midshipmen
has suffered severely from this con
tinual shifting around, and there has
been very little practice of good, swift
end runs which might have given the
light team a little chance against the
heavier army team. The line is very
weak and inexperienced on the whole,
and has been outclassed In nearly
every game this year. The backs are
fair and would have made a satisfac
tory showing if properly protected by
the forwards.
A consideration of the games played
this season does not afford any more
hope of victory than the inspection of
the individual players. The work of
the early part of the season was fair,
but towards the latter part, as the
other teams were rounding into shape,
there has been nothing to give encour
agement.
NEW ORLEANS~RACES.
New Orleans, Nov. 27.—Sweet Nell
and Little Scout were the only winning
favorites to-day, although the weath
er remained fine and track fast. Sum
maries:
First Race—Five and a half fur
longs. Sweet Nell, 11 to 5, won, with
Josette, 5 to 1, second, and Filly Dick,
30 to 1, third. Time 1:08 3-5.
Second Race—Selling, six furlongs.
Julia Junkin. 16 to 1, won, with Specie,
9 to 2, second, and Eliza Cook, 12 to
1. third. Time 1:14 2-5.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Ath
ola, 12 to 1, won, with Nowela, 9 to 2,
second, and Bard of Avon, 4 to 1,
third. Time 1:43.
Fourth Race—Handicap, seven fur
longs. Cyprienne, 12 to 1, won, with
Annie Max, 7 to 2, second, and Ethics,
7 to 1, third. Time 1:28 3-5.
Fifth Race—Seven and a half fur
longs. Dutiful, 3to 1, won, with Sol
dier of Fortune, 2 to 1, second, and
Ralph Young. 9 to 1, third. Time
1:22 2-6.
Sixth Rare—One and a sixteenth
miles. Little Scout. 9to 20, won, with
Potheen. 4to 1, second, and Capt.
Gaston, 20 to 1, third. Time 1:43 2-5.
DALLYING WITH DICE.
Old Gambler Tells How Dope. Arc
Cheated Witli Cubes.
From the New York Telegraph.
“I read in the papers the other day.”
said the retired gambler, ‘‘that a prom
inent banker out in 'Frisco shot him
self because he squandered a big lump
of the bank's money shaking dice, and
the story called my attention to the
fact that there has been a revival of
dice lately. They have been out of fash
ion for ten or fifteen years, and the
sharp hasn't had much of a chance to
show his skill with the cubes.
"There are not as many ways to cheat
with the dice as there are in fifty-two
pieces of cardboard, although as much
skill is required with the 'ivories’ as
with a deck of cards.
“Swindling with d,ice isn't child's
play, 1 can tell you, and the sharp
who seeks his fortune by manipulating
them has to devote many weary hours
to the acquisition of deftness in the
maneuvers that he intends to employ.
In gambling it is those things that
appear simplest ih theory that are the
most difficult in practice.
“There are two general ways of
cheating at dice—the manipulation of
genuine dice and the employment of
unfair ones. In the manipulation of
dice the first thing to learn is that
branch of the art known to its pro
fessors as ‘securing,’ which means sim
ply the knack of retaining certain dice
in the hand. One is held against the
inside of the box, while the other is
allowed to fall freely into it. In this
way one of the dice is not shaken at
all and falls on the table in the same
position as it previously occupied.
Sharp Has Advantage.
“By ‘securing’ dice in this manner
at each throw the sharp is sure of
throwing at least seven every time.
With two dice this is the lowest pos
sible score for him to make. Now, in
an indefinite number of fair throws
with two dice ‘seven’ is the number
of pips that will be the average for
each throw.
"But with one dice secured in such
a manner as to fall six the average
of an infinite number of throws is nec
essarily very much increased, because
it is impossible to throw less than
seven. The chances of the two players
bear no comparison, and the dupe is
bound to be beaten.
“For instance, the chances of throw-
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BECAUSE It is a Quick Cure,
It places the fever victim beyond the point of danger in a day.
BECAUSE it is a Bitter Dose,
And in its bitter taste there is an absolute pledge of health aad life,
BECAUSE It Strikes at the Root.
It drives out every trace and taint of malarial poison from the blood,
and does its work quickly.
BECAUSE Its Record is Known.
In eighteen years no shroud has been made nor grave dug for a fever
victim whose faith was pinned to Johnson’s Tonic.
BECAUSE If is 100 Times Better Than Quinine.
And does in a single day what slow and uncertain Quinine cannot do
in ten days.
It is not simply good—but supremely good.
Not good as anything—but better than everything.
Not mere merchaudise—but a genuine life-saver.
Not made to tickle a palate—but to save a human life. 1
Those who believe in it are safe.
Those who doubt are in danger.
Those who refuse to use it place their lives in jeopardy.
To sum it all up -JOHNSON’S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC is the very best Fever
Medicine obtainable on this earth. This is the sober, serious, earnest truth. I can
prove it to any sane man, and haven’t the time to talk to any other kind.
It s worth your time to believe in it.
It may be worth as much as your life is worth to believe in it.
I invite corrspondence.
A. fi. GIRARDEAU, Savannah . Ga.
ing 12 by the player who secures one
dice are as 1 to 6; that is to say, there
are 6 to 1 against him, while the
chances against the player who goes to
work fairly are 35 to 1. So, at a dol
lar & throw, the ‘flat’ can drop a lot
of money in an hour or two at this
delectable pastime.
"There are three kinds of unfair dice
in general use. First, there are those
whose faces do not bear the correct
number of pips and which are known
as ’dispatchers.’ Second, there are
those that are weighted at one side,
and tend to fall with that side down
ward, and which are known as ‘load
ed dice.’
"Lastly, there is the variety bearing
the name of ‘electric dice,’ which are
the most modern development in this
department of cheating.
The Two Dispatchers.
“There are two kinds of ’dispatchers,’
‘high’ and low.’ in accordance with
the fact of their having an aggregate
of pips either higher or lower than
should be the case. They owe their
origin to the fact that It is impossible
to see more than three sides of a cube
at one time.
“In making a high ’dispatcher’ any
three adjacent sides are taken and
marked with 2. 4 and 6 pips, respec
tively. That side of the cube which is
immediately opposite to the one with
6 pips, instead of being marked with
1. as it should be. is marked with 6
also. The side opposite to the 4 is
marked 4 also, and that opposite to
the 2 is marked 2 in a similar manner.
"Therefore no two sides that bear
the same number of pips are ever seen
at one time, the duplicate marks being
always on the opposite sides of the
die.
“In a low ’dispatcher’ the process is
precisely the same, but the sides are
numbered with 1, 2 and 3 pips, instead
of 2. 4 and 6. A high ‘dispatcher,’
therefore, cannot throw less than 2,
while a low one cannot throw higher
than 3.
“Therefore, using one genuine die and
one ’dispatcher,’ in an infinite num
ber of throws, the sharp will average
30 per cent, better than his opponent.
That is advantage enough to make a
‘killing’ every time the sharp ‘rings in’
his crooked dice.
"Loaded dice are made by drilling
out two adjacent spots or pips at one
edge of the die. filling in the cavity
with mercury and cementing it up fast.
These dice have one disadvantage.
They will not spjn, and any person
who is ’on to’ this defect can easily
discover if a loaded die has been rung
in on him.
“This defect led to the invention of
what are called ‘electric dice.’ These
dice are made of celluloid. Inside is
fixed a small bar of steel.
Mngnets in Table.
“The table on which these dice are
used is so constructed that, lrnmedl
utely below its surface and within the
thickness of the wood Itself, there are
concealed several electro-magnets At
some convenient spot In the table at
the back of a drawer or elsewhere the
battery supplying the current is’hid
den.
"The key or push-button controlling
the current takes the form of a secret
spring in the table leg, so placed as
to be in ready reach of the operator’s
knee.
“The result is obvious. Among the
dice in use is one of the electric va
riety. When the dupe throws them he
has to take his chances as to how they
will fall, and as long as the sharp i R
winning he will do the same. But
■when he begins to lose, or if he Is not
winning fast enough to suit him he
presses the secret spring with his knee
when it is his turn to throw, and the
false dice turns up a six.
“The magnets, of course, attract the
steel disk Inside the celluloid die, and
the six pips being on the side opposi*?
the disk, the six naturally falls face
upward. All that the sharp has to do
is to press the button; the electricity
will do the rest. J
“Unfair dice are seldom submitted for
inspection, particularly those of the
dispatcher kind. Therefore they are
elways introduced into the game when
the play is occupying the dupe's un
divided attention and their manner of
introduction 1s known in the gambler s
vernacular as ‘ringing In.’
“This is done at the moment when
the dice are taken up In order to throw
into the box. It Is only possible to
change one die, the others being al
lowed to fall Into the box in the usual
way.
Victim Playn Fair.
“Suppose that two dice are used In
the game. The dupe throws the two
fair ones. The sharp, however, has a
false one concealed in his right hand
held in the thumb joint. He picks up
the two fair dice from the table, as
in ‘securing,’ and allows one of them
to fall into the box. Then, of course
he had still two dice in his hand— one
genuine dice between his fingers and
one false one held by his thumb.
“At the same Instant that the first
die is allowed to fall the false die is
dropped into the box also. When the
false die is released the two fingers
holding the second genuine die are
turned inward and the die is taken in
to the thumb joint in the position for
merly occupied by the false one.
“The whole of the manipulation Is
performed in the act of throwing the
dice into the box. The false die is
dropped into the box and the genuine
one put In its place at the root of the
thumb in one movement only, and the
exchange is instantaneous. It requires
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