Show Gamblers Set For Big Kill KillOn KillOn On Grid Tilts By W. W A. A ALEXANDER Member America All Board of Football Reg Beg U. U S. S Patent Office Special to The Telegram Prof Professional fiam gambling on college football games h his has s reached such proportions proportions pro pro- portions in the U United ted States that it constitutes a men to the integrity of the game Unless friends of the sport start a campaign to discourage it it the king of our intercollegiate athletics ath ath- program will go the way of f horse horGe racing and boxing In this connection let one inc say that coaches are doing oil all thc can to dIsco discourage discourage dis dIs- dis- dis co courage rage it Coaches who write for newspapers have been criticized for making selections on games ea each h week It has been argued that this encourages betting All AU I can say i Is that anyone who follows foll ws co coaches coaches' ches' ches selections religiously for lor one season will b be permanently cured of betting on games I think in publishing these selections the coaches are rendering a good service Bookies Bookies' Are Attracted Gentlemanly friendly wagers al al always always al- al ways was have been made on football games with apparently no harmful affects In recent ye years rs however the professional bookmakers have been attracted to football as as a means of keeping up their incomes when baseball is over and horse racing is in 1st partial eclipse At first the professional gamblers followed college teams around and relied relied reon re re- re- re lied on the of the partisan fan Ian to book wagers at foolIsh foolish fool fool- ish odds In the past two years gamb gambling syndicates similar to or identical with the he ones that play number games and other lotteries have begun to flood Hood the he country with f sheets It It now is possible in almost any city to o find these cards and place bets as luw DW as 25 cen cents or as high as you lease Plenty of Suckers The sucker puts up his money and picks the winners in a list of ot say 10 games If It the sucker guesses the winner win win- ner ncr in all 10 games he may be paid as high as os 50 to 1 If It he misses one game or a tie intervenes he loses Te Teas 3 of It thousands of dollars thus are poured into the syndicates syndicate's treasury In addition every good sized town has one or more local tinhorn gamblers gam gam- bIers who follow this plan If II these small time operators happen to have havea a bad week they catch the first train out and the sucker loses even when he wins |