Show WAR STARTED ON BASEBALL POOLS Rapp Convicted in Chicago v Other Cities I Chicago May Ia 28 William 28 Rapp char charged ed with gambling In conducting a ba baseball pool was given the maximum fine of oC In time the municipal court her here toda today It was charged Kapp Rapp conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted his pools poole through the Weekly World of ot WIlkes n Barre Pa Pa- for which he was circulator in Chicago Pittsburgh May Charles Charles S. S Hub- Hub hard director of the department of pub pub- lie lo safety after aCter questioning questioning- four tour men who are said to to have been connected with a baseball pool conducted by a I Bat Barre Pa Pa- newspaper issued a statement late toda today declaring that there herc will be bo no baseball pool gambling I in Pittsburgh The director said there would b bo bl no prosecutions or arrests as ns all the pools had agreed to cease operations oper oper- New York Ma May 28 Baseball S. Baseball authorities author author- here see Ree In the trial of or William Rapp Kapp at ot Chicago and tho the arrest of ot two men at nt New Orleans the be beginning Q Q QI I ta Ia wide nation-wide campaign a against baseball baseball base base- I ball pools It was said today that the matter would be called calle 1 to the attention I of or the thoa district attorney in this city and the facts fact also will vill bo be presented to Governor Governor Gov Gov- Whitman hUman with a request that action ac ne- tion Uon be taken to abate the practice Pr Pra-ident Pra John K Tenor Tener of ot tho National Na N- N- N league was wa outspoken In con coat pool betting It should all allbe allbe be wiped l out ont he said for It is fast growing to be a 0 menace menaco to the tho community community nit as liS well as to baseball Itself itselL As a aman aman aman man la is known b by the companions companions' he keeps so o baseball will be known b by Its association and those a associations ought never ne to be bo such that a finger Inger can be pointed In scorn For the tIme moral welfare welfare- of ot the community community com corn baseball pools should be stamped tamped out Just the same a as any an- other form of ot gambling |