Show BOYS SAY THEY LEARNED TO PLAY POOL AT YMCA I I Excuse Presented to Judge Gowans I in Juvenile Court State ment Discredited We learned to play at the Y M 11 C A k Awas Awas kwas was the plea of ot several boys who were before Judge E G C Gowans of the Ju Juvenile juvenile venile court Saturday charged with da d and with frequenting the White Vl te Swan pool room at 60 GO 64 East First South street There were about fifteen of or the boys and aud one of them Oscar Papa Pape who had been frequently in the court was sent to the training school 5 hool It was argued on behalf of three of or orthe the boys that they had learned the gam sam 1 at the Young Mens Mons Christian Association building b ani an i that there he be e any anything anything anything thing more wrong in playing the th sam game ame in a place where there was s no bar ber barThe berThe barThe The judge will communicate with the IT Y YM M 31 C A authorities and find out at what age the boys bos are ar taught pool and bil billiards billiards The court coutt may also suggest o othe othe othe the association that only the older boys De ii allowed to pla pIa play pool In the association atlon rooms There was no final dispo disposition disposition of the cases caes Elwood Brown Biown social director of the Y V M 11 C A discredited the story stor of f the three boys when It was brought to his attention The pool poo poa room r oln Is for boys bos of the In Intermediate intermediate department and up said Mr Brown so that boys under 16 18 years of age are barred For the younger boys there is a sort of miniature pool jool played on toy tables which are a recognized ad adjunct adjunct adjunct of boys clubs 11 lI over the country While waiting for some of these tables to be shipped shipp d here we have very permitted some of the younger oung r boys bos to play pool on the tb large tables s but this temporary arrangement has been be n In ii ef effect effect feet only a week so it rs Is hardly pos poe possible possible sible the boys referred to learned the game here We Ve have hae never made it a of permitting i young o mg rung boys bos to play pool on the regulation tables Eight penitent boys faced the tue court on the charge of slot machines with flattened buttons They lied had Victimized most of the candy and aid l gum gam machines In Inthe Inthe Inthe the city before they were On pro se that they would be good boys in future f ture the judge allowed them to go goi i after a severe s e lecture |