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Show CHURCHES AID HUGHES IN FIGHT ON GAiMBLING ALBANY. N. Y March I. Two bishops bish-ops of the I'rolestant Episcopal church Joined today In the tight against racetrack race-track gambling Instituted bv Governor Hughes. At tho Senate hearing this afternoon, aft-ernoon, letters in support of tho bills were road from Uishops Charles T. Olm-stcad Olm-stcad of central New York and Frederick Uurges8 of Long Island It v;is announced an-nounced that the opponents of the bills would nek for an amendment so n.s to Install the English system of credit betting. bet-ting. They claim that this would tend to keep boys and other irresponsible persons out of the betting. |