| Show Baseball Pools In Salt Sail lake Go Into Info Hiding Though Police Chief Declines Comment Action Seems Likely Those fellows who furtively operate operate operate op op- erate what's known as baseball pools had mysteriously gathered their wal wares S together and gone into hiding in Salt Lake City Tuesday The p pools wherein you can spend your money for the privilege privilege l lege ge of f pitting your skill against i that of Lady Luck in predicting the outcome of th the big league games of the national pastime had vanished vanish d in an unexplained tion And while Chief of Police Reed E. E declined knowledge of the sudden withdrawal of the pools reports persisted that members of the departments department's squad had issued quiet warnings to operators operators operators op after the chief received i complaints from a woman that her marriage ended in 3rd district divorce divorce divorce di di- vorce court because her husband spent a large part of his earnings in gaming and failed to provide enough for me and our child to live in ordinary comfort If you want me to say that such things as baseball pools' pools dont don't exist in Salt Lake City I am afraid I cant can't Chief laughed when he was first contacted for a statement on th the report You know as well as I do that the boys get out of line once in a awhile awhile awhile while he added While he avowed that no recent formal or informal complaint of baseball pools had come either to his attention or to th the attention attention attention atten atten- tion of the squad Chief in a formal statement statement- declared Periodically complaints are re received received received re- re by the police department regarding gambling It is our policy to warn such places s to desist If any further such complaint is received then sterner measures are taken This applies to alleged baseball pools and c card rd playing as well as other forms of gambling When reports of flagrant violation violation violation viola viola- tion are reC received ived then raids are made the chief added Chief declined comment on why officers who had sufficient knowledge of evidence of violations to issue warnings against gambling gambling gambling gam gam- bling op operations rations could not at the same time make an arrest He also declined comment on w whether ether any places recently warned were among those which in the fall faIl of 1943 reportedly sere ore warned against conducting football football foot foot- ball baIl pools I have issued my formal statement statement statement state state- ment the chief said Take it for for what its it's worth worth worth-or or leave it When asked why gamblers if such exist in Salt Lake City were issued d warnings when motorists ignoring red traffic lights immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- are given arrest tickets Chief asserted heatedly a silly policy In fact no policy at all As to whether members of the an tivice squad actually had issued d warnings on gambling recently Chief said only I dont don't know They may have I IThen Then he hastened to add that the I inspector Inspector Odes B. B Record has been on vacation the past f few w days He handles such things the chief added I But take it from the boys in inthe inthe inthe the know no baseball pool tickets were available Tuesday Even the lOc and variety were not to tobe tobe be had |
