Show HANDBAll N GAMBLING GAME FOR SPANISH I MADRID Dec 9 The The execrations uttered by the indignant baseball fan against th the the unlucky or awkward player in A America are as gentle gentte murI murmurs murmurs mur mur- I murs compared with the epithets hurled by the occupants of the gallery at the contestants in the gamo game of handball in In- Inthe the playgrounds of Madrid Ma Ma- Rogue Thief Convict Idiot are some of the mild terms with which th the players are greeted when they miss missa a a ball or send it back backlin lin in an ea easy y position for the opponent to play it The reason for this excitement is the prevalent betting betting- in which the women spectators participate as much as the themen men Professional bookmakers attend all matches and their shouts of the odds for and against the players are mixed with the cries of the gambling I spectators until the scene resembles a bedlam The fine points of ot the game are are lost loston loston loston on most of those filling the tho Seats What they go so for is to gamble and the players play play- ers are merely a means to that end ends endl |