Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-05-28 | Page 16 | New Baseball Betting Stunt is Disclosed

NEW BASEBALL BETTING STUNT IS DISCLOSED NEW YORK May 28 A A thriving thriving ing tug business in Now New York and other oth er Eastern cities is said to have been disclosed in tho the investigation of alleged baseball pools by assistants assistants assistants assist assist- ants and de detectives tives in the office of District Attorney Whitman That such BUch an Investigation was in progress ress sees became known today when some of ot tho methods of ot the so 80 called baseball news information bureaus bureaus' were mado made public The procedure it is said is for tor forthe forthe the prospective subscriber to pay 25 cents for tor a sealed envelope containing con con- taming a a. score card with blank boxes for tor every team in each of five Lve leagues forty leagues forty teams In alland all alland alland all all- and for every day in the week except ex et- Sunday On the back of ot the tho score card are tho the rules of tho the subscription Each score card has five teams punched as lS its particular combination combination tion for premiums for the largest largest larg larg- est cst number of ot runs scored by any combination in the week