Show alz r 4 J anew 6 nw tork service le guest columnist columbi st riley cooper tells of betting evils courtney riley cooper widely known writer of crimes and adventure stories today fills in as huh hugh Br Bradl adleys cys guest columnist his contribution ii n taken from his book I here feres s to crime by COURTNEY RILEY COOPER THERE abling HERE is a wave of public gam gain L bung which has been gaining force ever since the beginning of 0 the depression the figures are amazing in cities which have conducted thorough impartial investigations it has been found that the totals in this new racket are far beyond the amounts spent even in the wildest days of prohibition and bootlegging the amount per capita is in fact at least seventy five dollars a year placed on bets which means that much of it is turnover that is not the amount wagered by each person who gambles but it is the result of dividing the total sums by the aggregate of every man woman and child in the he city there are comparatively few towns in america above a population of in which slot machines punch boards horse joints the numbers bolita or some other form of lottery does not flourish therefore assuming that all rural districts are free from the taint of sam gambling bling which they are not a gross population of about eighty million persons is dallying with six billion dollars in winnings and of which all but about a billion goes through the hands of the underworld where much of course remains A half billion dollars of the legitimate gar gambling money goes to fairs carnivals county race meets charities and a number of small games of chance which are affiliated in no way with organized syndicates half million Is bet in area on relief last year for instance massachusetts chu race goers backed their hunches thirty five million dollars worth kentucky let go of about eleven million florida guessed about twenty five million dollars worth california always seeking to better its rival took more than thirty million to and from the race tracks while michigan texas oregon west virginia south dakota nebraska nevada rhode island louisiana maryland illinois Q and other race loving states contributed something like a hundred and ten million this money was wagered in places where pari betting is permitted and where it is possible accurately to gauge the he amounts risked incidentally it might be interesting te to know that in one new england district where nearly a half million dollars poured into races in a single month the majority of persons in the area were on relief besides the he pari betting must be considered the bookies system of betting in new york where it is estimated nearly three hundred million dollars were wagered this according to the average mans belief is all the money which went into racing either through bookie or pari systems however there was another system which made no reports and which handled more money than all the racetracks race tracks combined that was there was a time when the usual representative of crook dorn dom who fell into the police net felt it incumbent upon him to pretend some legitimate occupation today however he settles the matter by stating that he is a betting commissioner joe gould jim braddocks braddicks Brad docks manager engaged in only one ring bout and the beating he received hastened his career as a handler handier of fighters paul dean of the cardinals was helped along in the courtship by bill delancey his teammate at the time who wrote all daffas letters to his present wife they are talking of increasing the santa anita handicap purse next year to make it worth in added money branch dickeys Ric keys baseball experience includes a stretch as catcher for the university of michigan varsity basketball coaches estimate that with the center jump eliminated in next years competition that the actual time of play will be increased ten minutes a game and they predict all scoring records will be wiped out don lash worlds record holder in the outdoor and indoor two mile run has won medals cups pl acques and other awards in his three years at indiana university NOT IN THE BOX SCORE M AL STEVENS who must throw his N Y u violets at them on the second saturday ot of the season predicts carnegie tech will have one of the nations hottest football teams next fall you need more than the sun it if you wish to acquire such a lovely tan as that now displayed by hannah dempsey mrs jacks recipe Is to mix two drops of iodine in the bottle of olive oil used tor for rubbing purposes friends insist the real reason for paul caners long ion holdout la Is not the few hundred dollars which separated the pirates bid from his own asking price instead they say paul was anxious to find some excuse to train in his florida home instead of journeying lourn eying all the way to california dolly stark who held out all last year may soon resume as baseballs best umpire he has been promised the first available national league job which may be the berth now occupied by the ailing cy alumni groups figuring on doing a bit of at the university of virginia in in honor of their new coach frank marquette murray reveal that it costs a year to educate a football player al burroughs the celebrated right fullback of the brooklyn soccer Hi is is a nephew of charlie ellis famous center forcad forba rd of the brooklyn celts belts of yesteryear yester year the dice table at biggest gambling resort is so large that more than people can gather around it and seven men are needed to handle the game big time hockey scouts should get a load of lewis sherman andover defens eman next winter the kid is only seve seventeen n years old but he be weighs 1 80 and college coaches whisper he is another hobey baker the worst batting trouble of vince dimaggio is that he be tries too hard tor for those long drives into left field word his has been passed around that he is a pull hitter always trying to murder the ball and so he be ia Is pitched to accordingly one of the saddest stories of recent days was overlooked by the gents who combine prize fight promotion with their newspaper chores I 1 refer to the new jersey report that two irish process servers mistook 4 a polish sparring partner f for 0 r the heavyweight champion of the world things have come to a sorrowful pass when an jim braddock nessy cant recognize a braddock in a land where faithful followers never mistook a gene tunney for a kingfish levinsky or a ruby goldstein Gold stem for a pedro if it keeps up the first thing you know even the heavyweight champions master mind million dollar gate joe gould wont be able to recognize himself as the greatest fight manager in the world princeton track coach matty gels is sure that archie san romani roman will crack the old mile record at palmer stadium in june its not a bad prediction either every year archie has lowered his mile time once by as much as five seconds and hes due again this spring did you ever note that for the past six years the national league pennant has gone in complete cycles 31 cards 32 cubs 33 giants 31 cards 35 cubs ag giants oooo well anyhow its one way of figuring that bat the cards are due two new books worthy of a gander from sports fans are showman by william A brady who used to manage prize fight champions before he be became a big time theatrical producer and marathon by clarence de mar the veteran distance running ace eddie givens star quarterback quarte 11 and likely successor to ken sandbach as tiger pilot next fall is is one of the reasons why princeton expects to win its first ivy league baseball championship this year givens hes a catcher is the best baseball player to perform at nassau since moe bergs day tab hard hitting sammy snead sensation of the golf trail to be a real star this summer also look forward tor for the met college outdoor track championships to be held at randalls island in may fight manager joe jacobs indignantly denies deities persistently published reports that max ever has been sued for writing that joe louis deliberately fouled him although he weighs only pounds and stands a mere five feet two and one halt half inches shorty chumbris rylands Ma Ala soph shortstop is being rated as one of the best college players in the south distemper is even a worse plague of greyhound racing than the gents who do so many interesting things to ensure themselves of winners seventy five per cent of all greyhound puppies are ki killed ed or rendered unfit by the disease new york fork fight promoters should take a look at ben brown a middleweight dle weight now working out of atlanta wally hally coast lightweight boxer who recently defeated baby arizmendi is a former salvation army trumpet player J johnny swimming in a hollywood tank recently equaled his own 50 yard free style world record of 51 seconds four members of the phillies manager jimmy wilson hal kelleher swede burkart and bucky walters are home town boys |