Show 6 0 new tork poat W service i guest columnist Colum mst riley cooper tells of betting evils courtney riley cooper widely idely tc known I 1 of crimes and adventure stories today fals in as hugh Br bradleyi adleys guest columnist um his contribution is taken from 1 ail is hook book heres to crime ky by COURTNEY RILEY COOPER abling HERE is a wave of public gam bung which has been gaining force ever since the beginning of the depression the figures are amazing ling in cities which have conducted thorough thorough impartial investigations lit ill has been found that the totals in this new racket are arc far beyond the 1 amounts la spent even eved in the wildest days of prohibition and bootlegging the ite amount per capita is in fact at least seventy five dollars a year placed on bets which means that much linich of it is turnover that is not the ahe amount wagered by each person who gambles hut but it is the result of dividing the total sums by the aggregate of every man woman and child in the 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 gambling 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 C of A the legitimate gambling money goes to lairs 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 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 milbon 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 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 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 pari betting must be considered the bookies telof betting in new york where tt 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 rabing 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 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 40 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 of fighters paul dean of the cardinals was helped along in the courtship by bill delancey Dr lancey his teammate at the time who wrote all daffas letters to his present wife they are talking of increasing the he santa anita handicap purse next year to make it ft worth in added money branch rickels Kic Ric keys baseball experience includes a stretch as catcher tor for the university of michigan varsity basketball coaches estimate that with the center jump eliminated in next years competition that the be 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 MAL 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 fail you need more than the sun it you wish to acquire such a lovely tan as in that now displayed by hannah dempsey mrs birs jacks recipe is to mix two drops of emodine lodine in the bottle of olive oil used for or rubbing purposes friends insist the real reason for paul waters long lone holdout is not the few hundred dollars which separated the pirates bid from ills his own asking price instead they say I 1 paul was anxious to find so some excuse to train in his florida home instead of journeying all the way to california douy dolly stark who held out all last year may soon resume as baseballs best umpire he has been promised the first available national a 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 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 a nephew of charlie ellis famous center forward of the brooklyn celts belts of yesteryear yester year the dice table at Ali amis biggest 0 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 seventeen years old but he be weighs and college coaches whisper he be Is another hobey baker the worst batting trouble ot of vince is that he tries too bard for those long drives into left field word has been passed around that he be is a pull hitter always trying to murder the ball and so he is pitched to accordingly one of the saddest stories of recent days was overlooked by the gents who combine prize fight promotion with I 1 ft their newspaper chores I 1 refer to the new jersey report that two irish process servers mistook tt 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 for a pedro it 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 bis mile time once by as much as five seconds and hes due again this his spring did you ever note that for tae the past six years the national league pennant has gone in complete cycles 31 cards 32 cubs 33 glants giants 34 cards 35 cubs 36 giants oooo well anyhow its one way of figuring that the cards are due two new books worthy of 0 a gander from sports fans are showman by william A brady who used to manage prize fight champions before he became a big time theatrical producer and marathon by clarence de mar afar the veteran distance running ace eddie givens star quarterback and likely successor to ken sandbach as tiger pilot next fall 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 for the met college outdoor track championships to be held at randalls island in may fight manager joe jacobs indignantly denies persistently published reports that max ever has been sued for writing that hat joe louis deliberately fouled him although he weighs only pounds and stands a mere five feet two and one half inches shorty chumbris Churn bris Ma Ala rylands 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 lulled killed 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 Ariz arizmendi mendl is a former salvation army trumpet player johnny Wel 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 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