The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-19
Those Interested In
Fast Skating Go
To Extremes.
Young Sports Lose Heavily
Arrests "A Nan Tor Being Dis
orderly.

A trial OF strength, of speed or OF en-
durance may be all right, but unfortp
nately upon the result OF such trials con
siderable money often changes hands
much more than the stake. This is where
the objection to such matters comes in
Aswill be seen IN another part OF this
issue Thompson claims he was last Sat.
urday approached by Davey and another
young sport darcy by the way has
always wished to be considered above
suspicion and has often said he would
have nothing to do with fake race, but
ii Thompson's story is true his objections
to fake races may hereafter be doubted)
and was offered So, this was paid down,
and valuable bicycle was to be given
him il he would lose the race. which he
agreed TO do; erwards, however, he
told his hacker OF the offer and was per-
suaded co win the race il hecould. Davey
and the young sport, relying upon
Thompson's word, had, judging from
what occurred at the rink last night ap-
pa rently impaired the arrangement to
Others OF their acquaintance, for there
we're a number OF boys or yonng men.
who are not known as generally being
the possessors OF much wealth, but who
suddenly doomed into capitalists and
were swinging all sorts of bills in the
faces OF people Offering to back Davey.
b ut alaa, for them, the best laid plans OF
man and mice gang aft gle.
What is our rising generation coming
to, for if Thompson's statement is cor
rect, here are boy 8, some of them not out
OF their teens, deliberately planning to
ay trap for their com panions, to gain |
money. What would these same boys
say if Others who played such game on |
them? Would they not use epithets that |
neither they nor their friends would like |
to have used towards them? Fortu-
nately, however. in this case the would |
be biters we're the ones who got bit, |
VIII ch, it is to be hoped, will teach them |
i les SOD, ere it is too late. Boys who |
would enter in such scheme cou have |
but small idea OF the proper meaning ]
OF meum ct tuum and might when they /
thought they had a cinch on the result o
the race-use for betting-money il they
had achance that was not theirs, OF course
intending TO return it when they won but
they did not win they could not return
1t and hence might find themselves liable
to go to prison; and people when in such
a position, often, TO hide their first false
step, 40 from bad to worse; boys, keep
away from betting. The socalled boards
OF trade which are found scattered
throughout the State help on this gam
bling feeling and consequently are curse
to the places where they exist and the
authorities certainly neglect their PLAIN
duty unless they take steps to drive such
places from a town.
Alter the tiasco of last night it is to be
hoped that the proprietors of the rink
will see TO it that no open betting is
there OF course it may be i'm.
possible to stop persons betting
but it would be
possible to put stop to lot Of boys
publicly swinging good-sized bills 10 peo-
Piles faces offering to bet as we hear was
done last night.
We hear that some OF the business pao-
pie present last evening wondered where
80 much money came from and appeared
to think much of it could be better spent
pay ing honest debts than risklng il on
The result Of perhaps a fake race.