The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-21
HONEST SPORTSMEN
FAVOR THE NEW LAW
IngleSide'S Gamblers Denounced by
Advocates Of Sport.
DELAY IN THE POLICE COURT
Attempting to Fight the Operation Of the Ordinance
With Absurd TeChniCalities Jury Trials In
Every Case-Ihe Police Watching
POOIrO}mS.

Ed Corrigan and his motley crew of
gamblers, who have ruined racing in this
city, have no defense for the evil of Ingle-
side except the uncertain chance that the
prohibitory ordinance shall be declared
Illegal.
When the fight to destroy the nest of
blacklegs at the track began legitimate
lovers of horse racing, as high-class
sport, were fearful that the destruction Of
the gamblers might injure honest sport.
These sportsmen see now that the afro
cious game, as Corrigan and his fellows
have developed it, must be completely
eliminated before legitimate racing can
find again a place. These men realize
that the thieving tout has replaced the
breeder Of good horses; that the skate"
has replaced the stake horse; that an hon
est sport, with honest chances, has retro
graded into sure-thing gambling.
Legitimate sportsmen therefore, men
who are personally and deeply interested
in honest, high-class horse racing, are
adding their praise to that of the press,
pulpit, merchants and artisans for the
suppression of the great vice of Ingle-
side. The gamblers must stand there
fore, alone in their struggle for immoral
lty against the law. The courts are no"
the only refuge of the blacklegs.
The opinions of legitimate sportsmen
were well set forth last Saturday in the
Breeder and Sportsman, the representa-
tive newspaper of it's class In the West.
This paper denounces the game OF lngle-
side in unmeasured terms and takes the
position that honest horsemen should
welcome the death of a dangerous, i'm
moral game that has been driven out OF
every other community. The Breeder mas
nothing but words of praise and encour-
agment for horse racing honestly con-
Quoted, but for a gambling game Whlch
corrupts and blights the community there
are only words of condemnation. the
Breeder declares that honest horsemen
and honest sports have it now in their
power, since the beginning of the fight
against IngleSide to kill the great evil or
refuse to move until the debasing game
has been removed. These opinions from
such a source will carry great weight:
In the courts the gamblers are hndlng
very little encouragement. In the Police
Courts they are fighting for delay. They
asked yesterday that jur1es be drawn by
the Sheriff, but the request was denied.
They will receive a hearing to-day, and In
every instance demand jury trials. The
Superior Court will not act until FRIDAY
when the application for writ or lnJunc-
ton will be heard.
The way of the Ingleside transgressors
through the courts does not seem to lie
over the smoothest bitumen, but, on the
contrary the road grows rougher as II
advances. There appears to be a point
in the matter of smashing laws IN TINS
city when that business gets a setback,
and the point and the setback have APP
parently come along. When the facetracK
cases came UP in the two Police Courts
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning the at
torney for the defendants began the to-
be-expected sparring for delay. A Jury
trial was requested, and the jurors must
he impaneIed by the Sheriff instead OF the
Chief of Police. The police officers had
laWlessly broken into the property or the
racing people and interfered with the very
nroper innocent and lawful amusement OF
the persons engaged in selling pools, ana
had marched to and fro upon that prop
erty intimdating the PosslDIe o pu[C Inrcss
of a function clearly not within their
right, intimated Attorney Ach, Tor the
defendants, demonstrated an intense pas!
q fierce prejudice on the part or the Chlet
Of Police and his captains ana oHcers.
Moreover, continued the lawyer, a polce
officer is financially responsible for an
arrest that fails of convictton-a remark
able revelation and one, II established by
judicial decision, that Will lntlmloate ana
0fficiaIly paralyze every peace officer IN
this city. 49, a., oo+-
were made in the presence of Chief Lees
by police officers acting wholly on what
is called ''police evidence;
judicial vision in Judge Mogan's court.
Attorney Ach, with his seventeen chents'
stood at the bar and asked for Sheriff
Question under advisement till II o'clock,
and the lawyer with his troop filed across
the corridor into the Police Court ofJudge
Conlan. Here the same request, giving
the same reasons, was made. The pros
ecuting attorney stated in return that
such reason-bias and prejudice on the
part of the arresting officer,-could be
given. in every case of arrest In this city:
He then read section 230 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, which is as follows:
'fWhen jurors are required in any of the
Justices courts or in any Police or other
inferior court, they shall, upon the order
of the Justice or any one of the Justices
where there is more than one, or of the
Judge thereof, be summoned by the Sher--
iff, Constable, Marshal or police officer of
the jurisdiction"
Judge Conlan quickly denied the motion
stating that he could see no reason why
a Police Court jury should not be impan-
eled in the usual manner-that is, by
police officer, and that no bias or preju-