Milford chronicle., 1903-10-23

tasks Won will never Succeeu III any
trino The evil demon called Fortuna
will beggar you and enslave you. II
rou freouent her shrine you Will sac
rifce YOUR liberty as surely as did that
free negre upon the Mississippi steam
hoat before the war. He first wagereu
his meney and lost. Then at last ne
placed his papers Of freedom upon
tbe center of the table and gamoied
his black skin back into the Alabama
cation Eelds and into the louisiana
rice swamps.
20 y @-.sT-z.
why Playing Cards Are TabOoed.
charge upon this gambling mania /,
4 direct robbery of the Christian :
world in that by besoiline legitWa'e
recreations with its foul touch al mas 1
made it impossible for decent men to
enjoy ce~N,iu healthful relaXations. 1t
is gradually stealing from us the priv
ilegc Of enjoying outdoor sports ana
indoor games by identifying them with
betting and speculation. Whenever
the leprous hand of the gambler IS
placod upon game that sport must be
forever eschewed by the good and the
pure.
On account Of the gambler the
Christian church has been compelled to
lend forth its edict of eXcomnuniea-
ton upon the deck Of cards. 1t is com
pelled to declare that every one of the
kings and queens and jacks of spades
and diamonds and clubs and hearts is
a knnve because cards have become
publicly recognized as the gamblers
tools. as the tfowel is the mason's tool.
All consecrated Christian people should
lool, upon a pack Of cards as did John
Philip Quin. the reformed gambler
when in public meeting he once said.
And now, after all these years Of eX-
perience and acquaintance with all the
professional gamblers in this country.
| can truly say the parlOr card table Is
the kindergarten Of the gamblers hell
On account of the gamblers baneful
touch the angel Of wrath and denun-
ciatiop. who stood with drawn sword
at the Edenic paradise, is standing to-
day at the entrance of every public
race track saying to all good people,
"Thou shalt not enter here" Talk to
me about the development of the horse
/ nj the race track. Every man Of any
intelligence knows that the race track
today is chiefly run for the benefit of
/ the gamblers. Without the damnlng
influence Of the bOokmallers the race
horse would not attract enough people
today as money investment to pay
for his oats and his BLANKETS On ac-
count of the gambling evil even the
bowling alley today, the public billiard
table. the yachtsman's white sail and
college athletics are Hnder condemna-
ton. In view Of the immense amount
of money which charges hands at ev-
pIv football game, ii is very grave
question whether it would not be better
for the different college faculties to
cast their influence against every sport
which would take students away from
the home campus.
In reference to the evil influence OF
gambling upon outdoor sports and in
door games Isaac DiSraeli, the father
of the great British premier, once
wrote. "Gamestcr and cheat were sy-
noDvmOus terms i'm the time of Shake
soeare and Johnson. and they have
hardly lost much of their double sig
nifcance in the present day" As soon
as the gamblers genius hevers over a
game. that mom"nt the sport IS inev'
itably accursed.
DendIy Foe of True sport.
Now. my friends. l protest against
tbis all pervading gambling infamy.
protest because it is not respectable FOL
me to 80 and participate in some ol
these outdoor sports which are essen
tial for mental and physical relaxation
| Drotest against this gambling lniamy
degrading the football field and the
baseball diamond because there is noth
) lns wrong in such games in themselves
, INT only as the gamblers evil geniu'
B has made them wrong. l protest. a.
Robert E. Spear. the Princeton attn
iete protested in his Frank Tall
About Gambling and Betting" 1T j
the contention" he wrote. that bettin,
money is spor;smanike. The very re
verse is true. 1t is this that Introduce
: professionalism into college sports
: When men stake money they are VIII
5 ing to do dishOnorable things TO shap
r the result so that they will win. Tn
.. Introduction Of money is fatal. Bet
a ting is the deadly foe Of true sport"
II you have any doubt aboHt tn
5 truth Of this sweeping statement yo
= can easily verify It by going to som
: college town after any great athleti
! contest. The inebriety you will witnes
4 on its streets is disgusting.
But there is another reason why
u denounce defiant gambling. This @v
> mania leads It's victims to squanda
. other peoples money as well as tLel
il own. Now. am Dot alluding tn th
y moor. half crazed clerk who will s;ci
= from his employer in order to lex o.
= the races. am not alluding to ii
poor servant girl who opens her mi
l. m fuE