Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05

- IN ANNiolun " the new N0Ih /
judge before whom the test was
made that verbal betting cannot
- be prohibited under the anti
Q41AN race track gambling law in New
- York state. may prolong the life
OF racing In its present form for a time,
out II Is not going to entirely cure the evil.
Ihe race tracks are not going to be such
sources Of huge dividends as in the past,
and consequently the sport will dwindle.
II may IN time get back to the earlier
form. when men raced horses because Of
love OF the sport, and not for what money
could be derived from gambling operations
carried on in connection with the tracks.
For many years in America the betting
element has dominated the race track. and
the true sport side OF racing was lost en-
tirely beneath the gambling feature. Rae
ing plants became huge gambling enter
prises, and racing was only profitabls
where enough money changed hands each
day TO allow bookmakers to pay the large
sums demanded from them by track owners
for the privilege Of publicly carrying on
their business. Naturally, dishonesty. or,
al least. suspicion OF dishonesty, crept into
The business and the public suffered. Book
makers. being human, did not carry on
their operations for the good of mankind
exclusively, and this fact. with several
others. brought horse racing into disrepute
In many parts OF the country before it did
In Now York. Immense sums Of money
gre invested in racing plants and racing
Jtablos, and much Of this value will be de-
Stroycd through the decline of racing. But
when racing is freed from the great gam
sling evil that has become a part of it,
md is restored to its proper place as a
sport, It will thrive again. No law ever
aevised can prevent betting on horse races.
but laws against the lawless track gam
hlers should be enforced.
Base ball was threatened with extinction
thirty years ago. because of the gambling
feature. IL is only a generation since the
,wners OF the National league had to
purge the game of the sure thing gambler,
ind the worst opponents of the move were
'ound right in New York, but the other
Iwners had the courage to cut deep. ard
he New York owners who favored the
gamblers we're put in such position that
hey had to come out for the right, whether
hey liked 1t or not. And the popularity Of
Ease ball is founded on the fact that the
iublic has confidence In the men who play
as well as the men who manage It. No
'eaPon exists why horse racing should not
De made as popular, and without the gam
cling adjunct; only It must be solidly es-
.ab!ished on sterling honesty.
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The change in ownership Of the Pueblo
cam will probably be the means Of bring
NJ a oat a greater show OF interest in
> sl bail in that town. Pueblo has a good
,a a 4 as be n trea.ei t. SIN,
sEgat oul rgll, Tut if the team is CONS
a" p ~ -E.rr tie People must show that
a. vsu 4. owners Of other teams are
.ttu ere { * eping UP an ORGANIZATION
iu bfne Il Of a town that DOESN'T
...l O.. ts il it has base ball.
-
~ " f~ tie tennis men to be getting
rh dtd west is just a little way
.s1 Z . local men have iardly gotten
.: B. To be sule, the weather hasn',
J On o; In f1,or Of ,enn s, but his only
e tI., re prlcti e fro 81 nlw N vii
l.ae % be NOR, vigorous ana pzrslst mt.
90 a.ta olg to cut more fisure in the
.lc ives ,han just to play the sene Gus
lst-.
skid II ersejd doesn't seem to be 50
tv-cal m "a letter han Clark Griffith,
.4aybo owner Farrell Is Just taking this
y NY Of show ng him up tefore sending HIM
t'.tSe is ard. The Yankees haven't much
Ga - p FOR this ear, but a raj manager
Lisht pace tie team higher next.
Eush Fu lerton tells a mighty good story
about Clark Griffith winning a $40 bet off
] I'd Clark. The yarn listens good till Il
tes down 10 the place where Fullerton
So S Z ad ( nslly paid the bet. No one whe
Et,ws lad well will ever stand for that
last assertion.
Pa hasn't given up the idea of winning
that second pennant; not by a jugful
Ev ny team has a slump some time, end
Omaha is no exception. But the Omaha
team has the material to come back, and
The spirit, too, and the come back is certain
ON now on.
II wasn't all luck. either, when the Red.
beat the Cubs. II the accounts published
iu tha Chicago papers are accurate. som,
mighty bonehead ball playing was con
n ut d b the Worlds Champions during
lie series In Redland.
Yes, but those contrary Sioux. look al
thsm. WIN the team that wins the West
era .eague pennant have 20 beat Sioul
City? 1t does look that way. Well. VIII,
should Omaha rather beat one team thar
Rnother?
Welcome you are, Messrs. Fisher an,
bNA 10 GhAAlNAJ haAAeldg
tory and we are not going to say yo,
won't stand by It. Pa has evidently beef
working that rabbit foot again in boil
cases.
ska. players changed rules as TO value
o. hands after the New York tournament
Eut ev n this VIII hardly put skat in plac
> Ugh five or bridge for card party uses
Omaha's horse show has received som
res gnit on in the east, anyhow. e. +
Peek has been named as a judge Of tn
teavy harness class at Long Branch.
While waiting for ringside bulletins fror
San Fran, the thought comes uppermos
that Cans and Nelson are stnl good mea
tickets.
It's all right for the Pirates. the spO
lght won't hurt them much. and may sho,