The Washington times., 1910-07-28
Sports Disappointed Yester-
day Are Assured of News
of the Ponies.
CITIZENS PLAN
MASS MEETING
kenilworth System Is Kept Secret.
Authorities Wait for
Complaints.

disconnected, but with the Prince
I George county authorities couspicuousIy
/ inactive, promoters of the recently op-
! ened KeniIworth pooIroom boldly an
uounced that they would be ready 10
+ resume operations this afternoon and
/ that those disappointed sports who jour
neyed 10 KeuiIwursh yesterday would
( have no trouble in laying bets upon the
ponies today.
/ Just how the daring Kenilworth
( b0okies expected 90 obtain their direct
race track news this afternoon is
matter of conjecture The Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company, afte-
+ having cut its wires from HyattsyIIe
and washington TO Neuilworth, is up5I
the alert
If racing reports are received from
I Baltimore or New York, through the
( medium Of the HyattsviIIe eSchauc-.
/ it viii be done without the cognizauce
+ or approval Of the telephone company
Days Developments.
Summarized. the developments today
I in the Kenuworth pooIroom-s attempt
/ To operate place where bets may he
4 openly placed upon the Empire City OF
/ T0nkers track. are as follows
The promoters boldly announce that
although they were unable TO operate
yesterday, as upon Monday and Tues
5av the wire trouble VIII have been
remedied by this afternoon and that
the racing results viU be given It Is
understood that these results are ex-
pected to he obtained through a secret
relay system
The citizens 0f HyattsvilIe. fustTU-
mental ln closing down the old henjl-.
worth Club. viii hold a mass meeting to-
morrow or Saturday TO protest against
the operation of. the uo0Iroom, provided
it has not discontinued
IUstihes Company
The Departments OF Justice officials
are of the opinion that the telephone
company was within its legal rights iu
diScontiuuiuS lis service 20 the new,
club, when it became known. through
revelation published iu The Times Elsn-
day, last the telephone wires were
being used for the trausmisSl.u of race
track news Tor betting purposes
Ia the event an overt act iU the Dis
trlct It Columbia can b. shown. it Isl
probable that the Department itself will
Z 9e Justlned m taking action against
those responsible for the conduct Of the
poolroom under the old common law of
Z CouSpITaCF-
Company Liable.
T. is generally admitted that even
under the Maryland law. telephone
company furnishing racetrsck fnforma-
tIon for pooling purposes would be sub
iect to prosecution, as the laws Of thar
state are plainly inimicaI 20 POOL sell
inS except at the race track itself
The telephone Company cut or the
service at kenllUQr-l within "a few
. hours after it became known that q
supposedly private phone, issued 20 a
subscribe not Interested in the pool
poses This subscriber, H r. Sanders,
authorized The company 10 cut the wires
Tuesday afternoon.
Even If the promoters of the EeniI-
worth poolroOm were successful IN OBJ
tanning a resumption of the service.
. which is quite improbable. citizens of
Prince George county. AId-, notably
those Of Hyartsviile. viii themselves
taFe q hand in an effort TO suppress
gambling and viii call upon the author
tiles to interfere
These authorities haze made no at
tempt TO investigate the pooi-sellinE,
which has continued openly since Mon
/ day afternoon.
Sheriff Hesitates
The sheriff Of Prince George county
is quoted as saying that he has 10 Of
/ aciaI knowledge of the existence of the
| Kenilworth poolroom, but that he is
( willing 70 raid the place provided some
one furnishes an indemnity bond
The pOOlrOOm has been conducted for
three days and the rankest amateur de
tective has but TO go 10 the place to OBJ
tain all the evidence necessary Those
/ behind the project. however. and their
names are generally known. apparently
have not the slightest fear Of a raid
and those who have wished to lay wag-
eTs have been assured that a raid was
a thing TO be unthOUght Of
Allen w MalleTy. q Washington real
estate broker who lives al KpnHwOTtH.
and who led the fight that resulted in
the closing Of the old KeniIwoTth pool
room ana the prosecution OF the pTU-
mOJsrs several years ago, announced to-
day that he has taken steps TO interest
the county authorities
we do not intend 10 stand idle ana
see them resume business at kenil-
worth said Mr- MslleTy. We have
our homes and our interests there. and
We are not going to see the little place
turned into gambling resort
Arrangements StealtEy.
Mr.. Nauery said that his suspicious
were first aroused a week ago. when
/ ne discovered that wires were being
strung TO the Old kenilworth clubhouse
I So quietly were the arraugemehts made.
[ however. that the residents OF KenT-
worth knew nothing OF the resumed
/ operations until the story was ffrst pub
{ iished exclusively in The Times Mon
The hrst thing TO do said Mr.. Nal
Iery, is 10 put the matter ND to the
I county authorizes II they VIII not act
( promptly, the citizens Of the county
/ should hold q mass meeting and demand
/ that the place be closed
/ The kenilworth Club was built sew
i eraI years ago and was backed by we'll
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