The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-06
ATHLETIC FANS
MADE CLEANUP
Chicago ROOterS Went Down
Hook, Line and Sinker on
Series.
SOME OF THE WINNERS
COnsidine Brothers of New York
and Detroit Won
Fortune.
SOME OF THE WINNERS
BY BERT e. COLLYER.


Chicago, Ill, Nov. 5.-The great
American sporting public has, dur
ing the past few days Waded through a
plethora Of expert opinion, explaining
away the whereof of the thusness
anent the recent walloping OF the
Cubs by Connie Macks pachyderms,
all OF which has, in its way, been eX-
Jremely interesting. TherefOrs far be
il from muh TO infiict upon your SEN
sitive frame the dOleful dirge-even
though IL is quite apr1pOs here in
Chicago
"Of all sad tales Of tongue or pen.
are these. 1t might have been "
In a word, however. the requiem is
an eloquent tribute TO that unwaver-
ing though foolish barometer. the
bettingangle. Inasmuch as the writer
made the official prices-thOse accept
ed on the bOuTse on the series, and is
in a position TO know that the unpre-
cedented amount Of three-quarters of
a million dollars changed hands on
the series, 1t appeals TO me as the
foundation OF a STORY"
That the lacing was unexpected was
Well attested BY the early betting on
the series. Prior 10 the opening game
at Philadelphia betting was so alb
normal that even had word been
passed that the series was a frame
up for the Cubs TO win it could not
have been more unsettled. Two to
one on the opening game was freely
offered on the Cubs. while on the
series il was a case of write your own
ticket Right here il might be men
toned that had the situation been re-
Versed-with the Chicagoans' WELL
known penchant for having a bet
dOwn-the cleanup would have been
even more monumental AS il was.
the cold deductors. men or close af-
hliation with the world OF speculation,
took advantage OF prices which were
palpably out of line, figuring that at
such prices it was "a good bet If you
lose" and dumped the prOVerbiaI ton
OF money on the local bOurse--the
great clearing hOuse-which, in the
eleventh hour prior TO the word OF
the umpire TO play ball." drove the
quotations down, down, down, until
even money was the prevailing quota
lions.
Didn't Believe Ii.
After the ticker had told the tale
of the invincible Bender. the Cub fans
only shrugged their shoulders, dis
claiming defeat with the ever ready
alibi Ill was a fluke. That they be-
heved il is borne out by the fact that
they bet their money, not on the Sc
ries. but on each days game, with the
result that there never was time in
sporting annals when the fans were 50
clean as at the present moment.
This is better illustrated when il Is
stated that men in every walk OF life
the butcher the baker and the cam
delstick maker-men who had never
been known to have a bet down, were
there with the healthy plunge. The
result, as previously indicated. was the
crushing out OF many hopes for
Christmas presents. while in many in
stances abJect want lies in the wake
of the worlds series.
One OF the strange incOngruities of
the betting on this series was that sem
timent played an inhnitesimally small
part Contrary TO precedent, the piker
and plunger alike demands the best
price. with the result, we can ac-
count. i'm a measure, for the extremely
close quotations which prevailed
throughout the series. Tradition and
the laws of chance We're dominant
factors from the firing Of the first gun.
Tn this respect / reprint an interview
with James O'Leary. the stocky ards
bo0kmaker, al whose place future
books are made on every big sporting
event, ard which is known far and
wide as the largest OF its kind in the
country O'Lear1. when asked 10 ac-
count for the deluge OF Athletic sup
port which poured in from Detroit.
Pittsburg, New York and Philadel-
Dhia said, These fellows have no ir-.
side dope But they figure. and
very rightly 50. that YOU can't win all
the time. It's the law of tradition and
cold calculation. Then. too. they are
availing themselves Of the palpably
abnormal prices. ANY price over 7
To on any one game Is out of line.
The hectic gentleman, who appar-
entity has the reverse English" on
everything he does and on whose
'tummey. tummey tum~ the milk of
human Kindness has soured. laid il TO
the law Of coEtrarities. He argued
that il was the same when fellow
comes into this world, He does so
without his consent. and ne goes out
Of il against his viii. and the trip IN
between is exceedingly rocky. And
he copied the negotiable grass Of Tn
Gle sam IN chunks.
Tie Cleanup.
or those who made cleanup onl
the series. probably the COnsidine
Brothers 81 Detroit and New York
won the biggest bets. These dyed-in- !
Ihe-wool spectators parlayed their
winnings on the FIRST three games. for
& is said, SI5O.00O. They would have
dropped a chunk on the fourth had
they been able 10 place an Of THEN /
comm issions on the other hand I
they again served out a walioping 10
he local betters on the sunday game. I
Of the sidelights OF the game none /
we're quite so outstanding az the suik- 7
ng Of the peerless leader. who refused 4
10 accede To the demands of the fans
- start the series with Cole. The rea-
son Tor al this mas leaked ouf. There