The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
No BETT TING IN
POSTAL SERVICE
British Official Lays Down I'm
compromising Rules Rela-
tive to Gambling.
ENGLISH TURF CRITIC
R0ASTS DANNY MAHER
Football Quarrel Across the
Water Is Further Than Ever
From Settlement.
BY RICHARD pAHLaREN.
al Cable TO The Tribune.

Special Cable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, Oct Tho postmaster
general announces his purpose TO stamp
out betting or gambling In any shape in
the postal service, holding out tine threat
of dismissal for any employee who may
be guilty of either. In an official no.
tce sent out the postmaster general says:
In view OF the commencement OF the
football season the postmaster general
thinks II desirable TO repeat in a some
what fuller form the warning notice is
sued with the postoffice clrcuar or April
Il last as regards participation in So
called football competitions Tho essen
til feature OF such competitions Is that
In considera ton of the payment Of stipu-
lated sums OF money or the purchase of
coupons, money or other rewards are
promised 10 be paid ir the results OF
matches arc correctly foretold.
The postmaster general Is advised
that participation in such competitions.
whether relating to football or any other
sport is in the nature of betting, and
3S. which reads:
Betting and gambling In any form
are regarded as most serious offenses
is concerned in either renders himself
liable 10 dismissal
Criticising Maher.
The inborn jealousy OF tho English re-
spectIns American horses. American
can in the world OF sports, is shown in
many ways. Mahcr. the king of jockeys.
rode Lemberg I'm the recent st. Leger
race and ne committed m the of otfense ,Sa oa
rail For SO doing he Is thus criticised
by turf writer. who says,
ut is easy enough to find fault with a
jockey. and the duty Is never agreeable.
but in this instance 1t is impossible TO
refrain from criticising Maher, Right
away from the final bend no seemed TO
at the heels OF Swynford to the front
seven furlongs from horne. 1t was OBJ
yious that Maher was waiting for an
opportunity TO get through on the IN IN
| side, and It was perfectly plain To thn
| onloolsers that unless somethlng abnormal
| occurred or unless Frank Wootton was
rnapnaniIuous OF foolish enough to pull
out the desired opening would not be
! forthcoming Naturally enough, Woot-
| ton maintained tho advantage he had Sc
| cured when sending Swynford 10 the
! front seven furongs from homo, and !,
| followed that Maher cvidentaly found
| himself in an impossible position. When
sttempt to force a way through between
| Swvnford and the rails Wootton imme-
diaiciy drow little closer, and so com
PEELED Msher to pun of up fnn 1 ding in the
! nrocodIre adopted by Wootton: lie Would
ddesorvedly have been. blamed had he
| allowed Mahcr 10 get 'Hioueu'
Report Of Boxers Union.
| recently referred to the organ@isa.ior @
! To better the financial Gqnoit,on OF men ne,
engaged In pugilism, Here Is an OIL
| ciai report OF recent meeting OF the
oi;ag,t "Thcre was q good attendance OF this.
nevIy-formed society mt the genera
meeting held last evening al the .,,ried Ked
| Lion. Mr. Battling" Taylor occupied
4 Al. ohntr
''s sThs he" secretary stated that q tourna-
ment would be arranged pS the un'on'
70 o.It vas agreed that the boxers should
share tho proceeds pro R rata eut ncc9gSinh Srhinh
to their class less qnds 10 e Per that tenn nion m'e
snou'u tS5oetion was asked whether boxers
uo,id be permitted to make aTran9e-
ments With PromT;tuHirns, n,;uin,um on wage u Of Of the
unnoh unn ssa of rules havo been drawn, uI
and will be isued after the approval o'
tho, coInI'i,'b ON mc observed that the presid
,,, ~ oSf,cer is referred to as Mr. Bat
Ting ,o,as were signed for .Curan and
Ser 10 box twenty three-minute rounos
snr cl00 side and whatever ciaiH 'hS ~
wen consider they have 10 'to t',,v 1rsn a.,
nIp.r,,nion Ii,s OF England. and the pest purse
oilerJo Iars Wooif offers purse of 9soo fol m
~ onrtest. which has been accepted p'
pohh na hecn arranged TO hold the ANA
.o,r Boxing Association championships
pext "S year on April s. The AIexandra pal pa,.
ace viii again be the he nemJe nsnvies si champion @
cs1s p,aetines held there. tho seieclof
s9'p 81 That building Is n wise one. one. c.
rhnre S, may be several French. Cana.
dian Danish and other conpetiors iro''
abroad.
Football Quarrel Growing.
,.t i,e,ueen the Football League
Association Football Players unioI
a. n,'u widening gradually The union Is reg
istercd as a trades union. Lately Inc i,, or
| f...,.tiu, 10 wear them during play
iInmIn,euiately INN, the league sent out an ordc