The evening world., 1913-06-21
BASEBALL POOLS
. LATEST FORM Of
GAMBLING IN CITY
Thousands of Dollars Daily
Go Into Golfers of Old
Racing Bookies.
KILLS FANS CIVIC PRIDE.
They Root Against Home
Team if They Draw An
other Club in Lottery.
KILLS FANS CIVIC PRIDE.

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A brand new form Of gsmSiins has
broken out In New York. and y Isn't
on the rae tracks. either. 7,Ds making
| on baseball games 10 the lates; scheme.
II attracts thousands Of patrons. and
already Il 10 doug a thriving business.
few OLD racing bookmsksrs origin.
ated the new form u betting. which con.
sists Of circulating thousands OF pool
chances on basebA Al gainss throughout
tho city. Thousands Of dollars change
hands daily. but the bigges: Size re-
mains In the coffor OF the managers.
whose schemes recall the days Vt SO
per cent Miller. Aside from the gam.
bling feature. the pool has had the ef-
feet Of destroying every vestiss Of civic
pride. Now . New Yorker who holds
Brooklyn. Cincinnati or any other city
In the big league on his ticket. goes to
the Polo Grounds and roots and pulls
for all he IL worth for . victory for his
team against our own home towners.
1t keeps him along the priseway
Omciais Of the New York American
League Club Arst called attention to the
evil this week w.ieh professional gam
biers were barred from the Polo
Grounds. The club ofhcials disciaimsd
responsibility for the menace elsewhere.
and Il 10 In the Tsndsrioin that the
trafic 10 carried on BY skiifui manipu.
iators.
The latest gambling scheme has given
birth to many companies. whose object
II to circulate chances or subscriptions
in baseball games through olncss, FAC.
toriss ana other placss whore men con.
sregats.
One Of the BEST known Of these cpa,-
paniss 10 the Cooperative Basseaii In
formation Company with ofaces In .
biz Broadway building near Forty-seo-
ond street. since ito inception the com.
papy has done . land office business,
and is customers run Into thousands.
WINNING A PRIZE 10 A LONG
CHANCE.
many combination can BE- made from
the five leagues used that It 10 . very
lucky individual who picks . winning
slip during the season.
The pool chances. or subscriptions, a.
the company calls them. sell for 3
cents each. On the long slips are
priutsd the teams Of the National,
American, International. New York
state and New England Leagues. and
q team In each league forms the COM
bination. Thousands OF slips are un.
loaded on patrons. but the company
withhoids many of the tickets and 10
often . winner Of it, own lottery.
Tickets are sent out once In every
three weeks. for business 10 10 heavy
that two weeks are spent determining
winners. The subscriber keeps his own
score.
The average person has no Idea Of
the chances against him. The number
Of combinations possible from the clubs
In the Ave leagues 10 3e.7Sa. That meAns
that for each pool there are y.,76s tick.
cts IT twenty-five cents each. and that
u all are sold the concern takes Ia
N.6Sa II pays . oommisyion Of hvs
The total amount In prisss 10 5000. 20
the raks.oft 10 great
To win the hrst prize Of $1,000 II 10
necessary to roll up IL, greatest num-
Der Of runs scored out Of the possible
s3.7ss combinations. The second prize
10 500. In all there are nfty-iour prises.
but only ssven of them ara for high
combination scores. The lowest prizes
are 5.
Five prises are given FOR low com.
bination scores running from 1a5o to 5.
Five premiums are also offered for
daily high combination scores. Thsss
bonuses range f-on Us to q. but to
vim one It 10 necessary for. the ticket
holder to have his teams Nay every
day.
Ths once Of the company resembles
the interior Of brokerage house. 4
big blackboard on the walls Gives tho
names Of the seams and the number Of
the combinations and permits the COM
pany to know The buyers combination
before he KnuWs II himself.
the once forcs consists OF . shreWd-
looking manager and two busy women
assistants who know the possibilities
OF the diamond sport ali the way from
homo plate to the clubhouse
DON'T DO BUSINESS OVER THE
COUNTER.
Business over the counter Isn't en-.
couraSed. One must % personally
known before he can trsasacs a deal.
Thousands OF tickets are circulated
clever!y by means Of nswsboys. boot.
blacks and even comm! ss!oae-s Mt the
ball parks. The number ot patrons
found In this manner 10 amazing, and
once In the poo: tho customer yens.-
ally sticks to the ond hoping against
hope that no will be lucky enough 10
pull down ons Of the rich prises.
The company says on its cards that
positively no business will be trans.
acted through the na!l,. for Uncle Sam
who frowns on lotteries 70 apt to hat
the game out OF existencs 10 hs Auds
his mails used for gambling purposes
To those JasirIng ~ xnow the |
progress o: eacn days games the com. |
pany viii give -that's why |