Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-08

viction of any person or persons
against whom case might be in
stituted. That is the sentiment all
over the International League cir
cult. Still, betting on the games is
rampant, but nowhere quite so open
and so bold as in Newark.
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The betting feature-and it was a
feature--kept hundreds, and perhaps
thousands, of patrons away from the
games last year, when the manage
ment was not particularly keen to
stop it. nor even willing to lend a
helping hand in that direction Then
gambling went on in a most bolster
Gus manner. and one day in particu-
lar when President Barrow was at
the game. and the gang knew it, too,
every mothers son of them seemed
to be axious to let him know their
business, for they shouted their
wagers at the top of their voices.
sized him up in a Johnny Wise"
sort of way, and smiled sarcastically
at what they evidently believed was
his abiect disgust. In discussing the
conditions President Barrow said:
III get those fellows myself if the
club doesn't. I'll send Pinkertons
over here from New York and eaten
them unawares. Their holiness sur
prises me and the thing must be
stopped. 1t has gone too far al
ready"
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When / took the pains to inform
one of the gamblers of President Bar
rows intentions the retort was:
"Oh. he'll get fat, he Will
There wasn't particle of fear in
the young mans makeup. He evil
IDENTIFY felt that his game was a
legitimate one, in that no attempt
had ever before been made to stop
him. He was bold. untamed; yet it
would require only one aggressive
regular police officer to fan the whole
gang into submission in a hurry and
tame them as meek as turtle doves.
The police, whose orders are obeyed
and whose brass buttons are re-
spected, are the ones to squelch the
baseball gamblers. And why not the
police when the task would be so
easy?
Betting on baseball games, by the
way. is not confined entirely to the
baseball parks. As an example, there
was hot argument and an exchange
! of fisticuffs in front of scoreboard
| on Market street late yesterday
afternoon With the score of the
Pittsburgh Boston game tied at l to
| / in the ninth inning, a wise younf
man offered to bet 10 to Z that Bos-
ton would win. He was Immediately
taken up by an ardent admirer OF
the Pirates. A few moments later
the scoreboard- keeper posted up &
run for Boston in the tenth anC
nothing for Pittsburgh The none.
was paid over to the winner, but be
fore he had much time to enjoy hi
success the person who bet on tn
Pirates was informed that the Bostol
adherent knew of the result befor
he made the bet. Instantly the Pitts
burgh fan went to the bat. H
clouted the Boston fellow for HON
run as a starter and then YER
forcibly relieved him of the 81 wage
he had so dishonorably collected
Thus here was plain case OF win
ner being loser no matter how 20
have mind to figure it.
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Jack McAuliffe, one of the goot
old "Three American Jacks and VIII
is doing vaudeville turn at tn
Lyric Theatre, was visitor toda
} at the Star Office, just to sa
"Hello!" as he put it. McAuIff
} as everybody knows, was the light
: weight champion many years ag
t and at a time when those two otht
| popular Sullivan and DemI
/ sey-were ia their prime. He was
: wonderful fighter, and his victor