Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-21
cARIsTY MATHswsoN,


during the last Winter have had
siunal sports and how tha, are con
Quoted, and want 10 go On record
With statement | have always belh'v.
I'd that baseball IS the >Quarest sport
in the world In havana We saw rae
ing and boxing Said race track
follower ~ me-
Il never bet on baseball. because
long ago my father told NE not to
bet on anything that could talk
Bat personally i We're going 10
bet. would prefer to wager little
something on baseball rather 'han
members OF other teams have lIW avs
the horse rafS The Giants and
members OF other teams nave alWaNS
called me a "percentAge guN, because
have made il my business ~ study
chances and possibilities and endeaN-
or to get the biggest fair percentages
in my favor. For This reason early in
study of every batter 10 face Hle Let
ne tell YOU that in racing the book
makers are the percentage guys ="
They have all the edge This con-
Clusion is the result OF my recent ob-
serYatiOnS.
Doesn't Like the Touts.
What amused me- most about the
race track was the style Of the fire.
Quenters OF the game and their man
ners. Every man talks behind his
hand when he tells You what horse Is
going to win. so as not to let any one
within hearing in on the tip. He also
talks behind his hand later when he
informs you why the horse lost Palm
to mouth. he says
The jock wasn't there The race
was for five furlongs. but that boy
took the horse around the turn and
made him run five and a half. You
can't expect a horse to come through
that way"
The tipsters furnished MS with all
sorts of reasons why their selections
should win. One of the funniest
ever heard was handed to McGraw
and me one day.
Bet on Yestersun in the next race. ="
advised this information bureau. Il
have a straight tip The assistant
starter has a bet on the horse him.
self and he is going to get behind the
nag at the post and boost him away
by cracking him with a whip just as
the barrier goes up. Bet your watch
On him"
AS events turned out, the assistant
starter should have been in the
stretch TO boost Yestersun along
there. since that is where he needed
it. He took lot Of dust.
Understand. ! am not finding any
fault with the racing game or cast
ing any reflections on it, but I pre-,
fer baseball to it. There is no fun in
racing il you don't bet. and when you
do the boOkmakers have the percent
age. -..--.
"A Tragedy Of the Track.
You don't see the tragedies around
8 ball park that you do at a racetrack,
and each one OF these has a story or
a past or a record, or whatever you
want to call it. One day man with
no collar and a dropping mustache, to
the fringe of which hung traces of his
last drink, came up to McGraw.
Know anything good today, DELI
asked Mac"
IT'S a tough day to pick them,
John" he replied. There are nothing
hut goats in the next race"
The man walked away. AS he de-
parted | could see that If he ever
slipped and fell he would skid as far
as from home plate to first base, the
seat of his trousers was so shiny.
don't see how he ever managed to
stick on smooth chair.
Who is that" | inquired.
He hasn't a thin dime now" ans
wered McGraw, "but | remember the
days when he used to bet $4,000 and
$1,000 on one race and owned big