The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
CROOKS GLOAT
OYER SCANDAL
Gamblers Who Pollutee
World Series Stepping
High, Says Mcintyre.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.
Especial Correspondent Of The
Warrington Herald.l

Washington Herald.)
New York, Oct. 1.-THE sleek
brood of Broadway gamblers is
chortling over the baseball scandal.
1t is the code of the gambler that
every man has his price and they
think the diamond incident proves
II. They are stepping high in the
hotel lobbies, cafes and other gilded
haunts.
A picturesque hawk like crowd
'ney are. Their jowls shaven to a
slrioln red, nails polished with
ineliculous care and hamboyanfIy
Ciothed' they move on the nebulous
iihe that separates the underworld
from the upper. Most of them hay,
careful Bertillon measurements fiIed
away downtown.
since the days when Bald lack
rose whose distinguishing mark
was his hairless head. was the
Ieaaer' many new gamblers have
seeped up from the Bowery stuss
houses where most of them got
tnelr early schooling. Human lack
prey. 'o'
i couldn't keep open il it wasn't
ior the gamblers" a big broadway
Jeweler told me. All of their eain.
they invest in diamonds and even
tuaily they find their way to the
hock-shop. Each has his MolI-or
glri-who lives one week on River
Slde Drive and the next in a side
street hall bedroom.
There used to be a few honest
gamblers in town Canfeld had
mat reputation and another won
the sobriquet of Honest John" Al
Adams. the policy king, had the
reputation of never double crossing
friend. but it is not believed an
! atom OF honesty could be found in
/ the present crew r
They are termed gamblers but
tney rarely take a sporting chance.
me games they enter are fixed In
tnelr arRot their occupation con-
/ slsts OF trimming suckers" When
| We Gondorf brothers, the wire tap
ners, were in the hey day of their
short-lived prosperity, they fire.
/ quented cafe on Forty-second
| street.
| Open-handed fellows. monosyllable
In conversation. they were supposed
! TO De good sportsmen. They had
keen eyes. strong jaws topped by
,"hite ,hair that gave them a GER
tam distingue. But when their
| miserable dealings were uncovered
| by the district attorney it was
found that thny proved only on the
| witless-country merchants who
had the reputation for being trust
ing with their fellows.
They profess to despise the
! "squealer," yet Jack Rose squeaIed
and so did the whole miserable
pack when they saw a chance 10
| SHIFT the punishment to a group OF
I doped East Side boys whose very
environment did not give them
much OF a chance in life. In every
gambling scandal there has always
! been the squealer. In fact. it is
| generally race to the district at
torney TO squeal FIRST
Hotel Prosteering.
/ When the history Of New York
hotel profiteering is written some
| juicy facts will be revealed. This
incident. which I know to be true,
is enlightening. l went to one Of
a chain of large hotels the other
day TO make a reservation. Not a
room was to be had. But as |
turned away the room clerk told
that for commission he could get
room for me at another hote'
! operated by the same chain.
spurned his offer and went to the
| hotel he named and was told moth.
ing could be had. Yet had paid
this employc the matter would have
been attended TO. Upon investiga
tion I learned it was a common
practice.
Pretty Fair World.
Perhaps the rain and the fact
| that my baseball idol Joe Jackson's
feet were made OF clay has put me
in a dour humour. seem. what
with knocking gamblers and inn.
keepers. to have nothing good &c
say for anyone. But stay your Judg-
ment. Across from me is a window
where sits little gray haired
/ woman who plies a needle furious
ly all day in an establishment with
a French name. Now and then she
tosses me a motherly smile. Yes
terday ! looked down to the stree
and saw her wheel away in an in
valid's chair. 1t is something tC
have even smiling acquaintance
with her and il is a pretty fail
world. as worlds go, after all.