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New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Police Adopt
Gag Rule to
Hide Failure
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the Commissioner you will have to go
to Headquarters for that information
It's against the rules for US to give
it out"
Under the present system of news
suppression the patrolman refers the
inquirer to the lieutenant, who puts
it UP to the captain, who either passes
the buck" to the inspector or directs
one to Headquarters.
AT Headquarters the system works
with such remarkable efficiency that
the inquirer's patience becomes ex-
hausted and he leaves in disgust or he
decides before getting past the door
man that the smoke screen is impene-
trable
persistent inquirer for facts will
ultimately land at the entrance to
Commissioner Enrights Office. There,
If he is determined to carry his effort
to the last trench, he will be Informed
that the Commissioner is either busy,
out of town, in conference or In some
other way unavailable.
In recent weeks, while Comm ;ss soner
Enright has been away on his annual
vacation, this system has worked with
extraordinary smOothness. The inheld
rieSt." pisS is "'r'" A""'y TO Leach TO In
While the present po1ice adminstrar
tion never h. 5lown a disposition
toward publicity, there was a brief
period after Enrght was appointed
that the door of his office was open to
newspaper men, although the amount
of information they carried out of
that door could be said to be negligi-
Bile.
The clamping down of the lid on all
news of a detrimental character did
not occur until the row last winter
between the District Attorneys office
and Police Headquarters. Mayor Hy-
Ian was in Palm Beach at that time,
him. according to the most reliable in
formation, he sent a telegram to Com
missioner Enrght ordering him to
close UP all channels of information.
Complete Censorship Reached
This created censorship that final
ly became complete and alright when
Commissioner Enright began to syn
chronize his powers with those of
Chief Inspector Lahey The latter.
since his elevation to unprecedented
power, has been busy in choking off
news leaks wherever he found them
An important detail of the news
the police Of robbery victims to say
nothing of the crime. For instance. it
was impossible to obtain information
concerning $4,000 robbery in the
jewelers. Crafts Building on October
1, because the victims, according to
their own statements, had been eau
toned by the police to say nothing of
the matter.
When a messenger employed by the
George Bascom Theatcr Ticket Company
was held up and robbed Of $4,000 in
cash on November 3, the police advised
the concern to maintain silence The
company, and not the police, was re-
sponsible for the news of the crime
becoming public.
On the afternoon of November 30
four motor bandits held up Anton A.
Young, bond salesman employed by
the banking firm Of Kean, Taylor &
Co., 5 Nassau Street, and robbed him
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Justice Nanton Tells Club
Peace Outlook Is Dubious

Martin r. Nanfon. Associate Justice
If the United etateg Court os An
peals, Addressed he Kiwanis Club at
z luncheon a. the Hotel McAlrin ves-
teTfay' on ".ne Vacant Chair al
Gene" JDs1ice Nanton expressed
the rope tae United states would soon
gee it, "sy clear u join in the inter
national peace movement
lie sald the international outlook
for 1eafe ~ his time MAR anything
b0t good as she Iast wns in turmoil
and lfe'a2 afsme. Anything that this
naafior n'Ent 10 - advance the cause
~ vorA 0Dace ~oon materially aia
IN the feeeta1liahnon. - pre-war
p ~cs conditions, Justice Manton de-
elAxed.
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Tortured Girl Accused
OF Stealing Diamond Pin

Minnie Gallander, the seventeen
year girl who accused her step
father of branding her with hot irons
last summer, is under arrest, charged
with the theft of a diamond brooch
from Mrs. Helen McDermott, of 52l
West 112th Street.
The girl has been living with Dr.
Helen Montague, who is connected with
the Childrens Court, since the convic-
tion of her stepfather DR.. Montague
gave her good reference recently and
she found employment as a maid in the
home of Mrs. McDermott.
Monday night Mrs. McDermott missed
platinum and diamond trinket, valued
at $500. Minnie was arrested and. ac-
cording to the police, after several
hours grilling. confessed she had taken
the jewel. She said she had thrown it
out of the seven story window when
she became frightened. 1t has not been
found.
The girl was arraigned yesterday
morning in the Washington Heights
court before Magistrate Raphael Tobias
on charge Of grand larceny. She was
held in $1,000 bail for examination on
Friday.
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An Executor

The appointment OF important duty
Formerly 1t the pick from busi-
ness or social friends Now it
such individual ~ ~
Many estates have properly administered M individual
executors acting alone but
often TO the loss disray
nation OF
possibility. -' ~
The Title Guarantee Company as executor brinas
management OF
possessed by individuals - "~
We have investments. accoun<-
Ing law and real They best Of service and
keep the
Our real estate mortgage especially qualities
to manage frcm yestent
standpoint.
r1LE GUARANTEE & TRUsT Co
Capital $6,0o0,O00 Surplus $11 100000
5s 3 y.oiassyss isstss BROOKLYN 1as
ST. amaice
ILL
RICHMOND S.Ge NASSAU Ntneoa wy
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Police Captains
To Talk-Abos1t
Absence of Crime
Women's, Children's S
and Maybe Victims Clubs
To Be Told of Crooks
Rout if Enright Has WAY

According to an order sent out from
Police Headquarters last night about
ninety captains, in charge of various
precincts in the city, are expected to 20
before mems clubs and other gather
ings in their districts and tell of the
excellent work the police have been
cong IN combating crooks, burglars
murderers and other transgressors of
the law.
They are also expected to make
speeches dealing with various phases
OF police activity and burglary insur-
ance. The captains were informed by
letter that they would receive shortly
a special pamphlet from headquarters
dealing with facts and figures' in or
der to enable them to discuss their
subjects intelligently
The statistics to be furnished the
captains are to prove that the Police
Department has been in no way dere-
ict in its duty.
The letter to the captains calls at
tention to a speech made a short time
ago by Commissioner Enright at head
quarters, and also to one made by
Chief Inspector Lahey dealing with
general police duties
In taking up the matter of the lack
of discipline the letter says that
subordinates are not showing suficie Mt
respect to their superors in the de-
partment and that something should
be done about the "slovenly" cond-
ton Of some of the policemen. There
are also a few remarks in the letter
about policemen talking too much
about police business to strangers. The
police captains are strongly urged to
warn their subordnates against dis
cussing matters pertaining to the de-
partment.
There is also a suggestion that ser
geants should be selected to 20 to
school assemblies and speak to the
children about avoiding accidents on
the streets. The letter spoke regret
fully of the fact that ordinary patrol
men stand about DISCUSSING the weather
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Board Iey;llorad
Many Murders,
Haytia1ns Say
Radical Natives Cable Pro-
Test to Daniels; Charging
Mayo Would Not Take Up
All the Marine Atrocities
Island Hearings Closed
All but Ten of. Lip Killed
in Two Years Died in
Open Battle, Is Finding
Bv Wilbur F orrest
spccia. cable to The Trlosns

SncciIs tOOIs 20 IFS I1fOhHe
Copyright 1922. New York Tribune Inc
PORT -AU-PRINCE, Hayti, Dec. l.
A group Of the more radical Haytians
has seat a cable message to Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the United States
Navy. protesting against the departure
OF the naval board of inquiry without
investigating numerous alleged cases
of missreatment and murders of Hay
tians by members of the United States
Marine Corps The protest is signed,
"Citizens of Port-auPrince."
The message says that the Haytian
people are maintaining reserve in
transmitting the facts regarding the
cases of mistreatment and the board
Of inquiry to "the magnanimous Amer
lean people"
1t is not known whether the protest
represents the sentiment of all the
high class natives, many of whom are
very reserved on account of the pub
licity given to the proceedings of the
Mayo board, but it probably represents
the opinion of q majority Of them.
Situation Still Muddled
It is certainty that the departure
of the board Of inquiry leaves the sit
uation moie muddled than ever. Con-
siderable anti-American feeling has
been stirred up by the limitations of
the board in its hearinga, although the
more INTELLIGENT natives rea1i7e that
the board is not to blame, having acted
merely on the instructions of Secre-
tary Daniels.
1t is reported that Major General
John a. Lejeune, commandant of the
Marine Corps, is on his way to Hayti.
Ten Questionable Killings
PORT AT PRINCE, Hayti, Dec. l (By
The Associated Press A total of | .l42
Haytians who met death since the be-
ginning Of the intensive campaign
against the bandits Of the island, ap-
proximately two years ago, was de-
veloped by the naval beard of inquiry
during its three weeks of hearings lust
concluded here. This total includes the
ten natives alleged to have been killed
by ex-Corporai Freeman Lang and Ser
geant Dorcas Williams.
Outside the ten deaths charged
against Lang and Williams. all the dead
accounted for during the hearing fell
IN the 296 actual battles that occurred,
including the attack on Port-au- Prince
IN January, according to the testimony
Admiral Mayo said it was not likely
the board would return to Hayti He
declined TO indicate the .ames of the
witnesses to be called when the board
resumes the hearings N Washington.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02

while huge motor trucks speed by
them in violation of traffic regulations
While no definite date is set for the
beginning of the oratorical tour by the
r,olice captains, the letter urges that
they get busy Immediately upon receipt
of the burglary pamphlet.
The letter, which is understood to
have been dictated by Commissioner
Enrlght, IS said to have been sent by
him at the suggestion of Mayor Hylan
as a means Of meeting the newspaper
stories dealing with the crime wave
New-York tribune., 1920-12-02

Of John Stanley. ss+ Devoe Street. Brook
iyn. Nov. 80
Nov. ao-Bandits held up an employee
Of Kean Taylor & Co.. bankers. and
robbed him Of s460.000 worth of Liberty
bonds consigned to Igoe Brothers. So Met
ropolitan Avenue. Brooklyn. Officials OF
both the bank and Igoe Brothers were
warned by the police to say nothing.
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LUX LAYS
OFF HEAVY
TRAINING

Morrio Lux. Coast weiter cham.
pion. lays orr Of heavy training today
for his bou, with Johnny Mccarthy.
which will headline tho open.air
show at Liberty park tomorrow
This II horrie'a first start In some
ifno. and he should be In fine fettle
10 mir things from the starting bell.
Luz II being picked as tho fayoritS
20 beat the southerner. bu, with Mo
carthy packing X. o. wallop In
both mittH. there amt such an ami.
maj M sure thing. Mccarthy ar
rived hero today.
Harold Jones ana Bobby Harper
viii renew festivities In tho semi-
windup. Jones Is boxing AZ a steady
gait Thia 10 Huper's first start
Since he b~at Joe Mandot at the
Arena some time ago
Morgan Jones', the clever Tacoma
fsatherweight. takes on young Sam
IAngford In on. Of tho other bouts.
with. Danny Edwards. the popular
colofed bantam. tangl@- with Eli
Castor. tho nswnboy battier. who Is
making his first start here in a long
Tina.
Two preiiminaries win oomplete
70 card
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STAR LEAGUE
TO FINISH
AS PLANNED

There will be no changes IN the
present plan OF The star league
This was decided at . meeting OF
The star league Junior managers
last night. Tho schedule In both
circuits will b. revised and published
rs soon as completed. Some Of the
teams dropped out Of the league and
made this necessary.
Games scheduled for Sunday VIII
be played as published. however.
the new schedule not going Into ef
feet until June 6. The Shamrock
Athletic club and Spartan Athletic
club have asked for open dates for
Sunday. which viii leave IN. Inter
bay Juniors and Georgetown Aer
chants without rzrnea
The other games on Sundays bin
follow:
Mt Baker Va Rainier valley
Juniors Mt Columbia field.
Columbia Slickers vs. Madison
park at Washington park
Cavalier club rwalla warin
Junior-D W Felix club at walls
waTia field
Alki Juniors w.. Rainier Height,
Juniors nj Columbia field.
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BEES HAVE PITCHERS
THIS YEAR

The Bees ars getting = pretty
good brand Of pitching this season
That's about tho only thing that
kept the Salt Lake club out OF first
place last year. Nick cullop. IN. big
iefthander who pitched yesterday. Ia
an experienced worker. He turned
in a nice game and showed plenty OF
stuff out there on the mound Nick
In trying a comeback. He was rated
as one OF the best southpaws in the
game couple Of years ago when he
played with the New York Yankees.
but he dropped out Of the game for
a while and Is now coming back.
With Lsvercnz. Stroud. Reiger,
Bromley. Thurston and Baum the
Bees have a pretty good staff Of
moundmen-
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A5s1yND nEf3 DaeE G&:

Moro contract jumping.
-Buuny- Fabrique, who played
shortstop for tho Seattle club
for = while lsst year, finishing
the season with the Los Angeles
Aggregation. Inns jumped the
Kansas City club In tho Ameri-
can association, to the Steel
league In the East. johnson and
Evans. . pair VI pitchers also
quit tho team. No legal action
has been taken by the club A.
yet
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CUP BOATS
BEING PRIMED

NEW YORK. May sT.-Arter
close to six yearv spent IN -eradle
on dry land Shamrock Nv, Sir
Thomas Lipton's challenger for
Americas cup. was back In water
today.
The big green yacht was being
fitted 1p today by her crew for the
trial spins. which are to start in
i've or six days.
Resoiute and vanitie. candidates
TO defend the cup. will resume the
trial races on June J. according
to present plans.
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IN TIE Majors

IN THE MAJORS
Yesterdays hero--Hsos" Hush Again
Tire Yankee hom.-ran king saot his
eighth home run In the upper riEht field
stand. hsigink the Aaxs 10 beat Dstoit.
to a.
Hsrd-yr go -four niss cot Of feur svsps
10 the piAts and helped tho Red Son back
tate first place ~ beating me hrsvns.
to :.
yasss 20. I've hits out Of fsve attempts
snd wsshlnwsoa n~st Cleveland. IL TO ..
the indiAHs dropplns to sseoad yiae&
C.aats wffi'snA ssu,hpsv aos Of tns
white Ssx. vss pounded cut Of the ses
BY the Athi-tirs. vho ven 10 70
Home runs b. Perry and paxAn made
the eoaat Is four basxrrs In 10 dayA
purfeign Grimes VOC his own ga-s eur
the Esefrs ~ trtpiing In TIE stGath In
ming sta k4!eulf ca The fuAtss lss;-
to Z.
Stock. srsrss ard Hsrrsey,s angfs an
abl.d the cards 10 beat the Reds. 10 &c u
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PLENTY OF BASEBALL
THIS WEEK

There viii be plenty Of base-
ball here this week. Tho Bees
and Siwashc~ will play n double
bin ON Saturday and another
double affair on Monday, which
Is officially Decoration day. Both
double bills will start at 1870.
Tho Seattle club II pretty well
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BY JAMES HENLE
Especial TO The Starr

ISpeClaI NIlr1
NEW YORK May 27-Is another world series scandal
10 develop this year!
Are cheap gamblers the Boshevss Of sportsdom TO ruin
baseball they have destroyed the pubcs confidence in
boxing and racing2
There can be only TO both these questions.
Unless the ruling powers of baseball take hold with firm
hand professional betting in their ball parks
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SALT LAKE Clue
HITS HARD

Salt Lake has . hard hitting
club and should make the rest Of
the clubs step right along before
The pennant race Ia decided this
SEASON Maxgrrt, johnson.
kruk. Sheciy. MulliGan and By.
her hit the ball hardest for tho
Salts yesterday. Big Tsil1 Rum
ler, the hards-t hitter Of tho lot
didn't como thru with any xafe
bingies In yesterdays struggle,
but what he can do with The
willow Il wcil enough known
and pitching To him In = pinch Is
easy just like jumping off the
top Of the Smith building
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BOHNE is
NO MAN
FOR JOB
AT SHORT

Thcc's ono Eiaring wcaisno~s
on tho Seattle ball club today.
and that's tho defense around
second base This has bcca tha
biExrrt hoio In the Seattle do
fest>o since the start Of the SEA
son Sammy Bots,o proved ycs
terNisy beyond a doubt that as
shortstop he's n fine sieve Clyde
Wares didn't hook any too good
around tho second saek himself.
lie shouldn't hav~ 60 play. as he
has enough worries running the
club. When the seattle tram Eetz
good shortstop. moves Bohne 10
third. Murphy 10 first and Pam
iocis Co Second. tho club should
just about be s~t for the SEASON.
outsid. Of dis outstanding
fact, nothing much could he
giuD-d from ti,e showing ~ tho
s~uttie club yesterday In the first
gam. u the -crie~ with the Salt
lake Bos~. which the Bcr- took
into camp by to I count The
Seattle boyr w~rc hoid UP IN
route by . ianstslids, and arrived
just In time to hop out TO tho
park and start playing. Tn
game didn't get undsv way until
go. and after thrvc days ou the
train the locals can't be judged
by yesterdays showing.
One or two pleasing facts stood GU,
Yesterday. and tho leading one OF
these was Merlin Kopp'a hitting. The
little fellow collected a triple. which
was a peach. Hs looked better at
the plate than he has this year. b.
cause he was taking his cut at the
bah. Harry woit-r~ also hit the ball
on the b-ak. collecting thr~e safe bin
eirs and reaching first on an error
in four trips go tho platter.
Carl Zamlock. the new first sack.
er. and Brick Eidrcd. tho new cen.
terfielder. didn't do much with the
willow yesterday. altho they handled
themselves we'll In tho field Pam.
lock is a biz fellow. who takes a
terrific swing at tho apple. Eidresi
has speed
Jack Adams. IN. rrst string cAtch.
er. who was out OF the game most OF
tho time with a bum knee when tho
club was home last time. was hack
In the game again and bolstered up
the ,earn-
After VIZ ~, Aid shortssnp. vino r.
needed more than q real progressive
ocean ne~is water. n will b. Just a
question OF time un,li We Start 70
win some ball games. or We lose our
guesa
The ief-nss 10 TIE only raj veal
ness OF tho club nov. We have
hltters IN kenworthy. Zanio-ck.
wolt,rs. Kopp. Eiirod. Murphy and
Bohne and plenty OF speed with
Kopp. E.idred. Murphy and Bohns
right among the leagues leading
base thi~fA
Civ. the sang plenty Of tins to
start playing together and watch
EN- go. II. after . reasonable TINA
any Of the players show that they
can't deliver. changes win have TO
be made Of cour,s bot the men
must Be- given plenty OF time TO
make good before any mor- changes
are made A team that Is con.
stAnfiy making changes cant ct.
pect to develop any degree OF team.
work
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NEW YoRK.--Ban Johna,n and
John Heydler arc reported 10 have
agreed on $4,000 as n yearly salary
to be offesed Big Bin Edwards TO
head tho national commission. And
the contract would be for three years.
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Joe Harris. ne hsrd-hftting frrt-
saekcr OF the Cleveland Indians last
year. who jumped the team 90 Join
tho Franklin Independents in Penn.
sylvania. may reJoin the Indians.
Doc Johnston has been playing bril-.
liant ball for tho Indians. but has
been laid up considerably this season
by a charley horse and Prexy Dunn
Of tho Indians In Understood 10 be
making strenuous efforts To bring
Harris back In the fold
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Culiep . Bases or tails OF Gear ..
eff Cuiios (, Dss.s On taiis-ov osary D.
of Csllse Thf~s- bss- hits-suiiiHsa.
kapp poabi- pihY-NruH 80 Hhe~lr %
Iehnsaa HNrriflse hits- saiias }. osafr.
tehnson. gtei~n hap~s kspp. jeeuson J.
HanieF Hans r~sgeasitis fef--gssrr !.
guilsp I. rin- % gAna.-gl. tmssrsa
--Fhyis and Andsrsan
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fixed for pitchers right now and
the double bills won't play the
havoc with tho hurting staff that
such events win create later In
the season when the staff L.
pruned down.
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WE LOSE ANOTHER PAIR
Coast
with Salt IAhe by
leading the eighth
the pitcher third
tho ninth putting
leo
II spokane longer l.
~trday IN locals losing out 10 8, In mi
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Josh D~vor-, couddrrrd ON
Of the Iuci<iest players In the big
leagues = few years ago when he
was traded q couple Of times In
the middle Of the season To
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unless they cooperate actively
with the authorities in pre-
venting such betting else
where as well. the future of
the great American game is
doomed.
Baseball Is too good = game 10
hose. IL Is too clean IL Is too ex-
citing. II Is too honest But no
wanc can stand up against the as
saults OF men who Fix prizesighters
Who are willing 20 dope horse or
stuff a sponge into his nosc. who
win hrihe a Jockey 10 pull" a race.
who viii pay a tout TO spread false
-dope."
That IL the kind Of men who to
Aay are operating In many OF the ban
parks on the major league circuits
BETTING ON
INDIANS
During the Indian series. I sat
h the betting ring" hcr~-baek
AZ third bs-e at the Polo
Grcund.. Odds WEIR freely
quoted on, the event, almost I'M
Orr the noses Of thu sperial po-
I3e~mrn hired to prevent gam
Hing. Because Ccveiesks Was
Stitching for Cleveland and
~Babe" Ruth was out Of the Yam
ke<z' lineup. the indians were
made the favorites, with . 10
& the usual ODDS In their favor.
The betting was not In small
A.
toned under $50. and the ordi
nary hst was In hundreds
The hettsrs we're typical graduates
Of Es-, Side saloons and pooiroosns-
They brought the jargon Of the book
maker To the baseball park.
I'm OFF this guy Mogridge- De
elAred one He Amt pitched de
cent game this year"
what oddsn you lay against the
Yanksg-
I'm give you $50 TO 10
Your, OH
Eth take some OF that" piped up
: third
~see. Joe. got all I want how.
5HE REAL
MENACE
Now no on. "a saying that
fbere IL anything wrong in
friends betting u hat or a few
dollars on n game Of baseball
But professional betting and pro
fessional boolmaking cannot con-
thine very long without Some
gambler desiring 10 get . little
edge" on the rest by reach
ing" a ball player. There wue
very ugly runors about the last
world series. A number Of ball
players have practically been
blsrklisted by organized baseball.
Il Is charged. No accusations
against the men In question have
been made public, but IL is gen
orally uB<ia~~tood that the action
against them was connected in
Sonic way with gambling.
OF even greater menace to the
sport than the small fry betters OF
the betting ring back OF third. are
the big spectators" who sit In pri-
waite boxes and who conduct their
operations in comparative secrecy.
Behind practically all the gambling
eoing on in New York city today
there Is the sinister figure Of one
man whose name IL on the tongue
81 every denizen Of the underworld
ibis man bets in the thousands. He
said often TO have as much as
100000 wagered upon the outcome
Of a pennant race. He has myster-
ious influence, the source Of which
few people know. and Possesses CON
nections which lead up TO the highest
circles In this country.
CLUB OWNERS
SENSE MENACE
Under these Circumstances n might
be said that too much is demanded
OF baseball officials in asking them
20 curb gamblers where public au-
thority falls And Il In only fair TO
say that the baseball ovners seem to
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LoUfSyfLLE.-On June Is 10.
round. no-decision boxing bouts will
become legal in Kentucky. Licenses
viii cost $500 and the state is to get
3 per cent OF gross receipts