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Evening star., 1937-06-17
Public on Little End.

OUTSIDE of New York those who
~ seek only to profit from racing
can move forward with confidence, a.
the laws are drawn for profit and
not for sport-draWn for the pro-
moter and not for the public. It /:
sad but true that We must point to a
State just going into racing for the
best example of properly drawn
racing law. This is Delaware.
Here We have the best drawn pari-
mutuel law in the country, with the
take limited to per cent, thus pro.
tecting the public from the inevitable
grind which drains community
And we have promoter, William du
Pont, jr., wealthy enough so that he
needs no profit from the project and
can afford to be above temptation
Most important of all, he is polit!-
cally powerful enough 50 that he
need take no back talk from the poll
ticians and can set up the sport in
his own backyard on a basis that
will give the horse and public q
chance.
William du Pont. jr., has no fear OF
taking loss in his new track at S
per cent take, which ought to be
the tip-off for other States, where
the percentage is so much more
Consider the Arkansas law, which
permits Is per cent and "breakage. :"
Breakage means that the track OF
orator may round of pay-offs to the
nickel, or the dime, as the case may
be-thus getting almost another !
per cent if the break is to the
nickel, Or about 1s4 per cent if the
break Is to the dime.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Betting Control Essential.

THERE is nothing wrong with either
the bookmaking or pari-mutuel
system of betting if it can be con-
trolled. Both are hurtful to the pub
lie II allowed too much leeway. There
Is bookmaking now only on the New
York tracks, and the bookmakers are
properly controlled. However, this
form Of betting is quite inconvenient
to the uninitiated. Thus, it is not
popular
But the pari-mutuel form of betting
current elsewhere, and very con-
Venient, Is controlled only by the law
and the laws are bad. In California
for example, the law that was drawn
gave back such a return that the
track operators voluntarily took a cut
because they had the good sense to
zee too much profit would kill the
game in time.
We find that the matter OF law
making got OF Improperly. In the
7os and sos, when racing was by
no means general, but, nevertheless
widely distributed throughout the
country, things went from bad to
worse because there was no control
This caused the turf leaders of the
country to gather In New York and
form what was known as the Board OF
Control.
From this group grew the Jockey
Club, an organization of SO powerful
and wealthy men. When it came to
operating within the law they in
dorsed a measure which permitted
~bookmakers to operate under the
thumb Of the Jockey Club. Thus they
could control them, and protect the
public. The pari-mutuel form Of bet
ting, once current in New York, was
Thrown out, so that the politician
gould not fatten upon the racing
structure.
Thus ws bad . group - wealthy
Evening star., 1937-06-17
BY BRYAN FIELD.

BY BRYAN FIELD.
n YEW YORK, June 1.-THE
M things which are hurting rae
" ing, in the order OF their i'm
4 portance, are:
1. Badly drawn. or distorted laws,
under which the sport must
operate.
2. Track operators, either too
greedy, or with bad Judgment,
who must milk" the public in
order to split with grating poll
ticians.
3. The use of racing as shield by
such racketeering projects as
dog racing, number games, wire
room betting, slot machines, etc.
For years in America much has been
made of doping" horses, jockey rings,
ringers" and other spectacular forms
Of larceny, which, as matter of fact,
are trifles so far as hurting racing is
concerned. Such occurrences clas-
sify rather like a boil on a mans
neck-ugly and annoying, but, after
all. detail and not affecting the
structure as q whole.
1t is not on this side of racing
that abuses creep in. The actual
running of the horses, at even the
most obscure tracks, is clean and
hboveboard. Jockeys are tlt, com
petent band of athletes. outranklng
any comparable group in any other
sport.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Politics. Bad Las Hurt Racing Brudock Trim Legs Big Asset
Times Changed
for Jim and Joe
q. the Associated Press.

~ Lnc hSSOClaLe0 FIeS6.
CHICAGO, June 17.-Only a few
years ago Heavyweight Cham
pion Jim Braddock was on the Fed
eral relief rolls and Joe Louis was
$5-a-day automobile factory hand
in Detroit. but next Tuesday night
they'll each draw fortunes for their
title bout and its anticipated mil
lion-dollar gate"
Two years ago Braddock, who
has been guaranteed so per cent OF
receipts, got his big break by beat
ing Max Baer for the title. Three
years ago this month Louis bor-
rowed SIS to go to Detroit for an
amateur bout and a month later
fought his first professional fight
for $50.
Since that time Louis has earned
$750,607, probably a record, con-
sidering his brief career. His big
gest stake was $240,833 for stop
ping Baer In 1885. His guarantee
against Braddock is 17la per cent OF
the gate.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
ELIGIBILITY PROTEST
ST|RS SHORE LEAGUE
President Kibler Is Investigating
Claim Leading Salisbury Team
Violates Code.

BY the Associated Press.
THE new Eastern Shore Base Ball
League, a scant month old, was
plunged today into the first ma jor con-
troversy of its brief career-a charge
the league-leading Salisbury Indians
have used ineligible players.
J. Thomas Kibler, president Of the
circuit, disclosed at Chestertown he
had requisitioned a complete Indian
roster and expected to complete a
check-up on it tonight He acted on
complaint of another team in the loop,
he said.
Under league rules, each team Is
permitted 10 rockies. 2 non-class or
one-year men and class men. Glass"
men are defined as players with pro-
fessional league experience. The rules
require that all games in which in
eligible players are used be auto
maticallv thrown out.
The Indians have the loop leader
ship sewed up at the moment, with the
second-place clubs-Easton and Fed
eralsburg-trailing by more than four
full games.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
BETTORS J|TTERY.
OVER TITLE FIGHT
Wise Money Seen Awaiting
Sudden Drop in Louis
Odds on Bout Day.
Ey the Associated Press.


~HICAGO, June 1.-THE
4 prince and pauper" world
title battle set for next Tues
~ day has the betting boys jit-
terry.
The prince" won't be heavyweight
champion James ]. Braddock. He'll
step into the ring against Joe Louis,
one OF the financially poorest boxing
kings in history. From a financial
standpoint, the Brown Bomber has a
better claim to that title. Louis, who
has earned more than $750,0O0 in
three years, will climb through the
ropes one Of the wealthiest challen-
gers Of all time.
Braddock never has been in the
"big money" even since beating Max
Baer for the title, a chore for which
he received but $3l,244. Since then
he has had to borrow money. so Tues
day night will be his big chance.
Little Wagering on Fight.
ITO DATE there has been little or
no wagering. One Randolph street
commissioner Is holding $4,000 he'll
put against $4,000 that Louis wins
and no sign yet of a taker. There are
Braddock bettors asking as much as
three and four to one odds, but the
impression prevails that the night OF
the bout Louis will stand about 8
to S.
Alternately good and bad form by
Louis at his Kenosha. Wis, camp has
the wise money" waiting for a sud-
den downward shift in the Louis odds
the day of the battle. Glowing re-
ports on the physical condition of the
champion, idle for two years since
taking the title from Max Baer, also
have tended to minimize gambling on
the big battle.
The same lack Of action, however
didn't hold true today for those re.
sponsible for putting the tight over
Scores Of out-of-town newspaper mer
jammed fight headquarters at down.
town hotel. Loop hostelries reported
hundreds of applications for advance
reservations, with many sports fans
coming here for the $4,000 added
American Derby to be run Saturday
and planning on staying over 70,
the fight.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Collins Likely Referee.

k>HomO EN- JOG rOLE1 SalQ rainy
weather slowed the ticket sale
yesterday, but that about $650.00C
already had been taken in. Thus
far $4,000 OF the $4,000 ringside seats
have been sold. comparable to 14,00C
for the Louis-Max Baer fight at cor
responding pre-fight date.
The State Boxing Commission has
narrowed the list of eligible referees
to five. One Of the following will be
chosen just before the bout begins:
Little Phil Collins, Dave Miller
Tommy Thomas. Joseph Mcnamara
and Frank (Spike) McAdams. Col
Inns was regarded the probable choice
He is a former featherweight and
now is city water department Of.
ficial.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-Gehrig. Yankees. $3.50; Bell.
Browns, .371.
Msssio and Rolte. YANKEES; ks walker.
Tigers, and Averill. Indians A.
Runs batted in-Bonura. White Sox,
so: GreenberR. Tigers. SO.
Hits-Walker. Tigers. 80; Bell.
Doublesovosmik, Browns, %;
Gehrig. Yankees. 20.
Triples-Kuhel Senators, s: Stone.
Senators: Greenberg. Tigers. and
AVerill. Indians, 7.
Home .runs-Greenberg Tisers. Is;
Di MagRio. Yankees. IA.
Stolen bases-Applins. White Sox 3;
Walker, Tigers. and Chapman. Red
Sox 3.
Pitchins-Pearson. Yankees. and
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Vaughan, Pirates. ,37s.
Runs-Galan Cubs. A; Medwick.
Runs batted in-Medwick. Cardinals,
SO: Qemaree. Cubs. 43
x,dh ditsovanshan; c,1dins5. - Pirates and Med
ar!sn DGub1esMMsdylct. bsd.sIs Cardinals. 10:
law TrlpIss.vsushan, p'I.t.. Pirates. 9; Hand
andx,eki aisnts, il. Cardinals and s'rtell'
.ns stolen bases; s. Martin. Cardinals.
.Pitchins-Bryant. Cubs. SO; shoun.
Cubs 81,
Evening star., 1937-06-17
ROSS IN RING TONIGHT
Battles Woods at indianapolis
REGARDLESS of Rain.

INDIANAPOLIS, June II (Py.-
Barney Ross. world welterweight
champion, and Chuck Woods of De-
troit were set today to throw leather.
regardless Of the weather. in a 10
round, non-title bout at Perry Stadium
tonight.
Rain forced postponement last
night. The Ancient Order Of Hiber-
mans, sponsor, announced the fight
would be held tonight despite possible
rain, because further postponement
was impossible.
The champion weighed in at 143
yesterday and Woods tipped the scales
at l48.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Tax Revenue Called Dodge.

IT WAS at this point that certain
politicians saw that the take from
pari-mutuel betting would bring q
revenue to the State and help balance
the budget. With this as an excuse,
they went out to find men VINO would
bank roll the project of a new race
track if the law to operate were sup
piled. The proposition was: You sup
ply the money and build the track,
and we will pass the law that gives
you authority" Naturally, this did
not happen everywhere.
Needless to say, a proposition of
this kind was not attractive to a busi-
ness man, nor to promoters Of the
right type It was deal, pure and
simple, and the law, when drawn,
was generous enough to assure the
promoter plenty of quick profit, no
matter how much he had to give up
to the politicians for writing the law.
Indeed, it is fortunate that the mush-
room period of racing brought in so
many decent men, and reliable pro-
moters-instead of all shady charac-
ters.
Taxation to the State is not suf-
ficient excuse for racing. II all the
taxation from all the States having
pari-mutuel betting were put into
one pot, it still would be only a COM
paratively few million dollars, hardly
enough to balance even a small State
budget. In the last analysis, this
money Is taken out of the public's
pocket-and, as the State takes one
dollar, the promoter takes two. Far
better never to take the money at
all. Or to take less of it.
If racing cannot stand on It's
own feet as a sport, and as an outlet
for the essential breeding industry, 1t
is time to think about eliminating it.
The taxation plea is a fake. It Is q
smoke screen having the charm of
mathematics. If. the whole picture
is seen, the mathematics proves very
flimsy indeed
tCopyright. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
George selkirk and Lefty Gomez.
Yankees-Former's double with bases
loaded drove in three runs: Gomez
famed nine. allowed six hits In Al
win over Indians
winning rally drove In two runs for
b-4 victory over Pirates.
Buck Newsom Red 8ox-Fanned
eight and allowed fiye hits to whip
White Sox, 3D.
Jimmy Brown. -singled
over Phtl,ies AVA
Beau Bel. Browns-sent winning
run across with single to beat Athletics.
3-2
Yves Ferrell, Senators-Pitched eight
hit ball for IL innings in 81 win over
Tigers.
Evening star., 1937-06-17

By GEORGE HUBER ~
By GEORGE E. .HuBtR-

THE way to pick your fishing
spot this week end is simple.
Get large map of Chesa-
Il peake Bay, hold pin in your
hand, close your eyes and punch the
map with the pin. Presto, you have
a place where fish are biting. It's
as easy as that. They are biting all
over, including the lower Potomac,
the last place to start.
Naturally enough, some places are
better than Others The Gooses is
a fine example Of this classification,
where extremely large catches are be-
ing made. While on the subject Of
large catches, We would like to get
in our nickels worth Of criticism.
This column in the past has re-
fused, and in the future will continue
to refuse, to print items concerning
large killings made by fishing par
ties. 1t is all right to go out and bring
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

PONCA CITY. Okla-Junior Mum
sell. III. Oklahoma City. knocked out
Billy Treest. ISL. Chicago t2).
WATERLOO Iowa.-Henry Schaft,
141. MINNEAPOLIS. Knocked out Johnny
Cosgrove weight unavailable) Wesley.
Iowa t3D.
OAKLAND. Calif-Sunny Jim Nc
yey. laS. .Pittsbureh, knocked out Pepe
Del Rio. 100. Mexico City %.
NEW YORK.-MaXie Berger. 1851,
Montreal. outpointed Johnny Moro.
1871. New York 1O).
HARTFORD. Conn.-Carl fRedl
Guegino 1876. Tampa. Fla. outpointed
Lou Feldman. 1873. New York I0>.
WOONSOCKET r Ralph Zan-
nelli. 146i2.- technically knocked out
Johnny Studley. 14a. Providence t6).
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Angling Round-Up.

II 1SH1N1 picture at glance.
ConoWingo Dam. Md, Capt. Paul
Sveigert-Fair catches of rock and
wall-eye being made Conditions look
good for next few days.
Rock Mill Run, Md, Capt. w. w.
Wlkinson-Plenty Of rock playing
around in river, but few being caught.
Only biting in spells.
Ocean City. Nd, Capt. Crawford
Savage-Weather has been bad past
week, plenty of blues here, but not
striking we'll
Sparrows Point Md, Capt. Louis
F. Markel-Hardhead running good
at present, also a few rock, expect
good catches this week.
Eastport, Md, Capt. T. S. Raw
lins-Hardhead biting fairly good
here. Outlook better.
Shadyside. Md. Capt r. E. Lee
Hardhead fishing good and improv-
ing; very few rock taken.
Willows Point. Nd. Capt. Roland
England-Good catches of trout and
hardhead; outlook fair.
Oxford, Md, Capt. o. M. White
Only fair catches being made. Hard
head and a few rock and trout
caught
Tllghman, Md.-Good catches last
week OF hardhead and few trout
and blues; outlook good.
Solomons, Md, Capt. Harry Wood
burn-Now catching from Is to so
trip. Late afternoon best.
BroomeS Island, Nd, Capt. H. c.
Elliott-Fifty hardhead and a few
rock caught by one party. .,condi-
tions look better.
Quimby, Va, Capt. L. S. Corbin-
Fishing slowed down, except channel
bass, taking two to nine per party,
surf casting and trolling.
Cape Charles, Va, Capt. BRYAN
TraVis-Channel bass, trout and
blues continue plentiful. Outlook
good
Evening star., 1937-06-17
He's Confident.
SURROUNDING conditions are pleas

SURROUNDING conditions are pleas
~ ant at Jim's camp. The cham
pion hasn't worry on his mind,
apparently, and is in good humor
The boys around him all are happy
and confident, and Jim tells me he
thinks he's sure thing to take Louis.
4 didn't worry any about the le-
gal end of this fight" said Braddock
Il figured the lawyers could take
care Of that, and after all, I'm fight
ing. amt I? I'm not ducking any
body. I'll fight any one Gould matches
me with. If it's up to me"
The mental attitude has a greater
effect on fighter than most folks
believe. That's another thing I have
personal knowledge of.
There are enough little annoyances
that are bound to crop up without
having a lot of outside troubles and
chickering's to disturb you when you're
trying to concentrate on the fight
In this, Braddock is mighty lucky
Yes, I think We might we'll call him
Lucky JIM"
(Copyrlght 1877
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Believes in Fightinx.

MAYBE I'm wrong, but I believe
man training for a Champion
ship fight actually should fight a
bit in his training bouts. What the
deuce, they're wearing big gloves, and
those other fellows are fighters, too,
amt they?
Braddock's place is more like what
a fighters training camp ought to be-
It's a sort Of pavilion couple hundred
yards removed from and out of sight
Of the swanky Golfmore Hotel
There's nothing swanky about the
Evening star., 1937-06-17
HILLCRESTs SEEK REVENGE,

The fast Hillcrest A. c. will play
a return game with Maryland A. C.
on No. diamond at Fairlawn Park
Sunday at l pm. Having lost only
2 games in II this year. ore to Mary
land A. c., the Hillcrest nine will be
after Maryland's scalp.
Evening star., 1937-06-17

in a reasonable amount of fish, but
1t is not right to bring in couple Of
bushels, just because they happen
to be biting good
Chesapeake Bay is not as in
exhaustible as some anglers
seem to think, and the sooner
fish slaughter is stopped, the
better for all concerned.
Last Winter this department
banded with other local fishing COL
umns in opposing a proposed license
fee and inspection OF catches in salt
water in Maryland. and we take
some credit for killing the measure.
But, unless anglers on their own ac-
cord stop killing everything they
catch, We will reverse our stand and
campaign for closed seasons, bag
limits and creel inspections, which
will be very sad thing, indeed.
1t came about in fresh water be-
cause OF fish slaughter, and it is the
last thing We want to see down in
Chesapeake Bay. So watch your step
and the future OF your sport.
Bass Season Opens.
CHIPPING from salt to fresh water
for the moment, the bass sea-
son opened in Virginia on the
east side of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains Tuesday. That means Gunston
Evening star., 1937-06-17

camp: as I said, It's like the camps
used to have before P. and C.-PhiIly
and Chi. And the place isn't overrun
with admiring dolls.
Perhaps Braddock is training the
best way for him, as I pointed out
In previous article He's certainly
not doing too much but he has sue
ceeded in rounding himself into what
looks like good condition. I guess
he's saving up the big squirt for the
fight itself. II so, he's doing the wise
thing.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
May Depend on Legs.

TO ME the most important point
is that Jim's legs are in such good
condition. They look like a ballet
dancers, and they indicate power. I
think that Braddock's legs will prove
the deciding factor in this fight. No
one knows their importance better
than old man Dempsey. If mine had
stood up in the pinch
Braddock has been doing plenty of
road work. miles a day. he tells
me. The old pins have got to be good
to stand that
Braddock's boxing is good. But
his sparring partners. Charley Mas
sera and Hen Cooper. especially,
didn't cut loose too fiercely with him.
They looked to me as if they were
sort Of pulling their punches. Jim
was guilty Of this, too. on occasions,
but when he did unlimber his heavy
guns he did right well with them.
On rare occasions he missed badly,
and that's something q champion
shouldn't do at this stage Of his train
ing.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
SPORT IS SHIELD
TO RACKETEER|NG
New Track in Delaware to
Be Run Under Conditions
Nearest Ideal.

An outstanding turf authority
tells here, in the fourth OF series
OF sir articles, the insiGe story of
horse racing.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
that it could afford to be honest,
whatever its principles.
Pool Rooms Get Busy.

DOOL rooms retaliated by the shout
that. if it was all right to bet
inside the race track gates. it also was
all right to bet outside of them, and
that class legislation gave the rich
man privileges not enjoyed by the
poor man. OF course. there was no
control of the pool rooms. There is
no control Of them today, except they
are organized under one authority.
| whereas. generation ago, they were
disorganized, and the Jockey Club
was organized
In any event, things went from bad
to worse. until New York's Governor,
Charles Evans Hughes, found plenty
of excuse for writing reform legis-
lation. The Jockey Club pleaded for
the chance and the laws to reform
racing from within, but many factors
prevented Racing was stopped in
New York in 1911 and 1912 and, when
it again got its start in 1918, it was
under jury-rig, and through loop
hole found in the law.
The strong men of the turf buckled
w, dllu lIlduC d SP1cIlulu SdIuc Will
infinite trouble. They had only doubt
full authority. but held the fort until
the sport in New York was as fine as
anything in the world. Profits were
comparatively small to the track
opera tors, who functioned under the
administration of the Jockey Club,
but there was no complaint until the
depression hit.
Then New York's system of credit
bookmaking broke down. The loop
hole in the law was that "a man might
bet with his friend, and exchange a
memorandum of the wager" But no
money could be passed. Settlement
was to be made later, "at the club" or
perhaps next day when the two
friends met again." During the de-
preston, men would bet with the
bookmakers, and never come back to
pay if they lost. The bookmakers had
to pay, Of course, or they would be
thrown off the race track.
Evening star., 1937-06-17

Cove, Fishing Creek and a few other
nearby spots are now open to plug
casting, minnow ning:ng and fly toss.
ing.
Limits are the same as last
year, 10 inches, IS a day, $50 a
season.
A license is required, costing IS
for non-residents and 50 for residents.
There is tWo-day nonresident fee
of 81.
This corner has not been out as
yet, but will do so in the near future
and pass on some first-hand in
formation as to where they are Bit
ing and on what. We have some
nice new plugs and flies that need
wetting down, and We will do that
if nothing more.
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Trying to Get Tricky.

I'M AFRAID Jimmy's trying to get
tricky in his old age. He has a
stunt OF stamping on the other fellows
instep when he gets in close and begins
inf1ghting. But in real fight with a
hard and fast hitter, such as Louis
undoubtedly is, Jim won't have much
time to look where he's treading.
He'll have to keep on guard every
second he's in there.
So far as physical condition is con-
cerned, I think Braddock is as good
as he will get. His wind is good, his
timing. while not perfect, is okay, and
he still packs mighty sock in that
right hand.
While you can't tell by his train
ing bouts much about his actual
stamina and how he'll carry on in a
real battle, he appears to have plenty
OF it. find that he has been getting
to bed early, but he gets up early, too,
and such good observers as Barney
Ross, Soldier Farr and Izzy Kline
tell me that he doesn't appear sagged
out in the morning. That's a good
sign
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Rock in Potomac.


A QUICK glance over salt water
shows that the lower Potomac
has opened with hardhead and some
rock doing the usual entertainment.
Skipper Walter Cheseldine Of River
Springs and his son, Frederick Chesel-
dine Of Washington, caught 20 in two
hours trolling. They weighed from 2
to pounds per each. That was last
Sunday.
A nice catch Of black drum f,
was made recently at Deals Is
land under the direction OF !
Capt. Willie Windsor.
A party of Philadelphians boated
five weighing from 40 to so pounds
each, and lost six Why doesn't some
Washington angler do the same so
We will have something to write
about?
News item from Oregon Inlet-A
marlin sWorofsh, seven feet long
and weighing As pounds, was cap
tured by Guthrie Midget, mate Of
the Slow and Easy, a boat owned by
Capt Sam Midget who is well-knovn
to Washington anglers who visit
North Carolina. 1t put up a stiff,
half hour battle.
1t was caught so miles of the
coast, but schools Of flying fish, on
which they feed, were noticed only
20 miles off. They are thinking down
there of developing this form Of
fishing just as it has been done at
Ocean City, Md. More power 10
them.