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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1953)
Pace 11 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, galea. Ortfon Thursday, August 13, 1953 'Bring Back the Bookies' Pleads Magazine Article New York Old timers will remember put glories of the bookmaker! ring underneath the granditand at Belmont, tfileah, Saratoga, ot aL The licensed bet-taken of the by gone days handled year money and gave jou your choice at odda ' based at the true risks of astute race track entrepreneurs. Today, we have "a cold, calculating. In human device that Lever loses nor does It allow the mi horse player to win." Now at last, Don Maneie wlcz rallies all sincere horse lovers to the barricades in his September - Esquire article "Brink Back the Bookies," by devastating whatever case there msy have been for pari mutuel machines, proves we're getting gyped and states his preference for the rough-and-tumble of the bookmaker's ring. In a stern warning to sports writers, moralists and related breeds of mankind calling for legalized off-track parimutuel betting, Mankiewicz - writes that "parimutuel isn't gam bling because operators of the tote can't lose. They are per mitted to rig the odds after all the bets are in and after ' the even has been decided." On the other hand, says Mankiewicz in September Es quire, the Ring was a gamble. The main feature of it was the circle of bookmakers, each with his little stall, esch with a chalk board to show the odds be proposed to give. If a bet tor didn't like a book's price, says Manciewicz, he could wait Or he could wander to the next stand until he found the bookmaker whose price- line satisfied him. After the player plunked his money down on whatever horse ne liked and at whatever odds was quoted to him, he didn't have to worry anymore what the crowd did after him. U the player bet 4tt-l, then is what he got Thst is the essence ot betting with the Ring, writes Mankiewicz. A firm wager at odds agreed on when the wager is msde. Parimutuel betting is a wager at odds which will be arrang ed to suit the management's convenience after the race is run. Therefore, if a player puts down $100 on a certain horse st 4H-1 with a bookmaker and wins he will get $450 and his hundred back, SSSO all told. But if the betting ran to the same pattern in the tote, says Mankiewicz, the bet tor would collect a grand total of $240 7-9 for the player's hundred and the hundred back. With the bookie, Man- kiewicz points out, the bettor made a profit of $430; with the tote the profit was $140, What happened to the missing $310? The answer is that the $310 went to the operators ot the parimutuel system, be cause its operators are allow. ed, in fac trequlred, to shave the odds as far as necessary to show a profit. "The moralists will shrug and say that's horse racing' or 'that's gambling.' It may be racing, but it isn't gsm- FAN FARE - t tv t LaStarza Training Camp Chock Full of Confidence By GAYLE TALBOT r..MwAiul I.aka N. Y. UP) Boland LaStarsa, a pleasant mannerly younf iciiow i r m New York City who expects to be the aext heavyweight cham pion of tne worm, n n mum ininini h,n for his bis chance against Becky Marc lino Sept Z4 at tne reio uronnos. Th 94-vnr-nld ehallencer. by his own admission, has not an awful lot of conditioning to jA tja .ir vtH tnr mnra than three years for another shot at Marciano, wno Deal nun on hti initMl ririlnn. and he has kept himself ready ail that time. He s wiinin inree or iour 'nniuh rlvhi now of the ISO he expects to scale for the Rock. The LaStarza camp, cooiea bling," ssys Mankiewicz. rh 4nr ihm (lava wtim bookies manned the Ring, and the parimutuel was but a glesm in a politician's eye." In the meantime, what's good at ... by breezes off a large and scen ic lake, is as confident a one as we can recall. No matter what the majority of critics may thing, both the handsome young challenger and his man ager, Jimmy ae Angeio, uv Ueve it is only a question of letting Marciano in the ring again. "What we've made the last three years hasn't amounted to anything," De Angelo said frankly. mere nam i im in that time. But that will all be over after we've won the championship." At the start of his sparring, r acaw la tsrnrkfnff with a couple of big men, Keene Sim mons, 210, ana Tony m, in? fin far aa we could de tect in a single session, h isn't practicing anything devious or sharpening any particular wea pon. He's Just laying into me hired handi with the big gloves until he sweats. Does he m- Tutor mi to imDort a few I smaller and faster partners to Improve his speed? "I can't say." be replied. "It's all up to Jimmy and my trainer, Dan norio. Whatever they say, that's what I do. I feel great up here and I'm eating a lot. This Is a wonderful camp." There is a complete absence of bombast in the boy who left college to pursue his goal AH he knows is that, in his own mind, he whipped 'Marciano once, and .'t hasn't occurred to him be can't do it again. He can't see that Rocky has im proved to any important de gree. There will be no fear in his stocky body when he climbs through the ropes with him the next time. Fights last Night 0 Tka ajMtMUS Fran) r Tark OS Tanur. Ml, nikv d abla. kaack aat Baaaa Vaaataa, HI. Lai Annan, s. f. b-Saauv Wffllaau. '' SiMMhhual Shrine Game Promises to BeWide Open Portland The Itfc annaal Shrine All-Star football game ekadnleal for the nirht of Aa- gast It ta Multnomah stadiam premise t be the most wms opem contest la the history of the event according to Begem Fertaswa, maaaging director. Ferguson based his belief on the fact that the opposing teams will be limited to 6-3-2-1 defense from coal-to-coal this year, giving the offensive team a better break than in tne pan when the 6-2-2-1 defense was mandatory only between the 10-yard lines. "When the offensive team move inside the 10-yard line this year, it wont have to wor ry about any changes in me defense," Ferguson said. "This should provide more scoring and open the game up more in touchdown territory." Th me nits Portland's outstanding senior high school players Of 1833 against ine wp performers from high schools throughout Oregon. At the moment, the Oregon All-Stan hold a J to 3 edge in the ser ies, ha vine captured the last two outings. The players are already here, getting' ready for the annual classic. The Portland All-Stars are coached by Harry Scarff of Central Catholic, whoa Rama won the atate nren 'title last year, and he is as sisted by Eric Waldorf, former Jeffersoa high mentor, and Ralph Harper of Benson high. ... All. Start itaff is IOC - i....44 wm Pete Susick or Marsniwiu, " Courcey of Prinevill and Bud Robertson or zwoa " ante. Officials of the gam report a "onsK nun pimna uur- ing the past few days, indicat ing the possibility of a record crowd. All proceeds go to the Shrinera hospital for crippled children here. It was pointed out that persons outside of Portland can apply for tickets at their local Shrine headquar ters, or at Shrine Game Head quarters, Multnomah Stadium, Portland. Reserved seats are priced at $3 and there are many good seats available. This Is Last Week FOR GREAT CLEARANCE SO HURRY! 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