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
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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
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'' 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 -
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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.
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