Gambling in college sports has grown
to such proportions there is now a cen-
tral clearing house known to the trade
as the ‘‘Minneapolis House.’’. It, is
known among the~touts as a reliable »
trading firm dealing in sports information ©
and betting prices, and bookies
pay for the information they get
from the Minneapolis House just
as they would pay for a pair of
boots at Montgomery Ward’s. This |
house collects sports information all - |
over the country and sets prices and
| wholesales information on rts events |
throughout the nation. hey work |
through professional agents or dope col-
lectors and naturally the best bet is to
have someone on the teams giving them
the dope, or second best someone on
the college campus.

NED Irish, the Garden basketball mag- |
nate, has made an effort to run the}
gamblers out of the Garden, but the fact |
is, if he stamped out gambling he would |
stamp out a great deal of Garden basket-
ball. Not all of those 17,000 people were
at the Garden the other night because
either St. Francis or Muhlenberg were
dear to their hearts. They were there for |
the same reason they go to the horse |
races—and that ain’t to watch the nags |
run.

The hardest comment to answer about
such gambling is, ‘‘So what?’’ But it
is true that gambling makes for a bad
smell and dishonesty. Judge Landis did

- a good job of keeping professional base-
ball divorced from the professional
bettors and it might be a good idea if
the colleges went at the business of
wiping the — out of college
athletics.