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OSTLY what Phog Allen was talking !
,. about was Madison Square Garden. |
~-~where the biggest basketball business in
America is being carried on every winter
by Ned Irish. The facts are that hun- |
dreds of thousands of dollars are ex- |}
changing hands on the results of the!
Garden winners and where there is that
much involved someone is gcing to get.
approached. College gambling is not a!
haphazard affair participated in by a few |
track bookies during the off season; it is
a big time racket all- by itself. These
odds often quoting the prices the
gamblers are offering are not set by giless
work and too often they are set by in-
formation not available to the public.
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...infermation.. 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 sports events
throughout the nation. They work
through professional agents or dope co!-
~ lectors and naturalle the hecs *  *