Mutuel Windows for Convenience
Of Patrons Might Help Stadium

An entirely disinterested person who has the old- |
fashioned idea that basketball should be seen and NOT |
heard, was making his escape from the Chicago Stadium
last Saturday night.

It was 2 minutes and 17 secanda after Great Lakes |.

and Notre Dame had begun theit game as a sort of back-
drop for a publicly announced demonstration af micro- °|$
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A cab drew up to the Stadium asi discharged a
passenger who seemed in a bit of a rush. —

The driver watched the passenger dash through the
entrance and then engaged the escaping patron: in conver-
sation.

“How far along is that second game, bud?” he asked,

“About 2,000 words,” said the escaping patron, “though
I may have: igpeS a hundred here and a on the way
out.”

‘Empire’ Reported to Have Robbed Schultz

“Who's the favorite?” asked the driver.

“Everybody was wonderful, last I heard,” said the es-
caping patron.

“T hear the ‘empire’ robbed Schultz in the first game,”
said the driver. .

For one awful instant, the escaping patron shud-
dered. Could it be that there were public address sys-
_tems OUTSIDE the Stadium, too? : .

“Where’d you hear that?” he asked.

“The guy who just got out of the cab told me,”/said
the driver. “I just finished round-tripping him. He had to
get to the Loop after the first game to get a: bet on the
second game.’

Evidently Didn’t Know Way Around Stadium

“He must be a stranger in the Stadium,” said the es-
caping patron, “to have to go that far for a bet. And he’s
going to be very mad when somebody tells him.”

“Tells him what?” said the driver.

' “There was a kid game going on in there tonight.
When he finds that out, and realizes he didn’t have a
bet on that, his whole evening will be spoiled.”

“Maybe they ought to put mutuel windows in the
joint,” said the driver.

: “Maybe,” said the escaping patron. “That’s the only

artificial restorative they haven't tried. *