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This gambler ,this hero, struts the earth with a dignity, self-respect,
and angelic air that, ordinarily, is reserved for a saint. Who raises
him to such a lofty pedestal? If you will recall the era of the Union
Station massacre, soon you will recollect the fact that these gunman,
notorious killers ,were for a time heralded as heroes, Newspaper head-
lines glorified their misdeeds until a public, enraged and embittered,
demanded retribution. They demanded that these outlaws be hewn from the
statue and stature of glory and be cast into the gutter of shame and
despair,
Whether that international authority on comity of nations,

or is he that authority on how to achieve harmonious labor relations,

or that mighty executive who can administrate govermental affairs with
nary en error,is astute enough to lead the world, I don't know. I

mean your zood friend "Bill"Cunningham. Once a splendid sports writer,
and now an authority on everything. He may not have glorified eamblers, |
but there are other sport writers who ventured from their field, and |
became authorities on ethics and saintly life. Without restraint or ;
hesitation, these purveyors of sport news lifted notorious gamblers
and law-breakers into the realm of respectable sportsmen. Cloaked with
a sanctity of respectability, these gamblers with the tenctacles of

an octopus reached into number pools, horse and dog racing,baseball
(betting within the park), numerous other sports, and, of course, the {
Brooklyn scandal is current history.

A czar at the helm of collegiate sport would help,

decentralization of sporting contests would hamper the gamblers, but

if the presidents of the collegiate in laison with the newspapers and
periodicals of the country would train their verbal fire upon these
semolers ,then they could be driven to the gutter from whence they came,
Acbarrage of shame and ridicule directed honestly and without fear

can rectify wrongs without singing the innocent,

 

 

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