Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those racing fans who prefer to bet against bookmakers (because their odds are stable), non-partisan observers last week suggested permitting both bookmakers and pari-mutuels to operate at New York tracks, a common practice in England and Australia. New York merchants, who disapprove of mutuels (because of their popularity with the masses), had the condolences of the merchants of Miami, Los Angeles, Boston, Baltimore...
...Machine betting through a general pool in which the odds are determined by the amount bet on each horse-after 3% to 10% has been deducted for the owners of the track and 3 % to 4% for the State...
...headquarters of the Commanding General, Second Corps Area. Hugh Aloysius Drum at 59 is the ranking major general of the Army. He is vigorous, keen, ambitious to go on to the top after holding six high commands, including Hawaii. Until last week, most Army men would have bet that "Drummie" was about to go on to Malin Craig...
Although Bill Shallow is a safe bet in the hammer, Indians Jim parks and Jack Stewart are favored in the discus and javelin, with Doc Wharton a serious threat in the latter...
...Aces and a team led by Yachtsman Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, the cup donor. The Four Aces had won this annual event four times; Vanderbilt's team had won once, been runner-up to the Aces twice. Ace Oswald Jacoby was so confident that in the first round he bet $100 to $10 against his opponents, a team that had barely qualified, was soundly beaten for his overconfidence. So Yachtsman Vanderbilt seemed to have clear sailing...