Word: manic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prime source of Dawson's black ink in the last couple of years was Howard W. Sober, 74, a Lansing trucker and a manic bettor. Sober is the kind of plunger who, while rushing to catch a plane at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, tipped an airline clerk $50 to phone a $2,000 bet to a bookie. It was altogether typical of Sober's luck that the horse lost and Internal Revenue Service agents who were following him acquired the note left with the clerk. Since Sportscaster and Hall of Fame Pitcher-Dizzy Dean introduced...