NEW ANTI-GAMBLING DRIVE IN NYC

Walter Winchell On Broadway Ml Milt cwmh tM Dn Mimr t Mi LADY LUCK In the current antigambling drive. In New York both public and Judges have been amazed at the police lor bringing in culprits accused ot merely pitching pennies Usually the magistrates dis miss these violations as too petty to consider. The lowdown on this new coingame will interest all concerned. It was Introduced here during the war by merchant sea men from Australia where it is widely known as TwoUp Briefly two pennies are placed on a small stick of wood and tossed up into the air.

The bettors wager on whether they will come down two heads two tails or one of each. There are at least seventy such games always going on and the bookies carry as much as 30 000 to cover all bets at a five per cent fee. It is estimated that more than 3000000 changes hands dally on. New Yorks waterfronts by these pennypitchers Con Baker the greatest bustout sharp of all time made over 3 000000 but he died at the age of 37 dead broke.

When George Raft was revealed to have made 13 passes in a row in.