Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — THE BETTING WAS LIGHT. [ARTICLE]

THE BETTING WAS LIGHT.

Chicago, June 11. —Betting on who the convention will name as its choice for president was as hard to find this morning as the traditional hen’s tooth. The good old fashioned rolls of bank notes which used to drift around a convention, were being carefully kept out of sight. One prominent member of the Pennsylvania delegation who would rather bet than eat, offered 5 to 3 on Sproul, but he admitted he was taking a long chance. Real betting on any of the prospective candidates was not in sight.