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Beating the Bookies By JOHN IRVING DAY
A tangled tale of con games in a Michigan pool room involves Danny Roberts and Doc Floyd plotting to beat bookmakers using racing wires. Herr Oberman, a fraudulent music teacher, is drawn into a scheme to place big bets on Los Angeles horse races with dangerous consequences.
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Doc Floyd
Wieh Rollers
Etay
Danny Roberts
Tve
Floyd
Danny
Herr Oberman
Rathskeller
Michigan Tvenué
Oberman
Dov Floyd
Professor
Panny
Bureau
Handy Bill
Angush
Danly Boysesond
Narela Wus
Profesaor
Lsten
Aehey
Herr Qberman Inas
Wiley
Reece
Uke
Raitia
Danny Robberts
Herr Professor
Michigan
Jackson Boulevard
Western Union Building
Board of Trade
Brown
Los Angeles
Brown Ia
O. K
der Floyd
Dick Cleland
Exerton
Mert Oberman
Mr. Brown
Wild Cat
Mrat
Sweet Alice
Romeo
Ilerr Oberman
Alter
Middle West
Thaven
Dany
M.M
Obermian
Nish
Military
Mary Man
Doc Moyd
Jack Cleland
Harr Oberman
Tromises
Mery Oberman
Cleland
Tao
Western Union
Jack Jond
W. G. Chapin
Great Bele