711 Ocean Drive Page #2
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- 1950
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Don't let him kid you.
Aside from liking the ponies,
Mal's a steady citizen.
I'm glad you came, Granger.
Ever seen a layout like this before?
-No.
I'll show you around.
A bookmaker can't exist
without race results.
Right now the only wire service in town
is my outfit.
You see that telegraph key?
That's the backbone of the whole racket.
You see, my wire service is legitimate.
There's no law against selling
this information to anybody.
Those guys are talking to
bookmakers right now.
That's live dope.
We charge them plenty.
They get a running description
of everything
that's taking place at all the tracks.
The last odds, jockey changes,
scratches, post and off time,
the actual running of the race
and the results.
Of course, some of the tracks
don't help us any but...
We've got ways of getting
the information out
whether they like it or not.
I get it.
But if it was my outfit, I wouldn't want
to rely on a one lung setup like this.
Too many things can go wrong.
You're telling me.
Come on back to the office a minute.
Close the door, Chippie.
What I want to do is expand.
That's where the real gravy lies.
Let me show you something.
Right now, there isn't a bigger outfit
in the whole state.
So, the first guy that comes along
and gives bang up results
is gonna make a hat full.
There are hundreds of bookmakers
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland,
Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, San Diego.
Are you really hep to electronics?
I know what I'm doing.
What I need is a way to
distribute my information
all over the state at the same time.
It would cost you dough
but you could do it.
Did you ever hear of relay amplifiers?
Relay amplifier?
Yeah, that's a new gadget that was
developed so people in different cities
could listen in to a telephone
conference at the same time.
Could you set one up for me so it would
work right out of L.A.?
Oh, sure.
You could run wires right out of this
basement to any city you wanted.
Then the bookies in the other cities
could get the results
just like the guys
in the next room here.
Good.
I'd get rid of that telegrapher and
set up a teletype system.
Then you have a guy at a microphone
broadcast the results
just like a regular news broadcast
from a radio station.
Get the equipment and
set it up for me like that
and it's worth $125 a week to you.
Just as technical man
to keep it running.
I'll make it a hundred and fifty.
Is it a deal?
I always knew there was some way
to beat the races.
That'll do for now.
-Good.
One of you guys better count
your fingers. Hello, Chippie.
Sorry to be late, Vince. There was
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