At Rockingham Park (N.H.) race track, one day last week, three betters split $25,843 on a daily double. It was Page One news in Boston.
Same day in nearby Worcester, pastor-layman teams pledged 1,200 people to "enter more actively into the Christian life." The news hardly got a mention.
Boston's Methodist Bishop Lewis Oliver Hartmans offered $10 to any city editor who could justify the newsplay.
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