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EDUCATED BOOKIE VS NEW YORK COP I One of the interesting developments of the police activity is the educated bookies marking odds and wagers in shorthand on the program Whats that youre writin asked a cop and the suave reply was Thats my grandmothers recipe for hatch ¬ ing out addled duck eggs Would you like a copy of it to try on your own eggs I aint got no eggs growled the cop You dont know it re ¬ plied the bookie but the precinct is literally run ¬ ning orer with them wait and youll see 1C you get too fresh says the cop Ill pinch you Oh no said the versatile penciller If you pinch me it will constitnte assault and battery Ask Justice Bischoff and the cop walked away growling like a disgruntled Boston terrier Pond iu Sports of Times