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Waddell Only One Cited By Board in Ascot Case Gombos, However, to Question Adams, ODonnell in Late June Special to Daily Racing Form COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3. Zoltan Gombos,. chairman of the Ohio Racing Commission, said today that only G. S. Waddell, Ascot Parks chief security officer, had been cited by the board for permitting "organized -and excessive boookmak-ing" on the Ascot permises during the re-, cent racing season there. Gombos said the hearing will be held in Columbus the third week in June, the exact date yet to be set. Also to be questioned by the board at the hearing will be Horace S. Adams, president, and Pete ODonnell, general manager, of the track. Gombos said earlier reports that Adams and ODonnell had been cited were erroneous. The chairman declared: "As far as can be determined, the management is not directly involved. Adams and ODonnell will be given every opportunity to clean up the situation. The commission undoubtedly will insist on stronger enforcement of the anti-bookmaking law and will suggest other improvements in the Ascot operation." Gombos said that George Carnes, commission investigator, observed three syndicates of bookmakers operating at Ascot. Carnes, former head of the Cleveland Police Departments vice squad, and a retired police sergeant, reported that the syndicates, apparently fearless of any interference by the Ascot security staff, employed runners. The groups would also exchange bets among themselves if one received too much money on a single horse, Carnes reported. When he solicited the help of Waddell and his crew in an attempt to break up the bookmaking practice, Carnes claimed that the security department chief called him a "snoop." He, instead of the bookmakers, was threatened with eviction, Carnes report states. Waddell is chief deputy to the Summit County sheriff.
