Rose cannot blame his situation on the fairer sex. The main reason I mentioned his companion was that I thought the woman you saw him with might be the same woman I saw him with. His wife.

I'm not in a position to condemn anyone for living his or her life as a protagonist, & am not qualified to render a medical diagnosis, but what I was implying was possible is the subject of great debate in today's papers. If Rose is in fact a compulsive gambler, my reading on the subject leads me to believe that there is no level of handicapping skill which will save him from the poorhouse. If, on the other hand, his problems are related to our confiscatory friends at the IRS, a subject I do know a little about, perhaps gambling is not as big a problem as everyone is making it out to be.

I do know this. It's now clear that the issue in Rose's mind is becoming a major league manager again. On that question, the interviewer on telvision last night, & the well intentioned gentlemen who performed the initial investigation, have not addressed the central issue: How did Rose decide which days to bet & not bet on the Reds. Gambling is a game of edges & Rose has what seems to me to be a well deserved reputation for taking every one he could get. His vague claims that his plays were never influenced by inside information & that his managerial decisions were made independent of his bets ring hollow to me.