poolmakers

Updated: May 12, 2025

Consequently, they were picked by the poolmakers as the eventual winners, and large bets, amounting in some cases to practically the entire "bank roll" of the plungers, were placed on them to win. But the "Blues" had of late been going at such a terrific pace that they had a most excellent chance of winning the pennant.

J. W. Duffield - Bert Wilson on the Gridiron