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Judge Saul S. Streit, in sentencing fixer Salvatore Soliazzo to eight to 16 years in jail and former players Ed Gard, Ed Warner, Al Roth, and Harvey Schaff to terms ranging from six months to three years, strongly criticized the nation's colleges yesterday for "commercialism and over-emphasis in arthritics and intercollegiate football in particular...
...fresh muck came to the surface when District Attorney Frank Hogan gathered in two more Long Island University stars, Nathan Miller and Lou Lipman. During the 1948-49 season, said Hogan, these two, plus the ubiquitous Ed Gard (TIME, Feb. 26) and two other L.I.U. players identified as "X" and "Y," made a deal to rig the L.I.U.-Duquesne game. The players decided to ask for $5,000-$1 ,000 apiece. But after the game, four of them held a little powwow without "X." "The boys," said Hogan, "were working out a cute one on 'X' ": Gard, Miller...
...York team, national champions last year, were arrested for throwing games for money. They were All-America Forward Ed Warner, Center Ed Roman, Guard Al Roth. Arrested with them as "go-betweens" were Connie Schaff, a member of this year's New York University team, and Ed Gard, of last year's Long Island University team. Rounding out the little group was a hard-faced gambler and ex-convict (armed robbery) named Salvatore Tarto Sollazzo, 45, and his sidekick, Robert Sabbatini...
...story, as Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan put it together this week, had a grimly familiar sound. Gambler Sollazzo, said Hogan, struck up an acquaintance with L.I.U.'s Ed Gard at a Catskill resort hotel last summer, entertained him "extensively." Then he put up his proposition: How about lining up some basketball friends of his, picking up some big, easy money by making games come out right for Gambler Sollazzo? Ed Gard agreed. So, when it was put up to them in turn, did Roth, Roman and Warner of C.C.N.Y. Schaff of N.Y.U. was willing, but, said Hogan...
...games in the Garden during December and January. C.C.N.Y., the heavy pre-game favorite each time, lost to Missouri (54-37), Arizona (41-38) and Boston College (63-59). Roth collected $4,650, Roman $3,250 and Warner (who was out with injuries for one game) $2,500. Ed Gard got commissions...