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Word: glickfield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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Last week, however, less than two years after the airing of widespread college basketball scandals, it was disclosed that a would-be fixer had tried to bribe three star players at the University of Maryland, unbeaten and ranked second in the U.S. A Maryland junior named Louis L. Glickfield, who had tried out for the squad and failed, reportedly offered bribes of $1,000 to Center Tom Cosgrove, $400 to Guard Frank Navarro, and, unaccountably, only $100 to Quarterback Jack Scarbath, the team's key ball-handler. Glickfield did not ask his ex-teammates to throw the game with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fix That Failed | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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