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...face of the evidence of the "disintegrating influence of money-mad athletics," Judge Streit could not find it in his heart to be hard on the players. Alex Groza, Ralph Beard (both All-America) and Dale Barnstable, who had split $3,500 for fixing two games, were put on indefinite probation...
Confessions were secured Tuesday from three former Kentucky stars in the scandals. The three, Dale Barnstable, captain of the 1949-50 team, and All-America selections Ralph Board and Alex Groza, face prison terms of up to three years for accepting bribes to throw a game to Loyala in the 1949 National Invitation Tournament. Their sentence will be given on March 28. Among the New York gamblers who paid them is Saul Feinberg, former Law School student, who is now awaiting sentence...
...unfortunate that some men high in athletic circles still support the principle of recruiting, which by any other name still smells. It is unfortunate because a young man named Alec Groza said recently, "Some day when I'm gray and this thing is done and, perhaps, I've lived it down, I'd like to tell the whole story about what it's all been like--about recruiting." It is unfortunate because another young man named Ralph Beard added, "Recruiting. That's the start of it. How they went out and got us to play. It got so big that...
...halftime, thanks to a fabulous 52-yd. field goal* by Lou ("The Toe") Groza, the Cleveland Browns led the Los Angeles Rams, 10-7. A year ago, when the two teams played for the National Football League championship, it was Groza's unerring toe which won the game, 30-28, in the last 30 seconds of play. In this week's playoff game at Los Angeles' huge Coliseum, football history seemed to be repeating itself...
...Rupp, Kentucky basketball coach, to Chicago's Quarterback Club last week. "Let's be more lenient toward them." Four days later the year's biggest basketball scandal exploded right in Coach Rupp's own backyard. The boys who admitted taking bribes to shave points: Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, Kentucky's 1947-49 All-America stars, and Dale Barnstable, 1949-50 captain. The place: Madison Square Garden's 1949 National Invitation Tournament. The opponent: Loyola of Chicago, a ten-point underdog, which upset Rupp's National Collegiate champions, 67-56. The admitted payoff...