Word: musto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to a 40-count gambling indictment handed up in Manhattan last week, two bookies, Michael Astarita and Thomas Musto, conferred regularly last fall with Dr. Anthony Pisani about the "extent and exact nature of injuries" to several Giants players. On each of four weekends, after discussions with Pisani, the two gamblers, both of them reputed Mafia members, are said to have accepted bets in excess of $100,000 on pro games, including the Giants'. Pisani, who was granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, was not indicted. He resigned from the Giants last month after ten years...
...York indictment charges that Astarita and Musto debriefed Dr. Pisani last fall about the condition of Ron Johnson, the Giants' star running back. Going into a Sept. 30 game against the Cleveland Browns, the injured Johnson was listed as a "probable" player. Partly for that reason, the Giants were rated as 4-point favorites. In fact, Johnson did not play and the Giants lost 12-10. If the bookies knew Johnson would not play, they stood to make a killing by accepting mostly Giants bets. What is good business for bookies is bad business for football. Coming...