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Word: schober (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reportedly has connections with a local Syrian mob loosely allied with Detroit's Cosa Nostra. With get-rich-quick promises, Jigs reportedly offered to cut McLain in on the action if he would back the operation with "a few thousand dollars." McLain and his close friend, Edwin Schober, then vice president of Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. in Detroit, fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Denny the Dupe | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...money. Poor, dumb Denny-who is also known to his teammates as Dolphin, because he is a fish as a gambler-was easy game. The money the bettors lost was taken by the Syrians. The payouts on winning bets came from the money McLain and fatherly Ed Schober invested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Denny the Dupe | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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