Word: sollazzo
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...sent five players to prison for terms ranging from six months to three years. He freed nine on probation, and he sent Master Fixer Salvatore Sollazzo to prison for an 8-to-16-year term. But before the shocked and shaken prisoners were led away, Judge Streit angrily underlined one inescapable fact: "The responsibility . . . must be shared not only by the crooked fixers and the corrupt players, but also by the college administrations, coaches and alumni groups...
...disclosure that the records of basketball stars Alvin Roth and Herbert Cohen had been faked came Monday when Judge Saul S. Streit sentenced gambler Salvatore Sollazzo and 14 basketball players from colleges in the New York area for their roles in fixed games...
...warrant of arrest calling for the deportation of Salvatore Sollazzo to his native Italy was served on the accused fixer of college basketball games in New York yesterday...
...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...
...Roth, Ed Roman and All-America Ed Warner, said Hogan. They did their best for Gambler Sollazzo in three 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...