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...Fast, who writes propaganda novels; others are Communists whose works are not party propaganda, e.g., Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Some were by notably non-Communist authors whose works or opinions had apparently annoyed somebody (in a similar shelf cleanup in Bombay, books by Bert Andrews, Clarence Streit and Walter White were removed...
Kentucky's burly Basketball Coach Adolph ("The Baron") Rupp, blistered by Manhattan's Judge Saul S. Streit in an expose of the evils of professionalized college sport (TIME, May 12), had another comeuppance last week. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, using Judge Streit's files, decided that Rupp had another comeuppance last week. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, using Judge Streit's files, decided that Rupp had 1) knowingly used ineligible players, and 2) condoned cash payments to his stars. Forthwith the N.C.A.A. cracked down, barred Kentucky's basketball team from intercollegiate N.C.A.A. play...
Sharply and concisely, Judge Streit summarized a "heinous, degrading and shocking" picture: "I found that intercollegiate basketball and football at Kentucky have become highly systematized, professionalized and commercialized enterprises. I found covert subsidization of players, ruthless exploitation of athletes, cribbing at examinations, 'Illegal' recruiting, a reckless disregard of their physical welfare, matriculation of unqualified students, demoralization of the athletes by the coach...
Basketball Coach Adolph Rupp was Streit's particular villain. The judge directly linked Rupp with Bookie Ed Curd, characterized as "the Frank Erickson of Kentucky." The judge charged that Rupp 1) wined and dined Curd at Manhattan's Copacabana nightclub;* 2) with the knowledge of the players, was often in contact with Curd to get the gambler's "line" on Kentucky games; 3) once bawled out a player for missing a shot that "just cost my friend, Burgess Carey, $500." In addition, Streit charged that a player was crippled for a month when coaching authorities allowed...
...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...