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CORPUS.^CH {gj ST I:! r^*rVMqrIJ ?B'I.-REPORTS SAY AT LEAST 19 NFL- / ‘ M-'f'/• ■: J- - • r4- .1. ■■ v. Irr. -•P ' 4 . «Bv IRVING L1BERMAN AND BILL BURRUS lf$7, Chicago Doily NMfNEW YORK - William J. Hundley, special assistant to football commissioner Pete jRozelle, was in New Orleans today, reportedly to look into the posibility of point riggingin pro football games. .National Football League officials and Nassau County District Attorney WilliamCahn are investigating reports that the scores in at least 10 pro games last fall were rigged, the New York Post revealed exclusively yesterday.HUNDLEY, FORMER head.of the organized crime sect ion. of the Justice Department, has been conducting a generaLinvestigation into rumors of “hanky - panky” in the American Football League — recently merged with the-NFL — Rozelle confirmed last November,.Hundley conferred at lunch here Wednesday with Cahn, recently returned from New Orleans to pursue his investigation of an alleged nationwide $100 million sports gambling ring.V- Cahn said he turned up a New Orleans : gambler who picked 19 of 20. winners as they are offered by bookies with a point spread*, and missed the 20tb because of an unexpected touchdown In the final minute.-. • . * J . 1 / *Gambling experts agree that such a feat is unlikely and Rozelle's office said,; if it .' happens, then'somebody had’better start ask- ' Ing where the points .were rigged, .;.On his return from New Orleans, Cahn said he. had:found one of the two iblggest-bookmakers and bettors in ..the.country , operating there — and said, this .was the bettor with the whiz record last seasdrb... . . ... , .i ' * . i •HUNDLEY ISN'T necessarily in Louisiana just to look into the case of the suspicious bets, because the NFL-New-Orleans Saints are launching tickets sales promotions. ButHundley-is-not a tieket-sales .specialist;Thursday, ;a spokesman for Rozelie ex; plained Hundley's visit with .Cahn: in New York: . ; ‘ . ...,“It:is:routine for Bill 'Hundley to have lunch.and conversation with investigative officers in various levels of government/'A spokesman for. Cahn/ however, con- Y ■-...-. . •- ■•:'/ : Jirincd /that the had'- meL':f^^;^gbherai%^/ exchange of- information/?.'/'. -;.i /:C.; . ..Cahn*s investigation started last month-- after a raid'oh a Long Beachi' Long jskhd^-/;V.- hotel boom,-which he s ai d was abase • for the :V/ • multimillion dollar rihgThaUtMk-^lay'-*'bets for bookies..: Z:/ -r ' -■bets for bookies,:/ .:. Some New York gamblers Vvere/puzzie^ ' . about how. a bdttor as successful ss Jite..N^w ■. Orleans gambler is reputed to be cduld'frnda// ■ bookie to take'his bets.' •/■ ’ • ■ ///v //.'/:'/-;:/ SHARPIES HERE can’t putjhete:jhoney,..': on the line With most bookies until shortly ;: before game: time, and they’re often limited:. . in the amount of money they.can wagerL/Cahn said after his New Orleans trip that he \vds_informed bookies had taken.four-AFL/.-, games, “off the- board” last season .—.-re- ■ moved them'from the: wagering- list-rt.-be-. / cause tliey were suspicious, ’//. . Cahn also said a.prominent college coach ' still not named, had made a “small fortune” by betting on his-own team, and.that:bookies . and gamblers had shifted their .wagering pat- :v.. terns all around the country^ because: of the • coach's action/ .
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 10, 1967
Page 32
Full Page
Clipped by
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