Long Island trio charged in basketball scandal
All-American Sherman White joins LIU stars Adolph Bigos LeRoy Smith in a bribery charge tied to fixing a game against Kansas State. District Attorney Hogan named the trio and said they admitted taking money for ‘saving’ points, part of a broader fixing probe involving CCNY, NYU, and others.
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New York
Long Island University
LIU
Kansas State University
Madison Square Garden
LSU
Kansas State
Frank
Hogan
Adolph Bigos
Perth Amboy
N.J
LeRoy Smith
Newark
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Sherman White
Englewood
Salvatore T. Sollazzo
Edward Gard
Sollazzo
Gard
City College of New York
New York University
CCNY
Bigos
Leon -White
Smith
LIU Stars
Sollazo
Central Park ‘West
Long Island
Vincent A. G. O'Connor
Brooklyn
al Roth
Kentucky Leads Hoop Poll Fifth Straight Week
The Associated Press top college basketball poll shows Kentucky back at No. 1 with a 22-1 record and 1,036 points, ahead of Oklahoma A&M. Columbia moves to third as Indiana rises to fourth after Illinois upset. St. Louis, Bradley, St. John’s, NC State follow in the top ten. Kentucky closes regular season with Georgia and Vanderbilt. SEC champ earns NCAA berth.
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Sollazo
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Boxing records and anecdotes from Nat Fleischer’s Ring Record Book
In a sports roundup Hy Murray notes Jack Kearns’ respect as a manager and recalls Kearns fighting Rogers to save a $150 purse. The piece highlights Fleischer’s Ring Record Book’s 813 pages, lists boxing’s first champion as James Figg, notes New York as the state with the most champions, and cites long careers without defeat. It also covers race records for knockouts and a famed 1907 Paris bout when Jeannette outlasted McVey.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
New York
Jack Kearns
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Kearns
Jolly Rogers
Rogers
Joe Gans
Nat Fleischer
Brent
John L. Sullivan
James Figg
Oxfordshire
England
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California
Illinois
Jack McAuliffe
Jimmy Barry
Fleischer
Nelson Kayoes
Willie Rosster
Joe Jeannette
Sam McVey
Paris
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PGA Showdown Looms as Demaret Fined for Mexico Open
The Associated Press reports a major golf dispute in Houston as Jimmie Demaret and eight other American players face fines for entering the Mexican National Open against PGA orders. Vic Ghezzi is fined $350 in absentia. Additional players, including Morris Williams Jr and Stan Dudas, receive $200 penalties. The scene foreshadows further conflicts as the tour plans its Houston Open starting Thursday. Eddie Thomas defeats Michele Palermo in a European welterweight bout in Carmarthen, Wales.
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Tex
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Mezi¢n
Lorder
Vic Ghezzi
Early Round Scores Across High School and College Basketball
A compilation of game results from high school sectional first rounds in West Virginia with numerous small schools such as Rainelle Frankford Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs, plus college results including Muhlenberg Lehigh Villanova and Marquette. The report notes scores across multiple regions and conferences with several overtime entries and regional pairings.
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Walkersville
Coalton
Beverly
Sutton
Tanner
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Bruceton
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Kasson
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Wellsburg
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Renick
Union
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Talcott
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Bureh
Baileysville
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Romney
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Seth
Poca
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Marshall
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