Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
TWO TOWNS RIVALRY i.
. STARTS SPORT SCANDAL.
One Sets Ont TO Clean OUT
Other by s'Sure-Thing'' j
Betting Plan, q
HIRES FOOTBALL EXPERTS
Opponcns Makes Countermoye ana
WinH-Now University as Illinois
STUDENTS Are Disqualified, ana
Notre Dame May Rs Affected,
by Associated Press. !

Notre Dame May Re Affected.
! { By Associated Press1 "T
| CHICAGO. Jan. 2S.-The bitter
rivalry between two country towns,
| which became so acute that approxf-
| masely 100000 was bet on a football
game. was the real cause of the ath-ss.-
letic scandal which resulted in dis
qualification last night OF nine Uni-
| versity of Illinois athletes, and which \
threatens to reach into Notre Dame
| University.
-, A group OF citizens of Carlinvilic.
ILL.,. 1t was learned tonight, decided
| last fall to financially clean out''
| the rival town OF Taylorville. Ill, by
| obtaining ten college stars to play y
On their football team, and. witlll''
victory apparently assured. to bet
| the limit on the annual contest be-
tween The two elevens. Is
But Taylorville learned Of the plan.l
obtained nine college stars for its 4
own team and not only defeated Carr g
| llnville, but won close to $4,000 by
covering every Carinvills bet made,
thus beating the rival town at its q
own game.
Sotre Dame Players In Lineup.
! Ten Notre Dame players were I'M 2
tho CariinVllle lineup. according to :
! statements by citizens OF that town, 4
while the nine Illinois men disquali-
fled last night played on the Taylors
| VILE eleven. ~
| In the Carlinville lineup. Accord
Ing to persons associated with the Z,
team. were Gus Desch. member of the
| American Olympic team and worlds.
champion 440-yard hurdler; Chester
Wynne. selected by some as Alt
| Western Conference full back" and Y
John MOZART, All-American selection
of several football writer's. AIT
played on the Notre Dame eleven
! last fall. y
In 1920 Carllnvlne won from Tay4T4
lorvi!le, 10 to I. at. Carllnvillc. Tay-3 p,
lorville at that time loudly boosted !
that the next year, with their teams
on Its home ground, there would be-
n different story. tr it.,..
/ Conceive "Snfc Betting" Plan. %.
Several cnrlinviile people then
conceived the "safc betting" idea or
hliing their iine-up with college,
stars. Overtures were made to-
Notre Dame men. according to back =,
ers of the Cariinviile team. and 1t !,
was agreed to pay the ten men 5000
each, plus their expenses, the total
coming to 32,700. 4
The persons who arranged the nf-
/ fair passed the word to their friends Il
to bet the limit. These friends went
to the bank, the family stocking and
tho cupboard to bring forth. in some
SoSSSt VIC Savings OF years. n Spec
cial train was hired and band
taken along on tho trip to TAYLOR,
Vile. Farmers from all tile nearby
towns arranged to Join the pflgrim-S
ige. ard In nearly every case well-sy
filed wallet was taken along. The
mon gossip on the street corners, In
the grocery stores and whe rever tho
citizens gathered.
Passed On to Friend.
But each person who received the
CONFIDENTIAL" information. apparent
ly passed it on to another friend, {
for gradually tho word SPREAD
Counties into Taylorville. At thes
same time Taylorville received word,
4 that Carlinville was ready to bacls8J
I Its team with the family jewelry,e
4 II necessary. W. -
\ CONSERVATION spread through
.Taylorville ut the idea of sendinse
their home team against nation.S
ally known college team Then, IL
few citizens decided to seek a little
college aid themselves. Quietly trS..
{ word was passed around not to fear
u Cariinville-that means OF defeat
ing their rivals plans had been found
II when the time for the game came
I group of Carlinville citizens be-
gan checking UP over In one corner
OF the field. They found that their
citizens had bet close to s5O.0OO. over.
IN another section. some Tayinrville
sion. -
. When the Carlinville eleven cana
on tho Held the visiting rooters rose
to cheer. - ! :, =
What are we yelling fore That's
.he IaSiorville team said Car
iinville woman. ~
oh, no. that's CarlinyilIe," replied
Taylorviile policeman.
guess I know our boys, ands
not one of those fellows is from.
woman. Z ~ Z
Uses Regular First Half.
Taylorville In the first half used
It's regular home town team. At the
end OF the half. TayIorville led
to 0. Then. out ON the field trotZ
, ted nine stars from the University
OF Illinois. They had been held nm;
der cover for the first two periods
Little Sternamaa ran circles
4 around the Carllnvile ends. Jack
:. crang'e plunged through the line.
and Larry Walouist forward passed
for big gains. The game ended with
Taylorviile winner 16 to o. 100000 In
cash to the good and Carlinville out
an equal sum. =.
Bert Wilson. grocery store owner
at Carlinvillc. tonight said that Carr
invite had no hard feeling against
Taylorviilc over the game.
We got beat at our own game."a
he said. Perhaps we'll win next
year.
we certainly went the lim!:. There
arc 5000 persons In this town and
, about the same number in TayiS.-5
: vile. yet the attendance at that
game was close to 10000. 80
| Il guess everybody In this section
OF the State went"