The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
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This l| Sporting \ World
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By JOHN A. CLUNEY

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 pr. phog Allen of Kansas has really started something in the col- leRlate basketball world, which is RoiER, to send teams to Madison suuare Garden for tho eleventh straight season. "Phog", tho Kansas inventor Of basketball plays and as well known to hoopsters and osfic- ihlr as Connie Mack ls to Baseball has always been outspoken and when he charges that college basketball players have been reached" by professional gamblers or PRICE. MAKERS as they are sometimes known.
 We have e similar situation in
 our own fair city that is the chief
 concern of the Industrial Recrea-
 ton Association and the YMCA
 at this minute, and some definite
 steps may be taken to eradicate. the evil at ToNI0HTS meeting
 in the "Y". .
 Promoter Ned irish, who has bee come wealthy by the simple process of hiring New York's MSd to stage college hoop games, now runs the snme show in the large BUFFALO auditorium where the take" is not 50 large, but gets him enough to take care of his income tax and maybe 0 STEAK nov and then. Ned wired Dr. Allen for NAMES and PROOF of the colleges or players the Kansas man has in mind. Allen sent him one or more names, but no PROOF, which, ct this late stage is about as easy to get as Q pound of butter for iB cents and NO POINTS. For one thing, several col- lege coaches who sounded ofr' about the N. Y. gamblers last season, are unwilling NOW to talk about the matter, but, almost anyone close to the cituation knows It's TRUE, and including the promoter Ned Irish, but the best he can do is hire private detectives or plain. clothes police to make q pinch now and then and keep known ganib" lers out of the Garden. Emil LiSton, executive director of the MAGE (natlonal association of collegiate basketbalD and Vadal Peterson, Utah hoop coach have lined up against pr. Allen, who once coach- cd Ligson. Phog's reply to LlSton's printed difference and disagreement with the charge that gamblers do not reach" players and coaches Of college teamS, was Q honey, to wit; T find MT. Listons childlike faith very touching and I hope nothing ever happens to enlighten him"
 LiSton'S charge that pr. Aliens "dcplorable lack Of faith in Aneri- can youth and meagre confidence in the integrity Of coaches" is 50 much POPPYCoCK, for profesSIon- ai gamblers have made much head. way toward the ruination Of all sports, with the possible exception of Baseball.
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 Football at Notfe Dame University in South Bend, Indiana ls more than bS years old; which fact became generally known over the weekend when one Of it's first team players of 1887, George R. Cartier, died at tho ags Of 70 in Tacoma, WaShlngs ton Tn 1900. five Cartier BROTH FRS gave the N. D. athletic Rcerage known as Cartier Field to the uni- vorsity-Naugatuck scored in the first period on Q pass, StinSon to Phillips, for an eventual 9-0 win over shelton last Saturday, with some fine kicking by Kevlt, despite c continually wet bail and rain dur. Ing most of the game {. AnSonia kept Up It's high-scoring string Of victories though "heid" to 20 points by West Haven, c 7-20 loser satur- day, the Lavender scoring i64 points in five games to date. almost 8 per cent on the average ... With the help Of the U. 6. Government, New Britain iS pointing for . s200,000 sports stadium (ala our Municipal Stadium, which cost e360,000) as c memorial to the Hardware City young men and women In tho armed services Rather than open his indoor boxing season with an in- serior or unknown main bout jps ponent for Willie Roache, Promos tor oCorge Muliisan will postpone his scheduled Thursday show for at least one week ct Buckingham Hall.