The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-01
TWO BROOKLYN
PLAYERS HELD
BY GRAND JURY
Stemmer And Rosen Held
In Default OF $4,000
Bond Each

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-UP)-A
Kings (Brooklyn) County grand
jurv was ordered to continue its
Investigation Of basketball gamb-
ling today after indicting two men
accused of bribing five Brooklyn
College players to throw a game on
a charge of conspiracy to cheat
and defraud.
Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz Or
dered the jury extended one month
in order to complete its inquiry and
set February 10 for trial OF Harvey
Stemmer and Henry Rosen, VINO
pleaded innocent and were ordered
held in $25, 900 bail each.
The indictment came 80 hours
after the five players said Stem
mer and RISEN had given them ST.
900 of a promised $4,000 bride to
throw the game they were sched-
uled to play with Akron at Boston
tonight The game was Cancelled
when the scandal, worst in the his
tory of intercollegiate athletics,
was disclosed.
Repercussions extended to AL
bany where a bill was introduced
in the state legislature which would
amend the penal law to make anna
teur athletes liable to heavy
penalties for accepting brides.
They could be fined up to $40, OOO
and imprisoned from one to five
years for accepting money or any
article of value to throw game,
The Brooklyn players-Capt. BOZ
Leder, Buddy Barnett, Larry
Pearlstein, Stanley Simon and
Jerry Green - were not charged
with any offense and will be used
as material witnesses because
present law applies only to profes-
sional athletics.
The grand jury completed the
first phase of its investigation last
night after hearing testimony from
the five players, their coach, Nor
ris Raskin, and the police officers
who broke the case while they were
investigating Rosen's activities in
connection with a stolen merchan'
disc ring.
Those activities resulted in a
second indictment against Rosen
1t was returned by the New York
grand jury and charged Rosen with
first degree larceny and receiving
stolen property, an outgrowth Of
charges that he trained more than
a score Of teen-aged youths to steal
merchandise from trucks in the
Manhattan fur and garment dis
trict.
Rosen was committed to Kings
county Jail and Stemmer to Queens
County jail.
Leibowitz, complimenting tn {
jurors for their Earnest and
speedy work" ordered them to ex.
tend the inquiry and seek out any
evidence of crime" in connection
with past games.
Don't go after the small fry, u
he told them. Its thu big fel.
| lows we Want. ne Sdlu lie WOulu
continue to extend the term of the
jury if that was necessary to com.
iplete the investigation.
In addition to the conspiracy
charges, Stemmer and Rosen also
faced bribery charges. Stemmer
was arraigned yesterday and or
dered held for $500 bail for furth-
err hearing February S.
The indictments charged Stem
mer and Rosen conspired with a
third man, identified only as "Dan-
n.y." and who is not yet in custody
to cheat and defraud persons bet
ting on the game. Their attorney,
Nathaniel Kramer, asked the court
for a speedy trial. When Judge
Leibowitz set February 10 he OBJ
jected that that was too soon. After
hearing from Assistant District At
orney Henry Martuscello the court
set bail at $4,000 each. Martus-
cello asked that it be that high to
make sure the defendants would
not flee the jurisdiction of the
court