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he first started questioning players
Saturday night.
Asked if he has two more play
ers in custody, Hogan said:
=. There is no basis for that
rumor at this time"
The district attorneys Office
said all eight received bribes from
Salvatore T. Sollazzo. a Manhat-
tan jewelry manufacturer and ex-
convict.
Sollazzo remained in jail today
after Justice Samuel H. Hof-
stadter of the State Supreme
Court refused yesterday his latest
plea for freedom via a habeas
corpus writ. He has been refused
bail.
During the hearing Sollazzo' S
pretty wife, Jeanne, pulled a mink
coat around her shoulders and
wept as the justice told her hus-
band:
II can hardly see a more deS-
picable crime-the corruption OF
youth at the very fountainhead." "
Another development yesterday
was Gov. Dewey's demand that
the maximum prison sentence In
New York State for any one brib-
ing or trying to bribe an athlete
be increased from five to 10 years.
/ A bill to this effect was intro
Guced Immediately in the Repub-
can-controlled Legislature at Al
bany and Democrats pledged their
{ support.
The mushrooming scandal con-
tinued to bring statements from
some major schools that they will
not play further games in Mad
tson Square Garden. The latest
was from Denver University,
which lost an allegedly fixed"
game to LIU two months ago.
Other schools said they will con-
tinue to play in the Garden.
Gard, LIU team captain last
year, was the eighth and latest
to be brought into the current
scandal as player. He previously
was charged as the contact be-
tween the CCNY players and Sol
lazzo.
But late yesterday the district
attorneys Office said Gard also
admitted accepting bribes to Elk"
three games in which he played
last season. One was LIU's 80-52
Invitational Tournament upset
loss to Syracuse.
Eligibility Runs Out.
Cards athletic eligibility ran
out on him this season, although
he was still enrolled at LIU.
However, three of his former
White, Smith and Bigos-,
are charged with carrying on the
dumping" this season. Authori-
ties said Smith was not involved
last year.
s Bigos had replaced Gard as cap
tain this year.
Bigos, White and Smith posted
$4,000 bail each and were re-
leased late yesterday. Gard re-
mained in protective custody at his
own request.
Aimed for Rim on Fouls.
! The tactics of the three players,
according to Hogan. included
"kicking the ball all over the floor"
and deliberately aiming for the
rim of the basket on foul shots.
s In the seven fixed games. Hogan
said, Bigos received total of 81,
ESQ; White, $6,25O, and Smith, ST.
900. Gard. he added. was paid
5000 for the 1945-50 games.
In addition, Hogan said Sol
lazzo also paid the athletes small
sums of money as bonuses ito
keep them in line and keep them
coming"
The Sollazzo scandal was
touched off Sunday with the ar
rest of Roman. Warner and Roth
Of CCNY and Schaff of NYU.
The players, according to Ho-
gan, agreed to keep winning mar
gins within the limits set by book
makers. In trying to shave points,
Hogan Sid, they sometimes lost
games.
4 The CCNY players were out
standing stars of the team of last
season that swept to basketball's S
first and only grand slam-cham-
pionships in the National Invita-
ton and NCAA Journeys.
All Eight Suspended.
sAll eight youths have been
suspended by their respective
schools.
This latest scandal followed by
only five weeks the disclosure Of
fixes" of several Manhattan Col
lege games of last year. The
former Manhattan co-captains,
Henry Poppe and John Byrnes,
we're indicted with three others
on bribery charges,
Officials said they have con-
fscated $20,540 from various hid
ing places revealed to them by
five of the CCNY and LIU players
If convicted, the players and
Sollazzo face a possible maximum
penalty of five years in prison
and a $4,000 fine.
Bookies Finance Probe. 3.
The World Telegram and Sur
reported that big New York book
makers, hurt in the pocketbook
made their own efforts to run
dcwn fix rumors about the LIU
basketball team.
The newspaper said the bookie: