Evening star., 1951-10-22
Groza, Beard Facing
Arraignment Today
In Cage Bribe Case
By the Associated Press

| CHICAGO. Oct. 22.-Alex Groza
and Ralph Beard, former Univer-
sity of Kentucky All-Americas
were to be arraigned today on 9
fugitive warrant charging bribery
in 1949 game in New York as
the spreading college basketball
scandal sent the sports top pre-
circuit into an emergency session
! The Executive Board of the Ma
Itional Basketball Association was
to meet in New York to consider
policy for the hard-smitten In
dianapolis Olympians, from which
Groza and Beard. stockholder
stars, already have been sus-
pended.
| Seized here Friday night by off,
GERS of the New York district at
torney's Office. Groza and Beard
were expected to waive extradition
in court today.
| With another former Kentucky
star, Dale Barnstable, 1949-5O
captain, they will face bribe
charges before the New York
grand jury. Barnstable yesterday
went from Louisville, where he
coaches at high school, to New
York.
"a Players in Fix" Web.
| The three have admitted ac-
Icepting $500 bribes each from a
ring of gamblers to rig the point
spread against Loyola of Chicago
in a 1949 Invitational Tourney
game at Madison Square Garden
Underdog Loyola won 67-56 in
what was regarded prime upset
Assistant District Attorney Vim
cent A. G. O'Connor of New York
has declined to say whether Ken
lucky is the last school now i'm
pllcated in a web of fixes" be-
smlrching at least "a players from
seven colleges,
A source close to O'Connor said
a report by DR.. F. c. (Phog) Allen,
University of Kansas basketball
coach. that three more Eastern
schools will be involved was lust
/ fishing. We don't know of any
other team
! O'Connor said, however, that
Kentucky's entire 1883 schedule
will be closely examined for pos
bsible additional fixes. Gamblers
involved said point-shaving was
done in Kentucky Tennessee
game at Lexington. KY, in 1949
but Groza and Beard have denied
this.
Inquiry Begun in July.
j O'Connor said evidence of the
Kentucky players guilt was first
unearthed shortly before the
Bradley scandal broke at Peoria,
Ill. late last July. Other schools
already scandal-rocked include
City College of New York, Long
Island University. New York Uni
yersity. Manhattan College and
Toledo University.
Beard and Groza thus are added
to a list of such other distin-
guished players who fell prey to
easy money" as Bradley's Gene
Melchiorre. CCNY's Ed Roman
and Ed Warner; Long Islands s
Sherman White and Leroy Smith:
New York US Don Forman and
Connie Shaft and Manhattan's
Jack Byrnes and Henry Poppe.
This array of stars succumbed
to the smooth talk of numerous
gamblers. Two of them, Nick (the
IGreek) Englisis and Nat Brown
both under indictment in New
York on charges of game-fixing-
tconfronted Groza and Beard with
duplicating confessions during q
Seven-hour grilling early Satur-
day
Two other former Kentucky
stars. Joe Holland and Cliff Bar
ker. were picked up with Beard
and Groza, but both were exon
Grated.
Play as Pros Not Questioned.
There has been no hint that
the cited Kentuckians didn't play
on the level for the Olympians
the past two seasons. Beard, Gro
ia, Barker. Holland and another
Iex-Kentucky star, Wallace (Wah-
Wah) Jones. bought the Indian
apolis pro franchise after gradu-
alton.
James. cleared by authorities of
any connection with the Ken
tucky-Loyola fix. said the Olym-
plans would continue to play,
probably getting replacements
from the NBA for suspended Gro
"a and Beard.
/ In an interview at Indianapolis
last night, Beard and Groza, free
under $1,000 bond each. both in
sisted all their pro games were
"on the up-and-up."
I'VE both realize what we did
and we're sorry" said Beard at his
home. IF no other good comes
out of this, it might help someone
else realize what will happen to
them if they do take money"
I Groza. 6-foot. 5-inch court whiz,
said there was no excuse for the
bribery, but suggested college
athletics should not be made such
big business"
j. I'm relying on public senti-
ment," Groza continued. Il have
hopes they will realize that every
body can make one mistake and
/ that they will give us another
I chance"
Five years ago-Buster TYLER