Evening star., 1951-02-28
Garden May Abandon
College Basketball
Because Of Fixes
(Continued from Fage CID

celed was scheduled for March
6 against New York University.
the fourth school caught in the
scandal.
The two CCNY games were the
only major ones left at the Gar
den this season. The LIU-Val-
paraiso match originally planned
as part of a March doubleheader.
was Cancelled.
Long Island had announced
abandonment of all intercollegiate
sports, but later said this stand
might be re-examined.
In announcing Layne's arrest,
Hogan said the Negro CCNY
player admitted receiving $4,000
in bribes to fix games here against
Missouri December 9. Arizona De-
cember %, and Boston College
January IL.
These are the same games that
three other CCNY players-Ed
Roman, Ed Warner, and AL Roth
are said to have admitted fixing.
Hogan added that Layne also
received a total of $500 in bon
uses" for CCNY games with Wash
tngton State December IA and st.
Johns January 2. No fix was in
volved in these games, the official
added.
Layne was one of the co-cap-
tains selected to replace Warner
and Roman after their arrest 10
days ago. Hogan quoted Layne
as saying after his arrest yester-
day:
"Well, I was expecting it,"
Despite "fix" revelations-coSt-
ing CCNY the services of three OF
the four involved stars - the
school played last week and beat
Lafayette, 67-48. Layne starred
in that game as high scorer with
20 points.
Leads Police to Money.
After his arrest, Layne led de-
tectives to his Bronx home where
$2,890 was recovered from a win
dow-sill flower pot.
The recovery Of Layne's money
brought to $26,390 the total
amount of bribe cash turned over
to the district attorney by most
Of the players.
All this cash a1legedly came
from Salvatore Tarto Sollazzo,
gambler, jeweler and ex-convict.
In addition to charges that he
bribed nine of the players, he is
under various Federal investiga-
tions Of his income tax returns
and as a possible link to a gold
smuggling ring.
Secret Service Chief U. E.
Baughman said today in Wash
ington that Sollazo "has been and
still isl under investigation for
possible illegal possession of gold.
Baughman told a reporter the
Secret Service investigation is
tied to possible violation" of the
1884 gold act, which prohibits
possession of more than 35
ounces of gold without a license.
The Secret Service chief re-
fused further comment on the
case because it is still open"
Elsewhere. it was learned au-
thoritatively that Government
agents have been checking on re-
ports that Sollazo bought more
than 81 million in gold last year
at least part of which was not
covered by licenses. A racket in
smuggling gold out of the United
States has fourished recently.
Besides the four CCNY players,
Sollazzo allegedly made deals with
four present and past LIU players
and one from NYU.
Gard Named as Payoff Man.
One of these LIU players, Ed
ward Gard, has been named as
the pay-off man to fifth former
LIU player. Matte Miller.
However, Hogan indicated yes
terday that another gambler, and
not Sollazzo. was behind the cash
that came to Miller in 1948.
In most cases the players were
not paid to lose game, but
to keep their teams winning mar
gin within the proper point spread
required for their "fnancier" to
win his bets.
Hogan indicated his inquiry
may not have reached full blossom
when he said yesterday that Gard
volunteers little information. tell
ing only what he is asked and not
opening up with all he knows.
An undergraduate newspaper,
published by New York Univers-
ity's School of Commerce and Ac-
counts, contended today that it is
an easy matter to place basketball
bets at the Garden.
The student newspaper, the
Bulletin, criticized Irish for as
serting that the Garden-with its
big corps of special officers-was
the best policed place in the city.
Accompanying the story was an
open letter to Irish and a photo
graph showing a student placing
a "bet" and another student ac-
cepting the money" and noting
it on a slip of paper. In the back
ground, only a few feet from the
students, were~two Garden ushers.
The scene, the paper said, was
taken during the Notre Dame
NYU game Monday night.
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