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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
GuIfstreom Park Stages First
Of Weeks Three Bio Stakes

Eugene Constantine Royal Bay
Gem, winner of the Everglades
Handicap and second in the
100000 Flamingo Stakes. Others
expected to go include Trio
Stables Laffango, Brookmeade
Stables County Clare, Bruce S.
Campbell'S Ram o. War, Mr.. and
Mrs. IT. M. Daniels Ace Destroy
er, Mrs. Wallace Gilroy's Slim,
Mrs. E. D. Skaters Hit the Spot
and a pair that ran in the
Louisiana Derby last Saturday.
They are Joe w. Browns Mat
agorda, winner of the New
Orleans feature, and G. g. G.
Stables Money Broker, who fin
ished second. Matagorda is i'm
beaten so far this year. Money
Broker won five in a row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Speeial Dispafeh 10 The Star

TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 17.-Bruce
Dudley. president of the Ameri-
can Association, said today that
club owners Of the Triple-A
circuit would prefer that the
Boston Braves remain where
they are" instead of transferring
to Milwaukee.
Dudley added that while he
has not talked with Lou Perrin,
president of the Braves, since
Bill Weeks ambitions to trans
fer the Browns were thwarted
yesterday by the American
League, he heard indirectly"
that Perrin might now be will
ing to drop his plans to move
to Milwaukee.
Both the American ASsoci-
alton and National League club
owners are scheduled to meet
tomorrow morning in St. Peters,
burg to consider the Braves-to-
Milwaukee shift.
IF Perrin insists on present.
ing his petition for transfer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
|Morci0no Plans Exhibition ] our
If He Beats WuIcott Aqoin

He said promoters in Homo
lulu, Manila, Tokyo and other
Pacific Ocean and Far East cities
are eager to feature the smuggling
champion on local exhibition
cards.
Marciano will work out today
at a downtown gymnasium and
then return to his Holland,
Mich, training camp until the
day Of the fight. He and WE'LL
appeared on television program
last night.
Marciano said he will dispose
Of Walcott maybe a little
sooner" than the Is rounds it
took him to knock out Jersey
Joe last year.
Then, he figures, the winner of
the upcoming Ezzardr Charles
Rex Layne match would be a
suitable opponent, with Roland
LaStarza possibly working into
title shot later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Basketball Fixer Gets
Year for Tax Evasion
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 17.-Salva-
tore Sollazzo, 40. now serving
eight to 16 years in prison for
bribing college basketball play
ers, yesterday was sentenced to q
year and a day and fined $4,000
for evading more than $264. 900
in Federal income taxes.
Sollazzo pleaded guilty last
Friday to two separate indict-
ments charging he filed false
income tax returns in 1945 and
1916. He pleaded with Judge
Sylvester j. Ryan for a light
sentence.
Assistant United States Attor-
new Louis I. Kaplan told the
court that Sollazzo had given
the Government valuable infor-
nation that helped break up
a gold smuggling racket involv-
ing hundreds of millions of dol
lars.
Judge Ryan said he was TAX
ing that into consideration, as
well as the fact that Sollazzo
faces possible deportation to
Italy. The court added. however.
that Sollazzo was "a thief, q
chiSeler. a briber and a gambler"
After sentence was pro-
nounced, Sollazzo told the Judge:
II thank you from the bottom
OF my heart; this Is indeed q
break for me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Quantico Moves Up
In AAU Cage Event
speeiaI Dispatch 10 The s.or

DENVER, Mar. 1.-THE Guam
tico Marines, winner of their
opening-round game in the Ma
tional AAU basketball tourna-
ment yesterday by a forfeit. play
Allen-Bradley of Milwaukee
tonight.
The Marines advanced yester-
day when their opponent. the
National Burning Packing Co. of
Memphis, Tenn, did not appear.
II Quantico wins tonight, it will
qualify for Thursdays quarter
finals.
Yesterday, the Santa Maria
(CalifJ Golden Dukes, one of
8 seeded teams in the field
Of 81. were upset by Carbonate,
ILL.,, 69-67. In other games. the
Fort Sam Houston Rangers beat
the Trenton IN. j. Vending Co.,
1855; Denver Central Bankers
knocked off Fort Sill, Okla, TT
10; Grihalva Motors of San Diego
rolled over Pullman (Wash.) De-
Sotos, $40, and Los Angeles
Kirby Shoes defeated Graham
Hoeme, Amarillo, Tex, 55-49.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 17.-First
of three big stakes to be run at
GulfStream Park this week comes
up today when 20 two-year-olds
compete in two divisions of the
$500 Turf Club Dinner Stakes.
Flo Edwards Blenfly looks like
the favorite in the first division,
to be run as the fourth race at
three furlongS. The second di-
vision is headed by White Oak
Stables Sweet Cleo, winner of a
division of Hialeah's Juvenile
Stakes last month.
The Suwanee River Handicap,
with $4,000 added money at a
mile and a sixteenth, will be run
tomorrow. Restricted to fillieS
and mares, the race attracted %
nominations and 10 or more are
expected to start. Darby Dan
Farms Atalanta, winner of the
Black Helen Handicap, heads the
list.
The "Gray Ghosts Purse" re-
stricted to gray horses, will be
a feature Of Fridays program.
The 100000 Florida Derby on
Saturday climaxes the week,
featuring the best Swear -olds
now in training in Florida.
The favorite probably will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Tipton, Former DukeGn Star
Coach Baseball at WIN

dians' athletic staff as an as
sistant football coach for several
years. Upton played for the
Cincinnati Reds and the Phila-
delphia Athletics at one time
but spent most Of his 14-year
professional baseball career in
the American Association, and
was with Portland in the Pacific
Coast League last season.
In 1888. Upton was the ace
punter for Duke and helped the
Blue Devils to an unbeaten, un-
tied and unscored upon season
until they were beaten 7-3 by
Southern California in the final
seconds Of the Rose Bowl game.
William and Mary will play a
22-game schedule opening April
6 against the Quantico Marines.
Nine returning lettermen are
among the 81 candidates who
already have reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Mar. III Rocky
Marciano, the heavyweight
champion, and his manager. AL
WE'LL, say they like the idea of a
Pacific exhibition tour if Rocky
beats Jersey Joe Wolcott.
Marciano meets the man he
dethroned April 10 in Chicago
Stadium.
If Marciano beats Walcott
again, WE'LL told reporters last
night, the champion may spend
the rest Of the year touring the
Pacific and possibly Europe.
II figure one heavyweight
championship match a year is
enough" WE'LL said. IF Rocky
ticks Jersey Joe April 10, a Sep
TENDER bout wouldn't draw very
well. We could net $4,000 in
Pa cific exhibitions alone.
don't think I'd like any other
fights for Rocky in 1853"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
American Association Owners
Hope Braves Will Not Move

if the National League upholds
him." Dudley added, "the Amer
lean Association would not stand
in his way. However, each club
in the association would demand
financial settlement from the
Braves to compensate for loss Of
revenue in Milwaukee"
Dudley explained that Mil
waukee is one of the key cities
in the association and that it
easily outdraws Toledo, where it
is planned to move the Brewers
in the event Perrin is permitted
to transfer.
1--WE hope the Braves stay in
Boston, at least for another
year." Dudley continued. IF
the move goes through, it will
put us (the American Associa.
tom in a bad light because only
last year we took away Toledo's
franchise because of lack of sup
port"
From another source it was
learned that the strongest oppo-
sition to the transfer comes
from Minneapolis. Louisville and
Indianapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
MiddIeburg Hunt 10 Hold
Hunter Trials Tomorrow
Special Dispatch 10 The Stur

MIDDLEBURG. Va. Mar. II.
-Eighty-four entries have been
received for the annual Middle
burg Hunt trials to be run off
on the estate of Duncan H. Read
near here tomorrow afternoon.
Among them is Mrs. N. j. Wards
Little Jiggs. 1852 winner of the
championship Middleburg Bowl.
The first class starts at 1880 pm.
On the program will be con-
tests for lightweight honors. jun
Tor riders under Is, middle and
heavyweight hunters and a COM
petition for the Journeys End
Bowl. The special class for
hunting grooms will be run for
the Bert Knight Memorial tro-
ply.
The course is located off the
Foxcroft Road near the turmoil
leading to Benton farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Tiger Jones Is Held
To Draw by Womber
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

BROOKLYN, Mar. 17.-Danny
(Bang Bang) Womber Of Chi
cago held favored Ralph (Tiger)
Jones of Yonkers. N. Y. to a
10-round draw with his hit-and-
run tactics in the feature bout
at the Eastern Parkway Arena
last night.
Womber, who weighed 152,
survived an about attack to the
head and body by Jones in
the eighth round and scored
throughout the fight with quick
jabs to the head and midsection.
Jones. who weighed 1921, won
a split decision over Womber
four weeks ago at Milwaukee.
Referee Mark Conn voted
5-3-2 for Womber while Judge
Dave Stewart saw it 6-3-1 for
Jones. Judge Nick Gamboli voted
for draw all the way - five
rounds each and five points for
each man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Victim of Lying Owners
Veeck Is Quoted as Soyino

CHICAGO, Mar. II (P.-John
P. Carmichael, sports editor of
the Chicago Daily News, today
quoted Bill Veeck as saying he
was "the victim of duplicity of
conduct by lying (club) owners. +"
Carmichael said the Browns
president told him at Tampa,
Fla, that he thought the Boston
Braves would get the green light
to shift to, Milwaukee because
National League owners are gen.
tlemen of honor"
Carmichael asked if that
meant that Veeck didn't so con-
slider his fellow American League
magnates and quoted him as
saying:
Tive been the victim of du-
plicity Of conduct by lying own
ers. Do you think I would
have gone to all the trouble of
switching my team if I hadn't
had the assurance that it would
be respected? =. The vote
against me was either silly or
malicious. and prefer to regard
it as malicious"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Randy Turpin Favored
10 Stop Walt Cartier
In London Tonight
BY the Assoeiefed Press

LONDON. Mar. II. - Randy
Turpin. the guy the British
think should be the world mid
dleweight champion, tussles with
New York's Walt Cartier over 10
rounds at Earls Court Arena to-
night in his first bout with an
American in 10 months.
British sports writer's have
pinned a "glass jaw" label on
Cartier, who has been knocked
out six times, and agree that
Randy, one Of the heaviest
punchers for his weight, should
be able to settle the argument
effectively about the halfway
stage.
He will have to If he wants
to cut through the tangle of
contenders for the world crown
vacated by Sugar Ray Robinson
last year. Cartier isn't ranked
in the first ten on American
lists.
Irked by Americas involved
program of eliminators for the
vacant middleweight title. Pro-
moter Jack Solomons is hatch
ing plans to match Turpin with
either Charles Humez of France
or Carl ~"Bobo" Olson of San
Francisco in a championship
fight in London this summer.
Turpin's hackers aren't too
happy about the form he's been
showing recently. Rumors are
that he has showed signs Of
going soft in the North Wales
mountains where he has been
living and training.
Cartier, on the other hand,
has been showing impressive
form, in his workouts.
The all-star bill also includes
a return match between Jim
Slade of New York and Yolande
Pompey of Trinidad. They
fought a 10-round draw here
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
New Workers. Is Wins
Medal in Senior Golf
BY the Assoeioted Press

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Mar.
17.-Match play started today
for 80 golfers old enough to quail
fy for the first annual American
Seniors Golf Association tourna-
ment and good enough to shoot
81 or better in yesterdays quail
flying round.
The tournament, a carryover
of one held at Sebring since 1885,
is open only to amateurs age SIS
or over.
Tom Robbins of Larchmont, N
Y, was best of the 131 entrants
with one over par 70 on the
Ponce De Leon course.
Martin Lindgrove Of Morris
town, N. j., and Parran c. Jar
Doe of Cochituate. Mass, tied for
second at "a.
Bunched at IS were Chick
Evans of Chicago; Lloyd G. Beat
ty of Glen Ridge. N. j.; Robin
son Murray of Duxbury, Mass;
Robert Wingate of Fayetteville
N. c., and AL Ulmer, Jacksonville
Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Group Studying Penn Sports
Denies Policy Feud Is Involved

Roberts said the trustees COM
mittee established three sub
committees to evaluate PENIS
educational, administration and
athletic policies.
David E. Williams, chairman
of the board of the Girard Trust
Corn EXCHANGE Bank in Phila-
delphia, was named chairman Of
the athletic subcommittee.
The athletic controversy CEN
tiers around the big-time sched-
ule Penn has contracted for the
next two years. Murray, a for
mer Penn backfield star. is the
exponent of big-time COMPETE
ton.
Munger's position is said to be
that Penn cannot continue to
abide by Ivy League de-emphasis
rules and still compete against
teams which do not.
Only real casualty so far has
been Mort Berry, the schools
athletic publicity man. Appar-
emily caught in the middle while
trying to serve two masters,
Berry was fired last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Refurbishing Work
At Braves Field OFF
Pending Decision
BY the Assoeiated Press

BOSTON. Mar. 17.-All an
nual preseason refurbishing at
Braves Field has come to a halt
and the field superintendent has
left for Milwaukee-proposed
new site of the Boston club.
Painters, who had been work.
ing on the scoreboard. and the
grounds crew, which has been
busy seeding and resodding the
field, were ordered to stop.
Superintendent AL Oliver is
en- route to Milwaukee to confer
with Joseph Ca1rneS, the Braves
executive vice president who Is
there to pave the way for the
clubs use of County Stadium if
the shift is permitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Boston Businessmen
Trying 10 Get Perrin
To Drop Shift Plans
By the Asseeiofed Press

BOSTON, Mar. 17.-With the
future of the Braves still any
body's guess, a group Of Boston
businessmen flew South today
in the hope of getting Lou Perrin
to change his plans about shift
ing the ball clubs franchise
to Milwaukee.
AS tomorrow's scheduled Ma
tional League meeting in st.
Petersburg. Fla, to discuss Pc
RIMS proposal drew near, lead
ers in government, business and
just plain fans voiced hearty
objections to the m1ve.
The Chamber of Commerce
delegation. led by President Paul
T. Rothwell and Harry j. Blake,
past president, will pledge Of
fetal business aid to the Braves.
Syndicate Might Buy Club.
AS an alternative, it was UNI
derstood the group planned to
urge Perrin to sell the club to a
Boston syndicate. No definite
purchaser was mentioned but 1t
was believed the group hoped
to interest prominent person.
age such as Joseph P. Kennedy,
the f1nancier and former Ambas-
sador to Great Britain, in head
ing up a buyers group.
Backed by appeals Of Gov.
Christian A. Herter, the Massa-
chusetts Legislature and Boston
Mayor John B. Hynes. the
Chamber of Commerce commit
tee also hoped to influence the
vote of National League owners
at the st. Petersburg meeting.
"An Accomplished Fact"
Amid all this hopefulness
there was the clear and DEFINITE
stand taken by Perini, who told
the group by telephone yester-
day:
"I'll be glad to see you if you
want to enjoy the Florida SUM-
shine and watch the ball team
q few days, but there's absolutely
nothing you can say, nothing
you can do to change the situa-
ton. It is an accomplished
fact"
Gov. Herter and Mayor Hynes
sent a telegram to Perrin.
The Massachusetts, House Of
Representatives voted to have a
f1ve-member committee ask
Perrin to keep the club in Boston,
and the Senate passed resolve
saying the move would hurt BoS-
tons economic situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Trippi Agrees to PIoy
For Jacksonville Nine
BY the Associated Press

. JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Mar.
IT. Charlie Trippi, one-time
Georgia football great, has
agreed to play baseball with the
Jacksonville Braves of the South
Atlantic League.
Previously he had accepted SAL
airy terms. but baked at not
getting part Of his sale price
from the Atlanta Crackers.
Terms of the final agreement
were not announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Mar.
17.-Eric CThe Red) Upton, for.
mer Duke University football
star and major league baseball
player, will coach the William
and Mary nine this spring.
Upton has been on the IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Wins Aussie Title

SYDNEY, Australia, Mar. II
R.-George Kapeen. las. won
the Austr ALA n welterweight
championship by stopping Bernie
Hall, 14612, in the 10th round of
a 15-round bout at Sydney Sta
dunn last night. The 147-pound
title had been vacant since Len
Dittmar retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Fights Lost Night
BY the Asseciafed Press

Brooklyn-Danny (Bang-Bang) Wom-
Der, 152, Chicago. drew with Ralph
(Tiger) Jones, 1924. Yonkers, N. Y. 10.
Butte. Mont.-Carl (Bobo) Olson,
1854. San Francisco. outpointed Garth
Painter, 1876. Dayton. Idaho. 10.
Sydney Australia - George Kapeen,
145. Australia. stopped Bernie Hail,
1862. Australia. 10.
Johnstown. Pa.-Miguel Mendevil 147,
Havana, stopped Tony Antony, 1872, New
York. z.
New Orleans-M Pellegrini. 144h.
New Orleans. outpointed Joe Hartdegen.
145A. New Orleans. 10.
Chicago-Allan Moody, 1854, Rob-
bins. Ill. outpointed Joe Greenwood,
149, Akron, Ohio, 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
Veeck
Continued From Page Aid

When you came there. you spoke
Of the Browns as a civic insti-
tuition. You even said. the
Yankees will be out of New York
before the Browns are out of
st. Louis"
Week shook his head in pro-
test. II don't recall :"
tits on a recording disc" the
newsman said. land it's on file"
"An right" Veeck replied,
YEARLY. "but you've got to re-
member that situations change
Shaughnessy Cancels Meeting.
Meanwhile, a scheduled meet
ing here of International League
club owners today was Cancelled
by President Frank Shaugh-
messy.
After hearing word of the
American Leagues verdict,
Shaughnessy said, There's no
point now in or holding a meet
ing"
Like practically every other
official. Shaughnessy had felt
certain Weeks transfer request
would be approved and that it
would be necessary for the In
ternational League to arrive at
a reparationS sum and discuss
a new home for the displaced
Orioles.
Tomorrow at the Vinoy Park
Hotel in st. Petersburg a meet
ing of American Association
club owners is scheduled to be-
gin at 10 am. to discuss what
will happen in the event Mil
waukee becomes a major league
city. home Of the Braves. An
hour later, the National Leaguers
are to convene to consider
PERMITS request for transfer of
the Boston franchise to the
American Association city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
RiIey-Sovoie Bout OFF

MONTREAL. Mar. II. R.-
A 10-round lightweight bout be.
tween Charley Riley of st.
Louis and Armand Savoie, Of
Montreal, scheduled for March
%, has been Cancelled as Savoie
is suffering from q bad case
of laryngitis."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17

Yesterdays Results.
Boston. 81; Baltimore. rs.
Today's Schedule.
Fort Wayne at Milwaukee.
Minneapolis at Indianapolis.
Boston st Syracuse (playoff for second
place In Eastern DiviSion):
EASTERN DIVISION PLAY0FFs.
Baltimore ct New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-17
MIA Standings

WESTERN DIVISION
Evening star., 1953-11-28
BY the Assoeiated Press

DUN LAOGHAIRE. Ireland,
Nov. 28.-It was all peaceful in
front of Jim Downey's pub on
upper Georges street today-yet
somehow It wasn't the same
The worlds longest strike Off
cially ended
Missing-and missed, too
were the pickets who have pa
raded in front of the saloon for
nearly Is years,
They were inside at the bar
knocking back a few
Among the sentimental Irish
IN this little hamlet outside Dub
lin the truce touched deeply
and more than one regular GUS
toner wondered aloud what "Old
Jim" Downey, the late owner,
would have thought.
The settlement of the dispute
not of money but principle
was reached between Pat Neville,
who bought the pub when Mr..
Downey died, and the National
Union of Vintners. Grocer5 and
Allied Trades Assistants Union.
Began in 1889.
The strike began in March
1899, when "Old Jim" :1red a
union bartender.
The union called out all the
other bartenders and set up a
picket line.
This only made "Old JIM
more stubborn.
He hired pretty non-union
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Jury 10 Study Power
OF Teamsters' Boss
In Detroit Area
By the Asseeiated Press

DETROIT. Nov. %. - The
power of James r. Hoffa, boss of
$4,000 Detroit area members of
the AFL Teamsters Union, was
scheduled for a Federal grand
jury investigation following
week-long hearings here by a
Congressional labor rackets"
subcommittee.
There were reports, also, of
stepped-up examinations of in
come tax returns of some of the
many witnesses who appeared
before the House Labor and
Education subcommittee ses-
SionS.
Representatives of the United
States Attorneys Office, FBI and
Internal Revenue agents and
observers for numerous other
Federal, State and local agen-
cies sat in on the hearings.
During yesterdays final ses-
sion, United States Attorney
Fred w. Kaess announced that
a regular Federal grand jury
would look into teamsters affairs,
probably starting next Tuesday.
The United States Attorney
Generals Office had reported
/ earlier in the day that it was
ION top Of the situation" and
watching developments closely"
The order for a grand jury
probe came through as Mr..
Hoffa himself took the witness
stand.
The teamsters' boss told the
committee that his union fire.
quently had given him a blank
check to help finance State and
local political campaigns or 10
help some union locals that
were in trouble"
But committee investigators
searching for details on such
expenditures ran into road
block when Mr.. Hoffa disclosed
that virtually all records of his
Local 299 here up to August,
1852, had been destroyed.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
5 Inmates Convicted
Of Riot at Maryland
State Reformatoy
BY the Assoeieted Press

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Nov. 28.
Five young inmates were con-
victed in Circuit Court here yes
terday on property-destruction
charges stemming from riots
last September at the State Re-
formatory for Males.
Eleven others were sched-
uled for trial today on similar
counts and three more on arson
charges.
Two of the first five defend.
ants rejected an offer for a
court appointed lawyer, pleaded
not guilty and argued their own
cases. The others pleaded guilty
through the lawyer. D. Angle
Wolfinger.
The jury was out only about
10 minutes each in the cases Of
Arnold McElroy. l9-year-old
Baltimorean. and David Rhodes.
10. of Elkton. Md.
Il have already been pun
iShed for my part in the dis
turbance," McElroy told the jury
and Judge Joseph D. Mish.
Judge Mish pointed out that
the doubie-jeopardy plea was
not valid because punishment
! imposed by officials of correc-
tional institutions could not be
regarded as sentence resulting
from trial.
ElWood Grafton, 10; William
Klugel, l8, and Morris Carp, Is,
all of Baltimore, pleaded guilty.