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The basketball players involved in the point-shaving
mess were only 10 or 11 when the first scandal broke a dec
ade ago so they probably don't remember Sherman White,
Ed Roman, Ralph Beard and Alex Groza.
These were just a few of the big name stars who saw
their careers and lives change overnight because the temptation of
$lOOO was too much.
There were others—Ed Warner, Floyd Layne, and Gene Mel
ehiorre—but the names aren't important anymore. Time has healed
their wounds somewhat but the memories never will be forgotten.
"I hope they don't make these kids go Through what we did.
Just don't crucify them. Don't be too quick to condemn," said one
of the fixers who preferred not to be mentioned.
He spoke directly from experience because he knows the
stigma attached to scandal and he knows what will happen when
the details of the present case are made public.
Most of the players involved in the 1951 scandal have managed
to carve a life for themselves but society is still wary. "People
always look at us in a bad light. Nobody believes anything we say.
Nobody realized we were just kids who made a mistake," the
anonymous point-shaver said.
After the scandal talk died down 10 years ago, the National
Basketball Association was off limits to the fixers but Ilarry
Rudolph's Eastern League decided to take a chance.
White, Roman, Layne and Warner have been familiar names to
Eastern League box score readers for years and on numerous
occasions they have proved their ability to play big-league ball.
Roman, one of the league's all-time scoring leaders, is coaching
the Wililamsport team this season and has done an excellent job
in a tough situation.
Layne, who teamed with Roman and Warner to bring CCNY
the NIT and NCAA championships in 1950, is a teacher now in
addition to playing for the Wilkes-Barre Barons. Warner also is
with Wilkes-Barre and works as a factory foreman in New York
during the week.
White, an LIU All-American before the fix, plays for the
Baltimore Bullets and works for a whiskey distribution firm in
New York.
For Alex Groza, things have turned out better than expected.
The former Kentucky ace is the only fixer who has returned to
the college game. He coaches Bellarmine College in Louisville, Ky.
When it comes time to recruit, Groza reminds his prospect that
he is the same Alex Groza who once fixed games at Kentucky. He
frankly tells his prospect about his experiences and then asks the
boy for a decision.
Beard, one of Groza's teammates, had a harder adjustment than
most of the other fixers.
He was playing pro ball with the Indianapolis Olympians of
the NBA when the scandal hit the headlines and when it was all
over he found himself banned from further competition.
His wife couldn't adjust to the pressures and divorced him.
Ile couldn't get a decent job anywhere and when he returned to
Kentucky to pick up 11 credits for a diploma no one would talk to
him including coach Adolph Rupp.
His uniform, which was retired after his final year, was
thrown away and his picture was removed from All-America Row.
Beard tried the Eastern League for a while and then he re
married. He was drafted soon after and Army life seemed to help
him quite a bit.
Now he has started over again but readjustment hasn't been
easy. It hasn't been easy for the others either but they were willing
to accept their fate if someone else benefited from their ex-
perienees.
Last weekend the memories and bitterness came back again
and they all shared the same feelings—all their suffering had been
in vain.
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Ohio State Battles St.
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By DON WEISS
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KANSAS CITY (M— Ohio
State's unbeaten Buckeyes,
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Joseph's
Tonight
Louisville, 56-55, a week ago.
"Sometimes you have to win on
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tg was way off and of course
ffry was held to the fewest
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