mention the “pick off" play that is called when an off

direction. Even though the cutting player

jately called for a “pick off". The story goes ,

a western player had passed the ball in one direction

other way, and was called for a “pick eff". ‘The player said to the official,
"I wasn't doing a thing. I never toushed him." “I know,” ) Fe

"but I detected evil in your eye.” Officials rule on act.

but back east call this play for obvious intent.

In your artiele you state that “Allen should have named

eving if Ned Irish gave out this information. I am enc
wire whalch I sent him regarding Albie Ingerman. Ned

it, but I have definite information otherwise. There were

uixed up with Interman, and it is alleged on very good author~
them received $500 from the gamblers. One of the
the night before the game, went to his father and
\ i he went te the police. This happened before the game,

a ; ;

I have this information definitely from the teammates of
Neither Ingerman or the other boys played any ball, but Ned said
injured badly and the other boy got sick. . But Josh Cody had to get some
high school boys enrvulled to finish out his tournament.

I have this from one of the top sports writers in New York: “Appar-
ently Temple knew what it was doing last spring when that kid was quietly
allewed to drop out, but that is an example of local authorities handling
@ case to everyone's satisfaction." So you see the sports writers did know
all about it, and yet everyone over the coumtry denied it.

_  mether line from an : writer: “A gambler on the
inside who has talked to me insists that those things which are supposed to
have happened came because the New York orowd fixed up ome game to take the
Philadelphia crowd, and the Philadelphians retaliated."

On October 24, 1944, I sent this wire to Lawton Carver: “Your
statement that I have backed down is untrue. I stated that certain eastern
writers have minimized the gambling hagard, and your story prompts me to
believe that you are one of them. As far as my getting out of the game I
em in is concerned, I suggest you apply the same yardstick to yourself in
your profession. What could you know of how much basketball has given me?" -

Garver had said that I backed down and named no names, and I au
wondering if Irish ever gave him or the other boys the infermation that I
had sent him Ingerman'ts neme, wiich caused this outburst from Carver. ~