Taking that telegram Were |:
for word, I repeat again that he
has backed down on the a “PHOGG” ALLEN
he made. He hasn’t proven that| ©
ode sthaleiederewioll elavex sane Should Prove It
bought and he daren’t try to alone all of them, had a part
prove that any Faas writer, letjin the scheme,
pee - would like to add again
at he should get out of basket-
[ Schissler Sees ball. When es coach, has so
little judgment as to sit back in
| Lawrence, Kan., and charge that
,a bunch of college gents are sell-
iing out he makes himself out to
|be unfit company for the colle-
gians he associates with. Perhaps
some of the Broadway gamblers
did get to college basketball play-
ers. I will be the last to naively
insist upon the integrity of any
athlete or group of athletes, but
I will also be the iast to charge
them with selling out unless I can
prove it:
Why doesn’t Allen prove it, in-
asmuch as he has: made the
charge?

MADE HEADLINES

As for what basketball has
given to Allen, all I know is that
he has managed somehow to
make the headlines at intervals
with his popping off and he has
managed to make a living out of
basketball. He has gained some
notoriety through the years and
he has been able to pay his rent,
I presume, from his income as a
pop-off guy in this business.

Getting back once more to his

insinuation that the gambling
hazard was minimized by Muself
and others, all I need mention—
and the public prints will bear me
out—is that there have. been from
time to time many hints that
gambling was getting to be a com-
mon thing at college basketball
games. Some of us mentioned
that something should. be done
about.it.
. Lacking.  evilenes that any
players had: been tampered with,
‘we did not condemn college bas-
ketball.-This was a matter of com-
mon decency, which the Kansas
loud-mouth doesn’t understand.