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Hats Off!

| When Dr. Forrest C. (Phog)
Allen, University of Kansas basket-
‘ball. coach, charged last Fall wat
at least one player he knew had
been approached by gamblers in|
|Madison Square Garden, he drew|
a loud guffaw from New York po-|
lice and from Ned Irish, president
of the Garden and the Nation’s
No. 1 college basketball promoter. |
“What happened in  Brooklyn|
‘should come as no surprise té any |
‘intelligent coach,” Allen said today, |
after the scandal broke involving |
five Brooklyn College players ac-|
| cepting a $3000 bribe to throw two |
games. “They have known these |
|things were going on. Most were|
jafraid to say anything about it.|
‘With the closing of the tracks, the|
bookies had to turn to collegiate |
sports. I still think the college presi- |
dents of America are missing their
greatest opportunity to hire a high |
commissioner to serve and protect |
college sports, as Landis did base
ball. They are the ones to solve this |
thing.” For which, PM says: |
Hats Off!