“These betting mobs are vicious,” |
Phog declares. “They don’t want!
to gamble; they want a sure thing.
And they have been getting it by
buying .off college boys who have
never seen big money. We’d better
treat those rats rough or they’ll
ruin intercollegiate athletics. |

“We need a czar over all college|
athletics who can track down these |
rodents and put a stop to the filthy |
business. Gamblers infest the east-|
ern arenas, but the same condition |
exists on a smaller scale out here}
in the west.

Can Reach Boys

“Maybe those people who were
lamenting about my lack of faith
in college boys will believe me now. |
They don’t know me very well if|
they think I don’t understand boys.!
I’ve had boys on my teams who
could have: been ‘reached’ under
the right conditions. An’ athlete
sees coaches drawing down big
money and athletic associations
raking in the coin. It’s big business
for those who control it and the col-
lege boy gets nothing for playing.

“The National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association should have tak-
en the lead in hiring a man of
the caliber of J. Edgar Hoover or
General MacArthur to rule inter-
collegiate sports. There are other,
evils threatening amateur sports
besides gambling. And greed is at.
the bottom of it all. -

Lack Protection

“But the N.C.A.A. talked in para-|
bles and platitudes. All was well |
with the world, they said. They
made plans for the national tourna-|
ment in Madison Square Garden|
where gamblers are thick as bees
in a clover patch. They will hold
it there again this season starting |
with the Eastern semi-finals,
March 22. I haveino argument
against it except that they aren’t
ong the game the protection it!

eeds.

“Many of those who are deplor-
ing this expose of bribery should
be glad it happened. It will bring
this thing out in the open where
it belongs and where I tried to put
it last fall.

“I. feel sorry for those college
boys in Brooklyn. Much of the
blame for their wrong-doings rests
on other shoulders.”