Athletic directors, coaches
and facuity representatives
are to blame for the Brooklyn
bribery incident, charged Dr.
Forrest C. Allen, veteran cage
coach at the University of
Kansas. Allen, last fall cried
out against gambling dangers
in the Madison Square Garden
area, but his statements were
denied at the time. —

“College officials have
failed utterly to protect col-
lege athletics from the stig-
ma of professional gambling,”
Allen declared. . “Intelligent
people all along have known
that big time gamblers were
getting to college. basketball
players in the East, Instead of
facing the facts and acting,
our college officials have been
denying these conditions ex-
isted to save face.”

Allen has been asking that
college presidents appoint a
ezar over their events.

My belief is that Dr. Forrest S.
Allen should be put in. charge of
all college athletics in the United
States and as quick as possible. If
they listened to him a few years
ago they might have avoided all
this. But they gave him the pooh-
pooh that old veteran cry that he
was tearing down the morale of
things.

Dr. Allen would be just the
man he is outspoken no secret
meetings with that guy he
knows just what he is talking
about when he says something
it is all the truth too. You
bet he was right about the
Madison Square Garden when

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pace today in the Cur
Open tournament wit 27 play-
ers shooting par or better on their
opening rounds. Wood,
Mamaroneck, N. Y., veteran, had
a six under par 64, but despite his
brilliance was only one . stroke
ahead of five other players. Wood
went out in 33 and back in 31,
three strokes under par for each
nine. ;
Deadlocked with 65’s were Har-
old “Jug” McSpaden of Sanford,
Me., Leonard Dodson of Kansas
City, Mo., Mike Barbatio of
Baton Rouge, La., and Sam Byrd
of Detroit, winner of the Texas
Open last weep. Fred Haas, Jr.,
New Orleans was the low ama-

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he enka a couple of years ago.
If you want an earful he can
give it to you. I think he
should be promoted immedi-
ately to supervise college ath-
letics.

Of course one bad move like this
don’t make a lot of bad apples in
the barrel but he might be able
to get to the bottom of it and clean

it out. If he can’t then I can’t
see who can.

These cheap: racketeers in
big cities they are nothing but
the gutter type I can’t see how
any kids would be associated
with any such double cross-
ing stiffs as they are. They
are all alike they are there to
trim you if it takes double
crossing and cheating to do it
that is right down their alley.

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