| Show Sports I Mirror Jr By John Mooney Telegram Sports Editor Contrast Allens Allen's assertions that gamblers were getting to collegiate basketball with Clark Griffiths Griffith's dignified handling of at the rumored attempt to fix Dutch Leonard for the finale against the Tigers and you realize what a whale o of a difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference a few sense makes We e dealt at great length upon the wisdom of at Allens Allen's Unsubstantiated unsubstantiated unsubstantiated un un- substantiated charges that at attempts attempts attempts at- at tempts had been made to control the scores and ultimate outcomes outcomes outcomes out out- comes of games especially In Madison Square Garden Griffith Griffith Griffith Grif Grif- showed the tho better way to handle a nasty rumor which might develop an ugly fester Wo Ve TO would like to quote from the J f Associated Press Tress Interview interview inter inter- view with Griffith to show how how hoss' Allen Alien if it had been an any of his business In the first place could have managed the situation Griffith attributed the bribe phone call to some nut There are arc a lot of people who go around calling anyone whose name appears in the paper as likely to todo todo todo do something in the spotlight that day Griffith told the A PReal PReal PReal P. P Real gambl gamblers rs dont don't fool with ball players Griffith asserted and added It would be silly to toa toa toa a player getting or more morea a a. year to take a chance of ruining ruining ruining ruin ruin- ing his life and the game for a afew afew afew few paltry dollars See the difference One man grasped a rumor he ho HEARD and prattled It for the tho whole country to devour The Tho second handled bandied an nn Incident iso lio KNEW had happened happened hap hap- in such n a manner that all questions were wore answered and no doubts doubt were cast upon anybody In Allens Allen's case now v those who ho holike like to believe belleve the tho worst about anything popular can seize f up upon n every overy basketball upset as a fixed game Why not for one of ot the tho deans of 01 the sport believed believed believed be be- such things were quite possible On the tho other hand Griffith by his handling of at what was probably a harmless prank or the product of at a crank never once questioned question question- ed the honesty of the game And so the last place Senators could knock the Tigers out of the tha pennant pennant pennant pen pen- nant and no one raised an eyebrow or started sniffing the tho breezes Yes what a whale of ot a difference difference difference differ differ- ence a few sense make malte |
