Sport: Gambling in the Garden

College basketball in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden has become a big business. Teams travel from all over the country to play there before crowds which last season averaged 15,657 a game. Last week a famed coach. University of Kansas' Dr. Forrest C. ("Phog") Allen, charged that it is also becoming a dirty business.

Predicting an imminent "scandal that would stink to high heaven," he declared: "Vadal Peterson, Utah University coach, knocked down a gambler who came to his room in New York last spring and asked how much it would cost to...

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