Sport: Scoreboard: Mar. 24, 1961

¶ Floored twice in the first round by the surprise attack of Ingemar Johansson, Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson rallied to deck the Swedish challenger in the same wild round, nailed like a frantic amateur until he finally knocked out his man in the sixth to win their rubber match and retain the title at Miami Beach. ¶ New York police began uncovering another major college basketball scandal by arresting two smalltime operators named Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken for paying $1,500 to a player for the University of Connecticut and $1,000 each to two players for Seton Hall to shave points...

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