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Page G College Station, Texas Thursday, April 18, 19G3 THE BATTALION FAIRY TALE WITH SAD ENDING Gambling Is Real Monster By JIM BUTLER Once upon a time, there was a handsome young - prince. He lived in a castle on a hill and everyone in the country respected him and marveled at his feats in battle. Then one day he was invited to a sumptuous feast by an ogre, dis guised as a prosperous merchant. The young prince ate and ate until he could hardly move. Then the ogre discarded his disguise and devoured the young prince. The preceding tale could easily have been the story of Paul Horn- ung - , star halfback for the world champion Green Bay Packers foot ball team, who was fined $2,000 and suspended indefinitely by the commissioner of the National Foot ball League, Pete Rozelle, Wednes day. HORNUNG’S over - indulgence dealt not with food but with a cur rent nemesis of athletics — gamb ling. And Hornung’s mistake, had it not been caught early in the stag'e of the game, could very well have devoured the handsome, young gridiron hero. Had Hoimung’s efforts to beat the odds been allowed to continue, he may have found himself deep in debt to the gambling ogres and consequently, very susceptible to suggestions to control the point spread in Packer games. It is doubtful that the Green Bay star would have done this, but when the suggestions are accompanied by threats of harm to family and friends, the outcome could be far from good. THE SAME could have happened to Alex Karras, standout defen sive lineman for the Detroit Lions, who received a similar punishment from Rozelle for betting and as sociating - with undesirable persons. The penalities may seem a trifle too severe on the surface, but when future consequences are considei - - ed, Rozelle’s action seems to be a very wise move. The announcement of the suspen sion of the two football players fol lowed closely the i - ecent scandal in Pro Grid Stars Suspended, Fined For Betting Activities By The Associated Press Paul Hornung reacted humbly and Alex Karras bitterly Wednes day after their indefinite suspen sion from the National Football Leavue for betting on games. “T made a terrible mistake, T realize that now.” said Hornung. versatile halfback of the Green Bav packers, in Louisville. “I am trulv sorrv. What else is there to sav? I have given the true facts to commissioner Pete Rozelle and he has made his decision based on the facts.” “It comes as a shock to me.” Karras said in Detroit, where he starred for three years as a de fensive giant of the Lions. “I haven’t done anything that I am ashamed of and T am not guiltv of anything.” Asked if he planned anv protest, Karras said: “I sure do ” FIVE OTHER Detroit plavers were fined $2,000 each for betting $50 each on Green Bav to beat the New York Giants last Decem ber in the 1962 title game. Thev are John Gordv, guard; Gary Lowe, defensive back: Joe Schmidt, all league middle linebacker: Wavue Walker, linebacker, and Sam Wil liams, defensive end. The Detroit club was fined $4,000 because Coach George Wil son failed to forward to the proper authorities reports by Detroit po lice “of certain associations by members of the Detroit team.” Other clubs contacted by The Associated Press were seRdlv be hind commissioner Rozelle in his conduct of the investigation. And Son. John McC 1 ollan. D - Ark., chairman of the Senate committee investigating alleged sports fixing and gambling, called the actions “definite steps in the right direc tion.” AT THE SAME time, the rival American Football League said under no. circumstances would it sign Hornung or Karras, although Rozelle had said they wnre “legal ly fvoe to pla^” either m the AFT, or Canada while remaining on the reserve list of the NFL during the period of the suspension. S'dnev Halter, Canadian Foot ball League commissioner, said in Winnipeg that he would “refuse to register anv contract submitted by a CFL club with a player sus pended by an American league for betting on games.” That closed that door. William Clay Ford, president of the Lions, said the club will com ply with the commissioner’s oi - der “but such compliance does not mean that we agree with the na ture or the extent of the penalties imposed.” He added: “We didn’t think it would be as rough as this.” ALTHOUGH Karras indicated he would look into playing either in the AFL or Canada, both AFL Commissioner Joe Foss and his assistant, Milt Woodward, said there was no chance of any club in their league signing the two suspended NFL stars. sas and is investigating alleged sports fixing and gambling on all fronts. It is an appalling thought that the results of sporting events which hold the interest of mil lions of Americans are not being decided before the eyes of the •spectators but somewhere in the backg-round. Who knows where the ogre will pop-up again ? And who knows-when and where it will end? the Southeastern Conference con cerning Wallace Butts, former ath letic director at the University of Georgia, and Paul Bryant, former A&M football coach and current head coach at the University of Alabama. INVESTIGATION into the Butts-Bryant affair, brought to light by a Saturday Evening Post article, is still going on and gamb ling could easily have been at the root of the matter though conclu sive evidence has not been found. These two black marks on sports are not isolated instances. A short while back, two college basketball players were convicted of trying to “fix” college cage games. This also brings to mind the “fixing” of Southwest Conference basket ball games by an unnamed official which occurred two seasons ago. Infiltration by big-time gambling is not restricted to one sport, nor does it only happen to the “other guy.” It is a problem that con cerns everyone and the blame rests not on one or two individuals, but society as a whole. THE INFLUENCE of gambling can be seen in the apparently harm less football contests run in most daily newspapers and the popular ity of wagering on horses, .to say nothing of the booming business carried on in Reno and Las Vegas, which supports the state of Nevada. So great and far-reaching have been the activities of these cor ruptions that they now have their very own Senate investigating com mittee. The committee is chaired by Sen. John McClellan. Intramurals t A ?S ies H# st SMU Mustangs In Two Games This Week Open tennis singles will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. Registration will be on the spot. Length of the matches will be one eight game set until reaching the semi-finals. In the semi-finals and finals the best of two-out-of-three of six game set will determine the winner and college champion. All A&M students except those in varsity sports are eligible to play in the intramural open tourna ments. Other open sports to be played this year: Fencing, Mon day at 5 p.m. in the fencing room of G. Rollie White Coliseum. All three weapons: the epee, the sabre and the foil, will be offered with one winner for each division. Registration for golf closes Mon day. Students can sign up in the golf shop or in the intramural of fice. Badminton is scheduled to begin May 6. Intramural sports to be played later this year: Class B tennis, Wednesday and intramural track, May 13. Todays results for upperclass man and civilian softball: C-l over Sqd. 13, 7-6; Sqd. 8 defeated E-2, 13-1; G-l lost to 1-3, 6-9 and B-3 knocked down the Maroon Band, 10-0. Other scores: A-2, 11-7, over E-3; Sqd. 15, 8-1, over C-2; A-3, 4-1, over Sqd. 14; Sqd. 10, 5-4, over D-3; H-3 defeated Sqd. 5, 12-4; Sqd. 11 won over F-l, 6-2 and D-2 lost to Sqd. 1 3-7. For the civilians, Puryear Hall shut out Dorm 15, 9-0. Tennis results, Class A division: G-3, 2-1, Sqd. 3; Sqd. 4, 2-1, over E-l; and Sqd. 7 over 1-3, 2-1. Coach Tom Chandler’s Aggie baseballers return to their home field Friday afternoon where they begin a two-game series with the SMU Mustangs, who have yet to win a conference game. The Ponies are 4-10 in season play and rest in the bottom of the Southwest Conference standings. The Cadets, tied with Baylor in the SWC second-place slot, own a 9-6 record for the year and are 3-2 in league play. Friday’s 3 p. m. game will be the first home appear'ance for the A&M varsity since a series with Minnesota, March 27-28, ioS they won both games. The Aggies shutout SMU,H a late-March game in Mas:: ‘Sports Car Center" Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars Sales—Parts—Service ‘We Service All Foreign Cai 1422 Texas Ave. TA U ■ ■■■■■■■ ■ ■■»HI|| BESIDES MEXICAN FOOD ZARAPE RESTAURANT Serves Mrs. Andert’s Wiener Schnitzel, Chicken Fried Steaks and Austrian Style Fried Chicken. 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