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\s A IFE. Texas A8cM The Battalion Sports Tuesday, July 12, 1983/The Battalion/Page 7 all of Fame may not induct Cannon ... l (1 United Press International I \|BATON ROUGE, La. — A final decision on ' ^vhether to induct former Heisman Trophy the fmi.Sinner Billy Cannon into the College Football mare walall of Fame will await the outcome of his with trrest on counterfeiting charges. ■ Cannon, a 45-year-old orthodontist and later at ibjprmer pro player, was arrested Saturday on irterhoi tharges he conspired to distribute $5 million in hoe and phoney $100 bills. ■The ex-Louisiana State running back — we com jather of Texas A&M football and baseball leir horvBver Billy Cannon Jr., — pleaded guilty in a ves. ;ourt hearing Saturday, but U.S. District Judge ahorse Frank Polozola refused to accept the plea until non gave his legal situation more thought. Another hearing was scheduled Friday. “He’s innocent until proved guilty. We are Sting for more facts on the matter,” said my McDowell, director of the National ootball Foundation. “We’ve never had any- g like this to happen before.” _!annon, a two-time All America during his twogir!i» rs a t Louisiana State University, had been id AnnPliected by the foundation’s Honors Court in ty at St J ailU ary for induction in the Hall of Fame and tal in 1 was to be inducted at a ceremony Dec. 6 in New oeach York. poundsBBut McDowell said the induction was on >le cooflld pending further developments in the dll ked that counterfeiting case. U.S. Attorney Stanford Bardwell said about $3 million worth of bogus money was found packed in ice chests and buried on a lot pwned by Cannon and adjacent to his orthodontics office. Bardwell said Cannon was cooperating with an ongoing investigation and had provided prosecutors with the name of a man they already suspected was printing the high- quality $100 bills. “Billy Cannon is one of the most honored football players in recent times in college foot ball history,” McDowell said. “I’ve known Billy since he was in high school. I just couldn’t believe it. We were just stunned to hear it.” Paul Manassah, director of information for the LSU Athletic Department, nominated Cannon for the Hall of Fame honor. McDowell said Cannon was eligible for in duction because he was an All-America player and been out of college ball for at least 10 years and retired from professional football for at least three years. Cannon had been on the Hall of Fame ballot for several years prior to being selected by the Honors Court in January. “This is a very unusual situation,” McDowell said. “The foundation’s Awards Committee will take all this in consideration.” .. as investigation widens mg United Press International BATON ROUGE, La. — Federal agents pve arrested a Florida oilman and an accused ffexas gold smuggler in a widening investiga- ikm of $7.5 million in counterfeit money that g9 to charges against former Heisman Tro phy-winner Billy Cannon. PBill Glasscock, president of Magnum Oil in Pensacola, Fla., was accused late Monday of ds andipnspiring to manufacture, possess and con- $100 i teal S2.5 million in bogus bills, i’s facultil Investigators told UPI they had been in- llie WhiiMmed the printer of the money would turn was fmiMnself in. The arrests brought the number of Street itll n taken into custody to five. I “There are a lot of spinoff investigations fipm this,” said assistant U.S. Attorney Randall tiller. “We’ve got smuggling, we’ve got drugs, jls from Jut Cannon’s involvement is strictly counter feiting." f Miller described Glasscock, who was ested in Pensacola, as “no small-town play- Bail was set at $2.5 million. Secret Service agents in New Orleans also firmed the arrest in Brownsville, Texas, of an identified as Eric Kramer, accused of ingan accomplice in the counterfeiting ring well as smuggling gold from Mexico. Court records revealed Cannon was more n $1 million in debt and had been sued for ndreds of ilionsands of dollars ill bad debts wallet I :eptthec[ m Varsitl egett Halijj iwinn he G. Pro Id! itreet A) since 1980. The records showed the latest suit against Cannon was filed in the spring claiming non payment of $122,000 on a condominium valued at $150,000 near Jefferson Downs in Kenner, La. The former Louisiana State University foot ball hero was also ordered to pay more than $245,000 in a March judgment on notes held by First Progressive Bank of Jefferson Parish. Federal authorities seeking a motive for his alleged involvement in a bogus money plot said Cannon had been sued more than 12 times since 1980. The first phony $100 bills appeared in May 1982, they said. In 1982 Cannon was sued for failure to pay $85,000 to the Harvest Time Assembly of God church in payment for the rural property where federal agents dug up more than $2 million in bogus bills. The lawsuit was settled out of court. In a related report, Gannett News Service said the failure of a T-shirt business, coupled with a severe cash shortage, convinced Cannon he should ask a convicted counterfeiter to help him out of the financial hole. The report identified the printer as John Stiglets, who was indicted in 1971 on three counterfeiting charges by a federal grand jury in Baton Rouge. ^ < ' C s ' s : : V"/ v - The Sporting News announced its Top 20 preseason football picks Monday, with Texas A&M Fighting Irish 14! Notre Dame were TSN’s No. 1 pick. Longhorns, the only other Southwest list. photo by C. Michel Chang school make The Texas Conference chosen second. End four-game losing streak Rangers go 15 to win, 5-4 United Press International ARLINGTON — Rangers catcher Bobby Johnson said he was happy to end 4 hours, 42 minutes of baseball with one swing of the bat. Johnson’s two-out solo hom er over the center-field wall in the bottom of the 15th inning gave the Texas Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers early Tuesday morning. “When I hit it I thought it would hit the wall because a lot of balls that were well hit tonight did not leave the park,” he said. “I was happy when it went out because I wanted to go home and sleep good. “I was just trying to meet the ball because I haven’t been swinging the bat well lately,” he said. The win ended the Rangers’ four-game losing streak and en abled them to move back into first place in the American League West, one game ahead of the California Angels. “He got a fast ball up and tried to take a little off of it,” said Johnson, in reference to the pitch from Milwaukee reliever Jerry Augustine. Rangers manager Doug Rad er said the win restored his faith in the work ethic. “To win a game like that is more than just a win,” he said. “It reinforces everything you work for. “It shows that effort pays off and that if you work hard things will fall your way,” he said. “When you go out and play well day after day and don’t win it’s a very draining experience.” Texas outfielder Billy Sample said he was not too happy that 13 men were left on base, mostly in extra innings. “We had some situations that didn’t work out as well as they could have,” he said. “I guess if you believe in poetic justice, it came out in the end.” The marathon game was the second in a row for Milwaukee. 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