European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Shawn accusation rough on Cobb when the Harlem wizards basketball team puts on its show anywhere close to the new York the players gather near Yankee stadium and climb into a Brown Van for the one night last week they were going Over the George Washington Bridge when one of the wizards turned to Ernie did you see the new sports illustrated i looked through Cobb that All the wizards remember Cobbs saying about the Magazine article that appeared under the byline of Henry a government informer seek ing immunity in the alleged Boston College Basket Ball Point shaving in Hill fingered along with Jim Sweeney and Rick As having tried to manipulate games for betting purposes Dur ing the 197879 season Sweeney and Kuhn in nine Cobb in the last five of those Hills nerve is obvious in describing another conspirator in the plot As an honorable Type of Honor is very big with Honor among thieves Honor among Honor among they were still saying we got to have Hill wrote of what Sweeney and Kuhn had told him after the first four next thing i knew Cobb was All Ever since the scandal once a Rhodes scholar and once a minor league Pitcher who turned to basketball when his Arm went have gone but whenever the Harlem wizards Are on Cobb is out there on the court in his Blue and White Satin uni form with xxx on the Back instead of a As he was for a game with the Palisades Park High school off the he was unavailable for Ernie says Hes the wizards owner and Howard Davis but his lawyer Doest want him to answer any Cobb is believed to be living in where he grew but Howard Davis Doest know exactly to Contact the wizards owner phones Cobbs Mother in and then Ernie Calls me he but if this kid is ill be unhappy and very Hes the kind of kid youd want for a Hes told me that Hes not in the Hill wrote that the three Boston College players probably made about but Bob a College Friend of Ernie Cobb during the season in laughed when asked if Cobb had Ever flashed big i was with him Day and Bob Savoy he never had any Money that i know unable to make the National basketball association in tryouts with both the new Jersey nets and the Utah the 5foot 11inch guard joined the a touring show team similar to the Harlem Globe last Hes played maybe 70 games for How Ard Davis he gets a game plus it comes to maybe a one time i fixed his car up when the scandal broke four weeks the wizards had a game in Connecticut that so the Van stopped in Stamford to pick up Cobb on the Ernie Learned about it from recalls Gay the wizards Only woman in the Van we told they got you All Over the and he read the i didst even know what Point shaving in women basketball nobody Ever talks about Ernie told me its when somebody gets paid so somebody else can win a but he told i didst do and i believe i really believe he reminds me of one of my Brothers so so if somebody on another team gets rough with hell go Over and Tell that a Hes that same Larry another member of the was taping some music when he heard a basketball announcer on television talking about the i taped that Larry Wingate i played it for Ernie later and when heard the announcer finish by saying no indictments have been handed that the Only time Ernie re Ernie said that one time in a restau rant on a he paid for his meal with his own Money instead of asking for meal Money like every body else that showed me that Hes very Hon and Hes taking this thing like a Hes been real if its bothering he dont show it around As a wizard Cobb is mostly a shooter and a the top bananas Are Valentino Willis and Luther two older Cobb is a straight even his introduction is from intoned Howard the Captain of the Boston College team for two he averaged Points a game As a one of the outstanding players in the Al new England Ernie he was greeted with loud applause from the 700 spectators who had paid a no but perhaps none of the people connected the Cobb on the wizards to the Cobb in the recent his main contributions to the show were ending the first half with a Solo dribbling act and displaying some fancy Ball handling for a group of kids selected from the stands during the halftime were just working Ernie into the show Valentino Willis was saying Hes a quiet and Hes i heard somebody in the Van say to Why do they lie about Ernie and he i dont in my Ernie didst do what Hes being accused Green Ernie Doest seem to be the Type to do something like Hes got too much love for the he takes the game too seriously to do the show was the wizards had won Howard Davis estimated that Cobb had scored about 30 Points but nobody had kept a Box most of the people we Howard Davis likes to cant play and As Cobb was on his Way to the wizards Brown Van that was parked he glanced Over his shoulder and Shook his head at a visitor who had been talking to his i wish i could say Cobb c new York times Pearson hangs cops sportsman 300 Daytona a David Pearson Clung to a narrow Lead in the final 10 laps monday to win the sportsman 300 lat Model sports car race by a car length Over Rusty Dave Marcus held the Lead for much of the but his chances of Victory were dashed in the 90th Lap when he ran Over debris from a single car Accident that sent Bob Ballantine to the with Marcus Morgan the National lat Model took a Nar Row but Pearson edged him on turn 3 of the High banked track at Daytona inter National Speedway on the 110th Lap of the 120lap in there were 19 Lead changes among seven five caution flags also came out in the which was stopped because of rain after 10 laps Pearson picked up for his Victory while Wallace earned for second third was Neil Bonnett who won followed by Ricky Rudd and Shep driving a Pontiac turned the Trio Val course at an average Speed of Mph during the 19minute pole Sitter Rick who qualified at dropped out on the 72nd Lap with an Oil defending Champion Jack Ingram was put of the race on the 25th Lap with mechanical Jody last years Lascar Rookie of the went out in the 28th Lap with a blown engine and two other cars went with him spinning out in the minor Accident which another Accident on the 90th Lap sent Ballantine car sailing through the it rolled Side override about eight finally coming to rest near the Entrance to the Ballantine emerged conscious from the wreckage and was taken to Halifax Hospi Tal with numerous possible broken ribs and a possible broken left Tennessee grinder faces Cage ticket scalping charge a Tennessee football Reserve lineman Leonard Jackson faces a hearing Friday on a scalping charge involving a basketball ticket sold to a ten Nessee Bureau of investigation the 19yearold freshman from was one of three students and three other men arrested saturday night outside Stokely athletic Center where Tennessee hosted Vanderbilt in a Southeastern con Ference undefeated on its Home won agent Earl Ailor said Jackson sold him a ticket for Selling tickets for a higher Price is a Misdemeanour that can carry a to Fine and up to 60 Days in University officials began cracking Down on scalpers two weeks face of a Boxer Mustafa Hasho appears to be getting the worse of the Early going against Curtis Parker in their scheduled 10 round middleweight fight in Atlantic Over the Hasho went on to win a split a