European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 accused fixer boasts of missing a shot new Orleans up John hot Rod Williams used his dormitory room at Tulane University to plot a Point shaving then bragged about deliberately missing a shot in a basketball fellow students testified went on trial on two counts of sports bribery and three counts of con accused of fixing the Point spread in two metro conference games in return for cocaine and the 6foot10 drafted by the Cleveland is the first of nine suspects to be tried in the scandal that prompted Tulane to drop its mens Basket Ball three other players Are to testify against Mark a senior economics major from fair said Williams talked openly about Point shaving at a party after Tulane narrow Victory Over Southern mis he quoted Williams As we won the Ball game and were still going to get said student David Rothenberg of White who was also at the party John Williams made a reference to one particular pass he threw out of Bounds and was saying there was no potential for him to get caught because he was going to play in the a fraternity brother of Ole testified he never would have placed a bet had Williams not been involved in he was the fulcrum Point of the entire the key he player Bobby who with Ole sky and Rutherberg has already pleaded guilty in the said outside the pres ence of the three woman jury that Williams hosted players in his dorm room to discuss the technique of Points hav ing and they met there afterwards to Divide thousands of in opening defense attorney Michael Green described Williams As a country boy abused by Slick Yankee co Caine users at Tulane a place Green an education costs and students drive expensive what happens to a Young Man who comes from Sorrento where he is to a University where he is laughed at because he looks he dresses funny and he sounds funny Green the lawyer said Williams Only friends were his who resented him for his Green told the jury of How Williams reared by a neighbor after his Mother died and his father abandoned the player was wooed by coaches who twice left at his Tulane he dumped on his bed and if you come to the Money is Green added that Williams could not even fill put the Tulane the lawyer said a coach did it for by the time he was a he Williams was Ripe to become a piece of equipment in the Thompson answered questions bowing his head Between once he looked pleadingly at who was flanked by four attorneys at the defense a senior said he first discussed Point shaving with Williams the night of Tulane game against Southern two other a photo Tulane John Wilson made deals in room Clyde Eads and Jon approached him at the pregame they quietly talked to me about making Money off the Southern Mississippi Thompson joined by Williams and his Sophomore David the players met at the Home of Gary Kranz of new a Tulane business major described As the Mastermind of the Gam bling he told the five players there he could give us for just staying underneath made key adjustments after knee injury Carter masters science the spread of the Thompson the Star of the said it could be done and agreed with the players met later in Williams dorm room to discuss How to keep the Point spread he a beat Southern Mississippi the same group met at Franzs House before the Virginia tech game Thompson but Kranz told them they would not fix the game because plans had fallen four Days Thompson dropped by Williams room to discuss the fix on that nights Memphis state i told him we had to control the Tempo of the game and lose by at least 10 and that he would need to play very soft against Keith Lee at some Point of the Thompson Tulane lost 6049 a wider spread than the predicted seven in Williams room after the the five players divided Thompson Williams and Dominique each got Thompson collected and Eads and Johnson received each and complained they were not getting he Eads and Johnson later went to authorities and told their Story in return for immunity from they Are expected to be the prosecutions Star witnesses at Wil Liams Kranz has pleaded guilty along with two of his fraternity charges against four others two suspected new Orleans bookmakers and Ken Franzs Roommate Are still new York up if hitting in the major leagues is indeed a then Gary Carter has perfected the the new York mets whose knee buckled during a july 13th game in hous has been forced to make some slight adjustments in his batting stance due to the and after weeks of fiddling with Al legs and it All has come i just feel so in in a he said after swatting a pair of two run homers sunday against the i just feel so i feel very relaxed for some Carters Multi Homer display his first of the year and 20th of his career the mets into sole Possession of first place in the no one game ahead of the Cardi heading into tuesday nights game with he had 18 rib in his last 14 and for the season was batting with 16 homers and 59 Ive been trying to find a relaxed and comfortable position in my stance because of the said a hitter Over his last 50 that has Given me some sometimes i spread out a Little too far but batting coach Bill Robinson has been working with when you have you sometimes have a tendency to overcompensate and therefore you try to do too Many has adapted to life with the knee which was diagnosed As residual from a torn cartilage from some pre Vious in trying to close it his stance up a bit and not be so he at because of the i just Haven Felt Quick rather than laying Back and let Ting the pitch get to Ive been overdoing it and trying to get to thinking that my knee is not going to but the knee has thanks to a considerable amount of time working with a Cyrex machine Between Europe ousted from tourney by Mexico 54 fort the european big league champions from Bonn were eliminated from the Little league big league world series Here monday by the entry from Mexico it was the second defeat for the team in the double elimination tour Europe was walloped 252 in its debut by the Usa West saturday Mexico scored two runs in the Bot Tom of the seventh to come from be Hind and win the trailing 20 the european team came Back to score two runs in the second inning on one Catcher Mark Hansen reached first on a fielders Choice and advanced to Sec Ond on a walk to Mike Williams and scored on a throwing Doug Deavers single scored with the game tied at Europe moved into the Lead with a run in the fifth when Brian Begley reached on an was moved to third on two walks and scored on a bad Pickoff Fidel Cabrera picked up the win for Mexico and Bill Winkler took the a photo mets hard hitting Gary Carter found relaxed and comfortable position if i can keep it strengthened and keep it working the rest of the ill be the happiest Man on the face of this he to be Able to play and be on a championship that will be the most gratify ing thing right besides tinkering with his the exuberant Carter has made another adjust Hes reduced the ferocity of his High fives after a Home weve decided to tone Down the Emo Tion to keep from breaking hands and cracking said manager Davey nets name Wohl to replace Albeck East a the new Jersey nets of the Aba have announced that Dave Wohl will succeed Stan Albeck As head Lewis the nets executive vice told the Star Ledger of Newark that Wohl signed a three year contract monday Worth less than