About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0047
  • TitleThey were in on the fix
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CRIM 0048, CRIM 0046), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three close-up portraits, in different sizes. Caption: "They were in on the fix--Shown in action shots are Adolph Bigos, Sherman White, and Leroy Smith, Long Island University backetball stars arrested yesterday on bribery charges after admitting they accepted money for 'shaving points on game.' They confessed after being quizzed in all-night session."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched.̀. Stamped on verso: date: Feb. 20, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from captions on versos.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBasketball players -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Gambling: Basketball