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Judge Sentences Game Fixers, Scores Penn's Overemphasis'

Judge Saul S. Streit, in sentencing fixer Salvatore Soliazzo to eight to 16 years in jail and former players Ed Gard, Ed Warner, Al Roth, and Harvey Schaff to terms ranging from six months to three years, strongly criticized the nation's colleges yesterday for "commercialism and over-emphasis in arthritics and intercollegiate football in particular.

The University of Pennsylvania was one of eight colleges singled out by Judge Streit as "overemphasizing" the game.

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