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Belle says he gambled on games
■ MLB: Chicago’s slugger said he only bet on
pro football and college basketball games
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Albert Belle, the slugger whose
career has been tainted by temper outbursts, suspen
sions and fines, has admitted under oath that he re
cently lost as much as $40,000 while gambling on
sports.
Belle, who left the Cleveland Indians and became
baseball’s highest-paid player by signing a $55 mil
lion, five-year contract with the Chicago White Sox
in November, said Tuesday he bet on pro football
and college basketball.
He answered the questions about gambling during
a six-hour deposition in a civil lawsuit related to a
confrontation he had with Halloween pranksters in
1995.
Belle’s lawyer, Jose Feliciano, said Wednesday his
client did not gamble on baseball games.
“None of this stuff had to do with baseball,” Feli
ciano said. “Absolutely none of it.”
Gambling is a misdemeanor in Ohio, but it was un
clear if Belle would face criminal charges as a result
of his testimony. Cuyahoga County prosecutor
Stephanie Tubbs Jones did not return a telephone
message Wednesday.
Baseball’s rules are clear: A player is prohibited
from betting on major league games. A violation
could mean suspension for one year or for life if a bet
is placed on the player’s own team.
“There’s a rule on the books about betting on base
ball,” said major league baseball spokesman Rich
Levin, who said officials were aware of Belle’s testi
mony.
Lawyer Richard Lillie, representing the guardian
of a teen-ager who contends Belle injured him with
his truck, said Wednesday he sought to attack Belle’s
credibility by questioning him about gambling and
other aspects of his past, including treatment for al
cohol dependency.
“He acknowledged $40,000 in gambling debts,”
Lillie said. “He acknowledged purchasing money or
ders in amounts under $10,000 to pay those debts.
He acknowledged betting on professional football
and college basketball.”
Lillie said Belle also testified he placed wagers
with friends on golf.
The teen-ager who is suing Belle gave his deposi
tion Wednesday at Feliciano’s office.
“This is someone trying to use collateral issues to
help his lawsuit,” said Feliciano, who characterized
the gambling matter as “silly and petty” and “no big
deal.”
A pretrial hearing in the civil case was scheduled
for March 5 with Cuyahoga County Judge James
Sweeney. Belle will not be required to attend.
Ron Schueler, senior vice president of baseball op
erations for the White Sox, declined comment
Wednesday from the team’s spring training post in
Sarasota, Fla.
“We do not have any information at this time, so
we are not in a position to comment,” Schueler said.
Belle’s agent, Am Tellem, did not return a tele
phone message left at his office.
In 1995, Belle became the first major leaguer to hit
50 home runs and 50 doubles in a season, leading the
Indians to their first American League pennant in 41
years. He is the Indians’ career leader with 242 home
mns and finished second in AL MVP voting in 1995
and third in 1996.
But Belle’s six-plus seasons in Cleveland were
marred by five suspensions and the largest fine in
baseball history, $50,000 for berating a television re
porter at the 1995 World Series.
In 1990, he took a leave of absence from baseball
to undergo treatment for alcohol dependency.
Preview: Ducks look to double team Gray
■ Continued from Page 11
couple of those.”
Two of those road games are
this week in the Bay Area, starting
tonight against 16-6 California.
The Golden Bears have already
beaten the Ducks once this year,
recording a 73-62 victory on Jan.
18 at Mac Court. They are current
ly in fourth place in the Pac-10
with a 7-4 conference record.
California, along with Southern
Cal, is considered to be the sur
prise team in the conference. Af
ter former head coach Todd Boze
man was fired in August, and
players Jelani Gardner and
Tremaine Fowlkes transferred,
this appeared to be a year of re
building for the Bears.
But instead, led by Pac-10 scor
ing leader Ed Gray (24.2 points
per game), California is contend
ing for the conference title and
currently has the best overall
record in the conference.
“Three things have happened,”
Green said about California.
“One, everybody has agreed that
they have got great talent. Two,
[new head coach] Ben Braun has
just done a great job with that tal
ent. And third, sometimes Gray
just puts them on his back and
carries them.
“So would I say that they are a
surprise team? I certainly would
because those three factors were
not a sure thing before the season
started.”
But now, if there was ever a
sure thing, it is that Gray will
score. The senior currently has a
nine-game streak of 20 or more
points. In the first meeting of
these two teams, Gray scored a
game-high 30, pacing his team to
an upset of the favored Ducks.
“I thought we did a good job of
defending him,” Green said. “But
when the game was on the line,
he didn’t miss.”
“He puts the ball up so quick,”
Jamal Lawrence said. “When he
gets going, he can make any shot.
The last time we played him here,
he was making shots that he had
no business making.”
Oregon will attempt to double
team Gray and try to limit the
number of times he gets the ball.
But Green doesn’t want to focus
exclusively on Gray, leaving the
other California players to get
easy shots.
Other than Gray, though, there
is only one player on the Bears’
roster that is averaging more than
10 points a game. If the Ducks can
at least slow down Gray, they like
their chances.
"We’re feeling pretty confident
right now,” Lawrence said. “We
had two great wins at home
where we came through and
played together as a team. We
pulled together and played the
way we did in December.”
Part of the confidence that
Lawrence mentioned has come
from beating two teams last week
end, Washington and Washington
State, that had beaten the Ducks
earlier in the year. California is
next on the Ducks’ list, followed
by Stanford on Saturday. Oregon
can’t afford to lose to both of these
teams again and expect to still
have a shot at making it to the
tournament.
“I think a sweep is necessary,”
Lawrence said, taking it a step fur
ther. “And I also think that it is re
alistic. Stanford is at a low right
now and not playing as good as
they were in the beginning of the
season, and Cal just came off a
loss to USC.
But don’t think Lawrence and
the rest of the Ducks are overcon
fident; they understand all too
well what can happen if they are
not mentally prepared to play
hard.
“We have to go in with the
mindset that we have to take the
game from them,” Lawrence said.
“We can’t go in and be passive;
we have to be the aggressors.”
Green agreed.
"We can’t play soft. We have
got to go down and take the game
because they are certainly not go
ing to give up a game.”
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