Rose Check Discovered in Gambling Raid
A bank check from Pete Rose to a man later convicted of bookmaking was found during a 1984 gambling raid, the Boston Herald and the Providence (R.I.) Journal-Bulletin reported Thursday.
The newspapers, quoting unidentified sources, said Rose bet with Joseph Cambra of Somerset, Mass., and gave him his 1975 World Series championship ring as payment for a gambling debt.
Investigators reportedly examined the alleged check from Rose to Cambra but returned it because it could not be linked directly to the investigation.
The Herald also reported that the alleged bookmaker stayed with the Cincinnati Reds at a Florida hotel during spring training this year and received the team rate.
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