THE PETE ROSE INVESTIGATION : Rose Bet on Reds, Report Charges : Baseball Investigation Claims Some Wagers Were $2,000 a Game

Manager Pete Rose bet heavily and often on his Cincinnati Reds, according to the 225-page report on Rose’s gambling activity by baseball’s special investigator that was made public Monday.

Rose can be suspended for life if it is established that he bet on his own team. Attorney ohn Dowd’s report to Commissioner Bart Giamatti on his four-month investigation seems to offer a strong indictment. A question remains, however, as to who will eventually hear the case.

Attorneys for Giamatti asked an Ohio appellate court Monday to suspend the temporary restraining order granted Rose Sunday, which prevented Giamatti from conducting a scheduled hearing with Rose on Monday that might have determined the manager’s fate.

“The testimony and the documentary evidence gathered in the course of the investigation demonstrates that Pete Rose bet on baseball, and in particular, on games of the Cincinnati Reds baseball club during the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons,” Dowd summarized in the report that was released under order of the Ohio Supreme Court in response to a suit by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The report also presents testimony that Rose bet as much as $2,000 a game on the Reds and other baseball teams during the period in question, set up an extensive gambling network and bet on every Cincinnati game from mid-May of 1987 through the July 14 All-Star game of that year.

“The evidence revealed that in order to protect his stature as one of the most famous baseball players in history, Pete Rose employed middlemen to place bets for him with bookmakers and at the race track and to pay gambling losses and collect gambling winnings, thereby concealing his gambling activity,” Dowd wrote.

Norbert A. Nadel, judge of the Common Pleas Court in Hamilton County, Ohio, had sealed the report during the hearing that resulted Sunday in his granting of Rose’s request for the temporary restraining order. Nadel said in his ruling that he supported Rose’s claim that Giamatti had prejudged his case and ordered the sides to return to his court July 6, when Rose will seek an injunction against Giamatti.

Nadel said he was reluctant to release the Dowd report because it may violate Rose’s privacy rights, but he had no alternative after the ruling by the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for Rose said they were not disturbed by the reports release but refused additional comment.

Rose watched his Reds defeat the Dodgers, 5-3, Monday night and was then asked if he thought the report was balanced.

“I can give you an outline,” he said. “There’s 225 pages and there’s two paragraphs positive about me. It’s such a biased report it’s unbelievable. But we’ll deal with that in court. There’s nothing I can do about it now.”

Said Lou Hoynes, an attorney for baseball: “The public has a right to read it and make its own conclusion. I’ve always believed that.”

On Monday, Hoynes and his associates asked the 1st Ohio District Court of Appeals to suspend the temporary restraining order because it undermines the long-standing authority of the commissioner.

“For the last several weeks, the charges against Pete Rose have focused enormous public attention on gambling and the possible corruption of the game,” baseball’s attorneys wrote in their filing Monday. “Now that Pete Rose has aired these charges by bringing suit, it has become critical for the commissioner’s office to act promptly to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the game.

“If every action of the commissioner to investigate and determine matters affecting the integrity . . . were to be subject to court intervention and delay, the commissioner’s ability to safeguard the integrity . . . would be destroyed. The action of the court below threatens the very reputation of major league baseball and deprives the commissioner of the power to protect the integrity of the game.”

Rose’s legal staff has until 9 a.m. Wednesday to respond to the appeal. An appellate court seldom overturns a temporary restraining order because of the short duration of the orders--14 days in this case. State judges are elected in Ohio, Rose’s home state, and there was speculation Monday that Giamatti’s attorneys eventually hope to appeal Nadel’s ruling to a federal judge, who is appointed. However, they must first exhaust all state appeals. The state Supreme Court would be the next and last step in that process if the District Court rejects the appeal.

Meanwhile, the Dowd report acknowledges that “Pete Rose has denied under oath ever betting on major league baseball or associating with anyone who bet on major league baseball. However, the investigation has developed evidence to the contrary.”

The evidence, according to the report, includes betting slips in what an expert has said is Rose’s handwriting, and phone and bank records that support the testimony of nine witnesses who claim Rose bet on baseball and on the Reds.

Much of the report is built around the testimony of Ron Peters and Paul Janszen.

Peters is a former restaurateur in Franklin, Ohio, who has described himself as Rose’s bookmaker and claims, in the Dowd report, that he took, perhaps, more than $1 million in bets on behalf of Rose in 1986 and ’87.

Peters recently pleaded guilty to cocaine distribution and making false statements on his 1985 income tax report. The charges carry a maximum 23-year prison sentence, but a U.S. district judge in Cincinnati Friday reduced it to two years because of Peters’ cooperation with federal investigators probing Rose’s taxes.

Janszen is a former house guest of Rose who recently served a six-month sentence for tax evasion and claims, in the Dowd report, that he made bets for Rose on the Reds and other baseball teams.

“From maybe the third or fourth week in May (1987), all through June, up until the All-Star break, Pete Rose bet through me with Ron Peters in Franklin, Ohio,” Janszen said in the transcript. “I have phone numbers, tape recordings, with Peters.

Dowd: He bet on . . . ?

Janszen: Baseball, only baseball.

Dowd: Including the Reds?

Janszen: Yes sir, every game.

Peters, according to the report, “assigned Rose a code number, 14, his player number, which Rose never used. Instead, when Rose called him directly, he would always state, ‘This is Pete.’

“Peters recalled one occasion on which he received a call directly from Pete Rose to place a bet five minutes before game time. This event stayed in Peters’ mind because he specifically recalled viewing Rose in the dugout on television five minutes after their conversation ended.”

David Bernstein, a friend of Janszen, said in the report that Rose kept abreast of his bets from the dugout at Riverfront Stadium.

“Bernstein explained that Janszen, from their seats behind home plate, would indicate with his fingers and a thumbs up or down how many games Rose was winning and how many he was losing,” the report said.

Rose, according to the report, also bet through Tommy Gioiosa, a friend currently under indictment for tax evasion and cocaine distribution, and another acquaintance, Steve Chevashore, who placed the bets with a bookmaker in Staten Island, N.Y., identified only as “Val.” In May of 1987, according to the report, Val refused to accept bets on behalf of Rose because of Rose’s failure to pay his debts.

“From April 7, 1987, until May 13, 1987, Rose lost $67,900 as a result of his bets with Val,” the report said, adding that Rose covered only a small amount of the money lost.

There was similar testimony from Peters, who said that in late 1986: “Rose refused to pay him $34,000 that Rose owed him for losses on gambling action. Gioiosa told Peters that Rose was unable to pay Peters because he had to pay a Mafia bookmaker in New York. Because Peters was not paid the $34,000 owed to him by Rose, he did not take any further baseball betting from Rose until May 1987.”

Peters also testified that Gioiosa visited his restaurant in Franklin, Ohio, in 1986 and paid him $24,000 to cover Rose’s gambling debts. Peters recalled Gioiosa bringing him three $8,000 checks, all payable to cash and signed by Rose.

Peters said he told Gioiosa to cash the checks because he did not want his name on them. Gioiosa cashed the checks and paid Peters in cash. Dowd wrote in the report that Peters’ recollection of the incident is supported by Rose’s own bank records.

Janszen, as well, addressed Rose’s debts in the report, saying that Rose used a runner named Michael Bertolini to place bets in New York and that “within a three-month period of time . . . was in debt over $400,000 . . . in baseball betting alone.”

The report also indicates, however, that Rose won many of his bets.

David Morgan, an associate of Peters, testified that he recalled Peters telling him during the 1987 season that he was “getting murdered” by Rose on baseball. Peters, according to Morgan, said Rose had him “hooked” for “about $75,000.” This, Morgan said, was early in the season when the Reds were “winning a lot of games.”

The report notes Rose’s frequent denials, but they are rebutted by phone and bank records that corroborate the testimony of others. At points, in his own testimony, Rose has trouble remembering dates and places, but at others he can recall what he had for lunch two years ago.

The betting sheets are characteristic of his selected memory. A former FBI expert said the handwriting was Rose’s. Rose said he wasn’t sure.

Who to believe? The first question is who will make that decision.

REPORT EXCERPTS

Excerpts from John Dowd’s report to Bart Giamatti. Page 6.

BETTING WITH RON PETERS Ron Peters, an admitted bookmaker, has testified that Pete Rose placed bets directly with him. The following is a summary of the bets Rose is said to have placed between May 27 and July 5, 1987. May 27 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Toronto, Detroit, New York Yankees, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston and Minnesota, winning five and losing three. May 28 No record of bets. May 29 No record of bets. May 30 No record of bets. May 31 No record of bets. June 1 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toronto, New York Yankees, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, winning one and losing six. June 2 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New York Yankees, Boston, Cleveland and Toronto, winning five and losing three. June 3 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Oakland, New York Yankees and Cleveland and a $1,000 bet on Montreal, winning five and losing two. June 4 No record of bets. June 5 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Detroit, Minnesota, New York Yankees, Seattle and Oakland, winning three and losing two. June 6 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Houston, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and San Diego, winning four and losing one. June 7 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Montreal, losing all of them. June 8 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis, Toronto, Minnesota, Seattle and Chicago White Sox, winning six and losing one. June 9 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Houston, California, Toronto, Minnesota, Oakland, Montreal, Atlanta and Seattle, winning six and losing four. June 10 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Atlanta, Montreal, St. Louis, California, Toronto, Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Kansas City and Seattle, winning five and losing five. June 11 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Los Angeles, San Diego and Toronto, losing three and winning one. June 12 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Toronto, Oakland, Chicago Cubs, San Diego, Pittsburgh and Seattle, winning four and losing five. June 13 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Los Angeles, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Oakland, California and Seattle, winning seven and losing one. June 14 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Texas, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Toronto, winning three and losing three. A $2,000 bet was also placed on the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Assn., which was lost. June 15 No record of bets. June 16 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Chicago Cubs, San Diego, New York Mets, Atlanta, California, New York Yankees and Milwaukee, winning five and losing three. June 17 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York Mets, Baltimore, Boston and California, winning three and losing four. June 18 A bet of $2,000 was placed on Cincinnati, which was won. June 19 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, New York Mets, Los Angeles, San Diego, Toronto and Boston, winning two and losing four. June 20 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Toronto, Minnesota, Boston, Houston, New York Mets, St. Louis and San Diego, winning four and losing four. June 21 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Toronto, Minnesota, St. Louis, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco, winning all of them. June 22 No record of bets. June 23 No record of bets. June 24 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Los Angeles, New York Mets, Houston, Baltimore and California, winning all of them. June 25 A bet of $2,000 was placed on the New York Mets, which was won. June 26 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco, Toronto, Texas, Kansas City and the New York Yankees, winning three and losing five. June 27 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New York Mets, San Francisco, San Diego, Kansas City and Toronto, winning five and losing two. June 28 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco, Minnesota and Detroit, winning four and losing three. June 29 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Montreal, New York Mets, Atlanta, Los Angeles, California, Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto, Boston and Texas, winning five and losing five. June 30 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Cleveland, Texas and Minnesota, winning three and losing three. July 1 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Cleveland, Texas and Minnesota, winning three and losing three. July 2 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, California, Seattle, Oakland, Philadelphia and Kansas City, winning four and losing two. July 3 Bets of $2,000 each were placed on Cincinnati, New York Yankees, Minnesota, Oakland, California, Detroit, Montreal, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Atlanta, winning seven and losing three. July 4 No record of bets. July 5 No record of bets. BETTING WITH ‘VAL’

“Val” a bookmaker in Staten Island, N.Y., is identified in the report as making the following bets for Pete Rose in 1987.

April 16 Seattle Won $2,000 Phil. Lost $2,000 Toronto Won $2,000 April 17 Cincinnati Won $2,000 San Diego Lost $2,000 Atlanta Won $2,600 Milwaukee Won $2,000 Minnesota Lost $2,000 April 18 Cincinnati Won $2,000 San Diego Lost $2,400 St. Louis Won $2,000 Toronto Lost $3,200 Yankees Won $1,000 Detroit Won $1,000 Baltimore Won $2,000 April 19 Cincinnati Lost $2,000 Phil. Lost $2,400 Yankees Won $2,000 N.Y. Mets Lost $2,400 Chicago Lost $3,600 Milwaukee Won $2,000 Toronto Lost $3,000 April 20 Cincinnati Won $2,000 L.A. Lost $2,400 Yankees Won $2,000 Minnesota Won $2,000 Chicago Lost $2,000 April 21 Cincinnati Lost $2,600 N.Y. Mets Won $2,000 Atlanta Lost $2,000 St. Louis Lost $3,400 Detroit Lost $2,000 Chicago Won $2,200 Minnesota Won $2,000 April 22 Cincinnati Lost $2,600 Atlanta Lost $2,000 St. Louis Lost $2,600 Boston Won $2,000 Milwaukee Rained Out April 23 No Bets April 24 Cincinnati Won $2,600 April 25 Atlanta Won $2,000 Detroit Won $2,000 Yankees Lost $3,000 Milwaukee Won $2,000 April 26 No Bets April 27 Seattle Won $2,000 California Lost $2,800 Oakland Won $2,000 Atlanta Lost $2,400 N.Y. Mets Lost $2,800 Phil. Lost $3,400 April 28 Cincinnati Lost $4,000 L.A. Lost $3,200 San Diego Won $2,800 Toronto Won $2,000 California Won $2,000 Detroit Lost $2,400 Oakland Won $2,000 April 29 Cincinnati Lost $4,000 N.Y. Mets Won $2,000 Phil. Won $2,000 St. Louis Won $2,000 Toronto Won $2,000 Yankees Lost $2,800 Seattle Lost $2,800 California Lost $3,400 April 30 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Seattle Won $2,000 St. Louis Won $2,000 Chi. Cubs Lost $2,200 N.Y. Mets Won $2,000 May 1 Cincinnati Won $2,000 N.Y. Mets Won $2,000 L.A. Lost $2,200 Toronto Won $2,000 Baltimore Lost $2,800 Yankees Lost $2,400 Houston Won $2,000 May 2 Cincinnati Lost $2,600 N.Y. Mets Lost $3,000 Toronto Won $2,000 Houston Lost $2,800 Yankees Won $2,000 Pittsburgh Won $2,000 St. Louis Lost $2,800 K.C. Won $2,000 California Won $2,000 Seattle Lost $2,400 May 3 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Houston Lost $3,200 Chicago Won $2,000 Toronto Won $2,000 California Won $2,000 Pittsburgh Rained Out L.A. Rained Out May 4 Yankees Won $2,000 Atlanta Won $2,000 St. Louis Lost $2,800 L.A. Lost $2,800 Toronto Rained Out May 5 Cincinnati Won $2,600 Detroit Lost $3,400 Boston Won $2,000 Atlanta Lost $2,000 Pittsburgh Won $2,800 May 6 Cincinnati Lost $2,000 Boston Won $2,000 Minnesota Lost $3,400 Atlanta Lost $2,800 St. Louis Won $2,000 S.F. Lost $3,200 May 7 No Bets May 8 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Houston Won $2,000 California Lost $2,800 Chicago Won $2,000 Detroit Lost $2,800 Milwaukee Lost $3,200 May 9 Cincinnati Lost $3,400 Houston Lost $2,800 Atlanta Won $2,200 Boston Lost $3,000 Milwaukee Lost $2,800 L.A. Won $2,000 San Diego Lost $2,000 Detroit Lost $2,800 White Sox Lost $2,600 Yankees Lost $4,000 May 10 Cincinnati Lost $3,400 Milwaukee Lost $3,200 Houston Lost $2,800 N.Y. Mets Lost $2,800 San Diego Won $2,400 L.A. Won $2,000 Boston Won $2,000 Yankees Won $2,000 Detroit Won $2,000 May 11 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Yankees Won $2,000 Toronto Won $2,000 Boston Lost $4,000 Atlanta Lost $2,000 Houston Lost $3,600 L.A. Lost $3,400 Detroit Lost $2,000 May 12 Cincinnati Lost $2,800 Atlanta Won $2,000 L.A. Won $2,000 Detroit Won $2,000 May 13 No Bets May 14 No Bets May 15 No Bets May 16 No Bets

BETTING WITH STEVE CHEVASHORE

Steve Chevashore, said to be an acquaintance of Pete Rose, is said to have placed Rose’s bets with a bookmaker in Staten Island, N.Y., identified only as Val. The following is a summary of the report’s chronology of bets.

April 8 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Boston Lost $2,200 Minnesota Won $2,000 California Won $2,000 April 9 Phil. Lost $2,600 Boston Lost $2,000 Baltimore Won $2,000 K.C. Lost $3,000 California Lost $3,600 April 10 Cincinnati Won $2,000 Texas Lost $2,800 Minnesota Won $2,000 Phil. Lost $3,200 April 11 Cincinnati Won $2,000 St. Louis Won $2,000 L.A. Won $2,000 Phil. Lost $3,200 Milwaukee Won $2,000 Detroit Won $2,000 Seattle Won $2,000 Houston Won $2,000 April 12 Cincinnati Lost $3,400 N.Y. Mets Lost $4,800 Phil. Won $2,000 L.A. Won $2,000 Cleveland Lost $2,800 K.C. Won $2,000 California Lost $2,600 Minnesota Won $2,000 April 13 Cincinnati Won $2,000 San Diego Lost $2,400 L.A. Won $2,000 Milwaukee Won $2,400 Minnesota Lost $2,600 Phil. Lost $3,400 April 14 Cincinnati Won $2,000 St. Louis Lost $4,000 Houston Lost $2,000 Detroit Lost $2,000 N.Y. Mets Won $2,000 Oakland Lost $2,800 April 15 Cincinnati Lost $2,600 Yankees Won $2,000 Milwaukee Won $2,000 Toronto Lost $3,400 Houston Won $2,000

PETE ROSE’S STATISTICS: 1960-1986

Year Team Avg. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB 1960 Geneva .277 85 321 60 89 8 5 1 43 55 1961 Tampa .331 130 448 105 160 20 30 2 77 60 1962 Macon .330 139 540 136 17 31 17 9 71 95 1963 Cinc. .273 157 623 101 170 25 9 6 41 55 1964 Cinc. .269 136 516 64 139 13 2 4 34 36 1965 Cinc. .312 162 670 117 209 35 11 11 81 69 1966 Cinc. .313 156 654 97 205 38 5 16 70 37 1967 Cinc. .301 148 585 86 176 32 8 12 76 56 1968 Cinc. .335 149 626 94 210 42 6 10 49 56 1969 Cinc. .348 156 627 120 218 33 11 16 82 88 1970 Cinc. .316 159 649 120 205 37 9 15 52 73 1971 Cinc. .304 160 632 86 192 27 4 13 44 68 1972 Cinc. .307 154 645 107 198 31 11 6 57 73 1973 Cinc. .338 160 680 115 230 36 8 5 64 65 1974 Cinc. .284 163 652 110 185 45 7 3 51 106 1975 Cinc. .317 162 662 112 210 47 4 7 74 89 1976 Cinc. .323 162 665 130 215 42 6 10 63 86 1977 Cinc. .311 162 655 95 204 38 7 9 64 66 1978 Cinc. .302 159 655 103 198 51 3 7 52 62 1979 Phila. .331 163 628 90 208 40 5 4 59 95 1980 Phila. .282 162 655 95 185 42 1 1 64 66 1981 Phila. .325 107 431 73 140 18 5 0 33 46 1982 Phila. .271 162 634 80 172 25 4 3 54 66 1983 Phila. .245 151 493 52 121 14 3 0 45 52 1984 Mon-Cinc. .286 121 374 43 107 15 2 0 34 40 1985 Cinc. .264 119 405 60 107 12 2 2 46 86 1986 Cinc. .219 72 237 15 52 8 2 0 25 30 Totals .303 3562 14053 2165 4256 746 135 160 1314 1566

Year SO 1960 35 1961 33 1962 61 1963 72 1964 51 1965 76 1966 61 1967 66 1968 76 1969 65 1970 64 1971 50 1972 46 1973 42 1974 54 1975 50 1976 54 1977 42 1978 30 1979 32 1980 33 1981 26 1982 32 1983 28 1984 27 1985 35 1986 31 1143