The Basketball Fix

Pete Ferreday, a popular sports columnist, scouts basketball talent for his college, and looks up sure-shot Johnny Long. When Pete offers him a scholarship, good-hearted Johnny declines, saying he must stay in his hometown to take care of his ill father and his kid brother Mickey. Later, Johnny accepts the offer. At mid-season Taft approaches Johnny after a game, offering him $100 for "helping" Taft profit from the games but Johnny refuses the money.
Jed admits to Johnny that he has been fixing the games. Later Johnny invites Pat out for the evening and as he gives her the ring and pays for the dinner bill, an investigator watches from another table, taking notes on Johnny's expenses. Taft offers Johnny $2,000 but Johnny refuses the money and promises to do it as long as Pat is not hurt. As the police walk Johnny, handcuffed, out the back of the gym, Pat explains to him that the police picked her up for questioning before the game.