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- Within the tomb of Genghis Khan was a vast fortune, amassed from Khan's looting of the richest cities in Asia. Or so the rumors say.
- Pep Morgan is playing for his hometown, Ardale's, basketball team. There were only two more teams they had to beat before winning the championship. Pep and his friend and teammate, Charley Allen, talk in the locker room about the next game. They were set to play against Ironton, a team which Pep heard was known to be fierce on the court. On game day, the coach gives some last bits of advice; take advantage of the other teams knack for delivering foul plays.
Soon, it was clear that Pep was right about Ironton players. One of them deliberately pushed Pep down, earning Ardale a free throw which Pep delivered and scored. His teammate, Charley, was seriously injured during the next quarter, bumping his head on the floor and getting a concussion. Pep picks up the pace as he, and the rest of the team, step up their game for Charley's sake. Pep makes an effort to shoot one more basket, but is knocked to the ground just as the ball leaves his hands. Luckily the ball still made it through the hoop, and only a few seconds later the buzzer sounds, letting Ardale defeat Ironton by a single point. However, Pep pulled a muscle in his ankle when he fell, and the doctor says he can't play for two weeks. Meaning, the championship playoff against Devon will have to go on without him. Charley was to be released from the hospital just before the big game. Even though the doctor told him to stay off his feet, Pep promises that he'll be on the court with him.
The day has come for Ardale vs. Devon, but since his leg still hasn't fully recovered, Pep is told by the coach that he'll have to sit on the bench for this one. The game is a disaster. Without Pep on court, Ardale can't seem to keep their game. The Devon team is leading by seven points by the time the first half ends. Charley is taken out on foul at the beginning of the second half, so the coach finally gives in and allows Pep to go in. Ardale's game is almost immediately changed. Pep scores basket after basket, until they're matched up with Devon. The timer is running down, only seconds left. Pep shoots one more from down court, his leg finally giving out on him in the process. But the ball still makes it through the hoop before time runs out, winning the game, and the championship, for Ardale!
- Scoop and Rusty made themselves up to look like gangsters, and under the aliases of "One-Eye" and Gimpy", they become the newest members of Lefty Laroway's gang. Rusty has his camera hidden beneath his "Gimpy" disguise, to document all the illegal activity they would come across. Scoop gets in good with Lefty over the next few days, while Rusty secretly snaps away at each stolen car they bring into the garage. Soon enough, they have enough evidence to convict Lefty ten times over. But Scoop wants more. It's not enough they bring the Laroway gang down. He tells Rusty they need evidence against the higher-ups, executives and politicians of the area who allow Lefty to operate in town. But he knew that Lefty kept a list of their names in his safe, along with a map of all the gang's garages and hideouts. With those in the hands of the court, they'd be ready to put a stop to the entire operation for good. Rusty agrees to do it while Scoop is out on a job with the guys tonight.
That night, Scoop joins Lefty and the boys as they go and "pick up" a few cars for refurbishing back at the garage. Every time they pass a potential car, Lefty assigns one of his gang to go get it, giving Scoop the job of delivering a Rolls-Royce. Meanwhile, Rusty sneaks into Lefty's office and begins cracking his safe. He manages to get it open, and finds the list and the map, just as Scoop said. He makes copies of each, then replaces the originals back in the safe. Sounds outside alert him that the gang is back! He quickly tries to hide the copies in his jacket as he makes for the door, but Lefty and one of his men walks in and bumps into him. Lefty sees the documents and realizes what Rusty has done. When Scoop returns to the garage with the Rolls, Lefty accuses him and Rusty of being cops! Since Scoop wants to convince him he isn't a badge, Lefty figures the only way to be sure is to have him kill Rusty.
Scoop and Rusty are driven out of town to a remote area located under a bridge. Rusty is pulled out of the vehicle by Lefty, and Scoop is given a gun. Standing before his friend, Scoop pulls the trigger, blasting Rusty in the chest! Rusty gasps, clutching his chest and falling to the ground...
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