Rose accepted that there was a factual reason for the ban; in return, Major League Baseball agreed to make no formal finding with regard to the gambling allegations.

Henning said this past weekend that he first heard the gambling allegations the weekend before, that he confronted his team about them and that he was assured they were not true.

Meeting with reporters in Phoenix on Tuesday night, Gretzky said he had no knowledge of any gambling allegations until Tocchet called him Monday night.

Major League Baseball has not commented directly on the gambling allegations concerning Lo Duca, but it has said nothing to contradict the Mets' assertions that Lo Duca has not aroused any concerns within the commissioner's office.

But for all the gambling allegations about Rose, none has even suggested that he was involved in a fix.

"This case could stand on just the first two parts," he said, referring to the loan sharking and gambling allegations, which were brought after a four-year investigation.

I remember when he came into our first meeting to discuss the gambling allegations.

On June 26, A. Bartlett Giamatti, the commissioner of baseball, will hold a hearing regarding gambling allegations against Pete Rose.

During an interview with reporters from The Associated Press, The Dayton Daily News, The Columbus Dispatch and The Cincinnati Enquirer, Rose addressed many of the gambling allegations.

Mr. Janszen, the official said, made copies of the sheets before giving the originals to the F.B.I., and earlier this year, gave those copies to officials from the baseball commissioner's office, which was investigating gambling allegations involving Mr. Rose, the manager of the Reds.