The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-06
DISHONEST BALL PLAYERS.
Members Convicted OF Selling Gnmcs-Ncw
York. Hrooktyn. aud Chicago booksellers
Paying Player. to Throw Away Games.


LOUISVILLE, Nov. 3.-Thc base ball season
here has been terminated with unexpected sd
dcnncss by the breaking up Of the Louisville
Club. three of the plnycrs having been dis
missed for selling games. These men are
Craver. Dcvlin. and Nichols, all well known us
experts for many years. They have been sus-
y ctcd Of dishonest play during the whole sea-
SON. attention being at first directed to them by
their reception. Just previous to Matches Of
messages by telegraph from Chicago. New
York. and Brooklyn. Lately the club went to st.
Louis to play "a championship game. and the
managers kept Nichols at homo. Then \icc-
President Chase told him thnt the conduct of
the players was to bc investigated and rot from
him u written authorization to open messages
that might arrive in st. Louis for him. Sew
eral messages were thus obtained and
they were found TO relate blindly to the
selling of the game then about 10 be
played. One was from n Brooklyn pooscllcr
who wanted to know If IA previous agreement
was To j." kept. On the return Of the club TO
Iouisvill" n I. CROUCH ycstigation was begun
ana Hall made a iull confession. He said that
he and Nichols first sold game In Lowell
nal inE Intentional errors 50 rs To lose IL. They
had made bargain with New York poOscller
from whom they received 500. Subsequently
they did the sHme thing in Allegheny aud CO.
lumhus. Then three games were sold in In
were in COLLISION. and were always informed by
telegraph which way to bet sash in n mes
sa.c meant that the Louisville club would lose
the game. The proof against Cravcr is slightcr,
~ e refused to have his messages opened. and
would make no confession; i Is believed that
these three men have made $1,000 apiece this
season besides their salaries.
81. LOUIS. Nov. g. Several members Of the
81. l. uls Base Bail Club are implicated in sell
ing games. and no NOR" PLAYING Will De don"
this season. which docs Llt legally closr until
the 10TH. Batin. Force. ana Blong are under
stood To- have been dism ~.rd. with forfeiture
of salary due; and II man who has been favor
IT. umpire = under suspicion. plot las been
partly revealed u.s. which u Hing Of dishonest
players. belonging to several leading clubs. was
enabled Ia win or lose many games AT viii. An
exposure was first made 10y a Chicago pool
s"Ilrr sending money los telegraph To- "A player
unIrr an ass umCd name. the player being
compelled tu give his real name ia order to get
thr remittance; message Us follows was ais
Jones will assist This went from ST. LOUIS to
the Chicago gambler. Tho managers OF the
81. Ioul- cub employed detectives who uscrr-
tanned that smith and Jones " were two of
the PLAYERS. This pair was seen to receive
money from the Chicago mans agent. A
pipiters' plans for at least one game on which
they must have lost heavily.
CHtCADo. Nov 3.-Thos' Interested i'm base
bail ia tIi- r4ty ar" excited 10y the exposure OF
humhus. long suspected. in the operations this
season 81 the Chicago club. II is charged that
managed 10y Mike Mcdonald. a we'll known
thiragu professional gambler and bookseller.
II is snid that he has b"n in constant eomnlu-
nlcation 10y telegraph with certain PLAYERS in
means Of whlah he has been enabled To l"t eN-
t'nsiycy ON the winning side. Eleven players
arr undr r~tpui t. have been in his pay Blind
messages were used.