The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
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OF kilograms and phone calls just be-
fore the season ended last fall"
Mackall was asked II he knew any Of
the gamblers mentioned In connection
with the inquiry.
II don't know any OF them by name.
There used to be quito a few fiashy
dressed sports with diamonds as big an
pigeon eggs palling> around with Hal
Chase and Bill Burns"
Manager John j. McGraw appeared
before the jury for few minutes He
! left with the jury complete files I'm con-
nection with the dismissal of Hal Chase
and Helnie Zimmerman. After testify
jig Manager McGraw said:
IT want to make this statement IN
THE NEW YORK HERALD Benny Kauff
! is no longer under a cloud. He has been
n member of the in bad club long
enough. I am satisfied after thor
ough investigation that Benny's skirts
are clean in this affair. Kauff got
into little trouble in the winter with
the municipal authorities over stolen
automobile. For the good of the Giants
and Kauff himself I decided to send
him to Toronto. I recalled him this
summer Immediately after I had COM
pleted my inquiry I always had fafth
in Kaufr. The Giants helped to pay
part of his salary while he was playing
in Toronto. He was oft color in his
playing when we cent him to Canada.
/, He had lost fifteen pounds. / have not
decided yet whether will trade him Or
keep him. There Is lot OF good base
ball left in Kauff yet"
Toney Accuses Zimmerman.
| The next witness was Fred Toney,
pitcher for the Giants He was called
to give similar testimony to that Of
j Kauff regarding Zimmerman's attempt
to get him to throw games.
| Zimmerman offered me $500 to toss
a game to the Cubs In Chicago. It was the
same game In which Kauff was offered
$125. 1t was the last series Of the sea-
son between the New Yorks and the
Cubs. Zimmerman asked me the night
before to walk few reported the
conversation the next day to Manager
| McGraw."
| Toney was asked IL he knew any Of
the gamblers mentioned in the investi-
cation.
! II don't know seven men outside of
/ baseball on the circuit" replied the big
pitcher. II have one rule. and that IS
never to take up with a stranger"
| When asked to explain what he meant
/, by limiting his friends to a number
bounded by seven, Toney replied. Il mean
to say that don't know more than seven
men in any of the cities where the Giants
play. and the majority of these are hotel
clerks and gentlemen"
William kid" Gleason, manager Of
the Chicago White Sox. told about the
investigation conducted by President
Comiskey and himself Immediately after
the 1919 championship series.
I'VE worked night and day, but were
unable to get the goods on any Of the
crooked players" said Gleason. I'VE
held UP the salary checks of the sus-
pected players expecting that some me
Of them might possibly confess. but they
all stood pat. We kept working all win
ter and even this spring. but we never
got ar ywhere"
Gleason was asked II he had any evi.
dence OF any crookedness In connection
with any of the games played this yea,
Gleason replied that he had not.
Says Chase Gave Tips.
Evidence consisting of telegraph tips
on the fixing of the 1919 worlds series
was presented by Jean Dubuc. former
Giant pitcher and now captain of the
Toledo American Association team. Du-
buc admitted having received kilograms
from Bill Burns advising him to bet on
Cincinnati.
Chase supplied all the information to
Bill Burns about the series being fixed
for Cincinnati to win." testified Dubuc
Burns wired me from Cincinnati to get
down all 1 could beg. borrow and steal
on Cincinnati to win the series"
| When asked by the Grand Jurors II
he had bet a large amount on these tips
Dubuc replied that he had wagered only
a little. He was asked II he had any
acquaintance with any of the big New
York or Boston gamblers who fixed the
SERIES Dubuc emphatically denied
knowing any of the 'fxers."
He also told OF having met Hal Chase
and Burns in a New York hotel short
time before the playing OF the 1918
series. and said the two held long
secret conference at that time after ex.
| cusing themselves from his presence.
Throughout the day persistent rumor
circulated about Criminal Courts Build
ing that two star performers in the Ma.
| tional organization would be named az
having been caught In the gambling net
that tripped up so many unwary feet
during the playing of the 1919 worlds
championship. However. no one. in au.
| thorlty would authenticate the report
j. A. Heydler, president OF the Ma
tional League, has been asked to appear
before the jury again at his convenience
and Ban johnson, president OF the
| American League. also Ia expected u
testify later. Eddie Collins, second base.
| man and captain of the White Sox. and
Ray SchallS, catcher. will be called later
Assistant States Attorney Replogle said
An official of the States Attorney,
| office said that to-day's testimony
sho wed that the first name of the mar
| indicted last week as Brown" was
Raphael Brown. He was indicted with q
man named Sullivan on testimony given
by Claude Williams, who named the two
as the men who framed" the worlds
series with him and other Chicago play.
ers. Brown is reported to have fled
from the country. witnesses told the