Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-28
EIGHT WHITE S0X PLAYERS ARE
SUSPENDED TODAY By COmlSKEY
INDICTED DF0R Throwing GAME
True Bills Against Men Voted
By Grand Jury In Inve,tii-
CATION OF Alleged Throw
ing OF World. Seriie, In
1919; Chicago Has Little
Chance For Pennant. \

4. II
Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Eddie q. IL
tte confessed that he enefrAer. M
% inc deal by which the Whtte, ~ ~
sox loet Last years worlds sersea. &
this afternoon. 4 };9t
The detahA Of Cicotte's confeu- =
SION follow closely the story told
IN Ph1ladeiphia last night NV
Billy Maharg. former pf1ss sss sfl
tighter, 1t was stated, '.'. ,,s
Chicago, Sept 2s.-The coot co,,.. :.
grand jury this afternoon votei
true bills against the following hsssas
tau !s players in connection with III
IN investigation of alleged ..throVinSs
EIai Mcrlo series games last year: IS:
.ch;H3l.. a1le Ccotte. Claude Williams;
Charles Risberg, Joe 1acE.on
Buck" Weaver and Fred McMnliin.'
All are members of the Chfr.r.,
Americans. S.sc~so = =
Inc eight players are charged viii,
conspiracy y to violate a state law.
Young of the indictments was AZ.
fnaay fSllly announced by H. III. BRIGHAM.
foreman Of the grand jury. foll6svinr
q conference with Chief Iustica NJ. s
ponaid .e.t and Alfred S. Austian, attor-
| "ey Tor the White Sox club -:
Suspends Players. @
CHARLES Comiskey, president ~ ~.
rsan mn..e, sox. today suspended every
member of the team in.lictad +-,.ss..
IN connection with the alleged ari,sy
OIL, ot baseball games. Seven OF :, the
Gs 1ndicted are affected; ChicE
year. ~ 'iayAn8 tn16
The suspension practically kt,,.s AZ,
nope or the Chicago club winnine the
american league pennant thia svear
Alfred 8. Austrian, attorney for ~.
I.up. . sent the following teleeram fn
HaE. HsDerE. McMullin. Jackson, Fel.ch
"eayer' Williams and Cieotte:
no+;aoJ a ana each OF you are hereby
as member Of the Chicago Amert-
can league baseball club. -, -
!our suspension is brought about
py information which has iust corne
70 20 me directly involving ron and each
OF you in the baseball scandal fnov
rans ns Investigated 1.,H By the present
krano Jury of Cook county, resultinr
from the worlds series OF 1919
IL you are innocent OF anv
uome each OF you will be reinstated: !:
you ape guilty, you will be refired
Irom oF$anized baseball for the rest
Jel your lives. Il can accomplish It.
I ..nui there IL tnaltty to this in-
I
that take this action even tho,sss,a II
costs Chicago the pennant. - :
I Charles A. Coniskey,s
win Contiunc, Race.
We will play out :ths schadn1a 4f
We nave to get Chinese to replace the
suspended players." Harry Grnhner
isecretary Of the Chicago club an
nounced this afternoon.
Gandll, while still the property Of
me ne tnlcaeo club, has not been with
the team this year. It wa nnaar-
stood that he could not rench a.
agreement with them over salarv.
assistant States Attorney Repaoxie
announced that Cicotte was taken in
to custody after leaving the rrand
Jury room and now 10 In charRa Of
Wullam Sullivan. a detsctipe of the
ste attorney's once. HS declined
TO- say where the pitcher was bsine
taken. ~ s''A1s
4 Just before the indictments were
announced witness was ushered out
a dfsused rear door Of the Grand fnrv
room. He was reported to be Eddie
Cicotte. the White Sox star pitcher.
Clcotte, who was named in the
told at Philadelphia last nieht by
Billy Maharg,, former prize fighter. il
SAID to have signed an immunity
waiver and then went before the
grand jury and testified. The sudden
voting OF the true bills followed.
Ctoooe Breaks Down. y,
Clcotte broke down ana cried il
the grand jury room. one OF the iur.
ors said following the voting Of the
indictments The juror quoted r.
pitcher as saying: Il wish was nct
mixed up in it, g 8
At o'clock the Jury vas preparing
to resume its investigation, with "a
number OF officials of both msj9r
leagues summoned to TESTIFY. ~
AS the afternoon session opened tie
grand jury called President HeydlSr
Of the National league and John Nc.
Graw, manager Of the New York M.
tionals. 3.
President Heytiler OF the Nationas
league, before going before the grand
jury. said the scandal in Organized
) baseball was "the most deplorable
thing that has ever happened in tha
, history of the game -
4 After a. short conference with Judge
Mcdonald, jackson was taken before
the grand jury n y
AS he went in the door he turned
to newspaper men and said: z am
going to reform" ~ .s;si
Will Give Details.
While jackson was in the grand
Jury room, it was reported at the
court building that he and Cicottt
. would make detailed statement tell-
ing how the 1919 worlds series gamel
were lost. q