The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-30
District Attorney
SaySBallPlaycrS
Arc Not Liable
Halts the Chicago Grand
Jury Probe and Says
{ He Knows of No Law
to Prosecute Them
Umpire Owens Says
Cicotte Threw Games
This Year.


| grand jury machine that has been as
fsimilating grist of evidence of base
ball crookedness and grinding out in
-dictments against alleged dishonest
gamblers and ball players. may have
ITO suspend operations for few days
States Attorney Mac1ay Hoyne is in
New York, and has instructed his as
neistants not to complete the grand jury
sprobe until he returns from New
FYork, has expressed doubt that the
White Sox players who confessed to
Throwing" games of the 1919 worlds
series are liable to criminal prosecu-
stion and has declared that the indict-
kments voted by the grand jury are not
treally indictments as yet because they
fhave not been returned in court.
Hoyne is declared to have called a
thait in the grand jury probe because
Ehe suspected the entire exposure OF
1.-THE 1919 worlds series scandal has
lbeen brought about by persons antag-
-onistic to Charles A Comiskey. owner
! OF the White Sox. 1t is admitted that
the Indictment of seven present mem
Fbers of the White Sox team has vir-
tual1y killed the teams chances for
the 1920 pennant.
Hoyne also is doubtful IL any evil
dence sufficiently binding to establish
existence of confidence game" has
rfbeen uncovered
Il
been committed Hoyne is quoted as
saying in dispatches received here.
TT is said indictments have been
voted, but an indictment is not an in
Idictment until II is returned in court
t~o far none has been.
4 Tho eight So1 players who took
money to throw the games, threw
them, according to their confessions.
not they Obtained money by a conf
Edence game. They actually carried
rout their part of the bargain"
Hoyne declares that, from what
IFS inclined to the opinion that the
only crime for which the Sox players
tcould be prosecuted is that of gamo-
Hing or conspiracy to gamble, which
3s reported also TO be displeased with
the manner in which his assistants
hero have conducted the probe.
\ The grand Jurors today expreesed
doubt of NE authority of Mr.. Hoyne
30 stop their inquiry or to return of
fthe indictments and prepared to pro-
coed with tho inquiry, They pointed
Fowt that ths jury has this rigt to ex-
rs,iude the states attorney from its de-
kJiberatiens.
Reports are current here that the
white SoK players threw themselves
Peut Of the pennant race this year
rBrfctv Owens, an American I.eague
f1impife, charged that Cieotfa fiaid
tdown" in the series with Boston a
f5n0nth ago.
fCicette would put lots of 'stufr
hon the bali ND to the third strike,'
Owens said, then he would send
oyer a. groayed fast ball without a.
thing on it, His work could scarcely
he detected from the stands but there
was a. lot of eofhment among the
players"
AnetheF umpire who refused ts
SpeFmit his name to be used charges
that the White Sex threw one of the
:ganes in Cleveland last week.
: mails pitched for Cleyeiand," this
umpire said, "aHd he did not have a
tthing.'' But the Soy players did not
Init him and the Indians won the
game.
Pha remnants of the White seX
ball club will leave today. for st,
Louis where they will open their final
series of the season tomorrow: MAN.
9egeF Gleason and tine players express
ked confidence that they would make
Ia geed showing and all refused to
admit that they are as yet definitely
tput OF the peRHaHt race.