Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-09-30
2 Gamblers
Indicted in
Ball Probe
Action Taken by Chicago
Grand Jury Against Men
Alleged to Have Engineered
Varld Series Plot.
More Players Confess

Chicago, Sept. 2o.--Confessions
from Claude Williams aud Oscar
Felsch, admitting that they were
bribed to throw" last years worlds
series. were made public today. and
at the same time the grand jury in
vestigating the base ball scandal
took its first action against the GAM
blers who are said to have engi-
noered the deal by indicting two
men whose identity was only partly
revealed.
Brown and Sullivan" we're the
names under which true bills were
voted against the alleged gamblers,
and both were said to be from Bos-
ton or New York. Later. however.
it<came out that the jury believed
these names to be mythical and used
by the men only when they dis
cussed the series throwing" with
tn. players. Possibility that they
are the two men whose names al
ready have been brought before the
jury and who are nationally known,
was expressed by an official in the
states attorneys office.
Deal Made in Hotel.
The statement by Williams and
the newspaper reports OF felsehs
confession tailed with those made
Yesterday by Eddie Cicotte and Joe
Jackson. They revealed that last
wears worlds series was settled .sa
a tiny room III a small South Side
hotel.
In this room occupied by Eddie
Ccotte, once the American leagues
leading pitcher, the deal was made
which threw the worlds series,
wrecked worlds championship
team and brought some of the great
est idols in base bali TO disgrace.
According to the sworn. statement
made by Claude Williams, who lost
three of the worlds series games:
he and Chick" Gandil, Buck
Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, who lost
two games, and Happy Felsch,
whose error helped lose one game;
met here to barter with Brown
and Sullivan" to lose the games.
after we had agreed that We
were willing to throw the series,
Williams said. 1--WE went out. one az
a time, and made our bargains with
Brown and Sullivan
Statements Tally.
Williams said he received Sl0oou
and that he gave $1,000 to Jacksor.a
statement which tallics with the con-
fession made by Jackson Yesterday.
He was supposed to get S1o.ooo, ne
said. -.
Felsch, according to reports Of his
confession. said he received .SoOoo,
which he found in his locker at the
club house, but that he never had
a chance to really help lose the
SERIES"
His one glaring error OF the series
when he dropped a fly ball, was
an accident and lie was v-crned
afterwards by the other players not
to be so awkward in making his
misplays, he was quoted as saying.
The outfielder declared he didn't
want to get in Oh the dear at
first, but the other players at the
Warner hotel conference. told him
it would be easy. He said he had
been promised $4,000 bit was
double crossed. Abe Atteil and
Gandil were the ones he believed
guilty of the double crossing.
Felsch denied that the White SoH
had thrown any games this season
and said the men implicated in the
bribery had felt all season that they
would be exposed sooner or later.
He confirmed the confessions OF Ci-
cote and Jackson made yesterday.
New York Men on Stand.
President Heylder and John Nc
Graw, manager OF the New Yorl,
Giants, told the jury details
of the Lee Magee and Hal Chase
cases and also concerning the drop
ping OF Heinie Zimmerman. Nc.
Graw was requested TO return Tues
day and bring Fred Tonsy, New
York pitcher and Benny kauff, OUT
fielder, with him. Heydler was
asked TO appear again at his con-
venience after the world series.
McGraw is said to have told the
jury that he dropped Hal Chase
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