Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-25
JURY UNCOVERS
STORY OF PLOT
IN 1919 SERIES
Believed Investigators Have
Located Alleged sFixers'
Players Involved.
SCANDAL CASE CROWS

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-The names Of tbs
alleged s'fxers" Of the 1919 worlds series
are known to the Cook County special
grand jury and the inside story" OF
the plot to throw the series has been
revealed, it was intimated here today.
Indictments Of, the chief ''hxers," sew
| eral gamblers and a number Of base
ball players probably viii be voted, ac-
cording to Indignation from an euthori-
tative source. The investigation, how
ever, is marking time until next Tuesday,
VIXEN it will be resumed with mum
Der Of well-known baseball men sub
Admissions made hJ n Fl. Brigham,
foreman Of the grand jury, reveal that
1.-THE attention of the jury has been d.
rected TO the names Of Arnold Rothstein,
a well known New Yorker, who owns
controlling interest in the Havre de
Grace race track; Abe Attell. former
featherwetght boxing champion; Bill
Burns, former White Sox and Cincinnati
pitcher, and Hal Chase, former first
baseman OF the Yankees, White Sex,
Cincinnati and New York Giants
.'Nicky'' Arnstein and Max Blumenthai
are mentioned as having prohted by the
operations Of the alleged ring.
The story OF the plot as revealed here
from supposedly authentic sources Is
! that Hal Chase approached Abe Attell
! asking him If he could find any one who
would pay 100000 to have the 1919 series
fixed" Attell is said to have approached
1 Roth STEM, who declined, according TO re-
I ports, to consider the proposition. At
+ tell is alleged, however TO have reported
! to Chase that the deal bad been made
The members Of the White Sox who
were involved were to be paid $1,000
/ after TIE first game was lost, and the
/ balance ia regular intsalments until the
series ended.
i LOOKS AS IF
ABE PUT 1T OVER.
AtteIl is said to have obtained backing
/ for his scheme by interesting number
/ Of well-known Eastern gamblers VINO
came to Chicago before the word 8
/ series, established betting headquarters
and won heavily by taking all the Chicago
/ money that was offered on the Wnlte
Foreman Brigham refused to discuss
4 IN detail the Information the jury has
/ obtained. He said however, that several
} ball players face Indictment on charge
Of conspiracy to defraud. -.
II Will say this much, Brigham salo'
! Chicago and the baseball world viii be
amazed at the facts we have uncovered
f in connection with crooked gambling on
/ baseball. think the first bomb win be
Many more subpoenaes, Brigham SAID
are going out next week and RUDE Ben
/ ton, New York Giants pitcher, prob
ably VIII De recallel =.
Charles A. Comiskey, owner OF the
/ W6ite SOx, referring to reported worta
series plots, said today Ia would nre
+ any member Of the team found guilty Q.
+ crookedness by the grand jury, even II
! IL meant wrecking bis pennant chances
+ Comiskey declared he would close his
park unless honest baseball players.
could be secured.
/ simultaneously with Jury Foreman
/ Brigham's statement, came -one from
+ President Charles A Comiskey OF the
I Chicago American League Club, saying
1 he had not hadsthe full support Of Presi-
/ dent Johnson Of the American League ~
his attempt to run down charges OF
] crooked work by some players on MS
team After seeing this statement, Presl-
I dent August Hermann Of the Cincln-
! natl Club. Chica COS opponents In the
world series said He knew positively
/ President Johnson made an eager inves-
/ tigation."
President johnson. when he testified
I before the grand jury Wednesday, told
reporters he had given the jury evil
dence which, he believed, proved that
/ star players had attempted to throw
+ gaines last year but had no evidence
I of such actions this year.
A statement attributed to President
/ johnson quoted him as saying he had
( received reports that gamblers. who are
! said to have fixed last years world
series. had threatened Chicago players
/ implicated with exposure II they won
the pennant this year and had told them
they must lose in the present series with
! Cleveland Chicago won Thursday, but
was defeated Friday, TO o. Members
Of the team in Cleveland today charac-
/ terized this report as foolish.