Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
CICOTTE AND JACK SON
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by the Cook county Grand jury lnvestigat-
ing throwing Of baseball games, according
10 Hartley Reploglc. assistant State 3
attorney in charge of the inquiry. Abe
Attell former featherwcight champion,
and Arnold Rothstein, of New York. were
said by Replosle to have been involved in
testimony presented TO the grand jury.
Attell, il was said, handled the money paid
White Sox players for throwing the 1919
world series.
More BAN players may be indicted. IL
was also indicated by Replogle, after the
grand Jury has heard the testimony today
Of Presidents johnson and Heydler, OF the
American and National Leagues.
Copies Of telegrams sent prior and dur
ing the 1919 scr.es by Hal Chase and Bin
Burns, former major league players, have
been obtained by Ileydler for prcscnta-
tion to the grand jury,
John ]. McGraw, manager Of the Giants
also has been asked by the grand Jury to
appear today 10 tell about the release Of
Hal Chase, Lee Magec and Hcinie Zim-
norman by the Giants last year.
"Cicotte told the jury that he under
stood the eight players were TO get $50, 900
but that they were double crossed by the
gamblers and so far as he knew only three,
himself, Jackson and Williams, ever re-
ceived any money for throwing the series.
The amounts they were TO have received,
he said were:
Eddie Cicotte, pitcher, $4,000
Claude Williams, pitcher, $4,000.
Charles Risberg, shortstOp, $4,000.
Buck Weaver, third baseman, $1,000.
Joe Jackson, left fielder, S5,O00
Happy Felsch, center fielder, $1,000.
Chick GandIll former first baseman,
$4,000
Fred McMullin, utility player, $4,000.
With tears IN his eyes Cicotte told the
grand jury how he had lobbed the ball up
to the Cincinnati batters in the FIRST game
OF the series so they could read the trade
mark on it" Repenting after having
thrown two games, he said, he pitched
hard TO win his third start. Either Can
dill. who Cicotte said, first arranged the
throwing" or Abe Attell, the go between
OF the gamblers, got SIS, 900 which the
eight PLAYERS were 10 have received.
When Joe jackson left the grand jury
room after his confession, a crowd of small
BOYS gathered round their heavy hitting
idol and asked:
'It isn't true, is it Joe?'
"Yes, boys, I'm afraid it is, Jackson
replied.
Cicotte and Jackson were not promised
immunity in return for their confessions
Replogle said
The eight were suspended by President
Comiskey of the Sox. as soon as he had
heard Cicotte's confession and turned
him over to the clubs attorney, Alfred
Austrian, to be taken before the grand
jury.
Manager Gleason, of the Sox, declared
the remaining members were still fighting
in the pennant race and would start their
closing three-game series at st. Louis
Friday determined to do all they could to
win in spite of the upheaval which took
seven regulars out of the lineup.
Both Weaver and Felsch denied having
taken any part in a frame up" to toss the
series to the Reds. Williams said he would
tell his story to the grand jury if called
and would not discuss it further.
Nobody has got anything on me, :" said
Williams. my word is as good as Jack
sons. They are not stampeding me. am
not talking for publication"
Weaver declared his batting average of
1873 and four errors in30chances during the
series were his alibi and vigorously denied
he received any money for helping to
''throw" games, or knew anything of the
scheme.
ut is all bunk as far ay ] am concerned"
said 'fHap" Felsch ~ nave always been
on the square All want is a chance TO
face the grand jury"
"Had we played anything like our regrl-
lar game we would have come home with
the pennant cinched We all hope the
grand jury will look into this end of the
affair IL it fails to act we may take some
action ourselves we can get hold of the
players we feel sure did the cheating"
John Collins, veteran FIRST baseman Of
the White Sox, said:
'We are sorry in way for the fellows
who are caught in this jam, but we are
glad everything is going TO be shown up.
"We suspected some of them in the
worlds series and we suspected them
again because of the way they played on
the last eastern trip"
Red Faber, veteran pitcher, who carried
his club to victory in the 1917 worlds
series, said the playing of the Sox on the
eastern trip made some of the others be-
lieye something was crooked
at looks like we were double crossed in
the worlds series last year and in the pen
nant race this year, but we are not
through yet.
1--WE viii go to st. Louis with ball
team on which every man will be trying
and we will fight to get into the worlds
series.
"If we land we viii be sure of one thing
we will not have Judas on the team
when we go into the big series"