Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-29
new BASEBALL
SCANDAL SPRUNG
Witness Before Grand Jury In
wolves White Sox Man
agement.
GAMBLERS ALSO POINTED OUT
East ST. Louis Theatrical Manager
Swears He Told comnskey and
Austrian All About Il last
Winter-Fad Names
Right

Chicago, Oct. 27.-New sensations in
the baseball scandal we're sprung he-
fore the grand jury investigating the
corruption of the national game.
II. q. Redmond theatrical manager
OF East ST Louis H.. was the lnost
important witness.
lie told The grand Jury that he had
given last winter to Charles A. Conn
iskey owner OF the White SGx; Harry
Grabiner. secretary of the club, and.
Alfred S. Austrian. its attorney. much
of the Information that has lately been
unearthed by tile grand jury IA IFS IN
yeStigation into the fixing" of the
1919 worlds series.
Mr.. Rediuond's story s. the FIRST d.
rect testimony unparthed by tile gralid
jury tending to show that Attorney
Austrian, Ia charge Of The iIivesilga-
tion for Comiskey, had actual evidence
against alleged crooked players before
the 1920 season started
If Mr.. Redmoud's story Is suhstan-
tiafed by other witnesses il prohaLly
will bring widespread changes in
baseball circles The S0x mana4e.
meni nov stands under The tire sc
virtually knowing last Winter thai eer-
tain players we're involved ia Tx
ing" scandal aud vel allowing those
PLAYERS to start the 1920 pennant
,ace
Mr.. Redmond informed The grand
jury tIlat he and 8a>eph resch et 81
Loul> met Mr.. 1amiSke1 and AIR.
TRAINER ~ Ar. Ausfrians office, tilaa
he and Nh Iesch named TO them as
having been brihed TO throw the
worlds series games the eight players
WHO have since been indicted. Il was
in the office of Mr.. Austrian thai tIc
so-called Lasker plan for new league
recently was drawn ~.
Mr. Redmond further Informed tae
grand jury that be AMI MIR I'escb had
given, at Mr. AuStrian's solicitation
the names of various persons who
gambled ON the Cincinnati White Sox
series.
Part of this investigation was the
examination of Mr., Redmond and Mr..
Pesch. How that examination was
conducted was told by Mr. Retiaohd
20 the grand jurors.
Neither Pesch nor was eager 10
come TO Chicago last winter to tell
what We knew or had heard OF the
CincinnatI-Whlte Sox series. Person
ally, knew little. for most OF the in
formation | had came from Peseh. u ~
the story told 10 Alfred s. Austrian
Mr. ComiSkey and Mr.. Grabiner was
told chiefly by Pesch. and | only can
tell what happened there in Mr. Aus
trians office in my presence.
"For long time before We came 70
Chicago Clyde Elliott. sam Pass and
the Ascller brothers. the Chicago mo
tion picture nen, attempted 10 per
suade us to talk. Finally Elliott tee-
plioned nae, saying he was talking for
Comiskey, aud begging me to come to
Chicago and tell Austrian aud coluis
key what knew.
'Tesch and | came up aud made two
trips TO Mr.. Austrian's office.
"Pesch said he had been told he
fore the series. hy gambler named
Levy. think, that eight White Sex
PLAYERS had been fixed. ami he lad
their names. and had them right
Pesch told Mr.. Austrian that after be.
ing given this information regarding
the worlds series he had been asked
10 place commissions. that is. bets, on
the games.
"Grnbiner asked me then If be-
lieyed that what Pesch bad said wa>
the truth. and / told him that ! did
believe ii and was fully convinced
that the White Sox had sold out.
also had a short talk with Comiskey.
I said to him I guess now that you
viii fire one or two players aud white.
wash the rest, It's probably the first
offense OF some OF them and firing the
others will teach them a lesson
"Comiskey said: Well. jackson
cost me $4,000
"VhiIe we were In Mr.. Austrian
office with Coniskey and Grabiner we
all compared notes regarding the PLAY.
ers under suspicion. Pesch's list Of
eight suspected players tailed exactIy
with the list Austrian and Comissey