The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-27
National League President De-
cIares All Crooks Fired.
Says American Leagues Only
Trouble Was in 1919.
PROBE HAS SILLY ANGLES
Heydler Declares Only One
Charge Has Been Proven.
Urges Grand Jury to Stick to
the Main Issue.

National league baseball games had
been eliminated, in the opinion of
John HeydIer, president. here to tes-
ttfy before the grand jury ipvestigat-
ing gambling on baseball
Hefnie Zimmerman, Hal Chase
and Lee Mage were thrown out of the
National league because of gambling"
Heydler said.
Attic it had been generally known
that Zimmerman, Chase and Magee
were banished because of alleged
erookedness. this was the first official
announcement OF the fact
Says Game Clean Now.
This cieansed the game IN the Ma
/ ttonal league and as far as I know.
the only scandal IN the American
league IL connected with the 1919
world series" HeydIer said
The action taken in the thinner
man case scared the others who might
have been corrupted in baseball and
they were not willing to take any
| chances now"
HeydIer said the New York Giants
CLUB deserved a great deal OF credit
in the cases OF Chase and thinner
man.
/ Heydler said he had the affidavits
I OF Rebe Benton and Charles Herzog
1 regarding alleged baseball gambling
1T merely comes down TO a dues-
/
| others" Heydler said However,
published reports OF Benton's state
ments differ from the affidavit which
he made
Lot OF silly Angles"
Declaring the investigation was de-
I veloptng "a lot OF silly angles which
beciouded the main issues HeydIer
urged the grand jury 20 stick 10 the
1 main ssue-inyestigation OF alleged
crookedness in baseball
Heydler said the National league
| has taken particular pains to carefully
| investigate every report OF crooked
/ ness, but found all except one false.
1 IT Judge Mcdonald and the grand
jury can do anything to help baseball.
they VIII receive the approval OF the
entire baseball public" Heydler said
The grand jury tomorrow will con-
tinue It's scrutiny Of the 1919 world
Il series. in which several White SoS
players were reported 10 have sold out
to gamblers.
i August Hermann, former chairman
OF the commission and president OF the
Cincinnati Reds. was today requested
by States Attorney Hoyne to appear
next Friday. bringing affidavits which
he might have relative to the matters
under investigation
Await SchaIk's Testimony.
/ Ray SchaIk. White Sex catcher, viii
appear tomorrow morning when tbs
grand jury resumes its probe. Schalk
whose integrity has never been ques.
{, toned, will be able to tell the inside
story Of the plot. according to reports
Schalk has never denied Aghtint
with two members OF the White So,
clique which - alleged to have SolC
out to the gamblers during the 1s1!
world series Reports circulated aftei
the series were that Schallx, angerec
one Of the men under suspicion. de
manded an explanation and an en-
LeounteF followed,
Schalk is re@ognized as probabl!
one Of the cleanekt players in the gam
: and officials are counting strongly Of
his testimony TO build up their case.
A subpoenA>vas Issued for Dr. r B
; Prcttyman. a>Chicago. dentist. VIII,
: was employed BY several Sox player
. to repair teeth Conversations which
! he is alleged to have had with then
will be gone into. il was said. Anothe
! baseball probe was started by fedora
authorities today.
Ban johnson Answers.
. Ban johnson. president Of tn
p American league. today answered at
r lacks by Charles Coniskey. owner 0
! the White Sox Coniskey espresso
disa approval Of Johnson's statemen
> that he heard reports that the Whit
q Sox did mot dare to win the pennaH
this year because many OF the player
q were in the grip OF the gamblers
/ This is not the time for quibblinl
! and side issues" said johnson Th
5 integrity OF professional baseball IS oil
= trial II is the only sane and thor
l method OF unravelIng mass OF ap
] pauing charges
. There was a time when authorize
( Of the game could have controlled tn
5 gambling situation when It was in IN
1 spawning period. Today, It has grow
Z to such proportions that the hand Of
stronger and sterner power has beei
{ invoked
: Backs the Grand Jury.
81 stand squarely behind the gram
: Jury and the authorities in the respou
! sibility they have assumed and vii
!. enter into no further discussion OF per
sonaI matters that only tend to mis-
lead and nzuseate the public"
Johnson accused Comiskey o
I | .-grazping at straws 70 purify his posi-
: ton with the public"
Officials today denied published re
{ portS that they had information tina
{ Nhe big gamblers had fixed the Sex I
: lose the 1870 pennant; that Clevelan
was backed by the gamblers to wi
and that Brooklyn Eas framed TO los
the world series.