New-York tribune., 1920-09-30
Men known as Sullivan
and Brown Accused as
Fixers; $4,000 Given
to Williams and FeIsch
Cicotte Suspected
On Last Trip East
McCraw Testifies ON Chase
and Zimmerman; Asked
to Get Toney and Kauf

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Confession
from Claude Williams and Oscar
Felsch, admitting they were bribed
by gamblers to throw last years
world series, were made public TO-
day. The grand jury investigating
the baseball scandal also took it's
first action against gamblers, who
are said to have engineered the deal,
by indicting men whose identity was
only partly revealed.
Brown" and Sullivan" were the
names under which true bills were
voted against the gamblers. They
were said to be from Boston or New
York. Later, however, it became
known that the jury believed these
names to be fictitious and used only
by the men when they discussed the
series throwing with the ball play
ers. Possibility that they are two
men whose names already have been
brought before the jury and who are
nationally known was expressed BY
officials in the State Attorneys
office.
The statement by Williams and
the newspaper reports of Felsch's
confession tailed with those made
yesterday by Eddie Cicotte and Joe
Jackson. They revealed that last
years world series was settled in q
room in small South Side hotel.
In this room, occupied by !Cicotte,-
once the American Leagues leading
pitcher, the deal was made which,
threw the world series,l wrecked (
world championship team and
brought some of the greatest idols
in baseball to disgrace.
Williams Tells of Meeting Gamblers
According to the sworn statement
made by Williams, who lost three
of the world series games, he and
"Chick" Gandil, Buck" Weaver, Ed
die Cicotte, who lost two games. and
HAPPY" Felsch, whose error helped
lose one game, met there to barter with
Brown" and Sullivan" to lose the
games.
After we had agreed that we were
willing to throw the SERIES" Williams
said, eve went out one at time and
made our bargains with Brown and
Sullivan"
Williams said he received $4,000.
and that he gave $4,000 to Jackson, a
statement which tallies with the con-
fession made by jackson yesterday.
Williams was supposed to get $4,000.
he said.
Fclsch, according to renorts NJ his
confession, said he received $4,000,
which he found in his locker at the
clubhouse, but that he never had a
chance to really help lose the series.
McGraw Testifies
tional League, and John McGraw. man
ager of the New York Giants, to-day
told the jury details of the Lee Maeee
and Hal Chase cases and also of the
dropping of Heinie Zimmerman. Me-
Graw was requested to- return Tuesday
and bring Fred Toney, New York
pitcher, and Benny Kauff, outfelder.
Heydler was asked to appear again at
his convenience after the world series
McGraw is said to have told the jury
that he dropped Hal Chase from his
club 5, after President Heydler had told
him Magee had confessed that Chase
bribed him to throw games. He said
he had heard of many other gambling
activities of Chase's before the Maeee
case.
Zimmerman was dropped from thss.
New York team, McGraw is said f8
have told the jury, because informa~
ton had come to the New York mani
ager that the third baseman offered
Benny Kauff $500 to help throw games.
II believe Kauff was innocent" said
McGraw, "but 1 got rid of Chase and
Zimmerman, even though l knew it
would seriously injure my team, be-
cause l didn't want such men on the
club"
Jury Waits Chase, Zimmerman
McGraw also is said to have told the
jury that Toney told him he had been
offered $500 by Zimmerman to lose
game deliberately. 1t is said that the
jury subpnnaed Toney and Kauff to OBJ
tain further evidence concerning Zim-
norman and Chase. McGraw denied
that gambling or game throwing had
anything: to do with the sudden release
tional League club. He said Jean
Dubuc. former Detroit pitcher, now
with Toledo, who has been subpmnaed,
"bummed around" with Chase and Zim-
norman q great deal and might know
something of their activities.
Heydler's testimony was largely the
interview he gave newspaper men Sun-
day night, telling of his private in.
vestigation; how Comiskey had told
him a year ago that he suspected some
of the White Sox players, and how ne
ano William Veeck, president of the
Chicago Cubs. had obtained a con.
fession from Lee Magee.
When Magee Had to Help Win
Gone incident in Magee's case Ia
amusing said Heydler, "for, while
think he tried to throw this game, he
really helped win it.
'in july, 1918, Magee was playing
second for Cincinnati against Boston.
He came to bae with two out and hit
an easy grounder, which took a bad
bounce and he was safe. He was or.
dered to stea! second and ambled down.
when half wsssy to second he stopped,