Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-10-08
CICOTTE ADMITS
100000 BRIDE
White Sox Pitcher Took $4,000
and Joe Jackson Got
$4,000.
EIGHT PLAYERS ARE INDICTED
Confession of Star TwirIer Results in
Drastic Action by Owner comis-
key, Who Suspends Seven
Great Players.

Chicago, Sept. 3O-After Eddie CT
eotte, star hurler of the White Sox, had
confessed to the grand jury that he had
accepted a bride of $4,000 as his
share of a gamblers fund, the jury in
dicted eight White Sox players for
throwing" the 1919 worlds series to
Cincinnati. Joe Jackson, another White
Sox star, confessed that he had re-
ceived $4,000 and that he was in on the
conspiracy to throw the games.
Cicotte and Jackson said that Chick
Gandil, former member of the White
Sox team, had distributed the money
among eight players. A fund of more
than 100000 is said to have been paid
to crooked players by gamblers.
Those indicted are:
Arnold (Chick) Gandil, first base
man.
Fred McNullin, utility infelder.
Oscar (Happy) Felsch, center fielder.
Edward Cicotte, pitcher.
Claude Oefty) Williams, pitcher.
Joe Jackson, outfielder
man.
Charles (Swede) Risberg, shortstop.
If the players are found guilty in the
criminal court, each may be sent to the
penitentiary for five years or fined
$4,000, or both.
The exact amount of money received
by each Of the eight players is known
to the states attorneys Office and the
grand jury. The jury also has the
names of gamblers who aided Abe At
tell, former prize fighter, in carrying
the money from the gambling trust to
the players.
The confessions of Cicotte and Jack
son reveal the most amazing story of
crooked craftsmanship ever told in
America The White Sox players were
fixed" before the world series with
Cincinnati started
Cicotte was paid his money before he
pitched his first game. The money was
placed under his pillow in the hotel,
according to a prearranged plan with
the gamblers Cicotte carried out his
part of the agreement and lost the first
two games that he pitched in the Sc
ries
On these games the gamblers cleaned
up several hundred thousand dollars.
Jackson fold the jurors that he had
demanded $4,000 from the gamblers.
They refused that amount, however.
and he compromised on $4,000. Like
Cicotte, he found the money under his
pillow on his bed the night before the
first game was played with Cincinnati.
Seven members of the White Sox
team were suspended by Charles A.
Comiskey, owner of the team, when Ed
die Cicotte's confession implicated them
in the alleged fixing of the 1919 worlds
series.
The players suspended are Risberg.
McN1ullin. Jackson, Felsch, Weaver,
Williams and Cicotte.
Gandil, the eighth man indicted, was
dropped by the White Sox in the spring,
when he was reported as having held
out because OF disagreement over sal
airy with Comiskey.
The dropping of the players Will
mean that team made up mostly of
substitutes will be depended upon to
complete the season in the White Sox
fight to win the American league pen
nant from Cleveland
Following is the text of Comiskey's
letter suspending the players:
Chicago, Sept. 26.-To Charles Ris-
berg, Fred McNIullin, Joe Jackson, Os-
car Felsch, George Weaver, G. P. Will
liams and e. V. Cicotte:
you and each of you are hereby no
titled of your indefinite suspension as
a member of the Chicago American
league baseball club (the White Sox).
your suspension is brought about
by Information which has just come to
me directly involving you and each of
investigated by the present grand jury
of Cook county, resulting from the
worlds series of 1919.
''If you are innocent of any wrong
doing you and each of you will be re-
linstated, if you are guilty you will be
retired from organized baseball for the
restof your lives if can accomplish it.
"Until there is a finality to this in
vestigation it is due to the public that
take this action, even though it costs
Chicago the pennant.
"Chicago American League Baseball
Club.
by CHARLES A. COMISKEY."