South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-29
White SOx Ball Players
Admit ThrO70ing Games "

the 1919 world series after he had
"found" $4,000 beneath his pillow
where IL had been placed by prOfes-
sional gamblers.
Cicottc COnfesses.
lie said he lobbed the ball TO the
plate so slowly you could read the
trade mark on il" in the first game
Of Cincinnati when ne was taken out
+ OF the box after three and two
thirds innings had been played. A
court official who was present when
CicOtte went on the stand described
! the scene when the star pitcher
broke down and cried as he told the
jury OF his part in the series fixing"
My God, think OF my children"
he cried. CicOtte has two small
I children.
I've lived thousand lives in the
last year the court official quoted
him as saying.
I never did anything 1 regretted
so much In my life the witness add
ed.
Il would give anything in the
world If 1 could undo my acts in the
last world series. I've played a
crooked game and ] have lost and 1
am here TO tell the whole truth"
Deliberately Errors.
In the fourth game. played at
Chicago. which I also lost. / deliver
ately intercepted a throw from the
outfield 10 the plate which might
. have cut off q run. ] muffed the
. ball on purpose. At another time in
the same game / purposely made a
( wild throw. All the runs scored
! against me were due 10 my own de-
Hibernate errors. I did not try 10 win. q"
The story Cicotte is said 20 have
told the jurors follows in every es-
sent:al particular that told At Phil
adelphia by Maharg Tuesday night.
I'm the first game at Cincinnati, /
was knocked out Of the box Cicotte
told the jury. according to the court
official. Il wasn't putting thing
on the bill. You could have read
/ the trade mark on il when l lobbed
the ball up 10 the plate
Last Years Record
Last years worlds series records
show that in the first inning of the
first game. Cicotte started by hitting
Rath. the first Cincinnati batter
| Daubert followed with a single over
second base that sent Rath 10 third
and he scored when Groh flied 70
Jackson. Rath beating Jackson S
throw TO the Ilate.
Chicago tied this run in the next
inning, Kopf putting Jackson on sec
ond with a wild throw Felsch sacri-
feed him 10 third and Gandil
dropped a little fly safely in center,
| scoring Jackson.
The end of Cicottes pitching and
the runs that ultimately won the
game were scored by Cincinnati in
the fourth inning. All the damage
was done with two out With Kopf
on first Neale and Wingo singled
and Reuther, the hard hitting Gin
cinnau pitcher. drove a three base
hit 10 the centerfield bleachers. Rath
doubled and Daubert singled. the
combination resulting in five runs.
Wilkinson took CicOtteis place after
Daubert's single and Groh flied TO
Felsch. The final score of this game
was nine 10 one.
The fourth game, played at Chi
cago, was also deliberately thrown
away. according 10 court officials,
who heard Cicorte's story 10 the
grand jury. The Reds won this game
by a score of two to nothing.
CicOttc errors
Ring, pitching for Cincinnati, held
the American league champions TO
three hits. Both Cincinnati runs were
made in the fifth inning. when two
. of Cincinnad's hits were punched
with a wild throw 10 first by CT
cote and a bad throw TO the plate
by Jackson which the pitcher inter
cepted and muffed. The play of this
inning was sent over the press wires
as follows:
"Roush was out. Schalk 10 Gandil.
the ball rolling half way 20 the pitch
er's box. Duncan was safe when CT
cote threw his drive wide 70 first.
the ball going 10 the stand and Dun
can reaching second. Kopf singled
10 left and Duncan Stopped at third
/ but scored when jackson threw wild
to the plate. Kopf reached second.
Correction: The official scorer gives
Cicotte the error for muffing Jack
sons throw. Neale sent one over
, Jackson's head and Kopf scored
Neale reached second. 1t was a two
base hit Wingo out, Ed Collins TO
Gandil. Neale going 70 third. Ring
drove a vicious grounder that Ed
Collins got and threw him out az
first. Two runs. two hits, two errors"
Play Sharply.
The rest Of the game was played
( sharply and 50 far as the records
show, Clearly. Cicotte pitched
through the nine innings
Cicotte's next appearance in the
D SUITES Nuo ia Lut elAlu game Wneu
/ Cincinnati had four victories TO its
I credit against one defeat Richard
Kerr the diIninutive left handed
/ pitcher, had shut out the National
, league champions in the third game
( CicOtte went through nine innings
] and held his opponents to seven
/ hits. Chicago won the game 10 l.
| Jackson and Felsch each got two
/ hits and drove in all of Chicago s
/ runs
Billy Maharg, Philadelphia prize
I fighter who Tuesday night in Phila-
! delphta issued a statement connect
: inc Cicotte with the gambling deal,
I and charging Abe Attell. former
/ fighter. headed the gambling clique.
! asserting that the Sox were double
( crossed by Atteu and never receiv-
ed 500. 900 which had been promis-
/ ed them. IL was late in the series
I before they found this out. Maharg
I asserted, as Attell kept postponing
I the day OF settlement. saying he
needed the money To bet.
Williams Implicated.
1 Besides the two defeats registered
1 against Cicotte in the series three
i others were chalked up against
I Claude Williams The latter.
side arm left handler was wild in
( the second and fifth games. which