Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-30

Tess .--lndlctme nts were voted against
eight baseball stars to-day and confess
sions obtained from two Of them. VIXEN
the Old Roman. Charles A. Comiskey.
owner Of the oft-tim champion Chicago
White Sox smashed his penna chasing
machine TO clean up baseball The con
fessions told how the Sox threw last
years worlds championship to Cincin-
natl for money paid by gamblers.
Sevcn Sox regulars and one former
player comprise the players against
whom true hills were voted oy the Cook
COUNT grand Jury and the seven were
suspended ny Mr.. Com
iskey. With his team only one game
behind the league lea ding Cleveland
Indians, tho White Sox owner served
notice on his seven stars that. " they
were found guilty. he would drive
thesr cut OF organized ba seball for the
rest OF tier lives
CTCOTTD IN TEARS
Offi,tAls Of Chief Justice Charles
McDonslds court. DESTROYS Of giving
the national game the benefit OF pub
ltcity in ga purs1ng. lifted tho curtain
on the grand jury proceedings suffi-
GENTLY to show a grea. hitter. Joe
Jackson. declaring that he deliberately
just tapped The bail, picture Of one
a. the worlds most famous pitchers.
"icotte, in tears, and glimpses of al
legged hribes of $4,000 or $4,000 dis
covered under pillows. or on beds by
famous athletes about 70 retire.
Around the court room at one time
or another were some of haseha II 8
greatest leaders. among them John ].
McGraw manager Of the New York
Giants. awaiting a call to testify to-
morrow, and John Heydler. president
Of the, National League, who went he
fore the grand Jurors this afternoon
THE INDICTED PLAYERS
The exact nature Of the information
Mr.. Comiskey put before the grand
Jury was not disclosed. The men whom
the Jury involved as a result Of tes-
timony uncovered by their owner were:
Eddie Cicotte. star pitcher. who
waived immunity and confessed. ac-
cordine to court attaches, that he took
a $4,000 bribe.
Arnold Gandil, former first baseman.
"shoeless Joe" Jackson. heavy hitting
left fielder.
Oscar Hap Felsch. cer,er fielder.
Charles "Swede" Risherg. short stop.
Claude Williams, pitcher.
THE OLD ROMAN ACTS
While the grand Jurors voted their true
bills the old Roman. seated in the midst
Of his crumblng empire out AT White
Sox park. issued the telegram suspend
ing those involved. paid off Weaver,
Cicotte and Jackson on the spot. and an
nounced that checks for pay due the
others would be sent them AT once.
With his voice trembling. Mr.. Comiskey
who has owned the white Sox since the
To-. :
this was the first time scandal had ever
touched his family" and that 1t dis
| tressed him too much TO talk about It.
| The rush Of players to bare their part
| In the affair started to-day when Cicotts
appeared at criminal court building and
asked permission to testify. Cicott'
wept, court attaches said. and exclaimed
| In anguish his sorrow for his two small
children as he told how he did his utmos
| to lose rather than win the 1919 worlc
series after he had found" $4,000 be
| meath his pillow where 1t had beer
placed by professional gamblers.
He said he obbed the ball to the plate
so slowly you could read the trade
mark on 1t" in the hrst game At Cincin
natl. when he was taken out of the no,
after three and two-thirds innings hac
been played,
Cicotte. according to court attaches
told the grand jury he received s10,np
from the gamblers. finding the none.
! under his pillow when ne returned to hi
hotel room on the night before the hrs
game at Cincinnati. Il refused to ptci
ball until | got It," they quoted hin
as saying.
Jackson. it was said, testified he wa
promised s2oooo by Chick Gandil bu
received only 5000 Claude Williams
according to the witnesses. got $4,000
cIcoTTEs STORY
Eddie Cicotte told the grand jury.
was announced that he received 5000
for his part In losing the series. II
never saw the man who paid the money
he said, He was told he would flnd tn
$4,000 under his pillow in his hotel room
on the night before the game at Gin
cinnati, and when he returned TO hi
room the money was there,
Joe Jackson received $S,o0o. Lik
Cicotte he found the money In his be
when ne returned 10 his room on tn
night before the nrst game.
A court oficial who was present whe
Cico:ts went on the stand described tn
scene when the star pitcher broke dow
and cried as he told the jury Of his PAL
| III tHe ber1es
My God, think of my children" h
cried. Cicotte has two small children.
"I'vs lived a thousand wears In the Las
year" the crurt oficisl quoted him a
saying.
Il never did anything ! regretted s
much In my life." the witness added, az
cordinR 10 the State oficial. II woul
give anything In the world II I coul
undo nv arts in the last Uorld'a seie
I've played crooked game and hay
lost and am here n tell the who
truth"
, I'm the fourth game played at Chicas
which 7 also lost, 7 deliberately inte
cepted a throw from the outfield to n
. plate which might have cut of a run.
, muffed the ball on purpose. At anoth'
time In the same game I purposed
made wild throw. All the runs score
> against me were due to my own delibe
, ate errors. I did not try to win"
WHAT THE RECORDS SHOW
Last years world series records sho
that In the nrst inning OF the Ar
game he started by hitting Rath, the AR
Cincinnati batter, in the back. Daube
followed with a single over second ba.
, that sent Rath to third and he score
= when Groh flied to Jackson. Rath bea
ing Jackson's throw TO the plate.
: Chicago tied this run In the next il
8 ming, Kopf putting Jackson on secor
: with a wild throw. Felsch sacrihc,
him ~ third ana Gandil dropped a litt
- '-'-' - r.-".- scoring Jackson