El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-07


nASEBAl-L disgrace which climaLed
Il recently when players OF the Chi
caEo White SoE. champions o.
the American league, were indicted
on charges Of throwing games In the
worlds series. has been an open Sc
Cret for ten months
Practically every one connected
with baseball knew that the series
in Cincinnati. the first two and the
final game especially was not played
honestly
50 openly and so VIGOROUSLY was
the attempted prostitution OF the
worlds series carried out that before
the first bail was pitched huncreds
hgIfeved that the thing was fixed
and that the gamblers az last had
succeeded in corrupting the sport
which had been considered incorrup-
tIble-
"a was my misfortune TO Be com
PEELED 70 reveal the truth concerning
The playing Of the series
The night that the worlds Sc
rice ended and Claude Williams
lost the fluaI game in the first
frufnr I wrote in the Fl Pago
Herald. There are seven or
the CHICAGO white Sex who
viii not be on the team next
rnrfnn.n Ny authority was
The team. who then believed that
IFS team had been corrupted. Ia
ter. on advice Of friends and his
lawyer, and torn by doubts he
allowed All save one to return TO
the team
But for the catching OF two fierce
line drives the Reds would nave
scored early and often IN the -esl
came. Yet not a score was Fae-a-
tered until the fourth inning In the
ffrst half Of that inning with runners
on second and third for Chicago can
dill acted as u he was afraid he might
1-ft The ball safely. he choked his
hat and jabbed at the BAH for an
easy out
Williams issued Uwo passes anQ
Rousch SLAPPED q hit past second
which RisberE almost reached. F'eiach
grabbed the bali and hurled Il use
Iessly toward the plate The heqs
cot three runs. Only the great flelc-
5nr Of Eddie Collins prevented them
from getting more
eehaII- Begins Fighting
That night there was a clash when
killed the last hopes Of the White
sor-or the honest ones among them
prv schz7lz. The greatest and gamesL
lftfIe catcher in the business fignting
-ri4h every ounce Of nerve in MS BODY
and desperate over defeat. informed
-rsrarer Gleason in detail as to what
ia happened lie told Gleason that
-sueatediy. fin the opening game Of
the series. Cicotte had pitched strai gnt
bsus with nothing on them when
ne had signa1ed for sinners Or curves.
re said that in the decisive inning q
the second Eame-the fourth IL
Tfzrus had Crossed him" four times
pitching straight balls when he or
dared curves.
aHow many times has ne crossed
rou this season. Gleason demanded.
Not once during the year
ShalE. that evening. IN cur rooms
told several Of us that things looked
had. He told rs about what he had
told Gleason He had already ac-
cused two BAH players Of crooked
work TO their faces, and yet refused
10 charge them publicly with trying
10 lose the series
That night q bunch o. gan1bier1
and sports, drunk walked through
the crowded lobby OF the sinton'
singing
asrhey are nlrays throwing bail
Elmegs
Throwing bail games IN the air.
Yet presidents johnson and
HeydIer could not learn cf any
thing wrong with the series
Cou1fsIrev, however had sum
rnoued a swarm Of detectives
met Eddie Cicotte the evening Of
the second game and VIC chatted
for n time.
you know what they are sayinE
about Toul i asked