The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-27
Zimmerman And Hal
 Chase Are Dropped
Report That No Club Tn Either League Will Claim Them Has This Any Connection With Crusade Against
 Gambling By Players?


 New York, Feb. 27-The biggest sensation in modern baseball is due to break within the next few days.
 It is understood that Hal Chase, first baseman, and Heine Zimmerman, third baseman, of the Giants, have played their last big league game, and their retirement at a time when both are valuable assets to the Gants, will cause nationwide surprise.
 During the meeting of the National and American Leagues in Chicago wo weeks ago it was rumored thai Lee Magee, former Yankee, who la5t l year played with the Cubs, was to be | waived out of baseball by mutual con- sent of the club owners. Since then 1 Magee has been waived out and to [ date not even one minor league mag nate has asked for his services
 A newspaperman spoke to Magee about this matter His reply was:
 ''Well, Bill, if they are going to pull such a trick on me I guarantee you that I won't be the goat alone; al least one other player will go along with me" He did not specify who the other player was.
 Last fall Manager John McGraw of the Giants, suspended Zimm erman and announced immediately afterwaro that Zimmerman never again would play another game in a Giant mi. l form
 McGraw has been quoted that ns 1 intends to give George Kelly every | opportunity to be the regular hrs, i Daseman of the Giants this yeaI i Chase, by the way, announced few 1 days ago that it is very doubtful if he
 T. A k zI doing well financially in another bus | mess.
 Last winter Chase was given 2 hearing by John A Heyder, president | of the National League, on the charges of gambling These charge' were brought by Christy Mathewson I who managed the Cincinnati club il 1918 Mathewson was not present a the trial being detained in Franc. because of -44s duties as captain in th4 gas, flame and chemical division Chase was finally given a clean biS l of hea1th-
 It understood in baseball circle that waixerR are tD be asked on Chase Zimmerman and AGagee, and that non,
 of the clubs in either of the biI Ieagues will claim the players Wh.
 
 calm any of these men has not bee1 disclosed by the clubs that own them These three players are pretty wei
 along in baseball eXpeTRance, and it considered dD4aHDtful whether the,
 would be of mwrh va1we tD any team
 The news about the waiving out c ] these three players calls attention t ! another situation in the nainna 1 game.
 1 For two years the National Com
 mission and the club owners of bot
 the American and National League
 have fought to stop gambling in base
 ball Certain players who have bee
 alleged to bet heavily on games, an 1 often against their own team. hay
 been tra1led for weeks at a time b
 private detectives
 l During the latter part of last sea
 son a certain tnfieg6er on one of tn
 leading teams was openly accused b
 a teamnate of throwing games q
 you don't take that fellow out of tn
 game immediately I'll quitI'' was th demand made on inc nanager- An
 the accused player was suspended Two years ago a second baseman
 the National League was accused
 betting against his own team in | game played in Boston It was c1ain , ed by those who knew that despi1 | this players effort to have his teal beaten, his club finally won out TT 1 player gave bookmaker a check fc e $500, the amount he lost It prove
 to be worthless. and on the team b i next trip to Boston the player w. e arrested
 y The manager of the team. fearfr e the announcement of the scandl 6 would seriously hurt baseball, pa e the bookmaker out of his own pock | and the charges were with drawn
 few weeks later the player was trat = ed to another team