The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-27
Pres. Heydler Makes Public
 His Evidence

1 Chicago, September 26.-President Heyd- Ter of the National League tonight made
 public evidence he has gathered in pri- | vate investigation of alleged baseball l gambling and game throwing" and de-
 clared President comisky of the Chicago American and Manager Gleason were con- Ivinced after the first world series game last year that the series had been fixed and sought his aid in an investigation. The matter was brought to the atten- tion of President Johnson of the Amer
 ican League, but Johnson did not seem very, enthusiastic over starting an ,n-
 vestigation, Heydler said. l Hedyler brought the name of Jean DQ- l buc, former Detroit American pitcher,
 into the affair and also hitherto unre-
 vealed details of the Hal Chase and Lee
 Magee cases.
 l Heydler said all of his evidence had been placed at the disposal of President
 Johnson, but that he did not know whether the latter was making any use
 of it.
 1 President Heydler quoted J. c. "Rube'
 Benton. New York National pitcher, as | saying, "Dubuc was the man who re-
 ceived telegrams from Bill Burns. for. mer major league pitcher. tipping him
 that the world series had been fixed. and 1 that Benton had received his information from this telegram
 l Benton told Heydler he had seen Hal Chase make one bet of $1O0 on the series, Heydler said
 :! Discussing the Magee case, MT. Heydler said he and William Veeck, president of 1 the Chicago Nationals, had obtained Ma gees confession that he had attempted l to throw a game. and that Magee had shown them check sent him by Hal Chase.
 l Heinie Zimmerman has also been ac- 1 cused of throwing games, said MT. | Heydier but he would neither confirm nor deny reports that Zimmerman was I released by the New York Nationals for
 that. Reports that Zimmerman was sus- pended a. year ago for trying to throw | game and not for breaking training as
 was announced were not denied by Mir. Heydler.
 l Tip O'Neill came to me before the first world series last year and told me Co- i miskey and Gleason felt~that something
 was wrong, but that they did not want to so to Ban Johnson because of the bad | feeling between him and Comiskey at the 1 time. I considered the matter preposter- ous at first. but after Gleason and had analysed the games I went to John- son.
 ..He dismissed me with a curt remark. continued to confer with Comiskey ana Gleason and finally gave Johnson what considered good leads. then felt it was up to him to act and not my affair. The players accused were American League men.
 Gleason told me there was no doubt in his mind that something was wrong and that someone had reached the White Sox players"
 Concerning the Chicago Philadelphia National game of August 31. which IS said to have been fixed" for Philade,- phia to win. MT. Heydler said his in yestigation convinced him that delib- crate attempt had been made by some one to injure the Chicago club.
 President Navin sent letter to Ban Johnson saying that $50.000 was bet on the game; that $10.000 of 1t was bet in Detroit" he said. This letter was turned over to me, but have been able to learn of only ss,000 bet in Cleveland and $1,300 in Cincinnati. I have not finished Investigating"
 President Heydler said that New York National League club had done more for baseball than any other club in the league.
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 McGraw deliberately wrecked ais pennant chances by getting rid of Chase and Zimmerman because of their alleged gambling and game throwing" he said.
 Discussing testimony given by Ben ton before the Cook county grand jury Heyd1er said Benton had been quoted tc him as saying Herzog offered $s0o to throw the game between Chicago and New York September 10. "But when called Benton and Her zog before me-" he continued, Benton aid Hal Chase had offered him the money and not Herzog. Benton also told me before that Me Graw told him either to start winning Tor buy . ticket home don't know just what McGraw may have meant" Fred McMullin and Buck Weave-.