Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-06
Furt1o 'pqliry .sebaII Scandal
stimony That Zimmerman Offered Kauff $125,a Game If He Proved Adept at Los ing.

Chicago, Oct. 5.-Evidence which off cials in the states attorneys office said would result as the indictment of sev- eral national league baseball players was given the Cook taunty grand jury to- day by players and cub officials who tes- tified in the inquiry into the baseball scandal.
 There will be no indictCents for ten l days or more however, for the jury ad- l burned after today's session subject to l eall and it is not expected to reconvene | until after the worlds series. Adjourn hlent was taken because it was found | that several witnesses scheduled to tes- l tify are attending the series games. John McGraw, manager of tN.e New l York Giants; Charles Stoneham, president of the club Benny Kauff, outfielder; Lar
 ty Doyle, second baSeinan; Fred 3Tols.y,
 Pitcher, and Trainer Mackall; Hughey
 Jennings, Detroit manager; Jean Dubuc, | Toledo pitcher and ''lild" Gleason, c .'ca- l go White Sox manager were the witness Ss.
 l The New York testimony centered
 sbout activities of Heinie Zimmerman
 and Hal Chase in connection with all tsged game throwing" and tended, Mo Graw said, to clear Kauff and Toney oi participation i'll any crooked work.
 Kauff and Toney 6ld the jury of of Gers made them by Zimmerman tc l throw games. Each said he refused
 the offer and reported it to McGraw ant
 Stoneham. The latter two confirmed tn,
 testimony of the players.
 | McGraw again denied that gambIin,
 had anything to do with the release O
 sNauff to Toronto this summer, saying i was due to the fact that kauff's playin, l Slumped when he began worrying oVe
 charges made against him that he ha, received stolen automobile. Chase and Zimmerman are the onl, p1en who ever played on my team wh are guilty of any wrong doing, in- m. "pinion," McGraw said.
 , Zimmermans offer to Kauff was SIP
 game with an increase if the outfelde , Troved adept at losing, Kauff testified
 Jennings was questioned concernin lets alleged to have been placed in De troit on the Chicago, National Leagu
 game of August 31, but told newspaper 'aen he had been able to supply littl definite information.
 2 Mackal denied that he had seen any thing to indicate crooked work anon the Giants players.
 Gleason told the jury he had no definit . Information 0pncerrl Ing throwing" C games this season by his men, but sai
 there were some things in connectio
 with the last eastern trip, when the teaI
 dumped badly. which looked suspicion
 Dubuc gave the jury a telegram h
 said he received from Bill Burns, form [ CT major league pitcher, telling him {
 bet on Cincinnati in the worlds sere. 7 He said he had been informed prior 1 : the series that it was fixed" for Cir II cinaati to win. His testimony zorro, l. orated &'at g,a previously by Rubs | | Benton. New York National pitcher M
 An official of Fhe state afforney's offiC s said that todays testimony showed ths f the first name of the man indicted lai ;. i week as Brown" was Raphael Brow : He was indicted with a man named Sull
 van on testimony given by Claude Wi Hams, who named the two as the me n who framed" the world series with hi ]. and other Chicago players. Brown is r l. ported to have fled from the countr - witnesses told the jury.
 e Larry Doyle also testified concerning 2 offer he said Hal Chase made him
 throw games while on a barnstornir f trip.