New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Brooklyn Team
lis EXOnerated
After Inquiry
Kings County District At
torney Questions Players
About Rumors of Plot to
Fix 1920 Series Games
Finds Reports Baseless
Wires .Hoyne i'm Chicago
for Evidence of Alleged
Activities by Gamblers

On completing his examination OF
members of the Brooklyn National
League baseball team in connection
made to fix the forthcoming worlds
series. Harry E. Lewis. District Attor-
ney Of Kings County, yesterday said
his inquiry had failed to disclose the
rumors.
On the heels of this pronouncement
came the assertion of Maclay Hoyne
States Attorney of Cook County
Illinois, who is pushing the cases
against the fixers in Chicago, that q
gambling clique had laid the ground
work for throwing the 1920 worlds
seriess. District Attorney Lewis said
he wired States Attorney Hoyne yes
terday morning, asking him for the
evidence upon which the Cook County
prosecutor based his assertion
Lewis Issues Statement
In absolving the Dodgers of all taint
of corruption, the District Attorney
issued the following statement:
"On September 28, The Evening
Sun stated that information was in
the hands of the investigating authori-
ties in Chicago, indicating that the
professional gamblers who corrupted
the worlds series last year had already
begun to do the same in the series this
year.
"This public announcement by re-
sponsible New York parbrs made it
my duty to investigate the report to
the end that might officially know be-
fore the coming series commenced if
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ments. I Immediately telegraphed the
prosecuting attorney in Chicago re-
questing that he give me any informa-
tion that he might have upon the sub
ject, and I invited the management to
produce at my Office all of the players
of the Brooklyn team who were eligible
to play In the coming series.
THE District Attorney in Chic 20
wired me that he would be glad to
cooperate with me and that, should any
evidence develop that I could use, he
would communicate with me. | have
had no further communications from
him. have personally examined
every member of the Brooklyn team
eligible to play.
This morning my attention has been
called to statements purporting to have
been made by the Chicago states at
torney, in substance that some of this
years major league games were fixed
by gambling clique, and also that
he had information that the ground
work had been laid to fix the 1920
series by this same gang of gamblers.
l have wired the Chicago attorney to
send me- any such information which
he has. have not as yet received any
answer. If the Chicago attorney fur
nishes any information to this office,
or any proof is forthcoming at any
time, Of dishonesty on the part of
either players or gamblers, or any one,
prompt prosecution will follow
my Investigations have not dis
closed single suspicion that there has
been any attempt to fix the coming
series. Not only have my inyestiga-
tions failed to disclose any facts that
would lead me to believe that any
Brooklyn player has been approached,
but from my personal interviews With
them | would think it would be very
dangerous for any gambler to aporoach
any one of them with dishonest sug-
gestion."
Players Not Approached by Gamblers
The twenty-four players examined
all told the District Attorney that they
had neither heard of nor received any