Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-27
HEYDLERPROBES
CROOKED WORK
IN BALL GAMES
Makes Public Evidence Gath
cred in Private InveStlga-
ton; Facts Have Been
Given to President Johnson
by MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlEsI

'sT MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiHsl
Chicago. Sept. 26.-President
John Heydler of the National
league tonight made public evil
dence he has gathered in a private
Investigation of alleged baseball
gambling anG game throwing,
and at the same time declared that
President Comiskey of the Chicago
Americans. and Manager Gleason
were convinced after the first
world series game last year that
the series had been fixed and
sought his aid in making an in
vestigation.
The matter was brought to the
attention of President r, b, john
son of the American league. but
johnson did not seem very en-
thusiastic over starting an investi-
cation, Heydler said.
Heydler brought the name of
Jean Duhuc, former Detroit Amer
lean pitcher, into the scandal for
the. first time and also gave Min
erto unrecorded details of the Hal
Chase and Lee Magee cases.
Heydler said all OF his evidence
had been placed at the disposal OF
President Johnson, but that he dld
not know whether the latter was
making any use of it,
Claimed Series FIXED"
Mr.. Heydler quoted ]. C. (Rube)
Benton, New York National pitch
er, as saying that Dubuc was the
man who received kilograms from
| Bin Burns, former major league
pitcher. tipping him that the
worlds series had been fixed and
that Benton had received his IN
formation from this telegram.
Benton told Heydler he had seen
Hal Chase make one bet of 500
on the series, Heydler said.
Discussing the Magee case, Mr.,
! Hevdler said he and William
Veeck, president Of the Chicago
National league club. had obtained
Magec's confession that he had at
tempted to throw a game and that
Magee had shown them a check
sent him by Hal Chase, but Mr..
| Heyd'er refused to say for what
amount.
Heinie Zimmerman also has been
accused of throwing games. said
| Mr.. Heydler, but he would neither
confirm nor deny reports that Ilm-
norman was released by the New
York Nationals for this reason.
Reports that Zimmerman was sus-
pended a year ago for trying to
throw a game, and not for break
| ing training as was announced,
were not denied by Mr.. Hevdler.
Zip O'Neill, former Western
! league president, came to me after
the first world series game last
fall" said Mr.. Heydler, land told
me that Comiskey and Gleason felt
that something was wrong, but
that they did not want to go to
! Ban Johnson because of the bad
! feeling between him and Comiskey.
I considered the matter nrepos-
ferrous at first, but after Gleason
and I had analysed the games, |
went to Johnson and told him
about it.
Dismissed with Curt Remark.
"He dismissed me with a curt
remark. | continued to confer with
Comiskev and Gleason and finally
gave Johnson what I considered
good leads. I then felt that it was
mp to him to act and not my affair.
The players accused were Ameri-
can league men and I did not feel
that | should NEEDLE.
"Gleason told me in conferences
between games that there was no
doubt in his mind that something
was wrong and that some one had
reached the White Sox PLAYERS"
Concerning the Chicago-Phila-
delphia National game of August
81 which is said to have been
"fiXed' for Philadelphia to win,
Mr.. Heydler said his investigation
convinced him that a deliberate att
tempt had been made by someone
! to injure the Chicago club.
president Navin sent letter to
Ban Johnson saying that $4,000
was bet and $4,000 of this was in
Detroit" he said. This letter was
turned over to me, but I have been
able to learn of only $4,000 bet in
Cleveland and 1890 in Cincinnati.