The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-02
APPROVED BY LEADERS
Grand Jury Meets Again Monday for
Further Investigation Into
Charges Of Fixed
Games.

eral PerShlnS, Judge Tart and Judge
| Lands, in supreme control, was being
considered today by owners of major
league baseball teams.
The plan has been approved by
Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the
White Sox; John J. McGraw, part
owner of the New York Giants; Will
liam Veeck, president of the Chicago
Cubs; Barney Dreyfuss, owner of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, and John A.
Heydler, president of the National
league. Bancroft Johnson, president
of the American league, said today he
had not been consulted.
! The hackers of the reorganization
idea planned to put it before the base
ball magnates after the worlds series
this year. Scandals In base ball, re-
sulting in indictments being voted by
! the Cook county grand jury, FASTENED
action.
| An official announcement of the
new plan said it probably would be
voted on at meeting in November
In Kansas City, when minor leaguers'
gather
| Under the proposed plan the COM
mission would attempt to make an
arrangement between minor and ma
jor league teams.
Members of the commission would
be paid "the highest salaries of any
lone in baseball" Their salaries
would be provided for in dividing the
worlds series money. Their decis-
ions would not be renewable.
,, In selecting commission members
the aim would be to secure men with
mo financial connections with the
game and of character above possible
suspicion.
While the plan of reorganization
was being considered today, the grand
Jury investigating baseball crooked
ness had recessed until Monday, when
it will be made special session.
Gambling in the National league
will be investigated next week.
States Attorney Hoyne has returned
from New York with additional evil
dence which he announced will result
in indictments against three players
not members of the White Sox team
and a number of gamblers.
Thomas r. Nash, attorney, announc-
ed today he had been retained by Buck
Weaver. Swede Risberg, Fred McMui-
lin and Happy Felsch, to defend their
cases if indictments voted by the
grand jury are returned.
Nash said the four players denied
receiving any money in connection
with thrown games in the 1913 worids
series and he would demand an early
trial for them.
No crookedness Discovered.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-No attempts
have been made to bribe any of the
players of the Brooklyn National
league club to throw" the 1920 world
series. District Attorney Harry E.
Lewis of Kings county declared to-
day at the conclusion of his investi-
cation.
Lewis. in a lengthy statement re-
viewing the history of the probe,
said:
"My Investigations have not dis
closed a single suspicion that any
attempt has been made to fix the
coming series. Not only have my IN
yestigations failed to disclose any
facts that would lead me to believe
that any Brooklyn player had been
aDprOaCneQ, Dul luy peiSohehi 1Alci'
views with the players lead me to
think it would be very dangerous for
any gambler to approach any of them
with dishonest suggestion
Charles H. Ebbets, president of the
club said he felt that I'VE have been
completely exonerated, after the full
est investigation He declared the
probe had been good thing for base
ball. as it lifted any cloud that might
have lowered over the coming world
series.
Fixing 1920 Series.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-District At
torney Lewis Of Kings county. an
nounced today he had telegraphed
States Attorney Hoyne Of Chicago
asking him to forward here inmedi-
ateIy the evidence on which he based
his assertion that six ball games this
season had been fixed" and tina! a
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