Arizona republican., 1920-10-02

York county in connection with the
 fixing of last years world series.
 CHICAGO, oct. 1.-The Cook county grand jury. investigating the baseball scandal. today received further infor- nation concerning the throwing of games in last years world series but devoted most of the days sessions to an investigation of alleged crooked work in the National league.
 William veeck, president of the Chi cago National league club. told the jury that his private investigation of charges that the Philadelphia Chicago National league game of August 31 had been fixed for Philadelphia to win. led him to believe that the club itself had been made the "sucker" in the case and other witnesses gave additional de- tails of the activities which led to the discharge from baseball of Lee Magee and Hal Chase.
 Gamblers Invent "Franss" Story
 Teeck said evidence he had found In Detroit convinced him there was no crooked work in the August 31 game. He said he believed the gamblers them selves had sent him the telegrams re- iceived just before the game. saying it was fixed and that they had done this to make the club switch from Hendrix. a comparatively weak pitcher. sched- uled to hurl. to Alexander. one of the best in the league. This gave Chicago Its strongest possible lineup which was what the gamblers wanted. he said.
 Many of them bet on Chicago to win and not Philadelphia. as had been re- ported. he declared.
 Garry Hermann, president of the Cincinnati club and formerly chairman of the national committee. presented affidavits from Christy Mathewson, former New York pitcher and Cincin- natl manager. Greasy Eeale. Cincin- natl outfielder. Jimmy Ring, Cincinnati pitcher. and Manager McGraw of the New York Giants. These affidavits, he told newspaper men, absolutely proved the guiit If Chase and Magee. The affidavit from Ring Is said te have told how Chase approached ths pitcher when he was just breaking into the big league and asked him if h' wanted to make a lot of money b. D throwing games" Ring was quoted al telling Chase to "go to the devil" ant then reporting the affair to Hermann
 On another occasion Hermann | f said to have told the jury Ring .ac
 cepted $50 from Chase. but immediate ly reported 1t to the club management
 Maaee Double Crosses Self
 Herman also verified the account
 given Wednesday by President JohI s Heydler of the National league of hoy
 Lee Magee actually helped to win V game he was trying to throw. !. Interest in the American league sid' of the scandal was kept up by the re
 turn of Maclay Hoyne, states attorne. e from New York. with evidence whicl |. he said would help in criminal prose It cution of players and gamblers in s dicted.
 e Mir. Hoyne denied reports that h E had ordered the investigation stopped - went before the jury to tell it that h
 heartily approved of its work and the - told how Charles Comiskey had sough
 his aid last fall in Investigating tn
 world series.
 Is We investigated for some time. an ,f while we found enough to convince u W the series was not on the square. " Is found nothing on which to base legs sr action" said Mir. Hoyne.
 Dr. Raymond W. Prettyman, dentis l- for Buck" Viewers family. told of ,- conversation with Weaver's mother-in Id law in which he was quoted as sayin a Fred McMullin brought a package s- Viewers home. which the latter re Id fused to accept. The package was ( le a size which might have containe at money. Prettyman said he understood ot Weaver Protests Innocence
 Clyde Elliott. another witness, yer ,- fled the previous testimony concernin mn a trip by William CKid) Gleason, Whi s- Sox manager. to St. Louis in an a a tempt to get evidence that the wor ht series was not straight.
 Buck" Weaver. Fred McMullin ar m "Swede" Risberg, three of the eigl
 White Sox players indicted. tonigl
 declared they were innocent and wou
 fight the case in court.
 We are arranging for legal couns
 now and we'll prove our innocence
 Weaver said wen be back in tl
 big leagues next year"
 It was reported that the jury h' nlN received evidence that considerab lu betting wac done in Kansas City tn lV year on a Cleveland Chicago game. b ' no testimony proving crookedness
 anyone in this connection was r rs cpiyed. according to an official in { rs state attornevs office"