New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
m connection with the matter ycster.
dav protested their innncnnca

fMc5nnection with the matter ycster.
day protested their innocence.
arnold Rothstein, whose name has
bern mentioned in the ease. made a
statement yesterday for the first time
since ms name was mentioned He
ssaid; Il regret very much that have
been unlucky enough to have been men
toned or approached in connection
WIN TINS outrageous fixing affair by
some gamblers, but that's the penalty
of those in this business.
nave now severed all connection
with this business and with gamblers
OF every sort. ! 1t has initiated against
me IN many ways, and have decided to
stick to my real estate business and
my horses ard stables. 1t seems
strange that those who have been loud
est IN accusing me have rushed to their
lawyers. have retained no lawyers,
because l am perfectly innocent and
tear no prosecution. This whole affair
is disgusting and disgraceful, to say
the least Far from having any CON
nection with the scandal, the facts will
show | actually had much to do with
showing the whole crooked business up.
AS 10 this Manager McGraw can tes-
tify."
Atteil's Lawyer Makes Statement
William j. Fallon, counsel for Abe
Atteil, who was said to have been as
soclated with the gambling ring that
had agreed to pass 100000 in bribes
to several White Sox players, said:
When this case first came up Abe
Attell was locked upon as real big
gambler. Now, it seems, he mas sim
mered down to nothing at all. If he is
indicted by any chance he is perfectly
wiling to go to Chicago, demand an
immediate trial, and be vndicated.
am sure he eventually will be vindi-
Gated. When he goes to Chicago Re will
be confronted by eight different stories
OF that number of men, which I co not
believe will stand up before jury
He will not stop to seek vindication
now by means of statements in reply to
attacks growing out of personal diff
ferences. If they abandon criminal pros
ecution proceedings because OF their
inability to find law to cover the stu
alton, Attell will make full statement
lar order to vindicate himself before
the public"
The feeling is general among the
gambling fraternity that Rothsten is
not involved in the controversy.
Numerous friends of Attcll say that
he is angered at Rothstein because
OF the latters tendency to break away
from the gambling circles in which
Attell is known to move A story went
eHS 1OuiuS yesterday NldI leu New
York gamblers associated with Abe
Attell made $250,000 out of last years
world series
Heinie Zimmerman, formerly of the
Giants, vehemently denied McGraw's
accusation that he was dropped from
the team because Of alleged overtures
to Benny Kauff to throw games. The
reason he was not playing this season,
he said, was because McGraw wanted
him to sign a contract for a smaller
salary. He said that he had documents
to prove his assertion.
"If McGraw is correctly quoted" he
said at his home, at 400 East 167th
Street, che is a liar, and he knows it..
Kauff was the first who brought the
stain of fixed baseball to New York.
Through my whole career in organized
baseball have never made a deliberate
misplay or a deliberate error, ana no
body knows that better than McGraw.
If anybody is liability to organized
baseball it is McGraw himself"