The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-25
Chicago Grand Jury to Con-
tinuc lis Probe at Special
Term Comparatively Few
Players Involved In Dis
honest PIayin, ', Says Jury
Foreman

ChioaRo sept 2B.-H. II. Brigham,
foreman OF tho Cook county Brand
Jury, investigating alleged baseball
gambling, tonight told Newspaper
mon that the name of the man who
liked" the 1919 worlds series. Tor
Cincinnati u win. had been given l"
TIA. grand jury. This man. Brigham
stated, acted Rs - representative. or -
rinR Of gamblers who offered OhiGAH"
Wi,Jts Sos players money I" thf"~
Ept,ss u, Tia. OiA.innAti h.ds
Bingham dsGisE.d that the tssu-
.lUhy thus faE given. hAd caused ths
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tbI.npn r,pi - RI" fr"f 'ou"i
rlnnd Iurv iuvoaIiPptinR alleged ylnR
II HpurnR IL lnai Ynnr.u world q S"r'"
nhd rhnrgHu "f gambling nv maj"
IonPu" rloyrrr hns>fnuuh such ""nvIn"
ing ovid"uc" ~ 'r""k"d work that " WI
no, dIshnnd whom Ils term expires sop
Inmbnr 30. but VIII continue It's lnvns'i
pniinu iu Rpcrlnl aesalOn. II wnE an
nnuncrd tonight after tn" jury had al
Iorrncd until next Tuesday.
The rn notifications Of the alleged gamp
ling were So widespread that II woult
bc impnsSihlC to complete thorouEl
Investigation during tho regular session
Henry H. brigham. foreman Said.
The Jury has received evidence whici
Indicates an attempt by nationwide
ring Of gamblers. to "pollute bascha.
and ruin the great national game IN I'M
same way boxing was killed and hors'
racing cruCIicd.' Mr. Brigham saiq IN
statement summarizing the work or th
COMPARE lively few players arc impli
dated. however. said Mr.. Brigham, nnl!
"a few weak moralcd and weak charac
tered men being pr"ycd upon ny 'h'
professional gamblers.
star Players Involved.
simultaneously, with MIR. brigham
statement. came one from Presidcn
cha rles A. Comiskey Of the Chicak'
American league club, saying he had NJ
had the fun, support Of fresldenp,htS
johnson or The American lc4sue pE.'
htterlpts To ttfih down CharEea Of bThok
"a work by some players On his team.
Altar nceinE this statement i'rcnidch
HERMANN OF tho Cincinnati club, Chica
Ed'u opponents In the woridh herias. hHi'
hr Lnew positively rrenidrn. JohnH"i
made an inVrstiEn tl"n.
rrcsldrni Johnson. whom hh ieniinri
before tho grand Jury Wednesday. i"l'
rcporIrrr he Ind given tho jury oV'
,irncr which hr believed proved thht FiSl
players attempted to throw gnmeH lhH
ycnr. but had no evidence Of Hu"h h'
tiouF this ycnr
Players rhsstsnsd.
A statement attributed T." President
Johnuon ycatcrday uuotnd him n" Faylns
TINT hr hnd received reports that gam
bIrrs who wrro aRid to hav" 'nx'd
last ycnr's worlds RcrIcE had threatened
Chicago players implicated with expos
urc II thry won tho pcnnant this yca'
and had told thcm they must lose In th'
prrscn, series with Cleveland. Chicago
won Yesterday. but was defeated TO-DAY
. to a Members Of the team IN ClcVc'
land today characterized this report as
foolish.
Jacob (Rubc) Benton. New York Ma
tt6nal pitcher. in his testimony peIor'
tho Jury today reiterated previous state
EAI!ts that Il Pittsburgh gambling syn
diCate had raised 100000 which was
mid to Chicago American players t'
Throw" games in tho worlds series.
It became known tonight that INC
ulqyera whose worlds series check;
were held up last year by President CO.
rtiskcy were Eddie Cicottc. Claude VII
INNS "Happy" FeIsch. Buck" Weaver
charles Rish"rg. Jo" Jackson. ,hlcR
HMdil and Fred McMullin. Gandil nc
longer is in tho major leagues
u.ntnn I'm hfs testimony todhy, said
he understood Cicotte. Williams. F"ln"h
aud GnndIl had been approached ny yam
blrrr mentioning n man hhiheh iihh"
"A. en-. Innnti ami That he 'frll sure !
M, could tell the nnIn"h "f inc gam
hlrIr
bIrtri.t AII"rn"v 'lr"" took hn"
In Ihr IuuIiIy today ~ starting hn ~
y,-.,uniIuu tn nnd "uI whether hnr"b"I
rnuI IT, krIr w~ir being sent lh'"uph 'h'
malta IL, vInIniinn 81 ia" l"tl"Iy lawn