The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-10-01
CiCOtte and Jackson Confess to
Selling for $4,000.
EIGHT S0X PLAYERS INDICTED
President Comiskey of the Club Sus-
ponds Seven of His Stars Ac-
cused in the Grand Jurys
True Bills.

indicted eight White SOX players for
throwing" the 1919 worlds series to
Cincinnati. Joe Jackson, another
White SOX star, confessed that he had
received $4,000 and that he was in on
he conspiracy to throw the games.
CicOtte and Jackson said that Chick
6andil, former member of the White
SOx team, had distributed the money
among eight players. A fund of more
than 100000 is said to have been
paid to crooked players by gamblers.
Those Who were Indicted.
Those indicted are:
Arnold (Chick) Gandil, first base
man.
Fred McMullin, utility infielder
Oscar (Happy) Felsch, center
fielder.
Edward CicOtte, pitcher
Claude Uefty) Williams, pitcher.
Joe Jackson, Outfielder.
George (Buck) Weaver, third base
man.
Charles (Swede) Risberg, shOrtstop.
If the players are found guilty in
the criminal court, each may be sent
to the penitentiary for five years or
fined $1,000, or both ?
Tells Amount of Each Bride.
The exact amount of money received
by each of the eight players is known
in the states attorneys office and the
grand jury. The jury also has the
names of gamblers who aided Abe At
tel, former prize fighter, in carrying
the money from the gambling trust to
the players.
The confession of CicOtte and Jack
son reveal the most amazing story of
crooked craftsmanship ever told in
America. The white SOX players
were fixed" before the world series
with Cincinnati started.
CicOtte was paid his money before
he pitched his first game. The money
was placed under his pillow in the
hotel according 10 q prearranged plan
with the gamblers. CicOtte carried
out his part Of the agreement and lost
the first two games that he pitched in
the series.
Gamblers Clean Up Fortune.
On these games the gamblers
cleaned up several hundred thousand
dollars.
Jackson told the jurors that he had
demanded $4,000 from the gamblers
They refused that amount, however,
and he compromised on $4,000. Like
CicOtte, he found the money under his
pillow on his bed the night before the
first game was played with Cincinnati
Comiskey Suspends Seven Players.
Seven members of the White SOX
team were suspended by Charles A.
COmiskey, owner of the team, when
Eddie CicOtte'S confession implicated
them in the alleged fixing of the 1919
worlds series.
The players suspended are Risberg
McMuI'in, Jackson, Felsch, Weaver
Williams and Cicotte.
Gandil, the eighth man indicted,
was dropped by the White Sox in the
spring, when he was reported as hav-
ing held out because of disagreement
over salary with COmiskey.
The dropping of the players will
mean that a team made up mostly of
substitutes will be depended upon to
complete the season in the White SOx
fight to win the American league pen
pant from Cleveland.
Comiskeys Suspension Letter:
Following is the text of Comskey's
letter suspending the players:
Chicago, Sept. 26.-TO Charles Ris-
berg Fred McMulIin JOe Jackson OS-
car Felsch, George Weaver, G. P. VIII
liams and e. " CicOtte:
"YOu and each of you are hereby
notified of your indefinite suspension
as a member of the Chicago American
league baseball club (the White Sox).
"Your suspension is brought about
by information which has just come
to me directly involving you and each
of you in the baseball scandal (now
being investigated by the present
grand jury of Cook county, resulting
from the worlds series of 1919.
eff you are innocent of any wrong
doing you and each of you will be
reinstated, if you are guilty you will
be retired from organized baseball for
the rest of your lives if 1 can accom-
plfsh it,
until there is a finality to this in
vestigation it is due to the public that
I take this action, even though it csots
Chicago the pennant.
Chicago American League Baseball
Club.
'By CHARLES A. COMISKEY."