South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-29

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! 10 Felsch's territory scoring two
I runners and himself Tailed and
/ flied 10 Jackson.
Both Cicotte and Jackson were
E closeted with the grand jury for a
} considera BILE time today and later
/ officials reported that they told their
stories in substantial detail. AS
/ they left the room they were taken
7 in custody by detectives OF the states
attorney office. II was announced
( that they would be released later.
I however
Admits Plot.
Cicotte. officials of the court said.
admitted that the alleged plot as
I described by Maharg AZ Philadelphia
I was substantially correct.
: The court officials also quoted
I CicOtte as saying that the players
! had believed that Chick" Gandn
+ had "double-crossed" them and that
Maharg's story was the first intima-
! tion they had had that Atteu had
/ held out" on them.
! The eight players named i'm the
! true bills had been with the White
SoX for periods ranging from four
4 10 nine years. Cicotte himself was
purchased from Boston in 1912 for
] the waiver price Joe Jackson was
! bought from Cleveland in 1915 for a
! large sum in cash and some players
+ IN trade Felsch was purchased from
. Milwaukee. of the American aTocia-
tion in 1914, McMulin from Los
Angeles i'm 1916 Williams from salt
Lake city in 1916 and Weaver from
York. Pa. in 1911 The purchase
! price of the eight, paid by Comis
( key, represent a tidy fortune.
VIII Continue Probe
1 The investigation by the grand
/ jury will continue until all phases
! Of baseball gambling have been
I barred. il was said by officials The
/ investigation started two weeks ago
| following reports that a game played
here August 81 by the Cubs and
I Philadelphia Nationals was fixed"
and the inquiry into last years world
! series came up only as an incident
| Assistant State Attorney Hartley
! ReIlogle, in charge of the case, said
/ Tuesday night that indictments TO
/ be drawn up Wednesday on Tues
days true bills may contain several
| counts The true bills themselves
specified but one alleged offeGse:
/ Conspiracy 10 commit an illegal
! act" The penalty provided upon
| conviction on this count would be
one 10 I'VE years in the penitentiary
and a fine Of not more than $4,000.
This is Just the beginning" Mr.
| ReplOgle said. I'VE Will have more
! indictments within a few days and
before we get through we will have
! purged organized baseball of every
thing that is crooked and dishonest.
After Gamblers
we are going after the gamblers
/ now. There viii be indictments with
/ in a few days against men in Phila-
/ delphia. Indianapolis, ST. Paul. Des
/ Moines. Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
/ other cities More baseball players
| also will be indicted. We've got the
! goods on these men and we are go
/ ing the limit"
/ Harry Grahiner secretary of the
White SoX, announced that the club
/ would play out the schedule to the
/ end il it had 20 employ Cinnamon"
TO fill the vacancies i'm the team.
] Followers OF the White Sox figured
at once on the probable lineup Of the
team in the three remaining games
: OF the season starting in ST. Louis
Friday. Information fltering from
I the club management Indicated the
following possible lineup:
Faber Kerr. Wilkinson and Hodge
/ pitchers.
Schalk and Lynn catchers.
Jourdan. first base.
Ed Collins, second base.
Mcclellan, shOrtStOI.
John Collins, 3rd base.
Liebold, right field.
Strunk. center field.
Falk. left field.
On the bench as reserves would
be Eddie Murphy, premier pinch
/ hitter Of the major leagues. Jon
nard and George Lees. catchers.
George Payne, pitcher. and several
recruit pitchers and minor league
/ helders who are on trial with the
/ team.
Comiskey Statement.
Mr.. Comiskey Tuesday night
made the following statement to the
The consideration which the
/ grand jury gave 10 this case should
I be greatly appreciated by the gem
\ eral public. The Hon. Charles A.
| Mcdonald. chief Justice and the
| foreman Of the grand jury. Harry
/ Brigham. and his associates. who so
I diligently strOve 70 save and make
Americas great game the clean
| sport which it is. are 10 be COM
mended in no uncertain terms by
all sport followers, in spite of what
I happened Tuesday And. thank
/ God il did happen. Forty-four
years OF baseball endeavor have
convinced me more than ever that
I it 10 a wonderful game and a game
worth keeping clean.
II would rather close my ball
park than send nine mer on the
/ field with one Of them holding a
dishonest thought toward clean
| baseball-the game which John Nc
Graw and / went around the world
with 10 show 20 the people on the
| other side.
Not Through Yet.
We are far from through vet.
| We have the nucleus Of another
| championship team with the re-
mainder Of the old worlds cham
pionship team.
He named the veterans. Eddie
and John Collins. Ray Schalw. Ur-
Z ban Faber. Dick Kerr. Eddie Muir
/ ply. Memo Leibold and Amos
/ Strunk and declared that. with the
I addition Of Hodge Falk. Jourdan
and Mcclellan, Il guess we can go
along yet and win the champions
( ship"