The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-01
ALLEGED
CROOKED
BASEBALL
Grand Jury to Put 1920 Season
Under K Ray After Finish
ing Up 1919 World
Series.
QUIZ PLAYERS WIVES
Reported Several Cameo In Present
Season Have Been Thrown"
TO Help Out Gambling
Schedule.
QUIZ PLAYERS WIVES

| Omitted Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Alleged shady
baseball during 1920 will be put I'M
der the X-ray of the Cook county
grand jury as soon as It has cleaned
UP its probe of the throwing" of the
1919 world series, it was learned here
| today.
After days layoff Of the baseball
scandal. the grand jury today was to
resume it's inquiry into the 1919
| world series. A new angle which was
said to have developed today was a
reported plan providing for the quiz
zing of wives of baseball players as
to what they know Of sums OF money
alleged to have been received by
their husbands for fixing" games.
Reports were circulated here citing
specific games which were alleged to
smack Of a faxed" character. These
reports, 1t was believed, will be
probed thoroughly by the grand jury
and may result in subpoenaes being
issued for gamblers in Kansas City,
Des Moines and cities where major
league clubs were not represented,
but where considerable money was
wagered on baseball games.
Additional evidence on the 1919
world series was expected to be
handed the grand Jury today by
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne.
Hoyne was also expected to clear
up the report that he had instructed
an assistant over long distance tele-
phone from New York to halt the
probe and hold up the return of in
dictments. The grand jury yesterday
tn
Hoyne and was prepared to be sworn
in as special grand jury.
Hoyne, it was said, is Bringing
with him from New York the names
Of two men said to possess important
information regarding gambling on
'"fixed" baseball. 1t was said the new
information corroborates the eonfes-
sions Of Eddie Cicotte, Claude Will
1iams and Joe Jackson, suspended
White Sox players
The Cincinnati Reds side Of the
story Of the 1919 world series was
scheduled to be told the grand jury
today by Gerry Hermann, owner Of
the champions.
DR.. J. B. Prettyman, White Sox
dentist, Clyde Elliott, molten picture
producer, and several others also
were to testify today.
The probe Of alleged fixing" of
games this year was believed to have
been given a good start in evidence
that has been presented. In the con-
fessiens of some of the ball players
only the part in reference to the 1919
world series was made public. But
other testimony, it was said, indi-
Gated that occasional games were
thrown in 1920.
New Indictments were expected to
be voted by the grand jury today.
Eight ball players and two gamblers
have been named in indictments al
ready voted.
Can Find Nothing Crooked.
NEW YORK, Oct district At
torney Lewis Of Kings county, who
is Investigating rumors that gam.
blers plotted an attempt to corrupt
the Brooklyn club, declared today he
had found nothing to substantiate
the reports He questioned Sherrod
Smith and Otto Miller, Brooklyn
catcher, today and they told him they
never had been approached by gam
blers.
Lewis tomorrow win question
Charles H. Ebbets, president of the
club; Wilbert Robinson, its man
ager, and a number of players, he
said.
Smith, who is pitcher. was asked
whether he knew Abe AtteI1 and Ar
mold Rothstefn, gamblers. He said
he knew Attel1 by sight, but never
had met him. Lewis asked him
whether he had been approached by
gamblers at any time during the last |
four weeks. Smith replied, NO
It was emphasized that this is not
an investigation of the integrity Of