Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-28
"GARRY" HERMANN AND
HUGH JENNINGS CALLED
Comiskey Accuses Ban Johnson
of Trying to Break Morale
of Chicago White Sox.
ONLY TWO TEAMS IMPLICATED
Windy City Fans Confident Their
Club Is Victim Of Gossip and
Believe Them Innocent,


Cook County grand jury reconvenes
tomorrow 1t will resume its inquiry
into the alleged baseball gambling
scandal. which has come to be one
of the most widespread and murky
affairs ever aired in the world of
sport.
President Charles Comlskey, of the
Chicago American League Club. to-
night received word that Billy Ma
harC. former boxer and business part
ner of Bill Burns. ex-major league
pitcher. has told newspaper men in
Philadelphia that White Sox players
approached him before the world Sc
ries last year and told him 1t had
been fixed" for Cincinnati to win.
During tho four days that the
Jury has been in recess. rumor upon
rumor and charge after charge has
come to tho surface. here and there.
These will be probed at once.
Among the most important charges
to 90 placed before the jurors to-
morrow will be one that indicates
that the White So1 were bribed or
biackmailed to lose the 1920 Amer
lean League championship, so Cleve-
land could win and play the worlds
series with Brooklyn Brooklyn. IL is
rumored. has been fixed" to lose.
The Jurors will also probe the re-
port that at least three players on
four teams in each big league are
controlled by the gamblers. SO that
the syndicate can slate games- lust
as they please.
1t was revealed today that the
mystery woman who has been sub
poenaed to testify in connection with
the alleged 100000 brioe to Whits
Sor players in 1919. is Mrs. Henri
etta d. Kelly. She owns apartment
houses In which families of bail
players have lived. and has been
friendly with her tenants.
Hugh Jennings, manager OF the
Detroit Tigers. and August Garry"
Hermann. former chairman OF tho
national commission and president OF
the Cincinnati club. were subpoenacd
today to appear before the tury.
IL the Sok win this years PEN
nant. 1t was said today by a man
acquainted with the Sox manage
ment. that seventeen OF the players
will be rushed before the Jurors for
questioning.
several Indictments Expected.
Several indictments On the strength
of evidence which has already been
submitted are In prospect
The "frame-up" story in connection
with the 1920 worlds series has been
placed before the Jury. but not in such
a manner that 1t can be accepted as
legal evidence It Is the story OF one
Of the greatest and most unusual
blackmail schemes ever devised.
Sox players are said to have been
told by gamblers to lose or the pen
atty would be exposure for their part
in the 1919 series.
Ban Johnson. president of the
american League. was ono Of tho
first to say he had heard rumors OF
the giant biackmail plot Charles A.
Comiskey. owner OF the White Sox.
accused Johnson OF trying to break
the morale OF the White Sox at the
critical time by saying he had heard
such a report
Johnson Immediately replied that
Comiskey was auibbling over side
issues. and that he talked like the
"vaporinG" OF q vindictive man. He
added that 1t is time that all hands
In baseball should help the grand
jury set at the bottom Of the scandal
OF fixed games"
one witness. who Is ready to appear
before tho inquisitors. has said that
the gamblers now control players In
all the leading teams and suppor.
them on permanent pay roll
He charges that players have bec,.
so cleverly nxed that the outcome OF
the pennant race was made In the
middle OF the summer. He charges
that the Sox's recent slump on their
Eastern tour was a part of the pro-
gram.
Chicago Believes sox Innocent.
chicago fans are still confident that
the Sox players have been the victims
Of a lot OF ugly gossip. and that they
are innocent OF charges and rumors
against them. They are still betting
they VIII beat Cleveland out at the
end OF the season.
Ray Schalk. who has never been
mentioned In connection with the
scandal. will go before the jury in a
day or two. He will be questioned
concerning reports that he has been
crossed" five times by one pitchsr. ,
who Is under cloud.
Ban Johnson and John McGraw.
manager OF the Giants: John Heyiler,
president OF the National League, and
Barry Mccormick, umpire. will be-
witnesses Tuesday.
Reports that Buck" Weaver and
Fred McMullin. Chicago players.
whose names are said to have been
mentioned by grand Jury witnesses.
had been refused hearing, were de-
nied tonight by Prosecutor Hartley