The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-02
SIX 1920 GAMES
FIXED, SAYS HOYNE
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bad bound, breaking Rawlngs's nose
and putting Magee safe on first. A bad
throw by Catcher Wilson of the Braves
advanced him 10 third, and Roush, the
next man up, put the ball over the LEFT
/ field fence for a home run. forcing Ma
gee to score and winning the game.
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Magee Pays After Watching.
! Chase paid his part of the bet. but
Magee WEIGHED. His part in the per-
Torrance first was hirted when the Bos-
ton gambler started suit against him.
Macee raid.
Mr. Hermann also presented the at
fidavit Of Pitcher jim: Ring. Rings
story dealt with an experience with
Chase when Ring was n recruit pitcher
and Chase first baseman for the Reds
and ore OF the brightest stars in base
ball According to the story Chase APP
nroached Ring as he was warming UP
to hitch his first big league game.
"Well. Kid, this is your first game
and you've got a chance to make some
| dough-" Chase is reported to have said.
"Go to hell" Ring told him.
| Ring lost the game, but no one
doubted he did his best. That evening
| Chase is said to have gone to Rings
room and tossed a roll of bills, less than
800. on the bed Ring threw ii back
and Chase returned il. The money
passed back and forth several times
and finally Ring put it in his pocket.
Some weeks later, when the charges
were made that eventually forced Chase
out of organized baseball, Ring told
! club officials of the incident. They
asked him why he had not reported it
before.
! II didn't know just whore ! stood"
| Ring said II was only a busher and
| Chase was a star and / didn't know
| but that If ne was passing It around
| It was regular thing in the big
! leagues
| William L. veeck, president OF the
! Chicago Cubs, followed Mr. Hermann.
| His testimony was in regard to the
game between the Cubs and Philadelphia
on August 81.
| This was the game over which Man
ager Mitchell was bombarded with tele-
| grams, alleging it had been 'fixed" The
| MESA ges resulted in a last minute SUBJ
| stitution of Alexander the Cubs star
pitcher, in an attempt to double cross
the gamblers.
Mr. Veeck said Claude Hendrix had
been billed to pitch, and when Alex
| ander was substituted the betting odds
| WE'RE lSnS bHctlcl from 10 D 10 y 10 %
! m the Cubs as a.result of the switch
NO evidence of any crookedness in
| regard to the game was discovered by
! Mr Neeck. and he Informed the Grand
jury that he had dropped the matter
Woman Tells of Mystery Package.
DR.. Raymond 3. Prettyman was also
witness. lie testified that Mrs Cook.
the mother-in-law of Buck" Weaver,
one of the indicted White Sox players.
had told him that Fred McMulen,
! another of the suspended White Sox,
had delivered mysterious package at
| The home of Weaver immedia tely after
he first game of the 1919 worlds series
had been played.
George ("Buck') Weaver, Fred Nc
! Mullen, Charles ("Swede") Risberg and
oscar ("Happy") Fesch. four OF the
! White Sox players named in the Grand
Jury true bills and confessions of their
team mates formed "A combination o.
day to fight prosecution. The men an
nounced they would hire the best legal
talent in Chicago" and be back i'm the
major leagues next year
Mrs. Henrietta Kelley. ''the woman Of
mystery" in the case, who testified that
she heard Eddie Clcotte tell his brother
that II got mine" complained to the
police that she had been threatened with
death and asked police protection. Two
city detectives were assigned TO guard
| Mrs. Kelley.
One of the features In the investiga-
ton is the offer of District Attorney
Swami of New York to aid In the Chi
cago investigation. District Attorney
Swami on the eve of the investigation
IN Kings county, New York. of the ru-
nors that the worlds series had been
fixed sent letter TO Mr.. Hoyne offer
'rE his assistance 10 prosecute those In
dicted for the alleged scandal connected
with the 1919 series here. Mr. Swans
offer was made contingent upon Mr..
Hoyue's finding that some part OF the
alleged felony was committed in New
York county.
''The Chicago authorities seem 10 have
well In hand the case of crooks who are
willing to debase the great national
sport OF baseball for their own sordid
ends" Mr. SWANS letter says. The
CT ooked gamblers who aided and abetted.
procured ana advised throwing of
games seemed To have planned the
scheme in part in New York and con-
eliminated II IN Chicago. Concocting
the scheme 20 defraud IL a misdemeanor
and Is all that our courts could take
jurisdiction OF, as | read the testimony.
while your courts have jurisdiction OF the
felony committed by the contamination
OF the scheme to defraud."
Rubc Benton's expulsion from the Ma
tlonal League will be demanded by
Charlie Herzog, Cub second baseman. II
he Is exonerated by the Grand Jury I'M
vestigating the baseball scandal Her
zog Us confident every bit of suspicion
directed at him and caused By Benton s
accusation will he removed