The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-30
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HALT JURY
IN BALl!QU|z
jury VIII Continue
Session in Spite Of Pros
ecutor's Eequest.

LUIzlMs lVX&Ss OOps 0Vs
United Press They arc sim.
ply looking for . goat: and
I'll tell the world the goat isa's !,
me-, Chick Gandil. accused BY
ssquaw king White Sox play.
ers Of being . r'ngieader In the
alleged plot to "fix' the 1919
world series, declared In . hos.
rital here today.
Gardil, who formerly lived
here. WAS operated on for up.
pendicitis the day he was in.
dic ed by the Cook county
grand Jury. Dr.. A. H. Johnson,
his physician, refused 10 per.
nit . further stateMent, sitter
Candl had declared the affair
= ~frameup'' and "bank"
Chicago, Sept. 30.-Furthef in
vestigation of the Chicago White
Sox worlds series scandal was
temporarily delayed today, as word
was received from Maciay Hoyne.
states attorney, now in New York,
to hold up proceedings until his
return. The grand jury has also
completed examination Of witnesses
on hand and are awaiting the ar
rival of other baseball players and
sporting celebrities who have been
summoned.
An official statement to the
grand Jury from Happy Felsch was
expected soon. He Is understood
to have confessed" his share in
the throwing Of the 1919 worlds
series yesterday to newspaper men.
Eddie Cicotte In his statement to
the grand Jury, said that Felsch got
5000 for bis share in the slle&ed
conspiracy bat the statement credit
ed to Felsch yesterday said that
only one misplay could have been
charged to him in the series and
that mun Of fly ball was uninten-
tional.
John ]. McGraw, manager Of the
New York Giants, who was exam
ined by the grand jury yesterday,
left for New York, but was expect
ed to return Tuesday with Benny
Kauff and Fred Toney, members
Of his club. kauff is alleged to
have been involved in the throw
ing" Of game last summer in with
Heinie Zimmerman. Toney's pos
sible connection with the .investi-
CATION was not announced.
More Indictments.
Indictments, it is said, may be
brought against three more ball
players and six or seven gamblers
Two of the latter may be a man
named Brown of New York, and
Sport" Sullivan OF Boston, who
were named in the confession to
the grand jury yesterday Of Claude
WILLIAMS. as the men who paid
over to him the money for himself
and Joe Jackson for their share in
the worlds series throwing"
The statement credited to Felsch
said that he was going to gel
Buck" Weaver to 60 to the states
! attorneys Office aud get through
with all this.
Weaver. so far, has denied any
participation in fixing" the series
but he was one of the players sus.
pended by President Comiskey.
Players Want to Tell
Alfred s. Austrian, attorney fol
| the White Sox club, declared over.
ture had been made to him by some
i Of the suspended players who hav.
not yet confessed. but wish to tel
what they know
The testimony Of John A. Heyd
Ter Of the National league befor,
the National league may also Leaf
to the summoning of members o
the National league clubs, it wa.
said. He told persons outside tn,
grand jury rooms that he had talk
! ed freely concerning tine circum
stances which resulted last year IL
the release Of Hal Chase of tn,
Giants.
Are Indictments SDoubtfalr
Chicago, Sept. 30-(United Press
l-Indictmsnts voted against sevel
Chicago White Sox ballplayers, n
ex-Sox' first baseman and two east
ern gamblers for alleged fixing
! of the 1873 world series at Cincin
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