Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-01
Ia0RE PLAYERS ON
nOURNERS BENCH
Williams and FeIsch of White Sox
Tell Everything.
JURY laDIcTs TWO GAMBLERS
es9ort" Sullivan of Boston and . Man
Named Brown Of New York Are
Indicted as Result of VIII
Hanas' Confession.

Chicago. Sept. 30-After Claude
Williams disgraced White Sox player,
had told The grand jury the names Of
two 'fixers" who paid gamblers
money to eight men on The team TO
throw the 1919 worlds series, the
grand jury indicted the two men. They
are:
Joseph t"Sport'O Sullivan, Boston.
Mr. Brown. New York.
The men are said TO be agents of
Arnold Rothstein, New York gan bling
king. and associates Of Abe Attel, chief
Of the "fixers'
Williams confessed to Charles A.
r0miskey and counsel for the White
Sox before he wenf before the grand
jury. he admitted thatshe had taken
$4,000 from the gamblers and given
5000 Of II to Joe Jackson, keeping
the other half for himself.
Felsch Also confesses
During the day Happy" Felsch. an
other of the eight indicted men, made
81 confession that he had accepted So
e00. He Is the fourth 10 confess, the
others being Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jack
son and Williams.
According To Williams confession
the plan 10 throw" the worlds series
was Matched in the Warner hotel, in
Cottage Grove avenue. a few days he
fore the beginning of the series.
Cieotte previously said the meeting
was in his room.
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players and the two gamblers. Brown
and Sullivan. were at the meeting at
which the plot was made. The five
players present were Cieotte. Gandil
Cwh0 acted MS So-between). Weaver.
Felsch and himself Williams and
Jackson were promised $4,000 each
tut got only one-fourth of that
amount.
Assistant States Attorney Replngle
announced TINT all Of the players who
have confessed waived Immunity and
that they faced trial and punishment
HeydIer Before Jury.
lohn A. Heydler, president of The
National league. appeared before the
grand Jury and testified for more han
IN hour When he concluded his tes
tlmony the grand jurors applauded
he grand Jurors asked Mr. Heydlei
- give them ftli particulars on the
Zimmerman Magee and Hal Chase
cases.
They asked him questions ahont
"Ruhe" Benton Mr. Hevdler gave
The Jurors number Of afTidavits deal
ing with all the alleged fixing" sean
dals connected with the clubs IN his
league
The grand Jurors asked for infnrma
tion on alleged crooked deals as fal
hack as 1917 Mr.. HeytIler ,nid h,
wonld have 10 get the records OF III,
national commission to refresh hi,
memory on several Incidents ahou
which he was questioned. md prom
ised 10 return with the information
that the jury wanted
Assistant States Attorney Hartle,
Replogle declined 10 affirm ruino
that y other indictments of players
are imminent.
Hotter Revelations TO Follow"
CrOwding closely on the heels O
Cieotte's sensational confession cam
the announcement from Mr.. Replogle
assistant states attorney that IN
revelations are not half so sensa
tional as they will be-
There win he more of Them. anf
they will he hotter aud hotter" Mr.
Replogle said
Another announcement followed de
claring that as a result of the testi
mony of John A. Heydler. president OF
the National league, two Nationat
league players viii be called on tc
tell what they know of the throw
Ing" of the series.
These men are:
Ivan Olson, shortstop on the Brook
len team.
Johnny Rawlings, second hasemar
on the Philadelphia team.
Both OF these players are said I,
have won $4,000 on the first tw,
games of the series.
CANTON rhpTllnEn 10 prpno-