Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-09-30

I Eight players were bribed. according
TO Cicotfe and Jackson the sums paid
them ranging from 5000 to $4,000
Every one Of the eight. it is said. was
getting a salary in excess Of 5000 a
year and some as high rs $4,000 or
more.
Cicotte testified his salary. which he
lost when President Charles A. Comis
key suspended him, was $4,000, Just
the amount of the brihe he admitted
taking. Jackson. who got 5000 of the
gamblers money. is said to have received
q salary in excess of $4,000 wear
Mr.. Comiskey was the heaviest finan-
cal loser in the transaction however.
He estimated that seven of the eight
players, excluding Gandill. who is not
with the team this year, had a cash value
of S290.0tN before the exposure of the
series fixing
Confessions from Claude Williams and
Oscar Feis.h admitting that they were
bribed to throw last years world Sc
ries were made public Wednesday and
at the same time the grand jury in
vcstigating the baseball scandal took
its first action against the gamblers
who are said to have engineered the deal
by indicting two men whose identity was
only partly revealed.
Brown and Sullivan were the
names under which true bills were voted
against the alleged gamblers and both
were said to be from Boston or New
York. Later. however. it came ont that
the jury believe these names to be myth
zeal and used only by the men when
they discussed the series throwing"
with the ball players Possibility that
they are two men whose names already
have been brought before the Jury and
who are nationally known, was expressed
by an official in the states attorneys
office.
The statement by Williams and the
newspaper reports of Felsch's confes-
sion tailed with those made Tuesday hv
Eddie Cicotte and Joe Jackson They
revealed that last years world series
was settled in tiny room in small
South Side hotel
In this room, occupied by Eddie Ci-
cote. once the American leagues lead
ing pitcher, the deal was made which
threw the world series. wrecked
world championship team and brought
some Of the greatest idols in baseball to
disgrace.
According to the sworn statement
made by Claude Williams. who lost three
Chick Gandil Buck" Weaver. Eddie
Cicotte, who lost two games. ana
Happy Felsch whose error helped
lose one game. ito barter with Brown
and Sullivan" to lose the game.
Pitcher Eddie Cicotte had told the
grand jury that he understood the eight
players were to get $4,000. but that
hey were double crossed by the gamb-
ers and 50 far as he knew only three. ;
himself. Jackson and Williams. ever re-
'eiyed any money for throwing the Sc
les. The amounts they were to have
'eceived. he said were:
Eddie Cicotte, pitcher. $4,000: Claude |
Williams pitcher, $4,000; Chas Ris- |
'erg. shortstop. $4,000: Buck" Wea-
7er. third baseman. $1,000; Joe Jackson, |
eft fielder. $1,000; Happy Felsch,
enter fielder, $4,000; Chick" Gaudil !
ormer first hasemen, S20.0Oo; Fred Me-
'iulin, utility player. $4,000
Williams Statement
Before going before the grand jury
Williams made the following sworn state
nent to Alfred Austrian, attorney for
he White Sox:
This situation was first brought up
o me in New York Mr. Gandn called
ne to one side. ont in front of the Hotel
aud asked me If anybody had
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