Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-29

anguish has sorrow Tor ms TWO small
children, as he told how he did his ut
most to lose rather than win the 1919
world series after he had "found"
$4,000 beneath his pillow where it
had been placed by professional gam
blers.
He said he lobbed the ball to the
plate so slowly "you could read the
trade mark on it, in the first game at
Cincinnati, when he was taken out of
the box after three and two-thiEds
innings had been played.
Both Cicotte and Jackson were
closeted with the grand jurors for a
considerable time and later court Of
ticials reported that they told their
stories in substantial detail. AS they
left the room they were taken in c q
tody by detectives of the states at
torney's office. Their detention was
not in the nature of an arrest.
Cicotte, who earlier in the day had
vehemently denied any part in the
alleged plot, as described by Maharg,
at Philadelphia, admitted on the
stand, officials of the court said, that
the Philadelphian' story was sub
stantially correct.
The court officials also quoted Ci-
cote as saying that the players had
believed "Chick" Gandil, who, he said,
was interested in the dealing with
the gamblers, had double crossed
them, and that Maharg's story wit the
first intimation they had had that At
tell had held out on the 100000.
which had been promised them.
The penalty provided upon con-
viction on the charges brought would
be one to five years in the peniten-
tiary and fine of not more than
$4,000.
Only Beginning.
"We are going after the gamblers
in few days against men in Phila-
delphia, Indianapolis, ST. Louis, .Des
now. There will be indictments with
Moines, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
other cities. More baseball players
also will be indicted. We've got the
goods on these men and we are go
ing the limit"
Harry Grabner, secretary of the
White Sox, announced that the Club
would plav out the schedule to the
end if it had to employ Cinnamon"
to fill the vacancies on the team.
Mr.. Comiskey made the following
statement to the Associated Press:
"The consideration which the
grand jury gave to the case should be
greatly appreciated by the general
public. The Honorable Charles I.
Mcdonald, chief justice, and the
foreman of the grand jury, Harry
Brigham, and his associates, who so
diligently strove to save and make
Americas great game the clean sport
which it is, are to be commended in
no uncertain terms by all sport fol-
lowers. in spite of what happened.
And, thank God, it did happen. For
ty-four years of baseball endeavor
have convinced me more than ever
that it is a wonderful game and
game worth keeping clean.
81 would rather close my ball park
than send nine men on the field with
one of them holding a dishonest
thought toward clean baseball--the
game which John j. McGraw and I
went around tie world with to show
to the people on the other side.
eve are far from through yet We
have the nucleus of another cham
pionship seam with the remainder of
the old worlds champion team"
He named the veterans, Eddie and
John Collins, Ray Schalk, Urban Fa-
Der, Dick Kerr, Eddie Murphy, Memo
Leibold and Amos Strunk, and he
declared that, with the addition of
Hodge, Falk, Jourdan and McClel-
land, 81 guess we can go along and
win the champion ship yet"