Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-29
MORE White S0X
MAY ADMIT PART
|NB. B. SCANDAL
Confessions of at Least Two
Are Looked For Within
Next Few Days.
MAY lNDICT SIX NOT
ON THE CHICAGO TEAM
True Bills Expected Today Against
Three on Other Clubs and
Trio of Gamblers.
Bs the Associated Press.

Trio of Gamblers.
Bs the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September Evidently
Of alleged EO-betweens and gamblers
who bribed White Sox players was re-
vealed in n confession made TO the
grand jury today by Claude LEFTY"
Williams, who Joined Cicotte and
jackson in making n clean breast Of
the 1919 world series frnme-up.
Williams named sSporf. Sullivan, n
Boston gambler, and another Boston
gambler named Brown ms two OF the
principals in the deal. He said that he
received $1,000 for his part in throw
ing the series. Five Thousand dolInrs
OF this amount he gave to jackson, he
| said.
Williams said he was supposed to
get S2O.O0O and Jackson the same. but
that he received only x1O,OOO. half Of
which he gave jackson. He said Gam
dill told him that Bill Burns, veteran
pitcher. and Abe AtteIl, former prize
fighter. were fixing 1t for the SOx
players to get S1OO,OOO.
The jury voted true bills for Brown
and sullivan.
CHICAGO, September 29.-Further
confessions by some of the seven
White SoX players. who. with one
former player, were indicted yester-
day in connection with the alleged
throwing of the 1919 world series,
will be made within a day or two, AL
fred S. Austrian. attorney for the ball
club, announced today. 1t has been
rumored that at least two Of the
seven were anxious to supplement the
confessions of Eddie Cicotte and Joe
Jackson with their statements.
True bills naming three ball players
not members of the White Sox and
three gamblers were expected to be
voted today by the grand jury. Mem
bers of the jury said this morning
they had sufficient evidence on which
to base indictments. 1t was reported
that true bills against two National
League players were being considered.
Says Players Only Tools.
The eight players indicted are ZAP
parently only tools of a gambling
foreman of the grand jury. The rami-
| fications of this ring. he said. extend
everywhere that professional base ball
| is known.
! Il hope the cleansing process of this
investigation will extend to all the
sore spots in the sporting world"
The grand jury, whose normal period
of Office expires tomorrow, Will be
continued indefinitely to complete the
base ball investigation. he said.
Portions of the confessions of Pitcher
Eddie Cicotte and Outfielder Joe Jack
son of the Chicago White Sox. reveal
ed yesterday by court officials. were
amplified today by further information
from court officers. Cicotte and Jack
son did not make formal statements.
as most of the jury proceedings were
kept secret, especially as to develop
ments likely to involve other persons
in legal proceedings.
Get. Copies Of Telesrams.
Copies of kilograms sent prior to and
during the 1919 series by Hal Chase and
Bill Burns, former major league players,
have been obtained by President Heyd-
Ter for presentation to the grand jury
today.
John J. McGraw. manager of the
Giants. also has been asked by the grand
jury to appear today to tell about the
release of Hal Chase, Lee Magee and
Heinie Zimmerman by the Giants last
wear. Statements by several ball play
ers in connection with the 1919 series
have involved Chase in the deal by
which gamblers are said to have paid
eight White Sox players to LAY down"
to the Cincinnati Reds.
Cicotte Names Amounts.
Cicotte, in his confession yesterday,
told the jury that he understood the
eight players were to get ssoooo, put
that thev were double-crossed by the
pamblers and: so far as he knew, only
three, himself. Jackson and Williams.
ever received any money for throwing
the series The amounts they were to
have received. he said were:
Cicotte. pitcher, $4,000: Claude VIII
iiams. pitcher, $4,000; Charles Risberg,
shortstop, $4,000: Buck Weaver. third
haseman. $1,000: Joe jackson. left fielder.
$1,000; Happy" Felsch, center fielder.
s. goo: Chick Gandil, former first base
man, $4,000; Fred McMullin, utility
player. $4,000.
ments were returned.
They were Immediately suspended by
Charles A ComiSkey, president of the
club. VINO apparently thereby threw
away all chances of winning the Ameri-
can League peRnant.
Cicotte's Confession.
"Risberg. Gandil and McMullin were
a, me for a week before the series
started" Cicotte told the grand jury
in his confession. They wanted me to
go crooked. l needed the money. L
had the wife and kids. They don't
know this and / don't know what
81 had bought a farm. There was a
"a OO0 mortgage. ] paid that on with
crooked money.
THE eight of us-the eight under
indictment-got together in my room
three or four days before the serie.
started Gandil was master OF cer"-
monies. We talked about throwing the
the SERIES and decided we could get
awav with it, We agreed to do it.
~ was thinking of the wife and
kids. and how l needed the money. L
told them l had to have the cash in
advance ] didn't want any checks.
/ didn't want any promises. wanted
the money in bills before / pitched
we all talked quite a while about
II Yes. all of us decided to do our
hest to throw the games to Cincinnati.
Then GandiI and McMulin took us all.
one by one, away from the others and
We talked turkey. They asked me
nv price. L told them $4,000, paid
In advance
at was Gandil ] was talking to. He
wanted TO give me some money at the
time. and the rest after the games
were played and lost.
".Cash in advance, not c. o. d.
reuinded him. II you can't trust me
I can't trust you. Pay or l play ball.
"Well. the argument went on for
come days, but I stood pat. l wanted
that $4,000 and l got it.
"Eow ] wish that l had not!
"The day before i went to Cincin-
pati / nut it up to them squarely for