Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
CHARGE LAYDOWX
IN RECENT PLAYING
Was Crooked Work in Games
This Season.
~ Associated Press . Every Evsuinr

nv Associated Press 70 Kvery Eveuinr
Chicago, sept 20 Identity a alleged
go-betweens and gambler who brlbed
. White SOx players. was revealed in n onn-
fession made o. the grand jury t1dTv br
Claude Lefty" Williams who iuiurf
Cicofte and Jackson IN rnslinv d clean
breast u the 1910 world uefies frame up
Williams named Chick Gandi ioffrrr
White SOx player against whom n trle h.N
was returned Yesterday o. chief gg-h..
tween On tho team. and a Brown 81
Sullivan gambler from either Neu borI
or Boston as gO-bctweeus iDf The gamhlrf.
The Jury Immediately voted frir l.'r
for Brown and Sullivan Whhafns imrl
he was supposed ~ ret s2O 600 and fart.
son the same. but tina, ~ recrived triv
go. 100. half Of which b. gaVe - IarknIr
He said GandH told HIM that 1871
Burns. veteran pitcher. and Abe Atieil
former prize fighter. we're fixing i for ~
Sox players % get sl0O. 1000
Williams named sport sullivan q
Boston gambler. and a Boston esnbler
named Brown a. two ~ The priueirals
in the deal he said that b. receiyed
$4,000 for his part IN throwing the series
Five thousand dollars of thss amount o.
gave ~ jackson. BE- said
Williams declared he personally pad tho
5000 10 jackson. has testimony befng az
variance with previous reports.
Williams before making his statement
signed waiver of immunity
Assistant states Attorney Hartley
Replegic stated that another of tho White
/ Sox players was expected AZ the criminal
I court building this afternoon 20 make
statement The snnouneefnent ~ar be-
I lleved % refer 70 McMuiiin.
| Fugere Drli5ue Of the Toledo Amerr~an
I Association team, formerly with the
/ Detroit Tigers and New York Giants. Wss
asked TO testify because Of statements BY
/ pitcher Rub" Benton q the Giants
/ last week that Dubuc had reociyed a asies-
I gram from Hal Chase hast fall during the
/ World series advising him 20 bet on Csn-
| cinnati.
The Toledo player Is also TO DO question:
/ cd. il was said, about reports that gamez
we're fixed on a transforming tour in
which and Chase partic Ipated last
| fall
Chase. according TO information IN
/ hands Of the States Attorney, received
an offer to throw the first game a the
| transforming series. which was playefi
with the Atlantic City Giants, a coiorcd
team at Philadelphia. Chase is said to
have made five errors IN that game.
When Charles 4. COmiskey. owner ~
the White Sox, reached ms office shortly
before noon he found enough letters ami
telegams waiting for him to OIL two gD0d
sized barrels
Baseball officials, players and fans
from all parts OF the country teleuaphel
their sympathy and congratulated the
Old Roman on the manner IN which be
II H. rrss
ers.
Chicago, Sept. 2e-Further comics
sions by some OF the seven White Sox
players who with one former player xerc
indicted yesterday IN connection with thc
alleged throwing of the 1919 work.
series will be made With a day or twu.
Alfred ). Austrian. att0r neg for the bal.
club announced today.
True bills naming three bail players not
members of the White S0x and threa
gamblers were expected % % voted bv tho
grand jury. Members Of the jury saId
| this morning they had sufficient evidcrcc
on which TO base indictments.
1t was reported that true bills against
two National League players we're hrirg
considered.
WiIlian kid Gleason, manager q the
| White Sox, disclosed TODAY the march oi
events which eliminated in Cicottes con-
fession and the voting Of indictments.
/ Last Monday, according % Gleason, he
| had gathered enough evidence 70 know
that some Of the players had hocn hrih,d
| 70 lose the series. Cicotte came % ham
Monday night, he said, and declared hc
| had "a load on his chest and wanted 90
/ get rid OF il. Gleason told him % ~,
| 'sCommy A. COmlSkoy, osncr
| Of the Sox.
J, Comiskey heard Cicotto's story, which
tailed with the evidence gathered b has
private detectives, and then called hls at
torney, A. ;. Gustrian, and told hlm 20
take the pitcher 20 Judge NcDunald,
chief Justice of the Cook County Criminal
Court. The confession and indictments
followed.
The eight players indicted are zap
parently only tools Of a gambling riugF
according 10 Harry Brigham, foreman II
the grand jury. The ramihcatlons 81 this
ring be said, extend everywhere that pro-
fessional baseball is known.
SIT Is evident that some Of these BOYS
yielded TO the influence OF thoSe whose
| names doubtless VIII appear IN the llst Of
defendants later on, MIR Brigham Said.
Indictment Of his seven players cost
Charles A. Comlskev, owner u the club,
i $3.50, 200, the amount for which he could
have sold their services, be said today.
\ The club owner fixed the valuation 0i the
seven at:
! Joe jackson, $4,000
Buck Weaver, $4,000.
Oscar Felsch, $50 600.
Claude Williams, s25,o