The Washington times., 1920-09-29

Yankees, who rendered the White Sox
the use of any players on the Yankee
roster. Henry FraZee. OF the Boston
Red Sox. made similar tender OF
aid. Rules of baseball forbid the
acceptance Of such profrers. but the
spirit in which they were made
pleased Comiskey nightly.
None OF the players indicted by the
grand jury are under arrest as yet.
Eddie Cicotte left for his home in De-
troit last night.
Joe jackson remained in Chicago
after making his confession to the
grand jury, but was closely guarded
by deputy sheriffs after he had re-
vealed a letter threatening him with
death IL he did not tell of his part
in the plot.
Cicotte In said to fear Federal prose-
cution because he failed to include the
$4,000 he got for "throwing- the
games he pitched In his income tax
returns.
TURNED STATES EVIDENCE.
Both Jackson and Cicotte signed
immunity waivers, but 1t is under
stood that they will be given con-
sideration because of the testimony
they gave to the grand jury, and that
both will testify as witnesses for the
State when the cases come to trial
Cicotte told his story to the grand
jury with streaming eyes and halting
tongue. He told how Risberg, Gandil
and McMullin had brosched the pIs"
to him, and how, because he needed
the money for his wife and kids" he
agreed to join in the alleged conspir-
acy. He told how the eight men met
in his room at the Warner Hotel
here, and discussed the plan and
agreed that they could get away with
1t. -....
I'VE lived up to our agreement"
Cicotte said, but we were double
crossed. Only three of us got any
money, and none of us got as much
as had been agreed upon. i don't
know what become of the other $75,-
600. I think Chick Gandil got It or
else Abe Attell Chick was supposed
to slip us our share of the bribe. He
told me later he never got it from the
gamblers"
HOW GAMES WERE THROWN.
Then Cicotte told how games were
thrown. lie said:
81 was asked TO groove balls over
the plate so they could he hit and
make wild throws II nesessary, dis
obey Catcher Ray Schnlk's signals
and boot bntted balls II 1 had to In or
der to let Cincinnati win. Some Of
the others were Instructed to fail to
hit. miss fies or Hroundcrs or make
wild throws. There was NO general
plan. but we all knew what WINS e1-
pected of u.s.. All performed quite
trickily except Fclsch, who clowned
his misscs Of ny balls SO ridic ulously
ms to scare MS ALL
Joe Jackson, In his confession, Is
reported to have said: .t
"When q CincinpaH player would
bat ball out In my territory I'd nun
IL II couIa--that n, fail to catch II.
Rst II II wsuid look too much like
croo1ked work to do that ia be slow
snd make . throw to the inneld that
would be too short. MY work nettea
the Cincinnati team several rims thnt
they never would have mndc II I had
b~~n playing on the square,
Cicotte's confession is said to have
named Gandil as the ring leader In
the plot, with Ristcrg and McMullin
as his chief licutenants Gandil did
not report to the White Sox thi,
year and has not yet been located
lt Is reported that he Is en- route from
Los Angeles to New Orleans on an
automobile tour. ~ '..
The stenographic records OF what
Cicotte and Jackson said cannot be
noted, but for "the sake of tho game -
attaches allowed the substance OF
their testimony to become known.
Through both stories there ran an al
most unbroken thread Of double-cross-
Ing by the gamblers with whom the
players dealt.
= INSISTED ON MONEY.
"But I refused to pitch a ball" said
Cicottc, until got the money. and
$4,000 was placed under my pillow
in the hotel the night before the frst
game. Every ono was paid indidi-
viduaIly. and the same scheme was
used with all OF Ss.
"In tho, frst game at Cincinnati.
when j was knocked out OF the box,
| just lobbed the bail up 70 the plate
you could have read the trade mark
on H. In the fourth game. at Chicago.
I purposely intercepted and mufred a
throw from tho outfeld that would
have caught a Red Mt the home plato.
Later, In the same game, J made a
wild throw that allowed another run
nsr to score.