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first bascman, who was named by Eddie
Cicotte, Joe jackson, Williams and others
~ the man who headed the conspiracy
among the players, said yesterday in Luf-
kin, Texas, where he is in hospital follow
ing an operation for appendicitis, that
the stories concerning him were untrue.
Il never threw a game in my life,' he
said
"If Lefty Williams said ! WAS the go
between shall give him little trouble on
my own hook and make him prove his
charge" Gandil said. "As soon AZ / can
leave the hospital am going straight to
Chicago and face those fellows and make
them admit they lied. IL wont be neccs-
| sary to send an officer for me-
Buck Herzog, second baseman OF the
Chicago Cubs WAS recovering today from
three wounds inflicted by n man with q
knife yesterday as he WAS leaving the ball
park at Joliet, ILL.,. whereshe Cubs played
an exhibition game Herzog was in an
automobile and man shouted, There
goes the crooked Chicago ball players" +"
The man jumped the running board of the
car and slashed Herzog on the right hand
and left arm and leg. The wounds are not
serious.
Herzog was charged by "Rube" Benton
with having tried To bribe him To throw
ball games, but was exonerated OF the
, charges when President Heydler Of the
National League appeared before the
grand jury with affidavits declaring him
innocent.
New York, Oct District Attorney
Harry f.. Lewis, of Brooklyn, expected TO
complete today his examination OF Brook
lyn National League baseball players on
reports that gamblers had approached
some of them with proposals to throw
the approaching world series.
After three players bad been questioned
by Mr.. Lewis Yesterday he said he was
convinced that thfy were ION the level. "
Those questioarJ were zack Wheat,
captain Pitcher EfMnaux, and James W.
Taylor, fielder.
Manager WabcA Robinson Of theSuper-
bas planned piAnGx xonfer with Mr. lewis
today. Aft4 f3rence with President
Charles il. E&t1 yesterday, Mr.. Rob
inson withd&,S{NN lformal objection TO
Mr.. Lewis svsstiJ,tion He reiterated
his belief in Che integrity of the players
Worcester. Mass. Oct. William y.
| Bransheld, first baseman OF the Phlla-
delphia National League baseball team IN
| 1908, says in regard to the stories told by
| Horace Fogel and Charley Doom about
| attempts by New York gamblers To get
| member, of the Philadelphia club 10 throw
| the final series to New York go the latter
| team might win the National League
pennant that year
| "On the Saturday before the series was
| opened in New York, while We were prac-
/ ticing before the game III Plttsburg, word
/ came TO me that doctor from New York
4 wanted To see me outside. ! went out and
! met man ! had never seen before. lie
| wanted me TO 90 to New York that night,
! but did not know him and refused Later
| | found out that he was the head OF a
/ clique Of New York gamblers. Other
/ PLAYERS on our team were approached by
/ him but refused to have anything 20 do
| with him. When we reached our hotel in
! New York on Sunday this same man was
/ hanging around on the opposite side of the
| street He hung around all Sunday and
/ Monday trying to get some of our fellows,
/ but the talk of throwing the series WAS 80
| great at the time that we purposely
! avoided him As result of the talk about
/ throwing the series we determined TO win
at all costs and we played better ball than
we ever did in our lives before setting
back the Giants and causing them 20 lose
the pennant.
Chicago, Oct. 1-Charles Comiskev,
owner of the White Sox, asked State s
Attorney Hoyne to investigate last year s
worlds series Immediately after the
games Hoyne said today, after his return
here from New York
Hovne's office conducted the investiga-
ton for three or four days and found
enough evidence to satisfy him that the
series was crooked, he said. He said nol
enough evidence was found, however, to
prove the fact.
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