Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-02
BY Associ press,

ING the investigation into the alleged
'.fixing'' OF the 1919 world series. to-
day was to be made a special body
to continue Its search of baseball
i.istory for evidences of crqokedness.
There win bs no session OF the jury
today, other than a perfunctory one to
dispose, OF the foranallties making II
4 special body. Testimony will be
resumed Monday. however, and on
Tuesday John ;, Mccraw, MANAGER
OF the New York Giants, Fred Toney,
Giant pitcher, and Bennie Kauff, OF
the New York club. will take the
stand to conclude evidence reiattns
to Heinsss ztnmsr1nan, Hal Chase
ana To- Magsss National League
players, Who are alleged to~have con-
spired to throw ball games during
the 1Sf1 season. Kauf and Toney. II
In understood, Will testify that Zim-
merman offered them $500 and 5000
respectively to throw q game They
refused. d ii st
Judge Charles Mcdonald today is
sued an order extending the period
OF the September grand jury 1ndef.
instsly3 to permit continuation OF It's
SnvestigAtion OF the baseball scandal.
Gambler 10 Tell All.
Reports from New York say Sui
Mvan, who - now there has de-
clared the gamblers are trying to
make him the goat and that he
will tell everything he knows about
the gambling plot when he appears
before the grand Jury.
.sBuck.. weaver, \ Fred McMullin.
Happy Felsch and Swede Risberg
have employed counsel to defend
them. and have demanded trials as
Asoon as the indictments against them
are returned. Chief Justice McDon-
aid, said he would grant them i'm
mediate hearings.
othsr Games Fixed.
At least six 1870 major league
baseball games were fixed by
gannblsrs-th same clique which
bought upf pfiWhite siox players to
throw lASf seasons worlds series to
Cincinnaft There probably were
more.
And plans were laid by the gam
=
b1ers ia. Fix" the 1920 series.
Such were the charges revealed
yesterday BY States Attorney Hoyne
when he feturned from New York.
He immediately took charge Of the
grand Jpryl investigation.
Mr.sFs6ns aaid:
* ,sy evidence that several OF
the 1870 Hames were liked and |
have inSuymation thsst the forthcom-
ing series was to be fixed.
'terss Than last Year"
while IN New YORK; gathered to-
gether loose threads OF 1920 scan
dal In baseball which would far sur
PASS that Of last season." he said.
!. .It appeared that the gamblers had
met with such success that they were
brazen in their plane to pollute the
national sport. Rumors Of their
crookedness were floating from the
Fhousetops. as It were.
g aAad sthere wAs evidence, too.
tho I had not sufficient time to
run it down to & certainty. But
left numerous trusty Investigators in
1the seast and am expecting them to
compite the work / started.
mar viii Do the FesuN! VIII
not say at this time. but I will ven
.ture the assertion TINT there is more
and bigger scandal coming In the
baseball world
After a conference with his aids
over. the past work OF the grand jury
and It's results, Mr.. Hoyne went be-
fore the tribunal to assure 1t that he
was wholly in accord with its ac-
tions.
Dsnlss Any Hostility.
81 want to deny statements attrib-
uted to me that doubted you gen.
tlemen's jurisdiction IN returning in
tIietments against the eight White
Sox players and the gamblers in
volved IA The 1919 series conspiracy"
he. told tho Jurors. What I said in
New York was this. There was not
sufficient evidence to warrant indict-
ments when I left Chicago
'-This was true, but the new evi-
dence produced after by departure
did warrant the indictments. and
am moro than satisfied with the,
present status Of the investigation"
Four OF the indicted Sox players
announced during the day they would
fight prosecution for their alleged