Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-24
BIG SCANDAL BREWS
IN INVESTIGATION OF
1919 WORLD SERIES
Evidence Shows Huge Amounts
Bet ON Tip That Cincinnati
Would Win.
MANY PLAYERS
WE'RE INVOLVED
nv ssso,ia,ed pre.s 20 Every yveninz

BY Asso,iated Proas 20 Every yyeninz
Chicago, Sept. 24-Tntercg' N ihe
grand Jury investigation into alleged
Throwing Of BASEBALL 2ames ~ Do
honest players switched to-day from thi-
cago 70 Cleveland
With the grand iury adiourued untn
next Tuesday, investigatorsi pe.ftsn
rnagnatea and fans are watching thf
White Sor. for their victory % defeat in
the series with the league ieofing Indians
AZ Cleveland may decide The future course
Of the investigation II the White For on
today they will displace Cleveiand ara
lead the league by half a game.
Ban johnson, president n he hrncT1rar
TeaQ1ie. ~ reported 10 have recffvrd
rurnOrs that gamblers are trying ~ ereafe
an impression that the White 5oE dert Tot
win the iear1Ie pennant. AcoOrdinr ~
statements quoting Mr. Johnsou, Pfh-
lished by papers here the gyntieste -
gambler which n has becn cnnrvrd
Mought" last years world series ~ pay
ing 10000 70 FIVE White Sox players,
threatens 70 expose the plot 4 the Chica-n
team wiDs the race
MIR. Johnson, II was anno-ncef 'f'>'a~,
will be recalled by the grsrc jury nrrf
week 70 tell what be- knows about tns
alleged blackmaH plot
New York. Sept 24-Jotrr A. Hsydl~-
president Of the Rational Baseball fssglle
who win apuear next week before the
Chicago grand jury investigating slievea
cabling. planned ~ ieave Tor the wFf
today Before going 81 Chieegr, hops~ver.
Mr. Heydler will visit a nuunt~r - MAJOR
league cities tO investigate several "ieasis
he has reoeived.
Chicago. Sept "A fuvr~rivs~cr -
report that George NJ Cohen. acf1r. snd
Mont Tennes of Chicago had losf lsrgf
sums bet on Last year world series was
,lndersfood today ~ b. under ccsmdsrl-
ton ~ the Cook County grand jury winch
next TUESDAY, viii resume catherine testi-
nl0nv a charges that the series ~ .trnd
40 that the Cincinnati Reds Eouid an.
Published reports place Cohan's i0sses at
$50 600 and Tennes at sSoOpn
The inquiry intO the fung cnarErs p
70 be pushed 70 the limit, accorcinZ - 2
statement made by Henry n. hrignam,
foreman of the Grand jury. Tno declared
that he was shocked ~ the ruttennfsr 80
far revealed" He added that "thieago,
New York Cincinnati ana 81 lsou1 EArlf-
Iers are bleeding baseball anc cofruptn9
| players
statement received from hun o. New f1rk
/ declared he had no doubt that tne 1912
series was crooked and that at least ono
! Chicaco PLAYER was crooked. Tie adoled
I that ,. report that Cohan ana enncs
\ had information regarding alleged hase-
/ hall crookedness would be thoroughly l-
vestigated by ms Office.
4 Jacob ('Rube0 Benton, New OK
\ Giants pitcher, VINO tod the Grand lilfY
I Yesterday of beng offered crlpe 70 ,si~
I a gane. naming Buck Herzox. dal
4 Cyhase and "Heinle" Zimmerman IN con-
nection with the alleged offer, ln state
rnent uublished today names four Wnlte
I Sox PLAYERS as having heen named -
him by an alleged member of uaseuail
| gambling ring IN discussion a alleged
/ fIxjng ~ the 1919 series. These players,
Benton declared. were EDDIE Cicotte,
pitcher Of the hrst came Claude
Z william pitcher IN the second; ChicG
GandI. first baseman. and Hap Eelsca.
center fielder. According 70 henton =
statement the players were mentioned ~
Cincinnati betting eommaaioncf
named Hahn.
White Sox plavers demanded Sl0o.uOO
I fOF LlTQMl- tltt T-Aa-t 49, - -.-
was paid to them BY 3 group q flttso'irs
gamblers.
name the Pittsburg gamblers aud would
be glad 70 give the Information 20 The
grand jury.
Benton. in his story Of the alleged
fixing" Of the world series last fan, sad
Last fall after the series a man named
Hahn. who halls from Cincinnati and Be-
known as betting cOmmlssioner, VISITED
me at nv home IN Clinton, y. G.
ssOne morning, while We we're oul
hunting I asked hun about che world
series. He said the series was not on the
"He said that the deal 70 ix PLAYERS tc
throw the series 20 Cincinnati had hcel
engineered hv A syndicate az gnmhicr.
from Pittsburg for whom be- worked l
Cincinnati as betting commissioner.
He said certain PLAYERS on thc WHIT
Sox team had visited Pittshurg hclorc ni
series was played and made arrangemcu.
10 throw the games for prov. he sail
that the PLAYERS demanded elo.uo "a
Law down ~ that the Sox would l1sg
and this was pald them.
we discussed various players on th'
team. Buck Viewers name Was nu
mentioned. nor were The names ui Jarh
son. Eddie Collins. John Collins m Ray
Schalk. Five PLAYERS were mcnuontd pa
Hahn in the course of the convcrsarru q
-Four are Eddie Cicotte. pitcher oi th
FIRST game az the series Claude VA
liams. who pitched the sCcyua gaul
Continued 90 pose 2b