The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-29
new YORK Will
PROBE SCANDAL
District Attorney Finds Evil
dence of New Betting Clique.
Tried to Buy Brooklyn Players
in Pennant Race.
ENTIRE TEAM TO BE QUIzzEl
Chicago Prosecutor Asked to
Help New Proceedings.
Swift Punishment for Players
and Gamblers Planned.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Uncle Sam
will take a hand in the investigation
of baseball gambling charges, it was
learned today.
Officials of the internal revenue bu-
reau began an inquiry to ascertain
whether the ball players who are al
legged to have received bribes for
throwing the 1919 worlds series
games made any mention of the fact
in their income tax returns.
New York, Sept. 29.-District At
torney Harry E. Lewis announced to-
day he will start an immediate in
vestigation into reports that a gam
bling clique plans to attempt to bribe
players on the Brooklyn team to lose
the world series.
Lewis said that following rumors
published in 2 New York paper of
such an attempt. he wired District At
torney Hoyne in Chicago and also got
in touch with officials of the Brooklyn
club. The latter assured him that the
entire team would appear at his Of
flee Friday morning. When informed
that Hoyne is in New York Lewis said
he would communicate with Hoyne
impl lediately.
Wires District Attorney.
Lewis wired Hoyne as follows:
1.-THE New York Evening Sun of
September 28. 1920, states:
1nIOTInaLlOn Wnlcn mas Deen gain
cred by officials tended to indicate
that the same clique Of gamblers
which is alleged to have fixed the 1919
series have made plans to have Brook
lyn throw the coming series to the
Cleveland Indians
II intend to initiate an investigation
at once. VIII you let me know if you
have any Information in substantial
ton about the article above quoted.
(Signed) HARRY Z. LEWIS,
District Attorney, Kings County,
brooklyn, \. W
IF there are any players of the
Brooklyn club concerned in any way
in this rumor, I will suspend them at
/ once" Charles H. Ebbetts, president of
/ the Brooklyn club, told District Attor-
/ ney Lewis.
| Ebbets also told Lewis that when
/ the Brooklyn players came to the field
today he would inform them of the
| circumstances and tell them about the
visit to be made to the district attor-
ney's office. 1t was thought possible
some of the players might be ques-
! toned this afternoon, as there was no
game scheduled for today.
! Want No Cloud.
After talking with Ebbets. Lewis
said:
Il feel that in view of these ugly
rumors. the people Of Brooklyn are
entitled to have this situation cleared
cloud over the world series. which
starts next Tuesday"
Lewis said that If the reported
gamblers plot is found to really exist
he intends to punish the gamblers as
well as any players that may be i'm
plicated.
They may he prosecuted, he said, on
a charge of conspiracy to do an il
legal thing"
States Attorney Hoyne of Chicago
when the telegram from Lewis was
read to him, said:
Il have no such information. Al
our attention was centered on the in
vestigation of the White SOX in Chi
cago.'
Cincinnati Plans Probe.
Cincinnati. Sept. 29.-As the result
of Pitcher Eddie Cicotte's confession
that he found bribe money under his
pillow at a hotel in Cincinnati after
he had pitched and lost the opening
game of the world series, the new
Hamilton county grand jury, sum
moned to assemble Monday. will in
quire into the circumstances