The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-28
Amazing
BASEBALL.
SCANDAL
Prize Fighter Accuses Eddie
ClcOtte Of COnSpiTing To
Throw Worlds Series.
-iAIEaNArIoNAL NEws sEayLcEl

I'M GnNNi IQnAL NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO. sept. 2s.-Wlth high Off
Gals in organized baseball here ready
70 present anidavits. letters and other
documentary evidence and world
famous ball players awaiting the
summons TO the witness stand the
Cook county grand jury was prepared
today TO take further evidence of the
amazing charges OF crookedness i'm
the great American national pastime.
One OF the witnesses likely TO be
subpoenaed today is VIM. Maharg,
former prize fighter, whose confession
at Philadelphia that he and Bill Burns.
former White Sex pitcher. were IN
volved in the fixing" of the 1919
worlds series, constitutes tho latest
sensation Of the probe. Mrs. Henrietta
b Kelly owner Of an apartment
building In which several White Sex
players lived: Kid" Gleason. manager
Of the White Sox, and Ray Schalk.
star catcher. are witnesses likely to
be called upon 70 testify on today
Marriages confession that the White
Sox had been bribed to throw the
series for s100. 600. but that they re-
ceived only $4,000. and his charge
that Eddie Cicotte the pitcher. was
the Sox player who made the offer 80
throw the series. has aroused d storm
Of interest
According TO Maharss story he met
Bill Burns, an old FRIEND. in New
York, and Cicotte approached Burns
in a room i'm the Ansonia hotel with
an offer 70 throw" the series if Burns
could find some one 70 put mp 100000
Burns tai ked Mt over with 9faharg, and
then went 10 Arnold Rothstein. New
York gambler. with the proposition.
Eothstein Maharg stated, turned the
scheme down. but later Burns tele-
graphed him that Rothstein had gone
through Burns afterward told Ma
harg, he says. that he had encountered
Abe AtteH. and that Attell had fixed"
things" with Rothstein
Atteu came 10 Cincinnati Naharg
aid with a bunch OF gamblers and
established headquarters at the SIN
tom hotel Burns and Maharg went
there 10 get the 500 con from AtrsI1
to turn over to the white SoN players
Aueu stalled them off. Alaharz SAID
claiming that they needed the money
r. het Din the games Aeteil fnalfr
gaze tiem $4,000. NIahars said. out
thc remaining SsB-e00 never was paid.
1Iahsre charges that ArtsI ana his
hle-rressed'' thc Sos ttasfs ari ala-
harg. the confession saH large
Sums o1tt ne pn che th..8 te
SERIES. Hhich the Wh5ta @ee aa rs-
der the belief ihat r. ao had
'dscd1 for Cincinnati ta a9n.
Eddie Cicote the uiteher tfoae +.
e'aphatically denied tHdev 5at 4e H#1
entered into any dishonest ae4i e-sa
Burns HE admitted fneetta- Euras 81
the New Yorl% Hotel but aa9 tha. th j.
me casually and that a Hu Ner of
other players were there. Ctestte and
Burns were "5uddies'' wHc7 BURNS
played with the Sox Cieotte clarae-
tcrizod afaharg's charges as Giles"
Charles A. C0mislsey. owner OF the
White Sex. announced that Maharg
would be invited - come to Chicago
and testify and that if he made good
his statements tho 10000 reward
which Comiskcy offered for evidence
~ crooEedness on thc part OF members
Of his team stands good
The grand jury had announced its
Intention Of not calling any White
Sox players u testify until after the
team either he's definitely won or lost
the American league pennant. It was
learned today. however. that this plan
may be- changed and Gleason and
Schalk asked 10 appear today Clea-
son and Schalk are reported go have
obtained evidence of the alleged
frame up and to have accused sew
cral az thejr team mates az meeting
or The team in the Waite Sex club
house.
Ban Johnson, president Of the Amer
tram League and John Heydier. head af