Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-28
EIGHT WHITE S0X
SUSPENDED AFTER
BEING INDICTED
Comiskey Acts When Chicago
Grand Jury Passes on
Game-Throwing Charges.

CHICAGO, September 2S.-Charles
COmiskey. president of the Wh1te
sox. today suspended every menf-
ber of the tenn indicted today in
connection with the alleged fixing
of base bnll games. seven OF the
eight indicted nre affected. Chick
GnndfI. the eighth, is not playing
this year.
The suspension practically Kills
the American League pennant this
year.
CHICAGO. September 2S.-The
Cook county grand jury this Mt.
ernoon voted true bills against the
following base ball players In it's
investigation Of alleged "throw-
ing, of world series games last
yenr:
Eddie Cicotte, Clnude Williams,
"Chfck" Gandfl. "Happy" Felsch,
"Buck, Weaver, Charles Risberg,
Joe Jackson, and Fred McMullin.
All are members of the Chicago
Americans.
The players are charged with
conspiracy TO yfOlnte state law.
PHILADELPHIA. September 2S.-
Billy Maharg. whose story revealing
what he claimed to be the plan for
throwing" last years world series
base ball games was published here
today, declined to say whether he
would go to Chicago to present his
evidence to the Cook county grand
jury. He said early today that the
telegram sent by Charles Comiskey.
president of the Chicago American
League club. asking him to come to
that city and appear before the grand
jury had not been received.
"Attell is the man the Chicago grand
jury wants." Maharg's story says. he
made the bets, turned over $4,000 to
Burns for the Sox players and double
crossed them out Of $90. .000."
Maharg is former boxer and ID
well known in local sporting circles.
Tells Of the Plot.
Maharg's story says that he and
"BilP' Burns, former American League
pitcher, were the first to be ap-
preached in the conspiracy. 49,
IT received a wire from Burns from
New York the middle of last Septem-
Der inviting me to take hunting trip
with him on his ranch in New Mex
ico," said Maharg. while we were
there in a room talking Cicotte came
in and started to talk in a low voice
to Burns.
81 heard enough to know that he said
that a group of prominent players OF the
White Sox would be willing to
throw the coming world series IL
~f ertyy
them 100000 on the morning of the
first game.
when Cicotte left. Burns turned to
me and repeated Cicotte's conversa-
ton, part of which l had heard. Burns
said. DO you know any gamblers who
would be interested in this PROPOSE
tion?'
Referred to Rothstein.
II went to Philadelphia and saw
some gamblers there. They told me
it was too big a proposition for them
to handle, and they recommended me
to Arnold Rothstein of New York.
'In the meantime. Burns had re-
turned to New York and 1 went over
again and Joined him. We met Roth
stein by appointment and put the
proposition up to him. He declined
to get into it. / returned to Phila-
delphia. thinking that everything was
off, until received the following tel
egram from Burns. 1t read:
".Arnold R. has gone through with
everything. Got eight in. leaving for
Cincinnati at 4:30.' I went the next
day and Joined Burns. He said that
after I had left New. York he ran into
Abe Attell. the fighter. who had gone
to Rothstein and fixed things up.
Burns said he had seen Cicotte and
that eight members of the team were
in the deal
Tells of Big Gang.
"Atten was in Cincinnati duartered
in a large suite in a hotel and had
gang of about twenty-five New York
SAMPLERS with him. He said they were
working for Rothstein.
Il had my first suspicion on the
morning of the first game. when Burns
ard / visited Attell. We asked for
the slOO. 900 to turn over to the White
Sox players to carry out our part of
the deal.
"Atteu refused to turn over the
S100. 900. Saying that they needed the
money to make bets. He made a.
proposal that 100000 would be
handed the players at the end of each
losing game. Burns went to the Sox
players and they seemed satisfied with
the new arrangement
THE players. however, told Burns
IL
Williams, they wouldn't win for Kerr.
So we went to Chicago and bet all of
our personal winnings of the first two
days on Cincinnati to win the third
game. The SoX got even with us by
winning this game.
"Rurns and / lost every cent we had
in our clothes. The whole upshot of
the matter was that Attell and his
gang cleaned up fortune and the
Sox players were double-crossed out
of $50, 900 that was coming to them
Resume Investigation.
CHICAGO, September 2ss-Investi-
cation of accusations that members
of the Chicago White Sox had
Thrown" the 1919 world series was y
Grand Jury, with Presidents Johnson
of the American League and Heydler
of the National League expected to
be the leading witnesses.
Two other witnesses for today are
Mrs. Henrietta D. Kelly and DR.. Ray
mend b. Prettyman. Several OF the
white Sox players roomed at Mrs.
Kelly's boarding house. and she will
he questioned about conversations be-
tween them which she may have
overheard. DR.. Prettyman is dentist
for the White Sox team, and in
statement declared he could produce
evidence of an attempt to persuade
Weaver to throw" games.
C.cOtte Makes Denial.
In denying Maharg's story today
Eddie Cicotte said:
~ would not know Maharg il
saw him. l do not recall ever having
>him. He might have been intro
iuced to me the same as any other
fan, but l do not remember him.
"BiII Burns called at the Ansonia
Hotel in New York He did not talk
cl@ hypf ann wit nj