The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-27
HISTORY OF SCANDAL
IN BIG LEAGUE BALL
Ugly Runners Were Followed by inventi-
eafisu IN September % 1870.

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CHICAGO. June 26.--The investigation
into alleged gambling. bribery and game
throwing in major league baseball was
opened officially in September. la2o when
Judge Charles a Mcdonald. chief justice
Of the criminal courts. charged the Cook
county grand jury with looking into re-
ports which had come 10 his attention
concerning fixed games.
The grand turg EveatiEation which fol-
lowed proved tha most seusat ional Ia the
sports history = finally resulted IN the
indictment ~ slglu members q the
worlds chama3an Chicago white Sox.
two former major leaEsie players. two
alleged gamblers and former world
champion pngilist On charges that they
had consuirsa foF the White sox 90 throw
the 1919 world series 20 the Cincinnati
keds and that some White soN players
accepted hFibes ranging a. high as $40. =.
0ao 60 deliberately tost games In tha-
series.
When the case was called to trial or
March ~, 1881 however. lt appeared that
the sensational expose would develop
the greatest legal fiaaco on record. The
state. charging that les witnesses nal
been corrupted. declared Il was not ready
70 prosecute and when Judge william p.
Denver refused a p0stponemeat. states
there was mo game" and dr. pred the
cases against seven ~ the players. Judge
Denver took the others OFF The court cali
The action ~ the state. however
proved 20 be a boomerang. for. instead
~ marking the end % the scandal a.
proved really % be the beginning 4 Few
days later a new grand jury investlga-
tlon was started. Unlike the FIRST one.
which was attended 81 blaring ~ trunl-
pets which made al ~ the testimony
public. the second inquiry waa secret
President Ban johnson Of the American
league was the chief witness aside from
state officials who read the testimony
submitted a. the first hearing.
On March ~ the thirteen men original
Is indicted were reindicted and with them
i've others were named The thirteen
named In the first indictments were the
eight White Sox piayers-~Eddle Cieotte.
pitcher. Claude Williams. pitches. Joe
Jackson. left field: Happy Fetseh. center
field. Chick Ganall, first haAemnn. Swcde
RisherR. shoftHtop: Buck Weaver. third
baseman; FRED McMuilin. utility player.
Hal Chase and nin BURNS former major
league players Rachel Brown and Joseph
}. sullivan. alleged gamblers. and Abe
Attei. said 90 have been the Abe Attei
who formerly was world champion foath-
erwoight fighter
In addition 20 these men. the second
Indictments named Ben Franklin and
Carl Jerk 81 81. Louis. two brothers
named Levi. said 10 have lived IN Des
Moines AZ enc time. and David zelscr.
said to be from San Francisco. states
officials declared that witnesses testified
Fork and Franklin were leaders ~ the
alleged conspiracy.
while Judge McDonald's charge 70 the
IssFass the nfffqIaf fsrsasaEwar fAss
investigation - the state. there had been
many rnm0fs since the close - the 1873
world series that IL had not been played
On the square and testimony given the
grand 5urles revealed that various hasa-
ball officials. had conducted private IN
vestiEations for months. bat without def
mite results.
These rumors came 20 a head when =
Chicago paper. Ia copyrighted article.
exposed an alleged attempt 70 "nxH
National league game IL August. 1899
The first Investigation then was ordered
and the investigators started On the 1919
world series. The days that followed pre-
ducod one sensation after another untii
finally Edward v. Cicutte White Sex
pitcher. once rated the best ~ the
American lea ne. with tears IN hfs eyes
confessed tAat he had received sic. 600
70 throw games and named seve o. his
teammates a. associates in ~ alleged
deal
Following cIcotte's confession. the jury
voted indictments against the eight White
Sos PLAYERS.
The Indictments were voted the day
Cicotte acknowledgements Is. 1890
As soon as they were announced. Joe
Jackson went 10 the jury and confessed
20 receiving t5.eoe. saying Il VAS given
% him BY Claude Williams, The next
day Williams confessed 10 receiving sl0.-
Gee and 60 giving ss.oso % IL 20 Jackson.
The money was given him - Gandi
Williams said
Williams named Ganau and two gam
hlnTs who we're introduced ~ him as
Brown" and sullivan" a. the Eo-be-
tweoaa who arranged the deal with the
White sox players
Indictments Immediately were voted
against Rachel Brown and y u sullivan
and later Chase and Burns were Indicted
Clcotte told the grand jury his SO 0ao
was given him before the series started
q was placed under bis pillow. he said
Concerning the actual throwing ~ the
gaules the pitcher confessed 20 only one
deliberate mimpiay lie said he pmrpnaely
hit nath. the first man up IN the first
garae. but then repented and after that
played his best throughout the series
Cieofte talked a. several officials before
EolnG % the grand jury chambers. These
officials quoted him ~ confeasinE % ether
mlsniays. but the hitting q Raih was
the only ere officially reported Is ths
grand jury ~ the pitcher
williams and jackson said they dia
not actually throW ans Eames The other
players claim that they ald net receive