The New York herald., 1921-07-06
ONE JUROR CHOSEN
FOR SCANDAL TRIAL
Judge Friend Rules Defen-
dants Must Answer to All
Indictments.

Spccidl Despatch TO THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
CHICAGO, July 5.--The actual work or
selecting jurors to try the former White
Sox players and others In connection
with the scandal attached TO the worlds
series OF 1919 was begun to-day. Each
side will have 12O peremptory challenges
or ten for each defendant.
Judge Friend speeded up matters by
overruling a motion to quash all the In
dictments for conspiracy and also that
to force the State to elect which count
1t would go to trial upon. AS a result
the defendants must go before the jury
on all twelve indictments.
There are. prospects that Federal
Judge Lands, high commissioner of
baseball. may be called as witness.
The move to bring him into the case
was planned as counter stroke should
the defence persist in its announced plan
of holding that the players were under
no contract TO play well in the post
season series.
All of the accused players except Fred
McMullin, Hal Chase and Bill Burns
were present when the case was called
before Judge Friend. Five alleged
gamblers brought into the case on
charges that they brought about fixing"
of the series by bribing the White Sox
to lose to Cincinnati, also were present.
1t was indicated by the defence that
g. technical argument would be advanced
attacking the presumption that the
players were under contract with G. A.
Comiskey to play in the post-season
series. Assistant States Attorney George
f. German announced that such a move
/ uoiild ha roltptarnd nv oallipp Of Iitdoa
Lands.
I'VE do not intend to call Judge
Lands to testify concerning the con-
spiracy Charge" he said, but If the
defence attempts to show that these
men we're not under contract we shall
have to obtain evidence concerning the
agreements under which they played.
All OF the records OF these contracts
are in the possession of the Baseball
Commission. We can show that the
White Sox were legally obligated to
Comiskey to play in that SERIES"
The majority of the special jury
venire summoned made every effort tc
dodge or otherwise avoid service. Ex-
cuses were manifold, but few were
excused. The star excuse-and win
ner--was that. of S. NJ. Samson, who is
trying to finish his work so that he
may go to Magnolia, Mass. where he
is to be welded Deafness got a stay
Tor one prospective juror as did sea-
sonal estimate work for a canning
company.
man, was the first man TO take his
place in the jury box. To him, by
special prosecutor Edward Prindiville,
was put the question:
do you believe baseball is an honest
sport?''
II do" Luedecks answered.
do you believe In professional base
ball?" was the second question.
The venirens1n again answered in the
affirmative.
BY it's first questioning the State dis
closed that IT expects 10 depend largely
upon the testimony of the defendants
alleged onetime accomplices, who are
said TO have confessed. Special prose
cutor Prindeville pressed each juror
closely as to his credence in the state
ments Of any mans alleged accom-
plice.
In the list of witnesses which the
State presented as the men on whose
testimony II will build up its con-
spiracy case, In addition to Burns and
Maharg, were John e. Seyes. secretary
of the Cubs Joe Gideon. second base
man Charles NJ. Grabner. attorndy
Alfred Austrian. former States attorney;
Harley Replogle, William (Wild BID
Donovan. James Cruisinberry and Ring
Lardner. The State reserved the right
to produce further witnesses.
One motion of the defence. granted by
Judge Friend. called for a bill of par
ticulars on the first three counts of the
Indictment. IL was made my attorneys
for Carl York. David Zeiser. Oscar
(Happy) Felsch, Joe Jackson and Lewis
and Ben Levy. Tho charges in question
refer TO an alleged confidence game TO
obtain money under false pretences from
Charles X Minis. Minis is said to have
lost $3.50 on the series. The judge re-
fused bill Of particulars for the other
nine counts.