Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-13
BEGIN PLAYERS TRIAL
IN CHICAGO TOMORROW
Indicted White Sox VIII Face Bar
of Justice Unless Postpone
mcnt Is Granted.
CASE is INTERESTING ONE
indications Are That Several Points
Testing Legality of Owners to
Control Habits After Regular
Season Ends.
tRy Associated Press. |

CHICAGO. March l2.-The Chicago
White SoN baseball players charged
Win throwing the 1919 world Series
10 the Cincinnati Reds and with ac-
C-piinS brides ranging as high AS
SiV.tCc to make miSpIays deliberately.
Will go ON trial here Monday IN u
case which sets both legal and base
Dali prvceGcnts
The case is the first OF the Kind in
modern major league history 10 reach
the courts. Besides deciding whether
the square, II is expected TO seitle
various legal points in connection
with baseball.
Tho plea of the defendants is ex-
pcctcd to be not guilty. despite con-
;cssions 70 receiving brides which
were made by three OF the players IN
tcstifying before the grand jury.
The White Son players indicted in
acy We're Edward V. Cicottc. pitcher,
who lost TWO games and won one in
the series. Claude Williams, pitcher.
who lost three games. Joe Jackson.
Charles i. Eosbcrr, shortstop: Buck
Weaver, third baseman; Chick Gandil.
first haseman. and Fred McMullin.
utility inhclder.
Al have furnished bonu and are
expect,~! to be present when the trial
begins. except Gandii. 1t is doubt
.ul whether he will appear.
Others Are duplicated.
Rachel Brown and Joseph !. Suili
van. OF Boston; lIal Chase. former
MAJOR league star. and Abe Nttel.
formerly world champion feather
weight puCilist. w.r. indicted as til"
men who arranged In. alleged deal
to throw the series. H-own and Sui
livan have promised 10 he present 1t
the trial. Atte!i ana Chase are not
The defense has announced that II
will press every legal tcchnicality
and take advantage o. every process
az Ian in It's attempt to eNoncraie
the pluycrs For this reason. the case
is expected To establish a precedent
in several instances. Besides settling
the fairness oc the world series of
lSia Il viii decide whether accept
iri- 4 hribc 70 throw a baseball game
is felony under Illinois Law AMI
whether the control OF hascba !
club over It's players extends after
the players contracts have terInin-
atei at the end 90 the regular play
Ing scasou-whethnr the players ac-
tually are responsible to their own
crs in a poSt-s"rscn series.
Another question will be whether
throwing baseball game is merely
. breach az civil contract or Is a fol
oov punishable under Illinois GRIM
nal laws. In connection with this
Doir:. a fudge on the Pacific Cnas:
IN the trial Of minor league players
there. ruled that game throwing was
only breach of civil contract
Tho chief contention Of the defense
IN plcnding the innocence OF the play
are will b. ;hat they never actually
-ock part in a conspiracy The de-
fcrse has announced that IL will con
tend that non" o: them actually threw
q gam" and that tho Cincinnati Reds
won the 1919 series on the square.
Took Mon"y. hut Played H-sr.
Cico;:o. Williams and Jackson. who
confessed 20 the jury that tneE &C
ceDted b~!h"s. are expected 10 main
tain tina, although they took the
money thay played their best The
other mon are expected TO contend
that they never entered into the con-
spiracy. neither accepting money nor
deliberately making errors.
The Srate, on the other hand. plans
20 present cvd"nc. tending 10 show
that there Was It conspiracy, and Will
no, play their best ball Claude VIII
Hams testimony before the grand
jury that III" players met with Brown
and sullivan previous to tn" series
in CicOtt.'s mon aud there discussed
the throwing II the series. viii be
presented rs evidence OF conSpira-
cN. t'co'i"'@ testimony that hc de-
liberatc.y hi' Ra,h tn. first man up
Il his part In tha Sta Is case. and the
confession OF c!cc't. tina, he received
sl5."o0 and ~ Williams and Jackson
that ih"y received 5000 each, also
probnhl% VIII hc used
II Is question. however. how much
weight 10" confessions may have.
DO not take the witu".s stand. thu
crnfcs.ipns can b" used only against
~" !u"u WnJ made them Thus if
W ,av.r. RE- H"re and the otncrs who
ia not confess. do not testify In
ihe!r own behalf tn" confessions az
Licp'i' W'i.rw ana Jackson could
Ic Ts"G only against C.coct". Williams
and JACKSON
WeaN"r and the others contend thar
although fhey knew or tn. alleged
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