The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
CzAR over ORGANIZED
BASEBALL INTENDS TO
BAR TEAM JURY FREED
Judge Will Not Allow Dis
credited Men in Pro
fessional Game.

Chicago, Aug. 3-None of the
American league players who were
acquitted last night of alleged
criminal conspiracy to throw the
1919 world series, has any immed-
late prospect of being restored to
organized baseball, according to a
statement issued today by Judge
K NJ. Lands, national baseball
commissioner.
Regardless of the verdict Of
juries," said the statement, mo
player that throws baseball game,
no player that entertains proposals
or promises to throw game, no
player that sits in a conference
with q bunch of crooked players
and gamblers where the ways and
means of throwing games are dis
cussed, and does no promptly tell
his club about it, will ever play pro-
fessional baseball"
"Of course don't know that any
of these men will apply for rein
statement, but if they do the above
at least are a few of the rules that
will be enforced.
Just keep it in mind that, re-
gardless of the verdict of juries,
baseball is entirely competent to
protect itself against the crooks both
inside and outside the game"
Chicago, Aug. BIN a formal
statement today Charles a. Comis-
key, owner of the White Sox. de-
| clared he would have nothing TO do
| with the men acquitted until they
could explain satisfactorily their
| confessions.
| "Cicotte confessed to me that he
had helped throw the worlds ser
| les of 1919" Mr.. Comiskey's state
ment said. "He also implicated
the other seven players. Until
Cicotte can explain that confess
sion, l will have nothing to do with
| him or the seven men he implicat-
ed in his confession"
Dine With Jury,
Chicago, Aug. BIN little Ital-
| ian restaurant on ChicagO's West
Side, the former White SOx players.
Indicted in the baseball scandal,
early today accidentally met the II
jurors who last night found them
rot guilty of the charges brought
by the state and the Y judges OF
fact in the case Joined with the men
whose fate had been in their hands
for five weeks in celebration
which did not end until sunrise.
The jurors went to the restaur-
ant for a farewell dinner before re-
turning to their homes. The play
ers and their attorneys went for
the same purpose. After several
hours the two parties discovered
each other IN adjoining rooms, the
doors were thrown open and the
parties became one.
II this jury could decide wheth-
er the acquitted players will be
permitted to return to organized (
baseball, there would be no doubt /,
of a favorable verdict for each of !
the II told the players as they part ,
ed, and expressed a desire to see !
him on a major league team again. 4.
Eddie Cicotte drew particular at &
tention from the jurors for it was
Cicotte who caught most Of the
states fire in the trial.
They talked of the games they
had seen the pitcher burl and one
of them, grasping hil by the hanI,
Fdid:
Eddie, we were talking the other
night about you, and | want yJu 70
know that every man on this jury
IfGpes that the next tim he sees
you, you'll be in the center Of tie
diamond putting over strikes
and weIl all be there in 4 bCX
cheering for YOU aaf the rest Of
these boys, Eddie added another
juror.
The jurors and the recent defend
ants left the restaurant together
singing Hail, Hail. The GeuE s All
Hero"
The seven former White Sox
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