The New York herald., 1921-07-31
BLACK S0X, sure OF
FREEDOM, Plan TOUR
Cicotte to Manage Team on
Visits to Important Base
ball Centres.
BETTING ON ACQUITTAL
Prosecutor Finishes Argument
as Gamblers Bet
8 to 5.
BETTING ON ACQUITTAL

Special Despatch to The sew York HmALp.
CHICAGO, July 30.-Declaring it was
not necessary for the State to prove
that the conspiracy to throw" the
1919 worlds series was successful, or
that the conspirators persisted in their
plot throughout the entire series, Ed
ward Prindiville, Assistant States At
torney. .nded the opening argument
for The prosecution in the trial of the
indicted Black Sox to-day.
Full believing in their acquittal
next week. the members of the Black
Sox already are planning tour of the
country.
There is one exception however, and
that is Buck Weaver, who will con-
tinue in the pharmacy business with
brother-in-law irrespectiy e of acauittal
and reinstatement in organized base
ball.
Eddie Cicotte will captain and manage
the tourists, if they tour. and will have
another pitcher in Claude Lefty" Will
Jams. first baseman in Arnold "Chick"
Gandil. shortstop in Charles 'Swede"
Risberg and two crackerjack hitting out
fielders in "Shoeless Joe" Jackson and
Oscar Happy" Felsch
To Visit Baseball Centres.
Leading baseball centres such as all
the major league points have been ap-
preached as to possible dates, and prior
to that n.Any engagements have been
offered, notably at Oiton, Okla, and
several towns in Missouri.
Having been Internationally released
by Charles A. ComislSey of the White
Sox, his former players only await SIM
liar action on the part of the jury.
Before the trial opened fans in the
corridors of the Criminal Court Building
were making books on the verdict Odds
of to 8 for acquittal of all the de-
PENDANTS prevailed.
Mr. Prindiville in closing accused the
ball player defendants Of having dealt
with several brands of gamblers In the
course of the alleged conspiracy. He
accused Chick Gandil of being one of
the moving spirits of the gambling and
the spokesman for the ball players.
Henry A. Berger will start the OPEN
Ing arguments for the defence on Mon
day. 1t is said he will make somewhat
OF technical argument attempting to
show the jury that no crime has been
committed
Before we leave the Cincinnati angle
or this conspiracy I want to call your
attention to the testimony of Ray
Schalk." said Prosecutor PrndiviIle
He corroboratcd Bill Burnss testimony
when he told you. he saw tho defendants
In a room of the Sinton Hotel on the
night of the second game. Burns testi-
fled that on that night he took $4,000 to
defpndcnfx Of ha ct{
lawyers attempted to find out why Mr.
Schalk remembered that incident
why Lawyers Held Back.
There is a reason why these lawyers
didn't attempt to find out Burns told
you he had been in room occupied by
Attel and Zelser lust previous to VISIT
ing the players. Rothstein. Attell said
had only 100000 bet because all the
gamblers had wind OF the conspiracy
You remember Burns said there was
plenty Of money in that room. but that
they gave him only $1,000
THE reason for this was that these
defendants were dealing with other
gamblers. and that is why Attell was
sore and would no tgive them the prom
ised $4,000 after each game.
"Gandil. gentlemen. the evidence
shows, was the spokesman for these de-
PENDANTS.
TT matters not in this.case how many
gamblers these defendants did business
with or how much money they got from
the different ciques of gamblers II
was the same running conspiracy
throughout.
''An attempted alibi was brought in
here for Gandil. Burns. you remember.
said he telephoned to Gandl and met
him in the Warner Hotel. The defence
brought in testimony to show that
Gandil lived at the Tyson apartment.
That is true. he did live there
THE meeting place for these con-
spirators was the Warner Hotel. Cicotte
got $4,000 there, Williams 5000 and
Jackson 5000. You recall the testimony
of these defendants that they met John
Sullivan and Rachel Brown. New York
gamblers, In that hotel.
Burns Useful No Longer.
Burns told you that after the third
game Gandil told him he was through
with the conspiracy. Yet after tho
fourth game there was money paid at
the Warner Hotel. The reason for tell
ing Burns that was that they wanted
to get him out of the way because he
was not necessary any longer.
1T Is true that Burns is cor
CouspTdtoT anu 10 just US utep III THO
mire as these defendants, but not In the
money. How many sets Of gamblers
did these defendants deal with? First
we find them with Attell and Bennett
In Cincinnati. then we find them with
Brown and Sullivan at the Warner
Hotel.
"The evidence here is that Jackson,
williams and Cicotte were the only
ones who got money. but 1t is fair to
believe that they all got money except
Burns.
II say that the evidence here shows
that this is a swindle and con game
on the American public and that the
conspiracy was born In Cincinnati ana
Chicago. All the State needs to show
Is that the defendants entered into
conspiracy"