Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-14
BRIEF HISTORY OF THOSE
CONNECTED WITH SCANDAL
White Sox Players Are Idols, Having Been Star Per-
formers Tor Many Years-Trio, Jackson, CT
cote and Williams, Confessed.

ana Williams I'm their confessions as
oac OF the men In the alleged deal.
weaver was bought by the White
SoX from Vernon in 1916. At first he
i'iayed shor;stop. his speed making
MIN valuable man al that position.
When Risbcrg made good at short.
Weaver was shifted TO third base. He
is married and lives in San Fran
cisco.
OSCAR TELsCH-The husky out
ieidc'. whose chcerfulness won him
the iicknanc OF Happy" was born
~ MI waukce in 1891 and in 1918 he
CONTRACT. playing with the Fond du
"liappy' Ecisch's wor. with ;hc
r9hd du Lac soon won him II chanc,
Win the Milwaukee American NSso-
cation team and his great WORN there
brought him TO tn. W aite Sox in tai1.
fcisch soon became one If tn"
GirEHa,tsst FEEDERS in the game. Ills
hDi!ttS 10 go back sceminSr ':n2Cs
sibic distances after long liners en-
ablcd him to cover as much territory
as ASA; any iieidcr in the league: In add
tlon. he was a terrific hitter. most
of his blows being for extra bases.
Fclsch was quoted by newspaper
reporters after the indictments as
cohiessing to them, bu, has never is
sued an official statement. Ills home
ried.
FRED McMULLIN -McMmlln. used
was born in Scammon. Kan. Ilc Played
with the Seattle club and later with
Los Angeles from which team he was
Obtained by the White Sox in 1912.
come star for the White SoN as the
iniicld Of Gand!l. l.. Collins. Rishcrg
ana t,,u Weaver was toe strong for him.
. f,Ns ss,,I
McMull:n Played third base so credit
abiy that many fans hoped he would
ne given trial in til" world series.
Weaver recovered. however. and Me-
Mullins only chance came as utility
man. lie is 20 Years old. married and
lives in Los Angeles. Cal.
ARNOLD Chick" Gandil.
first baseman. was one OF the vet
ST. Pau! in 1889 and broke into pro-
tessional baseball at Shreveport. La.
IN 1908. lie played with Sacramento
and then was bought by the White
SoN IN 1919. He was released 10 Mon
treal III 1913. bought by Washington
IN 1911. sold TO Cleveland in 1916 and
report to the White Sox for the 1920
season and his place was taken by
j. Collins.
GandiI was named by Williams and
arrange The alleged deal to throw the
series. lie denied the charge.
ABE ATTELL Attcli. formerly
was worlds featherweight boxing
champion. When in his prime. he was
considered one of the fastest boxers
living. but in 1912 lost his title To
johnny kilbanc. present champion.
Following his indictment, Attcl!
HAL CIiASE-Thc prince OF first
hascmcn," as Hal Chase was known
when major league star. is another
o: the men accused Of backing the
don 'l.,. IN
always been prominently in the lime
light and his activities have brought
him much notoricty.
rs irSt bascnan FOR the New York
Americans and later for the Cincln.
nat! Reds. he acquired n playing rcpu-
tation which Was second to none. Ills
easy grace. brilliant fielding and
heavy hitting caused him to be rank
ed as the greatest first baseman OF
all times.
He got into trouble. however,
through alleged betting against his
the major leagues. His activities
brought such notoricty TIT leagues
in the West passed rules prohibiting
nm from entering their parks.
witnesses told the grand jury he
had sent friends kilograms that the
1911? world series was fixed" and also
Implicated him in alleged attempts TO
throw National League games.
JOSEPH j. "Sport"J SULLIVAN
has been widely known figure in
Hoaton for twenty years. He headed
"a stock brokerage house for many
years until it closed in the bucket
shop reform wave. Since. follower
of sports. he has reputation for Pc
ing on terms OF intimacy with many
big league baseball players. by which
n" kept informed of club gossip. con-
dition Of players. and pitching sclcc-
tions.
lie has attended all baseball world
series since the Pittsburgh Boston
games of 1908. He was said at the
time Of Observation-Disclosures series in
1919 to he ION the inside" and was
said to have called the result cor
rcctly in individual games. with the
exception of that in which Kerr
pitched.
RACHEL" BROWN. OF Boston. is
an Italian. with Il native name. which
cronics changed to Brown. In the
baseball season he is n frcQucntcr OF
the section OF the stands in which
those who bet on the games are ac-
;lv" Unlike Sullivan he has no out.
standing prominence among his fell
lows and little is known of him cX-
C"pt To his few intimatcs.