New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Gleason Helps
BLACK Sox as
They Rest Case
Manager Testifies Accused
Players Were at Practice
i'm c Cincinnati at Time
Burns Says They Met Him
Club Receipts Up i'm 1920
100000 More Than in
1919; Jury May Begin
Deliberations Tomorrow
Special p,spatoh to The Tr;bna,

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CHICAGO, July 2S.-Wlrh a sudden
ness that puzzled the state, the de-
tense in the trial of the former White
Sox players and their alleged gambler
friends, accused of throwing the 1919
worlds series, rested at the end of
their evening session. This means that
the case will so to the jury either
Saturday morning or Monday. The
defense scored heavily to-day and the
attorneys for the defendants believe
they have riddled the states case be-
yond repair.
Perhaps the most valuable testi-
nnony was given by Manager Gleason,
of the Sox, who said the indicted Sox
were engaged in practice in the Gin
cinnati park at the hour Bill Burns
testified they were conspiring in room
at hotel to throw the game. If this
can be substantiated and properly i'm
pressed upon the jury the defense be-
lieves it will enable it to discredit all
the Burns testimony and also that OF
Billy Maharg and other state witnesses
The state realizes the Importance of
this plan and will endeavor to show
that the hotel conferences were, or
could have been, held before morning
practice. 1t was pointed out that no
Sos left the hotel for the park.
The defense also, through the play
ers called last night, attempted to es-
tablish that the defendants played to
the best of their ability and that the
games of the 1919 world series were
played on the square. Each witness
was asked if, in his judgment every
play during the series was played to
the best ability of the players. OBJ
jections to the line Of questioning was
sustained by Judge Friend.
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present White Sox players as they
walked quickly past their former team
mates on their way to the witness
stand. Most of the players dropped a
word of greeting or smiled as they saw
the defendants.
The sudden closing of their case
was looked on as bit strategy
on the part of the attorneys for the
defendant ball players. This was con-
sidered particularly true in the case Of
"Happy" Felsch.
Felsch is said to have made dam
aging admission to q newspaper re-
porter during the time of the first base
ball investigation by the grand jury.
The state was counting on confronting
the player with these admissions when
he took the witness stand. Inasmuch as
he has not testified, the evidence cannot
be brought in.
Other hlgh llghts OF the DAY were
the attempt on the part Of the defense
to have the indictments nolle pressed,
on the ground that the grand jury had
been inundated, and tilt between
Assistant States Attorney German and
Attorney Frumberg, counsel for Carl
Fork, one Of the defendants.
Charges of the state that the White
sox baseball players had conspired
with gamblers to wreck the baseball
team and the business of Charles A.
Comiskev, owner of the White Sox,
were cohbatted when Harry M. Grahi-
ner, general secretary Of the White
Sox. testified that the receiots of the
team jumped from $512,1T5.76 in 1919
to s910,206.59 in 1920.
The testimony was admitted over
the vigorous objections of the state.
but Judge Hugo NJ. Friend finally ruled
that the defense was entitled to show
by the books and records OF the White
Sox that the baseball property Of
Comiskey had not been damaged by the
poor showing of the team in the 1919
White Sox series.
The figures quoted were the gross
receipts for the regular seasons. The
receipts of the world series in 1919
were $87.156.47, showing that despite
the lack of world series receipts in