The Washington times., 1922-05-14
c. A. COM|SKEY
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! STORY ON FOE
"old Roman" Greatly Upset
by Accusations of Crooked
ness by Happy" Felsch.
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

ness ny HdPPy Te'se''
T BY Cosmopolitan News Service.
EAGLE RIVER. Wis. May 13.
Charles A. Comiskey. the "Old
Roman" of baseball. had his in
terest revived in the baseball scan
dal today.
He was found at the end of a
trail that leads winding through
twelve miles of virgin woods of
northern Wisconsin down to the
cottages on the shores of Dam
Lake. 1t is Comiskev'S summer
home. He refers to it. however.
as his farm.
His Version Of Scandal.
The Old Roman was eating break
fast when the reporter arrived
there shortly after seven o'clock
this morning. His son, Louis Co
miskey, vice.president of the White
Sox team, came to the door and
admitted the reporter.
Ten minutes later the Sox owner
was seated in the sitting room or
his cottage relating to the reporter
his side of the scandal that rocked
the baseball world in 1920. Il hardy
think it is advisable to answer any
charges that Felsch makes. but
since this thing has come up again,
I'll say a little something.
I'm the first place Felsch doesn't
make the charges that l had any.
thing to do with the fixing OF
games with the Detroit Tigers" he
began. It's the old game. my enc
mics. they are still after me. It's
a terrible thing, this baseball scan
dal For:y-seven years ! have been
before the public playing baseball
and then owning a club. ! played
in st. Louis, Elgin, Dubuque, Gin
cinnati and Milwaukee. and no one
person in all my acquaintance VIII
say one word against me other than
that | have dealt fairly with every
one.t 1t has been a pleasure to-
raisf young baseball players to be-
come stars and now. after all these
years. this thing has to come up
thought the memories OF the
world series in 1919 were to be
buried. but / guess not.
Will Fight to Last Ditch.
81 will fight to the last ditch OF
nv line. l have received a copy of
the petition filed in the Milwaukee
courts | won't answer all of these
questions but | will answer some OF
them. ] never had anything to do
with the paying OF the members oil
the White Sox team $4,000 in lieu
of their share of the worlds series.
The commission pays the money 10
the PLAYERS. The club owners have
nothing to do with that part OF the
world series. The money was paid
to Gleason and he handled it. There
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taking part in these transactions. l
tried to settle the trouble | had with
Felsch, but he seems unwilling to do
II without a lot of band playing be-
fore the courts. AS to the members
of the White SoX who are expelled
from orga nized baseball I don't want
to defame them but who can take
their word for anything? Everyone
knows what they did to me. They
wrecked a club that l spent thou
sands Of dollars to assemble. Con-
cerning any knowledge of the jack
pot to he paid the Detroit pitchers,
] deny that / knew anything Of the
sort had taken place.
MIR. Cannon, the attorney for
Felsch, hits the nail on the head
when he said that there should not
have been any necessity for giving
them bonus to do the very thing
they were under contract to do.
That's right. I agree with him"
Old Roman Deeply Moved.
He was alone in the room. Louis
Comiskey was in the room when
the interview started, but walked
out, and as he did so his father
closed the door.
MY boy" he said. continuing. mo
one in the world will speak any
higher in respect to old Joe jackson.
He was a wonderful ball player, and
it's sad that this happened. When I
get to Chicago there's going to be
something doing. ! am going there
Monday.
The charge that I knew about
the crook edness of the 1919 world
series when l offered that $4,000 re-
ward is absurd. III tell you this
after the first game I talked with
President Heidler and told him
something was wrong and that some
thing ought to be done.
Il am sorry now that 7 didn't
withdraw the club from the field.
And in this connection. let me say
this-the national commission TO this
day has not done one thing about
this baseball scandal. Why II has
not you can answer as well as I.