Arizona republican., 1922-05-12
HAPPY FELSCH ASKS DAMAGES
FROM WHITE ESOX OWNERS AND
LID IS OFF IN 1878 SCANDAL
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MILWAUKEE. Wis, May 1l-Fires
were rekindled in the baseball scan
dal of 1919 when Oscar Happy
Felsch of Milwaukee, one of eight
White Sox players banished as a re-
suit of the findings today filed an
affidavit in Milwaukee circuit court,
a step in his damage suit against the
Chicago White Sox to recover salary
for part Of the year 1920 and for re-
covery of special bonus payments for
the same year. Felsch also will ask
that he be recompensated for dam
ages sustained in an alleged conspir-
acy maliciously to injure his reputa-
ton and to prevent him from remain
ing professional baseball player in
the major leaguesI Court Commits
sioner Max w. Nohl signed and order
which will bring the Comiskey's to
milwaukee, Saturday to appear before
John G. Gregory. circuit court judge
and give reasons why they should not
produce the books and records of the
Chicago club here IN order to de-
ternline the extent of the damages.
back salary and bonus for the 1920
season.
Attorney Raymond J. Cannon. who
started the action for Felsch in the
courts here announced that he would
soon begin similar actions for Buck
Weaver, Eddie Cieotte and "Sweder
RSsberg Of skl4e banished Sox players.
elsch in his affidavit states that
to perfect the complaint in his orig
inal suit. he desires to examine the
defendant on a numper of points in
connection with the charges of alleged
conspiracy. the throwing "of games
and various financial matters The
questions prepared for submission to
President Comiskey are in part as
follows:
What agreement was made by
Charles Comiskey with the players
of the Chicago White Sox in the late
summer or fall of 1917 concerning an
attempt to have the Detroit baseball
club fraudulently lose games to the
White Sox.
Was an agreement made between
said Charles Comiskey and certain
White Sox players that such players
should pay $50 each into a fund to
be paid to certain pitchers of the
Detroit American league team to in
duce the said pitchers Intentionally
to throw the games TO the White Sox
Did the defendant make an ex-
press agreement With all members of
the Chicago White Sox in the late
summer or fall OF 1917. whereby it
agreed to pay to each member of the
baseball team $1,000 in lieu of their
shares of the worlds series received
II the American pennant should be
Won by the Chicago Six for that year
WAS an understanding had be-
tween Charles Comiskey on behalf
of the defendant in the fall Of 1919
with the players of the Chicago
White Sox that four games were to
be deliberately lost and thrown to
Detroit American league team in
consideration of the services the
Detroit team had rendered to the
White Sox in 1917 in permitting itself
to be defeated Intentionally in eight
out of nine games. and aiding the
Chicago White Sox in defeating the
Boston baseball team in the race for
the American league pennant?
What present players on the Chi
cago White Sox baseball team bet
large sums of money that the Detroit
American league baseball team would
defeat the Chicago White Sox base
ball team four straight games after
the Chicago White Sox baseball team
had clinched the pennant in 1892"