Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-26
MURCHlSCN SCANDAL Is
REVIVED BY THREE
IlEAGUE BOSS
APPEALS TO lands
HIGH Commissioners OF BASE
BALL is ASKED TO RULE ON
STATUS OF TEAM THAT PLAY
IN OTTAWA AGAINST AN "oUT-
LAW"

That the Chicago White Sox are
still under a cloud because of the
game played I'm Ottawa last summer
with the local Cubs, IS shown by the
persistence OF Al Tearucy's demand
that the American Leagucrs be pro-
perry punished for taking part in an
exhibition game in which Big Tim
MWchisun, Three.I outlaw played
The Murchison scandal long since
was thought dead" But Teaguey
roieuses to let it die that easily and
has dug mp the old romans" for an
other post mortem. this time before
Judge Lands, high commissioner of
baseball
IIooie Fullerton, the worst little
guesser IN American sporting circles,
,Wltiug in the Chicago Tribune OF
this morning reveals the following
promised sensational twists to the
Mmehinson-Whlte Soy tangle
THAT troublesome Tim Murchin-
,fon case is u again. This time IL
threatens to cause a break between
Commissioner Kenesaw VI Landis
and President Al Tearney Of the
Three Eyes league, or to compel Ian
dis to punish the Chicago White Sox
THE case has been revived over
demand by Landis upon Tearney TO
produce evidence regarding the game
at ottawa H., IN which the White
S0X are charged with having played
against Hutchinson knowing he was
Hutchinson ana under the ban of or
Ganlzed baseball although the player
was Under an assumed name.
The Hutchinson ease is more inn
pcrtant th%r the Ease e one player.
for it may mean & further strainiug
Of rotations between A. fcrces in
Cr,unitrd bay' all
Jumps New Orleans Contract.
Hutchinson played in the Three
Eyes league, then with Cleveland,
ono year with Milwaukee, and then
went to the Southern association Not
liking the climate o. New Orleans,
he jumped his contract and later com
menced to play Independent bali, be
came a baseball "outaW
"He was with the Ottawa club
when Peoria wanted to play an eXhi-
btion game against Ottawa, but was
forbidden A while later the White
Sox played an exhibition game
against the same team The name
Hutchinson did not appear in the
score, but it is not denied that the
onty change was in the spelling OF
the name.
Peoria protested to President
Tcarney that it was unjust that the
Sox be permitted to play against
team which it was forbidden to meet
Puts 1t Up To Peoria.
"Instead OF taking the matter up
with Commissioner Landis President
Tearney stroye to avoid an issue, and
wrote to the Peoria management
that because Of conditions in Chica-
20 (meaning suspicion that attacks
we're being made on the White So&)
he did not like to press the matter
which he considered as being al
over and advised that the case be
drop6ed but tnat if Peoria wanted
t. 60 ahead he suggested they appeal
direct TO the Commissioner
"Thp Peoria club made such appeal,
switch appears to have stirred the
Commissioner to demand that Tear
npy prove that the SoN players knew
Hutchinson.
"Tcarney investigated, discovered
that Hutchinson was member OF
the cleveland team when it played
in Chicago, May ;, 1920, and that
Mostil and Murchinson played to-
gethor on the Milwaukee team for an
entire season.
"It is understood that Commission.
or Lands then questioned the White
son. who denied knowing Murchin.
son
III Tearney's evidence is upheld
the commissioner may be forced to
act on the White Soy case
The score cards for the White Sox
Ottawa game showed the pitcher to'
Ottawa to be r Murin. Murin
pitched good game and helt
the big leagurers to a 20 score.