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was first broached to him in the Giants
dressing room by Dolan before last Sat
urday's game. Dolan, he said, asked
him II he was well acquainted with
Sand. O'Connell said he told him he
was, saying they were both Califor-
mans and had known each other for a
long time. Dolan then said, according
to OConnell:
'If you can get Sand to let down in
todays game, tell him there's $500 in
1t for him"
Accuses All Giants.
81 asked Dolan where the money was
to come FROM continued O'Connell,
land he said. Well, the Giants are all
going to chip in and make up the
purse. / agreed and said 1 would see
Sand before the game"
Asked II he did not consider it
strange that such an offer should be
made by a fellow team member
O'ConneIl replied:
NO, / didn't. Dolan said all the
on it and / said to myself, If all
the fellows are in on this there is
nothing strange about 1T and it's
all right for me, too"
O'Connell said that short time
after Dolan made the bribery pro-
posal to him, Ross Young entered the
clubhouse and asked If Dolan had
said anything to him.
'T told him. yes" the young out
fielder continued, land Young said,
You go ahead, because it all right"
sand Refuses to Lay Down.
Then Frank Frisch came to me-"
O'Connell added, "and also told me to
tell Sand that if he would throw the
game he could have anything he.
wanted. I don't remember exactly
what Kelly said to me, but / do re-
member he talked to me about the
thing and that he gave me the idea
that he was in on 1t, too"
O'Connell said that he then sought
Sand, finding him on the base ball
field during the pre-game practice.
Il went up to him and / said, Sand,
who are you fellows for he related.
Sand said. We're not for anybody
we are finishing out the season. /
then told Sand that If he would not
bear down in that days game it
would be worth $500 to him and he
said he wouldn't do it and walked
away. Nothing doing Sand said"
O'Connell then said he reported to
Dolan in the dugout the result of his
colloquy with Sand. whereupon the
coach told him to forget it,
Tale Brings Inquiry.
When Sands story lead to an in
quiry. O'Connell. called before the
commissioner, President Heydler of
the National League and John Nc
Graw. manager of the Giants, con-
fessed II offering the hribe and i'm
plicated Cozy Dolan, coach of the
team; Capt. Frank Frisch, George
Kelly and Ross Young, the latter trio
composing the backbon of the team
Frisch. Kelly and Young were COM
pletely absolved by the commissioner
following hearing, but Dolan, whose
testimony in favor of himself was of
such character as to be unac-
ceptahle, the commissioner said, was
blamed as the man who instigated
the plot.
Il was dumfounded when called
before Commissioner Landis." Frisch
said. Il hope the whole matter will
be slfted to the bottom and that If
any payer has been guilty of wrong
doing he will be properly punished"
Believing that the person really
responsible for the O'Conneu incident
was some one outside of base ball.
officials of the New York club TODAY
began an investigation into the move
ments OF an unnamed person who has
been barred from the Polo Grounds in
recent years, but who, il is said, was
seen In the park during the series with
the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia clubs
1t developed today that during the
last four or five years the Giants
management had employed detectives
to keep the players under surveillance
at all times and to inform McGraw as
to their movements and their company,
This watch has been doubly tight since
the Phil Douglas incident, but the play
ers know of it and are not disposed
to resent it.
DoIan Is Veteran.
Dulan, to whom present implication
points the most severe finger, has
been base-running coach for Nc
Graw since 1921. He was formerly
an infelder on the Phillies. Pirates.
Reds, Cardinals and Yanke es, and has
been playing professional ball for
the last 20 of his 81 years.
The newest blow to base ball has
landed most heavily on the Pacific
Coast. where Jimmy O'ConnelI. "s75,-
o0U beauty purchased by New York
in 1921, but who did not report until
the end of 1922, occupied the same
relative position in public esteem that
Babe Ruth now holds in the national
field.
Commissioner Lands statement on
the matter follows:
Player O'Connell and Coach Dolan
of the New York National League
base ball club have today been placed
on the Ineligible list. This action
was taken by the commissioner on
evidence furnished by the confession
of OConnell and the testimony of
Dolan.
1T appeared that on Saturday. Sep
tember q, O'Connell offered Player
Sand of the Philadelphia Nationals
$500 to throw the ball game, which
Sand refused and promptly reported
to Manager Fletcher. This was fol-
lowed by the commissioners investi-
cation in cooperation with the Off
cials of the New York club which re-
suited in O'Connells confession.
which placed the responsibility of
instigating the scheme on Dolan,
whose testimony in his own behalf
was of such character as to be un-
acceptable.
'O'Connell's confession sought to
implicate Players Frisch, Young and
Kelly of the New York club, but their
testimony, in the commissioners
opinion, was clear refutation of the
charge, which. standing alone, was
exceedingly unreasonable,
The commissioner desires to ex-
press his heartiest commendation of
the action of Player Sand"
FIND BUT TWO GUILTY.