, 1925-01-11

Inc complete UeXU OF Une
sioner Lands in the examination Of
Jimmy O'Connell. Cozy Dolan. Frank
Frisch. Ross Young, George Kelly
and Heinie Sand. was released in
Chicago by the commissioner and
d copies were distributed to the press
in New York by John A. Heydler,
president of the National league.
The hot-stuff in the testimony vas
disclosed by Lands just before the
world series started. 1t consisted of
the well known story that Dolan had
told O'Connell TO approach Heinie
Sand, Philadelphia short stop with
an offer Of $500 to lay down in a
game between the Philadelphia club
and the New York Giants and that
O'Connell charged Young, Kelly and
Frisch with having had knowledge
of the attempted bride.
Since there is nothing included in
the testimony that might have block
ed further investigation to the scan
DIAL 1t is hard to understand why
the commissioner waited so long to
make the testimony pubic when sus-
picion had been aroused all through
baseball circles that details were be-
ing withheld and hat official base
ball was trying to hush up the case,
1t was equally hard to find the
reason for the commissioners bellig-
erent attitude toward the writer
when he asked in Washington for
n copy Of the testimony taken dur
ing the investigation.
Since the scandal was made public
the most interesting question has
been:
"why did Lands reach the con.
cIusion that O'Connell was lying
about Frisch, Young and Kelly and
that he told the truth about himself
and Dolan7''
Testimony made public does not
disclose definitely his reason and he
made no statement TO accompany
the testimony.
Charges made by O'Connell. the
reply of Dolan that 81 can't remem-
Der" to all leading questions and to
the denial of Frisch, Young and
Kelly that they had been tol about
the attempted brihe. o up most
of the 10000 word report which
merely verified officially what the
commissioner already had disclosed.
The most unusual disclosures in
the testimony were the frequent and
repeated references OF Young and
Frisch that they had heard talking
around and such things being men
toned"
In reply to lands who asked
Young II It was the first time he had
heard of such a thing las an at
tempted bribe) the Giant right field
err answered:
"I have heard tnlking around. and
such things. mentioning It, but I
don't remember who by"
The commissioner asked X K x
when" And Young replied. x x K
Just talking fellows around at DIFF
ferent times"
Lands then led him out and he
said X X x ''You hear fellows talk
II aroun that boys are offering
money and something like that. I
never heard anything like this offer
ing money here. This is the first
time I heard Of 1t.
When Frank Frisch, the Giant
captain and second haseman. was tx
amined. the commissioner asked him
when he heard that O'Connell had
offered a bribe to Sand.
II heard anything about IT,"
Frisch renlled. THE only thing. you
hear a lot Of kidding around. That
is all I hear"
you have heard about this now
here except in this room? Lands
asked.
yes SIR" Frisch went On. Yes
sir. you hear a lot OF kidding aronnd.
is that what you meant? On pen
nant contenders you always hear a
lot OF stuff like that. a lot OF kid
ding and some things. That is all
I ever hear. You always hear that
Judge. on a pennant contending
team"
The testimony also disclosed a
new feature that o'Connell went
bacl, n second time to see the com
missioner and asked n he was to be
made the soat or n the Investigation
was to he continued. Lands told
him thai only the grave would end
the investigation n he was able to
get any clues or any more informa-
ton.
o'conneIi charged that lands
made him nnuear a linr In throwing
out his testimony about Frisch.
Young and Kelly.
In passing Judgment on the
=. CHARGES arainst Fr'snh. Young and
Keliv. Lands was placed in the posi-
finn Of a iurist in n civil or criminal
cnse O'connen said the CHARGES
we've true. the three other c~nts
said thew were not true and Dolan
couldn't remember. without n iurv.
the baseball laws do not provide for
juries lands had 10 give a decision
and he did pgpinst O'Connsll.
John a. Hevdier. the National
leo y nra-'@enf said today that he
fei, .ba ~%rhiicat'on Of the testimony
would ne Inc srsp'cion that some
scpndnI was Withheld as he knew
th-t siich n feeling did exist in base
ball circles.
lie said also II true the TESTIMONY
would convince O'Connell's friends,