Evening star., 1925-01-07

1t was urged by those who signed
the letter that the commissioner make
public all the testimony TO allay such
suspicious. His reply. In part, follows:
Il have read your letter of Decem-
Der II and have not the
slightest doubt of the accuracy of
what you say, namely, A lot of ear
nest, well meaning and good friends
of base ball firmly believe that there
is something held back in the O'Con-
nell-Dolan matter OF course, to me
personally this is not entirely agree
able, because If anything is held back,
am the fellow that is doing the
holding. However, although 1 had
expected to give out that testimony
for publication long before this and
will not postpone such action much
few days more in what / conceive to
be the discharge of my obligation in
the matter.
viii you be good enough to in
form your colleagues who joined with
you in your letter of December 81
of the above?
Your and their taking the trouble
to write to me is certainly appre-
ciated."
WIN Wait Few Days.
commissioner LanUlS desire TO With
hold the testimony for "a few days
more" is taken to mean that he is
still investigating the attempted brib-
fery case and his efforts would be
embarrassed by the publication of the
testimony at this time. He has al
ways contended among his friends
that publication of the evidence would
be unwise since he was using it as
new leads for a further inquiry into
the scandal. He has often asserted
that to reveal the testimony would
''tip his hand and Illustrate him in
any further investigation
However, it appears now that he has
reached the end of any inyestigat tion
based on this evidence uncovered and
is in a position to give the testimony
out. In view of his remarks about
the testimony furnishing new possible
leads, sensational revelations may be
in store when the full testimony of
O'Connell, Dolan, Heinie Sand, Frank
Frisch, George Kelly and Ross Young
is revealed.
The testimony is that made by the
above men in the three hearings held
here by Lands before and during the
late world series. Frisch, Young and
Kelly were accused by O'Connen of
taking part in the attempt to bribe
Sand of the Phillies to throw the third
from last game of the season, when
the Giants and Robins were fighting
for the pennant.
One of those who were active in de-
manding that Judge Lands give out
copy of the testimony was William
]. Fallon, attorney for Cozy Dolan, in
the damage suit which the latter
threatened to bring against the COM
missioner. Fa1lon said he would take
legal steps to force Landis to give
him a copy of the testimony, but
neither that action rorathe suit for
SANDER ever was filed.
The echo of the above scandal COM
ing from the Pacific Coast on Monday
has almost totally died away with the
revelation that O'Connell had been
eased off the basket ball five on
which he was to have been a team
mate of George Kelly, the Giant first
baseman.
John A. Heydler, National League
president, said that the case was
closed SO far as his office was con-
cerned. From representative in San
Francisco he had received informa-
tion bearing out the press dispatch
that O'Connell had been let out, and
this, said Heydler, appeared to settle
the difficulty.
However, there was still some doubt
whether or not Kelly and O'Connell
had played on the same team in
games preliminary to the league sea-
SON Heydler said that he expected
further information from his San
Francisco envoy, but ventured the
opinion that the pair Of ball players