The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1926-12-22
BETTING UPON
CAME ALLEGED
IN TESTIMONY
Third Baseball Scandal in
Six Years Is Revealed
No Prosecutions.

CHICAGO, Dee. 22.-lhe tnlru
baseball scandal in six years was
announced yesterday by Baseball
Commissioner Lands, when he made
public 100 pages of the testimony
of Dutch" Leonard, once pitcher,
and Joe Wood, American League
twirler, linking Ty Cobb and iris
Speaker, and implying irregularities
in game between Detroit and Cleve-
land on September 25. 1919 Betting
on the result of the game is in
dicated
Leonard testified to Commissioner
Lands that Cobb Speaker, Wood
and | happened to meet under the
srandstand and talked about base
ball and we, of Detroit. wanted TO
finish in third place. Speaker said
Don't worry about tomorrow's game
We, of Cleveland, have second place
cinched and you will win tomorrow
Sct-Up Hnted
Everybody agreed if il was GO
ing to be a set-up. we might as
well get some money out of it,
was to put up $500, as remem-
Der. Cobb $4,000. Wood and Speaker
81 900 each. | was through for the
season and gave a check to Fred
West and left for Independence, Mis-.
souri,. received Woods letter with
S163O. West wrote he was ably to
only pay part of the money"
Cobb's Letter
9 tn
ard, Cobb was quoted as saving
that Wood and myself were con
siderably disappointed in our busi-
ness proposition as we had $4,000
to put in it for the other side" The
letter is said to have continued that
we finally secured that much 1t
was about 2 o'clock and they re.
fused to deal with us as they had
men in Chicago to take the matter
up with"
Paid $4,000
Ty Cobb said the American Off
cials gave Leonard $4,000 for in
nOcent letters from Cobb and Wood
Cobb said: could not think of any.
Cobb said; 81 could not think of any.
American League game in my life
| do not believe anybody played a
gone of ball any harder, cleaner
and squarer than l."
Nothing to Be Done
Baseball Commissioner I.andis said
that as Cobb and Speaker were out
OF baseball, no decision will be made
unless conditions changed"
COBB further declared that he did
not know of the bet until long after.
ward. Leonard bet Wood $500 against
$420 that Detroit, in third place
would get in second place, the posi-
tion held by Cleveland
In the game in question neither
Leonard nor Wood pitched. Speaker
hit heavily and Cobb hit once. The
score was to in favor of Detroit
Visited Leonard
FRESNO Cal, Dec. 22-"Dutch"|
Leonard. now here, said Commission
er Lands visited him in October.
Speakers Resignation
CLEVELAND, Dec. 22-Sporting
writer's here declared that Speaker
resigned as manager of Cleveland
because of the impeding scandal and
not because of friction
I'm the Goat"
CLEVELAND, Dec. % Iris
Speaker characterized himself as the
goat and declared that Leonard falsi-
fled the charges against him. "The
testimony in Commissioner Landis'
office will vindicate me. am not
mentioned in the letters Cobb and
Wood wrote to Leonard | request
ed repeatedly that Leonard be
brought to face me. He positively
refused. 1t seems strange that
baseball ruler takes the word of
man of Leonard's calibre to the
effect ! am implicated when my
name does not appear in the case
in any other manner, shape or
form
Speaker said: 81 am innocent of
any wrongdoing anyway"
None with Cleveland
CLEVELAND. Dec. 22-Not one
of the Indians who took part in the
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