Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-06

| CHICAGO, Jan. R.-Sweepingt
denials We're made by members of
the White Sox and Detroit Tigers
trlayers of the past and present, or
| "Swede" Risberg's accusations that
the White sox bought a series from
the Tigers IN 1917, when Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, commissioner OF
baseball brought the players face to
face with their accuser I'm unpre
cedented hearing that opened here
today.
Added to these denials were two
bits of concrete evidence the base,
ball players believed INDICATED limo.
cence on the part of all those ac,
cused and tended to shoot the story
Risberg told, under oath, full or
holes.
| The first was a cancelled check
Dramatically produced by Eddie Col
llns, former second baseman of the
|letics, which showed a variance m
| it's date with that mentioned by Ris-
! berg The other was a statement by
! George Dauss, a pitcher with the
/ Detroit club, that he had been paid
$3.50 from pool raised by the White
Sox players, yet he did not pitch ir
1.-THE series in which Risberg SAID
| that "sloughing" was done.
When the hearing was adjourned
early tonight, after nearly six hours
/ of testimony, 20 odd players hae
pfaced Risberg and denied his charges
hand more of them will take the
stand when the hearing is resumed
FRIDAY
'"Chick" Gandil, involved with NRis.
berg and six other former White Sox
lin the crooked worlds series OF
1879, will come to Risberg's rescue
4 omorrow in an attempt to substan
if!ate the "Swede's" story. Risberg,
Inervously putting a cigarette, told
This sensational story in a room
Iracked with the great stars of the
diamond on whom he was to place
The brand of Bribery When Risperg
took the stand there was a moment
of deathly silence as his eyes swept
the room, picking out the players
he accused. The Swede did nos say
a word to any of his old baseball
pals as he edged his way into the
office to- take the witness chair and
none of them said anything to him.
Commissioner Lands, back in his
old role of judge, rose and called
the names of, certain men he desired
to be present when Risberg launched
his charges. He called for Clarence
Rowland Eddie Collins, owen Bush,
tGeorg Dauss, Oscar Stanage, Ray
Schalk and Howard Ehmke. When
they filed in and took seats opposite,
and directly in front of Risberg,
Lands turned to the accuser and
the drama began.
After the conventional opening
Questions, Lands, after gazing. stead
ily at Risberg as though sizing hin.
up, said:
tWill you repeat to me now the
statements you made to me in my
office January / regarding the
games between Chicago and Detroit
in 1912" AA
\. Risberg, leaning slightly forward
and looking at nobody except Lands,
raised his voice so that every sylla
hle was audible to everybody in the
packed room and began:
3 'In 1917 the White SoX and Detroit
were to play four games i'll two
days-morning and afternoon games
on Labor day and a double-h
on the following day. Just before
the first game Clarence Rowland,
manager of the White Sox, came to
me and said There was nothing to
worry about, it was all fixed for US
TO win,' and we won the four games
1o in n
hotel in New York a collection was
taken up among the White Sox to
pay the, Detroit players for slough
ing off the games. Chick Gandii
collected some and I collected some.
Each player was to contribute $45.
"Ehis money was paid to Bill!