Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-06
PLAYERS DENY
ACCUSATIONS OF
SWEDE RlSBERC
Stars of Game Declare No
Truth in Statements of
"Black SOx" Outcast.
BY CLARK B. KELSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

OIuJeu Ileoo kotd1l correspondent
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-After 26 base
ball players had faced Judge kene-
saw M. Lands and branded his
charges that theo Detroit Tigers
baseball club had "laid down" to
the Chicago White Sox in 1917, as
"lies', Charles "Swede' Risber5
today stuck doggedly to his story.
Risberg, cast out of baseball fol
lowing his world 8 series scandal
expose of 1919, saw 26 players, III
Guiding such stars as Eddie Collins,
Ray Schalk, Ty Cobb, Harry He'll
man, Bobby Veach and DOME Bush,
stride up before Lands and say. that
every word that connected the White
Sox and the Tigers with a slough
edo series was false. AS each one
passed Risberg cnroute to the wit
ness chair he would cast contempt
GUS look at the accuser.
"I'vc told the truthful stick to
my story he said after yesterday
hearing was concluded.
And any decision from Judge Ian
dis, baseball's high commissioner on
the testimony of Risberg and that
of the 26 men who said he lied, must
await the arrival of "Chick' Gan
dill form Texas. Gandil, Risberg
says, will corroborate his testimony,
and in newspaper interviews Gandil
has said:
"Risberg tells the truth
In room blue with smoke,
room jammed full of red faced bali
players, Judge Lands requested Ris-
berg to repeat the accusations he
made against the White Sox players
and the Tigers new years after
noon. 1t took the gangling ex-
ball player, who is now a farm hand,
more than an hour to recount how
the White Sox wanted to win the
pennant in 1917, how everything
was fixed SOS they'd lay down to
u.s. and how money was collected
to take care of the " fixing.'
Then Risberg told how in 1919,
feeling that the White SoX still
owed the Detroit club something,
he and others on the club had
" sloughed' Il couple of games to
Detroit as additional reward for the
1917 incident.
Clarence Rowland, now an Ameri-
can league umpire, and manager of
the Sox in 1917, was the first wit
ness to refute Risberg S charges ga
damned lie.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 6.-No an
nouncement of the legal course to be
followed by Ty Cobb in his fight
against charges of baseball scandal
will be made at least until next
week, Cobb's attorneys, Judge
James O. Murfin, said here today.
Although Ty Cobb and his at
torncy conferred last week with
iris Speaker and William II. Boyd,
Cleveland attorney, a joint state
ment was made to the effect an
announcement might be expected
this week.
Murfin explained he had been i'll
and that - for the next two days l
am going to be regent of the uni
vcrsity of Michigan
Cobb Emphatic
Eddie Collins, following soon after
Rowland, repeated hlS FORMER man
ayers label of Risbcrg's charges
with trimmings all his own. He
slammed down check book on the
table with stub to prove he had
not paid Gandil money when Gandil
had said he had. The stub was
from Collins checkbook and was
dated October l6, 1917, after the
world's s series was over.
Bernie Boland, pitcher, said he
got $50 for "sitting on the bench
and roofing against Boston,
Ty Cobb, Georgia Peach, was one
of the first witnesses to confront
Risberg and deny his story, He
took the opportunity, however, to
make statement that he had
"played in some 5000 games and
chad played my best in every one
of Them
II cannot recall any particular
games unless there is something
outstanding to make me remember
it, he said. "Thcre was nothing
about any of these games to make
me remember it and if there had
been any dirty work I'd have
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