New Britain herald., 1927-01-03
lands TO HEAR ACCUSED
PLAYERS ON NEW SCANDAL
"Swede" Risberg Names Over 80 Players in Latest
- Charges Commissioner Issues Invitations to Men
to Appear to Face Former White Sox-Denials En-
tered BY All Concerned-Pool Was Formed As
Present to Detroit Pitchers For Winning Games

Chicago. Jan. [R-The baseball
court of Commissioner Kenesaw NJ.
Lands, former federal judge, is
getting a crowded docket with a
hearing Of some more of the most
famous players in the game set for
next Wednesday.
Invitations were out today for
Eddie Collins. Ray Schalk, Red
Faber. DOME Bush, Clarence Row
land. and about thirty others, who
were named in an affidavit given
the commissioner Saturday night by
Charles A. "Swede" Risherg. He
told Lands that the Chicago White
Sox. with whom he used to play
shortstop, fixed four game series
Detroit would lay down in four
games and give the Sox better
chance for the pennant- Lands
then set Wednesday as the date for
further Investigation.
Some of those Risberg named as
contributing -s45 each toward
present of about S1,100 for the De-
troit players. admitted raising the
pool, but gave a different version of
its circumstances.
Everybody knew, said Memo Lei
bold. Sox outfielder at the time. that
the Chicago team gave Detroit that
money for beating Boston in three
games. September 10 and 20, 1917,
killing the Red Sox chances Of win
ming the pennant from the White
Sox. The Detroit pitchers were not
hired to lay down for the Sox, he
said.
Ray schalk. the Sox New Manager
for 1927, admitted he gave his s45
and told the same story as Lebold.
Rowland, who managed the White
Sox that year and is now an Ameri-
can league umpire. denied any
knowledge of the pool, and was the
first to welcome the invitation Of
Lands to face Risbe-g and his
! charges Wednesday morning.
Risberg's two hour recital Satur-
day night was confirmed by fire.
quent mods from George Buck"
Weaver. who played third base for
the Sox then. Weaver did not con-
tributue his SIS. Risberg said. but
gave Oscar Witt, Detroit outfielder
handbag. Weaver spoke up to
verify this, and added that he made
it in the form OF Christmas
present.
The Boston version O. the De-
troit present by the White Sox was
the basis Of a direct question by
Lands at the hearing Saturday
! night
When I first came into baseball"
| the commissioner said, Il heard that
the Sox had raised a pool to pay the
! Detroit pitchers or players to beat
Boston, Was that the way Of it,"
No" said Risberg. Il never
| heard OF that. The money was col
lected by myself and Chick Gandil
(Sox first 'baseman) and was for
paying the Detroit players to slough
those two double headers to us at
Chicago on Labor Day and the Sun
scheme, and he told me as we en-
tered the dugout for the first game
that everything was all fixed. Dur
ing one of the games Eddie Dyer
(Detroit shortstop) booted one hit
around and Eddie Collins said to
me: That's terrible work out
there"
The commissioners hearing Satur-
day night when Risberg arrived from
his dairy farm near Rochester,
Mimi. was before a dozen news
paper men, all of whom we're invited
to assist the commissioner in de-
veloping the Interrogation.
At the outset, Lands asked Ris-
berg to make it plain that he was
receiving no money for his story ex-
cept the expenses and fair compen-