New Britain herald., 1927-01-08

 
CHICK GANDlL FIRES 4
 BROADSIDE AT PLAYERS
Stands With Risberg in Claiming Crookedness in Base ball-Landis Abruptly Closes Hearing-To Give
 Decision Wednesday Morning At 10 o'Clock-Dia- mond Stars Are Named in Charges-All Concerned Unanimous in Stating That Ty Cobb is Innocent.

Chicago. Jan. 8 P, Arnold (Chick) Gandil. sunbronzed base ball outlaw from the wide open spaces, has exploded in the ranks of organized baseball the ammuni- ton he has kept dry for ten years. Standing shoulder to shoulder with his pal of baseball days. Swede Ris- berg, he fired his charges of dia- mond dishonesty yesterday across the battle-ground at 122 South Mich igan avenue from which kenesaw Mountain Landis guides the destin- ies of the big leagues.
 Eyes blazing, and with mien az sressively defiant, Gandil sent his shots straight at some two dozen baseball players, or former players, who were iammed inside the smoke logged suite of the commissioner.
 The men Gandil accused of con- tributing or accepting money for the throwing of four American league games Chicago took from Detroit September ? and 3, 1917 - such pames as Eddie Collins. Ray Schalk, Clarence Rowland. Red Faber and George Dauss-gave Gandil the same return volley of emphatic de- uial that they had poured upon Ris- berg two days before.
 Sitting as referee was the white haired commissioner. s65,00o a year custodian of baseball's integrity. The man who today contemplates the testimony of more than 40 wit nesses, Landis snapped the hearing 10 Q sudden close last night with this len word pronouncement:
 I'll dispose of this matter We'd nesday morning at 10 o'clock
 These things will Landis ponder:
 Detailed testimony by Risberg, former White Sox shortstop, and Chick Gandil. former Sox first base man (both banished from baseball in 1920 following the 1919 world series scandaD that a pool WAS collected by the White Sox and paid to certain Detroit pitchers for laying down. in four game series so that Chi cago might win and tighten it's hold on first place in the American league.
 Denials of contributing to any pool to be used for buying games. but admission of contributing 10 a pool to reward Detroit pitchers for good work against Boston in a later series. These denials came from every man accused by Risborg and Gandil who testified,
 The statement of Bill James, a Tiger pitcher in 1917, that he re- ccived sS50 from Gandil and dis tributed 1t to certain Tiger battery men as a token of White Sox ap- preciation for their work in defeat ing Boston.
 Testimony Jy Risherg that the White Sox in 1919 "sloughed" a series 10 Detroit to aid the Tigers in their fight for third place in the league standing.
 The hearings close found accus- CTS and accused unanimous on one thing-Ty Cobb's innocense of ever having taken part in q crooked ball game. Cobb had wired the commis- sioner to ask everyone present whether anybody knew If Cobb got any of the SoX pool. and whether anybody knew if Cobb ever played a crooked ball game" The chorused tribute was prompt, with Risbcrg and Gandil voicing their endorse ment of the jewel Of Georgia" with the rest.
 Shortly afterward. the commis- sioner's office learned that hearing set for tomorrow at which attorneys were 10 go over with Landis the charges of baseball crook kedness which have involved Cobb and Iris Speaker had been indefinitely post poned.
 Besides paying inc expenses 10 and from Chicago of the two score odd men who testiied-a sum esti- mated at nearly s20,000-the com- missioner also faces the prospect ot spending some money 10 rehabilitato his office suite.
 Isn't this room q sight," hn ask cd T. was. Holes in the costly rug where carelcssly thrown cigar '"ttNf' |Eo'i 'u'' IT tAi'll N'N t' luz floor: cigar and cigarette butts, matches. torn paper scattered about One cluster of lights was SO cloud nd from nashligh smoke that the room was dmnel.
 Eisherg left for lis dairy duties near Rochester, Minn. shortly after he hearing ended. Gandil will re- main in Chicago two or three days.
 Gandil was the first 10 file an ac- counting of his expenses, which in cluded ten days remuneration for time lost from his plumbing job. This he entered as S90. Gandil's total expenses, for which the com missioner promptly handed him a check. were s27S.12.
 Gandil commented bitterly on one statement by Clarence Rowland, manager of the White Sox in 1917. Rowland said hc had permitted Gandil to leave the club in Septcm- her. 1917. for q day to go 10 Phila- lelphia "so Gandil could meet a cnupla Of friends
 Rowland lied" Gandil said. 'l T'Eer hai any friends"