The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
Lands Weighs
Evidence
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lead.
Q. The inability of some of the De-
troit players to make a complete &C
counting of the distribution of the
pot-$S50. Bill James, Tiger pitcher.
admitted receiving the money, but
could not tell what he did with all
of it. Risberg and Gandil asserted
the amount was 81 100.
8. The failure of Risberg and Gan
dill to prove that Eddie Collins, Red
Faber and Ray Schalk or Clarence
Rowland, then the White Sox man
ager, had any knowledge that any ar
rangement existed between the
Tigers and White Sox, except their
admittals that they knew the Tiger
pitchers were to be given 5000 each
for every game they won from Bos-
ton.
James Statement
Bill James, when he took the
stand, admitted that Gandil gave him
the $3.50, but said the money came
with the understanding that it was
to be given to the Tiger pitchers, at
the rate of 5000 for each game they
had won against Boston.
st gave 5000 to Willie Mitchell. the
same to George Dauss, kept 5000 for
myself and gave $50 each to Bernie
Boland and George Cunningham" "
James said. That left $3.50 to be ac-
counted for.
James said he could not remember
what he did with this, but that he
probably gave Oscar Stanage. catch
err, 500. Stanage previously has
testified that he received about SIS
and that this amount had been made
up from money that the pitchers
Clipped in out of their shares.
Then Stanage received $175 In
ALL" Lands countered.
The commissioner called Stanage
to the stand and asked him to ex-
plain the discrepancy. 1T may have
been SIS or $175," Stanage said. "If
James says he gave me 500 out of
the original pot, he must have done
it,"
James was preceded on the stand
by Chick Gandil. The former star
first baseman told about the same
story that Swede Risberg previously
has told-to the effect that the Sox
and Tigers conspired to fix" the
series in order that Chicago might
gain a lead over Boston.
Gandil told Of giving James the
money in Philadelphia. He said that
the money was given to James for
the friendship Detroit had shown
Chicago in allowing the White Sox
to win the four games"
Lands then informed him that the
other players who testified had said
this money was for the Tiger defeats
of Boston.
Gandil asked for the box score
of the four games. Then he pro-
ceeded to point out that the White
Sox were certainly allowed more
bases on balls and stolen bases than
they were entitled to-"
Chick, after charging the Tigers
threw" the series, added further
fuel to the fire by corroborating Ris-
bergs charges that the Sox in turn
threw" three games to the Tigers.
Sept. 26, q, %, 1919, as return for
the Tiger favor of 1917.
1--WE had the pennant cinched in
1919 when we met the Tigers" Gan
dill said. Detroit was fighting hard
for q place in the money, so we
thought it would be nice if we'd help
them out a bit, considering what
they'd done for us two years before. "
Gahdil denied the Tigers gave the
the Sox any money as he said the
Sox did with Detroit.
Chick was followed on the stand
by several other players, who had
not testified previously. They in
cluded Bird Lynn, former White
Sox pitcher; Oscar Witt, now a man.
ager in the Coast League; Hasbrook,
a Sox rookie" in 1917 and Roy
Wilkinson, former White Sox pitch
err. Each denied any knowledge of
the affair except Hasbrook.
Hasbrook had the following to
say:
"Our club was in Boston, the lat
ter part of the season, meeting
was held, from which was ex-
cluded. 1 stood outside, feeling
"sheepish' and hurt because I
wasn't allowed in. After a while the
players came out. Chick Gandil
came up to me and to relieve my
feelings told me that the reason 1
wasn't allowed in was that he didn t
think, that inasmuch as 1 hadn't
been with the club long. that
should give away any money"
Lands seized on it because all
players accused by Risberg and
Gandil swore that discussion of the
pot" had not come up at any meet
ings.
"Hasbrook is right, judge" Candy
said II told you that the thing was
discussed at meetings"
Eddie Collins, Ray Schalk, Clar-
eAce Rowland, and several others
then testified that the meeting was
probably just zone Of the daily meet
ings" and that "rookies were some
times barred from these"
Further evidence that Buck
Weaver, another "blacklisted" play
er, who always maintained his limo
cence, was guiltless of any COM
plicity in this affair was furnished
by Oscar Witt Previous testimony
had developed that Weaver refused
to constribute to any pot but that he
had given Witt Christmas present
as his share.
Buck gave me a Christmas pres
ent every year from 1914 to 1919,
Witt said. We used to spend our
winters together in the California
mountains. That present had moth
ing to do with this whatever" Witt
said he knew nothing about any