Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
DETROIT SOLD SOX
FOUR 1917 GAMES,
R|SBERG TEST|F|ES
Tells Lands Whole Team
Clipped in Toward $1,1OO
to Have Series "ThroWn."
NAMES MANY STARS
IN TALK UNDER OATH
Refers TO Rowland, Collins, Schalk,
Dauss, James, Ehmke, Bush.
Says Gandil Was Collector.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January 1.-THE base
ball scandals Of 1926 were continued
into the new year tonight, with dis
closure OF charges of a fixed series
back in 1917.
Charles A. "Swede" Risberg. one
of the banished Black Sex" CT. the
1919 world series scandal tonight
gave an affidavit to Commissioner. *.
NJ. Lands. describing a fourgame
series which the Chicago White SoX
fixed with the Detroit Americans, so
the Sox would win and capture the
American League pennant. Those
four victories, on Labor day, 1917.
and the Sunday previous. gave the
Sox IA victories In a row.
The Sox raised 81 LOO ITO pay the
Detroit team for laying down, Ris-
berg's Affidavit said, and the scheme
was instigated by Clarence Rowland.
then manager of the Sox and now an
American LesG umpire.
Weaver u Present.
George Buck" Weaver, Sox third
baseman in 1917. who was dismissed
with Risberg after the 1919 scandal
broke, listened to his former team
mates recital and nodded assent,
though he declined to talk himself.
- Rowland was located tonight at Mil
waukee and denied implication in the
game fixing described by Risberg.
II know nothing of that DEAL" Row
land said, 'and IL Risberg says / had
anything to do with framing games,
he lies
The White Sox contributed s45
piece to raise the pool, Risberg said,
which was given to the Detroit team,
principally pitchers. to slough" the
series to the SoX Nearly all the
Risberg said; including Eddie Collins
and Ray Schalk, the new SoX man.
ager for 1927.
Says Collins Demurred.
Collins demurred, Risberg said, and
declared he never would do such
thing again. The money was collect
ed and turned over to Detroit two
weeks after the series was thrown.
Chick Gandil, then Sox hfst baseman.
collected the money andzturned it over
to Bill James, then Detroit pitcher.
Rowla nd told him, Risberg said, as
the Sox players went into the dugout
at the start of the "sloughed" series.
that everything was all fixed, and
once during the game Eddie Collins de-
scrihed a booted" ball by Eddie Dyer.
Tiger shortstop, as terrible"
Weaver was the only Sox player,
who did not contribute to the 1,100
pool for Detroit, Risberg said.
Weaver sat in Lands Office tonight
listening to Risberg's story, nodding
conhrma ton of his salient points,
and admitted that as his share of the
contribution to Detroit players he
gave Oscar Witt, Detroit outfielder,
handbag for Christmas.
Aided Detroit in 1919.
Near the close Of the 1919 season,
Risberg said, the Sox players decided
that they owed the Detroit team
return for the 1917 favor. so they
"sloughed" two games to Detroit at
the end of the 1919 season to enable
Detroit to win third place. The Sox
in 1919, as in 1917, won the pennant
Late in September, 1920, Risberg
said, he met Rowland on the street in
Chicago and Rowland said
For heavens sake don't let that
1917 business get out"'
Not long after that, Risberg said,
he met some of the Detroit players,
particularly Donnie Bush and Hook"
Dauss, In a saloon opposite the White
Sox bali park, and Bush said to him
that he hoped the 1917 affair never
got out.
Sworn In by Lands.
Risberg was sworn by Lands as he
started his statement, before the com
missions, and dozen newspaper men,
and he started by saying that he had
no hope of getting anything out of it
for himself, but only wanted to help
clean up base ball.
As soon as the name of Rowland
was mentioned in Risberg's recital
lands sought to locate the former
Sox manager, but was unsuccessful.
Risberg said he was compelled to re.
turn home tonight to tend to his dairy
farm near Rochester, Mimi, but
would return next Wednesday morn
ing to face those he named in his
story before the commissioner,
Il tried to get reinstated in base
ball once" said Risberg, who was
placed among the BLACK Sox" in
1920. but II is too late now. I'm
muscle-bound and too old. but / have
q little boy, and I'm willing to help
all can in cleaning up base ball. for
the sake of the game when he will be
old enough to play"
Letter Never Delivered.
He told the commissioner he felt
aggr1eVed at receiving no reply to his
letter after the 1919 worlds series
scandal broke. in which he sought re
instatements. Lands looked in his file
and brought forth letter, undeliv-
cred because Risberg had moved from
Chicago without forwarding address,
and inviting Risberg to come in and
talk things over. The resentment
faded in Risberg's face when he saw
this letter. which never reached him.
Near the close of the season." Ris-
berg said. about two weeks after we
won those double-headers from De.
troit, the word was passed around
among the Sox players that each
should contribute $45 for the Detroit
players.
Red Faber wrote a check for the
shares of four or five of the players,
and Collins, Schalk and the others
gave theirs.
1T was collected in the Ansonia
Hotel at New York The next day
was an off day. with no game, so
Rowland gave permission to Gandil
and me to go to Philadelphia with
the money for the Detroit team.
We found Bill James playing cards
with Bush. Dzuss and some others
and called James out into the hall and
ha anded him the money. about 81 100.
James said he would fix up the