New Britain herald., 1927-01-06

ball outcast, sat Tn Commissioner Iandis' crowded, stuffy office yes- terday and heard 26 of his former playmates give him the lie.
 For hours he sat within arms reach of men who used to sit beside him on the bench as members with him of the 191?-1920 White Sox: yet he heard 10 word of greeting; no Hello. Swede," nor received any nod of recognition.
 Once he was called pig. More than once he was denounced as q liar. But he stuck to his story.
 For one hour he sat on the wit ness stand, his gaze matching that of baseball's overlord, and recited his story of a four-game baseball series which he said was bought and paid for to insure an American league pennant for Chicago.
 For four hours he stood leaning against a statue of Abraham Lin coin. waist deep in the muddy back water from the dam which 26 play CTS quickly constructed. Two &C., eused players spelled their dam with an m, 50 vigorous was their denial of the crookedness Risberg charged.
 Through 1t all-the denials, the stunning by former diamond pals, Risberg was the lone wolf against the pack; impassive. stoical. deter mined.
 Sticks to Story
 They can call me a liar" he said after 1t was all over, after Donie Bush, now manager of the Pitts burgh Pirates, had jumped from his chair and challenged him to fight, after Eddie Collins and the baseball hosts had vigorously secuted his story. "They can attack me as an outcast of baseball. But I know that told the truth. I'll stock my story as long as they want to hear me-
 Not even Buck Weaver. banished from baseball with Risberg, Arnold Gandil and the rest following the ex- pose of the thrown" world series of 1919, gave Risberg's story sub stantiation.
 q don't know anything about it, Judge" said Weaver, when Commis- sioner Landis asked him about The 1919 series which Risberg said wa, sloughed to Detroit "I was always in there to win.'
 Weaver said he was not with his team when the Labor Day week, 1917, series was played-the series Risberg says was bought" for s1.- 100.
 "Gandil and Risberg asked me 10 give $45 for the Detroit cluh,' Weaver said "and ] refused I told them would give no money.
 Thirteen of those who told their story to the commissioner yesterday acknowledged either contributing to or receiving part of the s1.l0o which was raised among the White Sox for the Tigers. A fourteenth had knowl- edge of the pool. but had no part in 1t. This fourteenth player was Weaver.
 Raised Money Pool
 While the 13 players or former players fincluding the present and two former managers of the White Sox) told to Landis that pool had been raised. each said the money | was not in payment for the Tigers to :, 'Iay down" but rather was reward | for the three game beating the 1. Tigers handed Boston. runners up in i the 1917 pennant race.N
 Those who told I.andis they con- 1 tributed to. or had knowledge of the | pool, were: Eddie Collins. Ray | Schalk. Clarence Rowland. Red Ta- l Der. John Collins. Harry Liebold, Joe | Benz, Reb Russell, Jourdan and | Buck Weaver. Members of the Tiger | team Of 1917 who said they got ! share Of the pool were: George . Dauss. Oscar Stanage. Bernie Roland . and George Cunningham.
  pool said it was reward money 10 . the Detroit players for beating Bos- ton. Dauss and Cunningham each . beat Boston in the series mentioned, | and Stanaee caught Roland, how ever, said he did not pitch in that & Nes
 1T got $50 of tho Sox pool" said Roland. but I didn't pitch any aof those Boston games. I guess it was a present for my roofing on th" bench"
 Denies Laying Down
 Roland. however. pitched ono of . the games which Eisbcre said were . slouGhed. Roland denied any of any slourhine. 'T . was taking my regular beating at tho Sox park" he said. T might moi . have had much on the ball but was trying"
 Bill James, "pay oft'' man for inc Tigers in 'ho distribution of the Sox pool is on his way here from Los Angeles to add his testimony tO tho srist. James. then q Tiger pitcher. Is the man Risberg said received the . sov pool 10 disburSc to the Tigers.
 Chick Gandil, quoted as saving trat "Risberg didn't tell the half of 't," also is Chicago bound, nresum- ably to back up and possibly nla- horate Risborgs story.
 There was much verbiage at yes FerdaT's hearing but only one bit of tangible evidence such as lawyers rall "eXhihit a." that was a check stub produced hy Eddie Collins to show that his share of tho Sov pool was naid after the date mentioned oy Risherg. This was in substan- iation that tho money was reward md not q hriho
 Three Reasons
 The commissioner. nreesinc Ris- ,erc for his reasons for saving tho 'oN-Detroi' series w7s Thrown" 'Hrned that Risherg haees his