The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
BETTING DENIALS
AREDISRECARDED
BY JUDGE Lands
Wealthy Lumber Man To
Place Blame On
Associates

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the wake of Cox's vain effort to
have Commissioner Kenesaw M.
Lands reconsider his custer order.
COX, 34-year-old New Yorker, was
declared permanently ineligible by
Lands on Nov. % after he had stat
ed to the commissioner On Nov. 3
ne had made early in the season
approximately Is to 20 bets of
from $25 to $500 per game on the
Phillies to VIM
Yesterday, at hearing called at
his request to reestablish his good
name, Cox declared he had never
bet on the outcome of a single
game. )" Lloyd Paul Strkyer, his
attorney, said Cox had made his
Nov. 3 statements to Lands as part
Of an 'ill-advised plan to play
private detective, to smoke out a
certain group Of Philadelphians in
the organization about whom Cox
entertained suspicious of loyalty. -
After seven hours of testimony,
in which the names of L. Wister
Randolph, vice president, stock
holder and director, and Nathan
(Babe) Alexander, former close
friend of Cox, figured prominently,
| Lands declared there is no help
II can give Cox
There is an utter impossibiity
to connect this plan," the commits
sicner told newsmen in a jammed-
packed small meeting room in the
Hotel Roosevelt, with the repe-
tition of his story concerning bet
tjng) down to Nov. and Nov. 6
in my office. Baseball rules, on bet
ting or otherwise, are obligatory on
me as on other baseball men and
the order will have to be that l
Go not put out a new order"
The name of Randolph came up
after Cox was asked why he de-
cided on the plan to smoke out the
persons about whom he entertain
ed suspicious.
Shortly before Bucky Harris
was dismissed as manager in Jul
w." Cox said I'D become sus-
picious of one Of two or three men
in the organization. I was more
than ever suspicious after Harris
left, although I couldn't prove it.
So I planned to give out false in
formation to test the loyalty of the
man so that if this information
came back to me through other
channels I would eventually dis
cover who the people were.
made the statement to this man
that I made few small bets. The
information came back to me on
Oct. 49,
"What was the name of the man
to whom you told this false infor-
nation" asked Judge Lands.
"Mr. Randolph" Cox replied.
II told him on Aug. 10 that I made
few small bets on the team IN
the early part of the season. This
was before we visited you in CHI
cago Aug. IA.
Stryker said: "You kept the
whole thing secret until you found
whether certain persons were 10y
al to YOU even though you were
placed in a highly vulnerable posi-
ton. It was an honest plan, how
ever ill-advised, because you had
an honest belief for suspicion
Did you hear 1T this man went
to Judge Lands? Stryker asked.
eyes" replied Cox.
I'm Philadelphia Randolph issued
formal statement last night say
ing IT very much doubt that Com
missioner Lands will consider that
I have ever been disloyal to any,
one. least of all to Mr.. Cox at the
proper time and place, when I am
mere fully informed as to just
what Mr.. Cox said, too shall have
more to say with regard to
course of conduct on the part of
Mr.. Cox that I shall characterize
as contemptible.')
Alexander, called as witness by
Lsndis. said he held the post OF
assistant to the president before
Cox resigned as president and sold
mis- stock to Robert R. M. Car
penter of Wilmington, Del. He is
still employed by the Phillies at
salary of $75 a week. He also
holds stock valued at $4,000.
'In May" Alexander testified.
"Cox told me he made some mo-
ney betting. I asked Miss Massey
dorothy Massey. Cox's confidential
secretary and she said yes. told
| Bill for Gods sakes to stop 1t.
That's one thing you can't DO IN
baseball. Once he told me he mad
made about $500 in betting on
games. ASH look back it seemed
to be Dragging.
Cox, recalled to the stand lat
er. denied he had ever told Alex
ander he made bets and asserted
Alexander twas one OF the men
I was suspicious Oh
/ Alexander said he first asked
/ Cox to resign as president on octo,
her IA because of his obvious oao
record Of running the club.
II thought he would resign on
tie spot" Alexander contlnu o's.
when he didn't I preferred ABOUT
30 charges at the directors meet
ing on the 18th ,,. ,n.,u A
40 Miss Massey and Miss Mary A.
Estabrook, former telephone ope FL
a4or At Cox's lumber company o.,