Show I t S Troops A and Cruisers Are Rushed to War Zones r S SOLONS SOLONS' l NS' NS P POWER T J 0 INVESTIGATE IE NOT DETERMINED Kelly KeIly and Capper Se Legal Tangle Tangle If Sen ate Enters HEARING IS OPEN OPENED Risberg F Faces ac Accused tf Players With Story f f. f Alleged Thrown Series Serie- WASHINGTON Jan 5 NAP CAP After expressing the opinion that that nothing could be done to pl baseball under federal contro control Representative e Kelly I of PennsYlvania who has be Jt studyIng the question con conferred with Sen Senator tor Capper Republican Kansas tOday and afterwards afterwards' that the investigation to definitely determine the thc power o congress would continue Mr Kelly saId neither he nor nor Senator Capper yas optimIstic The The presents legal legaj technicalities whIch appeared to overcome overcome over over- come e add added d' d Including court decisions de- de holdIng baseball not to be interstate commerce 0 i 5 t J I 12 c s Wt bf the ox f and TIgers In X a tSi bought series n n 1917 appeared to face the Involved 1 tt i i players payer In a dra- dra if matte hearing be- be fore rore Commis Kenesaw 1 1 1 J fountain Landis t thIs afternoon 4 t 5 RI TiE TiE- after failing t to appear at 10 a. a m. m when the hearIng was to l have ae started It was postponed until thIs afternoon when Risberg In a 30 mysterious telephone call to the commIssioner said he could not appear ppe r at the appointed time Ty Cobb was the first to com in as as' as RIsberg arrived and t took ok a a. seat at the I left of the commissioners commissioner's commis- commis desk Ray Schalk Eddie Howard Ehmke Oscar Oscat Stanage George Dauss Bush Clare e Rowland and BennIe Benne Dyer called by LandIs and and edged edge t. t Into tle commissioners commissioner's office crowding to the rIm or of his desk Ir Risberg s ld Landis you ou made a statement here lew tr's afternoon wm Will you ou r repeat peat that statement Then i In 1917 We were p on On September 2 and I wa watt Informed by Mr 11 Clarence Rowland Howland that everYthing was aU all fixed 1 won tour foul ball from Detroit About two weeks later later In the Continued on page 8 8 SOlONS SOlONS' POWER J TO 0 INVESTIGATE NOT NUl DETERMINED Continued front from page 1 Ansonia hotel Chick Gandil and I collected 45 apiece from the boys for the Detroit team Rowland nowland gave us permission to togO togo gO to Philadelphia und and there V ve gaVe the money we had collected to Bill James James said he would give Howard meaning Ehmke his share 1 What was the first thIng you heard about this asked Landl Landis I Wo Vo were down in the dugout the morning of the first t game Risberg said and RoWland nowland said to tome tome me Everything Is all fixed U Nothing was said at that time about money was there asked a ked Landis Dandis' No there was not saId His His- berg Can you tell me how the the talk about money started asked Lan Lan- dis No I cant can't RI replied Who collected money besides you ou asked the commissioner i Chick Gandil Risberg said CHICAGO Jan I 5 AP Ty Cobb victim ot of the m most st recent baseball house cleaning today greeted George Buck Weaver V aver who was banished six years ago as they met outside the offices ot of Landis awaiting the opening ot of the 1 Uon into the Risberg charges investigation I A moment later Cobb and Eddie dollins ollins former White SoX second baseman manager shook hands Hello Eddie said the Georgia peach I see ee you are one of us now Collins Coiling laughed antI and said he hoped not It a shame the way these old gossip stories are being dragged out cobb said to Weaver I II I was kicked out of base baseball ban tin less than that Weaver said I 1 hate to see these thIn things s break out as much as anybody Im I'm not helping helpIng help help- Ing to get any anyone one else kIcked out but Risberg story is true Both Weaver and Cobb are seekIng seeking seek seek- Ing exoneration ot of charges of participating participating par par- In plots to throw games Weaver V was banished for l isal- isal part In the fixed worlds world series of 1919 while Cobb Is under the suspicion of fixing a Cleveland De troit series in 1919 although no decision barring him from baseball ha hap been made |