Show WRIGLEY BACKS FORMER GIANT Magnate Ma rl ate Says OConnell O'Connell Was Vas Victim of Prank in 1924 Scandal SAN FRANCISCO March 14 H t- t By The ThO Associated As Bellef Pr ss that Jimmy my OConnell O'Connell former Cormel New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giant outfielder outlawed front organized baseball because ot of the National league leque les u bribe scandal Ia 10 lUt was I a n a victim of or circum stances circum-stances that had h d Inception through a joke loke oke was WAi expressed here Tues Tun Tuesday day dOy b by William WrIgley Jr own owner er of or the Chicago Cubs and the I Los Angeles Pacific Coast Coa t leAgUe i tl om At the tho Ih same time Mr Writ Writ-ley Icy Ity stated emphatically that under the circumstances circumstance s Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis baseball commis commissioner stoner eloner had hoa no alternative but to tobar tobar tobar bar OConnell O'Connell from Crom Curl further her play OConnell O'Connell was WAI wa tIle the th principal rig rig- tit ur uro ure In the tile attempted bribery ot of Ileine Heine Sands shortstop tor for the Phil hla National league team The Giants and Philadelphia were wera play log play Ins a critical series n near ar the th close doof of DC the season soa on and the th plot us IlS dis die disclosed closed later In hearings was to have bave some come players on the tho th latler team leam throw one or mOre mor games to the tho th opposing nine During the tho hearing OConnell O'Connell testified that CoZ Cozy Dolan a coach for the Giants had put hInt up to ILp ap ap Sands I believe that OConnell O'Connell was 11 Innocent of oC any wrong doing In the attempt to bribe 11 Sand Sands at atthe the tho close cloRe of ot the Ih 1924 1 baseball sea season ton lea son and It I wore doing dolO It I woUld certainly o gl OConnell O'Connell another chance Wrigley said said The whole hole thing In my wu was a 0 rather crudo crude practical Joke on 11 the part of or Cozy Cosy DOlan I 1 know Dolan he welt well h played for me once and and I know the th crude crudo type ot of 1 horseplay he Ie revels In He lIe figured OConnell O'Connell for M II kid and a boob hoOb an and thought he h was putting over oer a V very I clever joke never dreaming that any lion tion I come comO of or It For Fol ono one on thing thine there was no heed for Cor the th Giants to tt try to buy their they the they had halt It cinched And for Cor another why thy try to bribo Ao a shortstop Re He H has h b tc few chances chance hanc s to affect the tho th winning or losing of or R gam game It was all a terribly crude crud joke on Dolans Dolan's part parI He Ic always alway 1 was tull fuli of oC that sort lort of thing thine Basical Basically ly Iy there ther was wu nothing wrong I suppose lORe however that Judge feels feell feel that It if hI he gives give OCon OConnell nell another chance that It would establish a dangerous precedent |