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Show JOHNSON BLAMED BY GLU8 OWNERS American League President Gets Blame for Delay in Ball Scandal N'EW YoRK. Nov 6. Jacob Kup-pert Kup-pert and T L. Huston, owners ot tic New York Americana, last night made public a statement from Charles A.i Comlskey, owner of ihe Chicago Anion Ani-on .ms. dealing With the lH world i scries scandal. The statenieni which is a reply to 0 request from tbe New York owners, own-ers, series to counteract the ImprOS- siou that prevails thai Mr. Comlskey l.nd Ih-cii delinquen' In exposing 1 1 -scandal nd thai credit for doing s-should s-should so to' President Johnson ot the Amerl6a.ii league, Mr. Comlskey declared t''.it the first intimation he received of crookedness was regarding H, C. Redmond of St. Louis, who claimed to have lost $5000 on the white Sox by being doub!e-tcrossed doub!e-tcrossed Redmond was Interviewed, h . Id, but the story he told was vague and uncerl In Redmond, he' declared, could giN e no names, clr: cuiu.stances r facta on which to bttsei charges of crookedness. .Mr. CoillLskey od he had spe.ii Lpproximatel) 110,000 In attempting to run lown the charges and I hat the work of detectives hired h him did nr.t terminate until May, 1920. He then confmunicatcd bis suspicions to I resident lliwiler of tbe National league, who, in turn. Informed President Presi-dent rohnson of tlie Vraerican league. "This sarhe )iian, Redmond, w-a likewise rnterviewed ut'or about thei sann i. nil that I Interviewed him. by' .this same Johnson, the presldSAI of' 'the American league," the statement continued. and Johnson must have reached the same onclusions because be took no action. "I)iin)edl:itelj upon the special, grand Jury being convened in c'ook I county, 1 volunteered all information' il mj 'liM'usI and paid pari ot the 1 expense of bringing witnesses to testify-EVen testify-EVen thouirh the chief Justice of the criminal court offered to delay investigation in-vestigation until the end of the set-son, set-son, so as not to Interfere with the schedule, , I declined lo have the matter mat-ter ios: pom il " |