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Show I National League President to Be , Starred on Stand Heydler States That President Johnson of American League! Was Informed of Supposed "Throwing" of Games After First Game of World Series Was Played Last Season; to Resume Hearings Tuesday CHICAGO, Sept. 27 President John H Heydler of the National loague Bun- """""""""""""H day made public evidence he gath- """""""""""""H ered In a private investigation Of al- """""""""""""H leged baseball gambling and game """""""""""""H throwing" and at th- same time de- """""""""""""H clared that President Comlskey of tin "H Chicago Americans. M nagt-r """"""""""""""H Glcason, were convinced a nor the first H world series game last thai the """"""""""""""H series had been "fixed." and sought his """H aid In making an Investigation. "H The matter was brought to the at H tention of President It U. Johnson, of H the American League, but Johnson did """"""""""""""H not seem very enthusiastic over start - H lng an investigation. Heydler sai l """""""""""""""H Heydler brought the name of Jean """""""""""""""H Dubuc, former Detroit American piteh- er. Into the scandal for the first time H and also gave hitherto unrecorded de- tails of the Hal Chase md Lee Ma-H Ma-H get- 1 Hevdler said all of his evidence had H been placed at the disposal of Presl- """""""""""""""""H dent Johnson, but that he did not """"""""""""""""H know whether the latter was making """""""""""""""H use - H Mr Hevdler quoted J (Rube) """"""""""""""""H Benton, New York National pitcher. H as saying that Dubuc was tlx- man who """""""""""""""""H received telegrams from """"""""""""""""H former major league pitcher, H him that the world series had been H fixed and that Benton had received """"""""""""""""H his Information from this telegram. """"""""""""""""H Benton told Heydler he had seen fl Hal Chase make on- bet of J100 on the """""""""""""""""H scries. Heydler """"""""""""""""H Discussing the Magee case, Mr. H Hevdler said he and William Ve H president of the Chicago National """""""""""""""""H league club, had obtained Mage. - s con. H fession that he had attempted to throw H a game that MagCC had showi them a check sent htm by Hal Chasi """""""""""""""""H but Mr what tMMl KM ACI 8JED. H Heinle Zimmerman also his accused of -throwing games, said Mr. Heydler. but he would neither confirm 1 nor deny reports that Zimmerman was """""""""""""""""H released by the New York National I. for thi., reason. Reports that Zimmerman Zim-merman was suspended a year ago for trying to throw a game ana not foi breaking training as was announced, were not denied by Mr Heydler. "Tip" O'Neill. former Western league j, resident, came to ine after the first world series game lasi fall" Baj 1 Mr. Heydler. "and told me that Comlskey Comls-key and Gleason felt that something was wrong, but that th y did not want to go to Ban Johnson because of the bad feeling between him and Comlskey. Comls-key. I considered the matter preposterous prepos-terous at first, but after Gleason and , I had analyzed the games 1 went to Johnson and told him about it. "He dismissed me with a curt remark, re-mark, 1 continued to confer with Comlskey and Cleason and fin illy gave Johnson what 1 considered good leads. 1 than felt thai it was up tt him to act, and not my affair The players accus' 1 were American league men and did not feel that 1 should meddle med-dle SOMETHING WRONG, "Gleason told me in conference.- between be-tween games that there was no doubt in his mind that somethlnK sa.s wrong and that some one had "reached" the White Sox players." Concerning the Chicago-Philadelphia National game of August SI, which Is said to have been "fixed" for Phil-I Phil-I adelphla to win, Mr. Heydler said his investigation convinced him that a de-i de-i liberate attempt had been made by I some one to injure the Chicago club President Navln sent a letter to I Ban Johnson saying that $50,000 wa bet and $10,000 of this was in Detroit.1 he said. "This letter was turned over to mt but I have been able to learn of onlj $3,000 bet in Cleeland and $1,300 lr H Cincinnati 1 have not yet finished In-; """"""""""""""""""""H vcstlgatlon of this game." """"""""""""""""""""H Mr Heydler said. that the New York HI National league done mon- """""""""""""""""""""H for baseball than any club in either Hj "McGraw deliberated wrecked his """""""""""""""""""""Hi pennant chances by piling rid of l Chn.-e and Zlmmocman because of throwing,'" he H ; Discussing the testlsnon- given by Hi III jur;. Heydler said B .1 bei H 1 o.uoted to ug that llerzog I eff-red him 800 to throw t..c- game H between Chicago and New York Sep- H "But when I called Benton and Her- H zog before me," he continued, "Ben- ton said iial Chase bad ottered him i tho money anl not Herzog, "Benton also told me that before """""""""""""""""""""H that game started McGraw told him to """""""""""""""""""""H either 'win or buy ticket home.' I don't know Just what McGraw may """""""""""""""""""""H have meant remark, but at any 111 rate New York won." President Heylder expects to tesllf before the grand jury Tuesday, will give It additional evidence which he. did not disclose tonight, he said, """"""""""""""""""""""H including a quantity of documentary II """""""""""""""""""""H Fred McMullin and "Buck" Weav- I er, Chicago American players tonight """""H denied that they were in any way in-ill plicated In the alleged "throwing" of . I I games In the world series last fall Re ports of evidence given the Cook 00 unity un-ity grand Jury said that McMullin had acted as 1 he "go be( a een" of a ring of gamblers and Chicago players. It also a n said that McMullin had tato n 1 small oblong package to Weaver's home after one of the games and that' 1 Weaver when he came home and; (found the package refused at first to accept lt but finally did keep it. McMullin said he 'had visited Weavers Weav-ers home at the Unit he was nilegedi 10 have delivered the package, but Bald It was nobody's business but his own why he went there" TO l N 138 PIG TK. H. 11. Brlgham, foreman of the Jur, tonight said th re wns a poSSlbllltJ that new Investigations might be startled start-led In a half dozen cities. "Wt nave received evidence of gambling in every major league city." he said. "We may turn this evidence oer to local Juries and let them Investigate Inves-tigate or We may give It to a federal grand Jury which would have authority author-ity to force out of town witnesses to. 1 me here and testify." Mr Brlgham said that the name Of a Bt Louis player who was a close friend Of W hite Sox players had been 'Drought before the Jury. The evidence of gambling in ecr ' major league city did not necessarllj mean that there were dishonest play-, I ers on every tram he said Hartley Repogle, prosecutor in the' case, attended todas hi ago-Detroit I I game and said afterwards that he was convinced ihut "whatever the Soxi I may have done in the past, they are j ! now fighting their heads off for the' pennant." Me also said that he planned next week to ask the Western T'nlon Tele-1 j graph company and the Postal Tele-1 graph company to turn over to the .in s copies of all messages sent pre- - ding und'durlng the world series by iial Chase, Abe Atell, Bill Burns and' Rube Benton. |