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Show JURY SELECTED FOR BALL SCANDAL Wholesale Bribery Noted in Evidence Furnished bv District Dis-trict Attorney of L. A. , LOS ANHELKS ( al . Del. 15. -Evidence of " wholesale bribery of players 'j in the 1919 season by gamblers ha-been ha-been discovered, according to an an 1 nouncement tonight by W C. Doran, Chief deputy district attorney, who Is directing ill" Investigation begun to-day to-day by Hie Los Angeles county grand jni into alleged corruption In Pacific coast baseball league games. Doran stated testimony already gn mi the Investigators Indicated scores ol gamee were "thrown,'' for money last ! season. LOS ANGELES, Oct 15. We pre 'dieted the Ins est igat ion would lead to 'the indictment of gamblers who 'bribed'' certain players during Ihe 1'il'j season and who had an organized i system for buying and selling games for the benefit of the gamblers ' "This investigation," he said "in b; no means confined to the Vernon and Salt Lake clubs, which were involved In ih.' charger of Lot ion Before wv get to the bottom, we idiall find the gambler had holds on players in at leSBl five clubs. "I have the names of these gambler? "The aim of the district attorney's office is to purge of ever) taint of gam hlinc and to indict the gamblers and I players who conspired to 'fix' the games." It was understood Ihe grand Jury I examined certain documentary evidence evi-dence but no witnesses were called to I testify. The tnking of testimony, i Uoran said, would begin Monday. |