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Show GAMBLING CASES BEING HEARD IN CHICAGO COURTS CHICAGO, Sept. 32. Grand Jury in V'esligation of alleged gambling b baseball players in last year's world series between the Chicago American and Cincinnati National league clubs and of Charges 'hat the Philadelphia Chicago National league game of Au g&Sl 31 was 'fixed for Philadelphia to win " bi gun here today A dozen base ball officials, players and writer:; had been subpoenaed and It was announced that others probably would be called before the hearing was concluded Indications wre thai the hearing might last several weeks The only player known to have been subpoenaed subpoe-naed so far is Jacob (Rube) Benton pitcher for the New York National league club. Assistant Prosecutor Replogle today declared be had been iiilorund that Benton had been approached ap-proached with an offer of $7."ti to "throw" a game and that the jur would ask Benton "what a plaer had said to him about t hi owing games." President B B. Johnson of the American Amer-ican ioague, President Comlskey of the Chicago American League club, President William Veeck of the t'hi cago National league club, Benton Bert Colyierf the latter a well known -ports 'dopeMer." and several baseball r po rters were ordered to appear to day |