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Show - Members of White Sox Endeavored to Throw Games Says J. Collins Star First Sacker States That Risberg, Felsch and Jackson "Laid" Down on Recent Eastern Trip; Risberg Formerly f Played With Ogden Club; Other Startling Disclosures Dis-closures Made at Investigation Hearings Now Being Staged by Grand Jury 'H CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Charge.-, that, JHBj some of i ho lame players who are D accused of throwing' the world's ser-j REH ics to Cincinnati last year have used, '11 their efforts to prevent the White Sox I r JtA from becoming . pennant dinners tills I Tj season, were made todaj by several fF who hav not been mentioned in tin 'fcH grand Jury testimony. AKM n? player, who refused to allow his jH name to be used made the following HJH statement: ij "When we started on our i ist east- "TN rr'i 'rip wo had every reuson to be-1 lieve we would win the pennant 8ud- v denly Williams .in. I I'lenlti m eme, " to go bad without any reason Some 'fr'-1 ' us talked It ovor and agreed It' jfci b l0'1 lhCV WCPB grooving the ' , f, jgL Thi n rat kson, i . Inch and Rlabt n ' 1M i.-c:in dumping the Uili to tho infield ; 1 every time they came to hat when WO ' j had .i chance to get runs. We thoughl ai first they might be'; y AI in a batting -lump But when some. , of compared notes regarding mo i AH Pitching ana bitting we becaim gtor f-'Tw I than suspicious WERE soi l) fJt "It may as well ho stated that some ; W "i us believed ever since the last i 7 worlds series thai wt were sold by CI- W ion.- and othi i I f "Well, when the same men we sus- . pected crossing us at that Umc began . to go bad on the last eastern trip we ,y decided there must have lieen another sell out. However v- have never been , fri" able to prove this rjfT "Had we played anything like our . TrtBl regular games We would nave come t'PtL home with the pennant cinched. We ,l" ,u'Ij tbc grand Jur will look into : 'Jtifil lhc end ot the affair If it falls to ' ' iri acl we may Like some action ourselves, 5 ,3 If we can got hold of the players weK . reel sure did the i he itlnaV , rv, John Collins, veteran first baseman f -J ai the White Sox said "We are sorry in a way for the fellows who are jt&gi caught In this Jam. but we are glad .. V erVerj thing Is going to be shown up "We suspected some of them in theL i?? world series and we suspected them , Ijfs'A again because of the way they played Sfcr n t,K Iasl eastLrn trip." said Collin-. h SCj "Some of them not only didn't try. but . 'pA 1 acted as though they didn't ,vant to , twin, t nave no idea what influenced their actions." SOMETHING W RONG Red Faber, veteran pitcher, who carried his luh to victory In the 1917 world si ries. said the playing of the Sox on the eastern trip made some of the others believe something was crooked. It looks like we were double-crossed double-crossed In the world series last year and In the pennant race this year, but we are not through vet. "We will go to St. Louis with a ball team on which every man will be trying and we will light to get into the vorld series. "If we land we will be sure of one thing wo will not have a Judus on the team when We go Into the big series." NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Abe Attell former featherweight champion, who has been named as a ring leader In the baseball gambling scandal said here tonight that he had retained a lawyer to take can of his Interests and that in a day or two he would make a statement that would "shootl the lid sky high.' "You can say," he said, "that the1 story placing the responsibility upon I me for passing the 100, to the White Sox is a Me It looks to mo that Arnold Rothataln is behind the, stories and 1 am surprised at this be cause I have- been a good friend of Itothstein. i ,j . "He Is simply trying to pass the buck to me. It won't go. "You can see that some one Is trying ,0 make it appear that I was rcspon- '-' sible for the 'deal' at the Aetor Well f ' 'j. i I can tell you that I was not rcspon- J slble for It M iharg's story of the fake J telegrams and all the rest, as far as '.'."' I nm concerned Is all bunk." Following are the playlne records of ftF i ho eight players Indicted by the grand lLm Edward V. Cicotte. pitcher. Born In 'Km Detroit in HS4. Played his first pro-. ff M fesslonal baseball gAme when 20 years, old vxith Saulte Ste Marie. Sent to M the Southern League, bought by De- trolt and sent back to the minors.! Ml Bought by Boston Americans and soldi mdl to Chicago In 1912. Married Lives in imml Detroit. If "J Claude Williams, pitcher. Born In fl 1893 In Aurora. Mo Broke Into pro- B, J fesslonal baseball in 1912 with Nash- aL ft vllle Southern League team. Given O ' tiyout by Detroit and sent t.j Salt l.al.e Purchased b Chicago In 1916. Married. Mar-ried. Ulves In Atlanta, Ga. ! Charles A. Risberg shortstop Horn lin San Francisco In lS9i. Played first i professional baseball with Vernon Coast L?aguu club. Bought by the White Sox In 191". Married. Home In San Pranclsco j George A Weaver, third baseman. Born at Sfowe. Pa . Twenty-nine years Old Started his baseball career tit I Northampton, Siaaa,, In 1911. Was (farmed to San Francisco and re-alfod re-alfod hi 1912 Married and lives in Chicago Ir.-d McMullin, utlllt inflelder, 1 wenty-ninc years old, born In Scam-nion. Scam-nion. Kan Played with Seattle and later with Lda Angeles, from which idub he was obtained by the White Bos in 1912. Married and lives in i Io.s Angeles. Joseph Jackson, outfielder. Born in Greenville, S C, In 1887 Started) playing ball there and made his major ma-jor bague debut with Cleveland Af lor starring there for se veral years be was obtained by Chicago in 1913 for BUcher Klepfer outfielder Roth and I h bonus Married. Lives in Savannah, Sa-vannah, Ga- itscar Felsch, outfielder liorn In Milwaukee in 1891. Began playing ball professionally ai Fond du iic, wis, in 1 1 1 3 Then went to Milwaukee ln the American association and was bought by Chicago in 19H Home In Milwaukee. Milwau-kee. Married. Arnold Gandll, first baseman Born In St. Paul In 1889 Broke Into pro-f. pro-f. sslonal baseball in Sh re vesport, Ia , lr 190S. Plaed with Sacramento Coast League until bought by Washington In r.'ii. sold by Washington to Cleveland Cleve-land IS 1916, and then sold to Chicago in 19K PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18. Hilly Mahorg the former boxer, who last; night made sensational disclosures re- gardlng the "fixing of world series in 1919, tonight accepted the invitation of Charles Comlskey, president of the! Chicago White Sox. to testify at Chl-j cago In a telegram addressed to Ci5hl-Isk. Ci5hl-Isk. at Chicago, Maharg sa "1 accept your offer to tell what I know about the crooked world series of i;l 9 and will go to Chicago and I. stify provided you leave a certified Check for Sin, with Harvey Woodruff, Wood-ruff, sport editor of the t'hbago Tribune Tri-bune to be turned over to nie after I testify Please answer.'" oo |