Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-21 | Page 12 | Work Started in Baseball Scandal in Chicago Courts

WORK STARTED IN BASEBALL SCANDAL IN CHICAGO COURTS CHICAQp, Doc. 21. Work in connection con-nection with the prosccutlou of White i Sox under Indictment foi nllegei) throning of games and in attempting lo send to jail the gamblers who are said to have corrupted iim? players jlU the 19.19 world's series will give I President Johnson, of the American ; league, one of the busiest winters ho has ever had in baseball, he said today on his return from New York. It baa been rumored that Uiesldeni IComiSkeyj ot the White Sox inny en-Ideaver en-Ideaver (o (akef charge of the proseco- jtlon himself. The matter Ib In the hands of his attorneys and more than la year ago he set aside $10,000 to be used In unearthing the scandal His attorneys, it is said) are to confer with Btate'S Attorney Robert Urovo to learn just what can he doho to hurrv up Hi cases now l-fore criminal cou it. Johnson al3o Said he was working on b re-arrangemeht o1 the rules ,IU-der ,IU-der Which the major and minor icaguss can operate.