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Show GOMBKEY RAPS I FELCH1ACTI0N White Sox Eoss Says Attack! I Is Unworthy of Con sideration MTLWAT'K EE. Wi.. May 13. (By j tho Associated Press) -r-Pn Ldent C H A. Comiskey of the Chicago American league White Sox. regards the recent 1 J legal action of Oscar (Happy) Felsch concerning the 1917 baseball season as "unworthy of any consideration ' whatever H In a statement -'ivcn local in 9 M per men at his summer home in Eagle River, Wis , the veteran magnate said. : "I consider the Felsch charges too 1 ridiculous to answer, as he la a ball player in bad standing and unworthy I of any consideration whatever." .Mr Comiskey will return to Chicago j Sunday, he said. LEGAL OPPOSITION Meanwhile in Milwaukee, his attorney, attor-ney, George B Hudnall. opposed tiie move of Felsch's counsel seeking b -I fore Judge Jr.hn .1 Gregory in olrcul! court today an order forcing Comiskey to produce the books and records ot ; his club to determine back pay. bon- us and damages for forcing Felsch , out of organized baseball. Notices of suits similar to Felsch' B v , j in behalf of Joe Jackson, former Kit ''I i !' I ' White Sox outfielder and "Swede"; H r V i Risberg, shortstop, were given Frl- 1 I day. Felsch's attorney criticized Judge H Landis. baseball's high commissioner ! for saying that "no one will pay much attention to wh.it Falsch says, f GIFTS TO DETROIT PHILAIiL'Li'HIA. M.iy 13 Presi- dent B. B. Johnson of the American league, said Friday that he had known M Chicago White Sox players had raised i j a fund in 1917 to reward Detroit bat-I I, tcry men with money to lnduco extra ! ! effort for the Tigers to defeat rivals I of tho Whlto Sox for the pennant in j I the closing days of the race. I "Happy Felsch's story," said Mr. 1 Johnson, "Is nothing new. for we had all the evidence ready In tho trial of the corrupt Sox players la-st summer, sum-mer, but it never was presented. "I will not tako any action in the matter, but can't speak for Commls-:' Commls-:' -doner Landis, who knew of the mat- l ter last summer I understand the evi dence in my own investigation and j told Mr Landis about It. "It must be borne in mind that tho money was not used to mako any play-I play-I era throw games. It was simply a re ft ward tor a player to up.e extra efforts against a pennant rival of tho White Sox. Of course, it was wrong-doing, HI md not permlssable. yet. it was not the criminal art. like the Sox committed commit-ted in the world's series of 1919, when they deliberately threw games to I Cincinnati. I RECEIVED $100 EACH "According to my Investigation, the Sox raised a fund of $400. for this pur- pose. Nearly all tho players contrib- Bll OliWnl uted, including Eddie Collins who H gave $40. Chick Gandll was the col lector and distributed the money Ho HI I! gave $100 each to Pitchers Dausa, Hli Hfl llnLMi 1 James and Mitchell of the Tiger staff, j and the rest to Catcher Stanago. j "I can't soy where the matter will i end, for the case is in the hands of H Commissioner Landis. Of course, as j far as Felsch and other indicted Sox t are concerned, they are merely eelz- Hfi'jJ illlif' 1 1 Ing this straw to get monev out of or- I ganlzed baseball, but they "won't get a I cent." |