European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fly Willioms Chorley co Littey left and Bill Veeck at the hearing in Chicago. 00 per year us null and Folsch a and Williams and res Borg got than $3,000. In comparison second Eman Eddie Collins got 114,900 guar Ted in his contract when Comisky it him and there were others a salaries More than doubled those Jie conspirators. He gamblers were Quick to take and tags of a situation like this and a Chick Grandll put out feelers to Ort Sullivan and later to another Ibler named Bill Burns two schools Shady characters moved into the a like hungry Sharks to feed on the be sox carcass. Lie players asked one group for 10,000 and the other for 1100,000. They de up getting 180.000 170.000 from on Sullivan who was backed by r York millionaire Gambler Arnold Stein and 110,000 from Burns who. Backed he thought by Rothstein. Daily a former Boxer named Abe ill was raking in All the profits on own and paying out As Little As he id to the players. Urns and his partner Billy manure in former Ball players could t do r the fix Price from Attell and lost Ihler Money on the third game when White sox won after they said they id lose. F the $80.000 received Gandil Dis ated 145,000 to his teammates and i $35,000 for himself. The players t More or less satisfied but what i not was peanuts compared to what gamblers had cleaned up. Wever. When one thinks of the fun i earnings these men threw away it i a poor bargain. Us White sox team was a Power a overwhelmingly favored to win the series. After the gamblers went to work on the fix and word got out the Odds changed favouring the Cincinnati nationals. By then t h o u g a the gamblers in on the fix already had their Money Down at favourable Odds. The Black sox lost the series three games to five but booted it in such Slick fashion that it was almost impossible later to believe that the errors had been intentional. Since the team s two top pitchers were in on the Deal plus the three strongest hitters it was not difficult to arrange things. The Only one of the conspirators to Back out of the Deal was Buck Weaver the fabulous third baseman. He received no Money for the fix and played his heart out. Nevertheless he had been tarred by the same Brush. Exposure of the fix came about year later. Persistent rumours and charges led to hearings by a grand jury of Cook county Iii. Once this body started taking testimony a snowball of exposure resulted that was capped off by confessions by Cicotti and Jackson. The resulting trial must be put Down As one of the most bizarre affairs in the annals of american Justice. White sox owner Comisky was in u quandary. If his players were convicted he would lose a $1 million investment. If he failed to help the prosecution and submit to the corruption his Pride would be damaged and the whole Busi Ness might Boomerang on him. Comuskey took a Dev luus mule pub Llly became a crusader for purging baseball and even offered a Reward for information. Behind the scenes he paid some High priced lawyers to defend the players. The reason he wanted to get them off is apparent. Then too there was Evi Dence of some sort of Deal with Roth Stein various officials were bought off and the signed confessions of Cocotte and Jackson conveniently disappeared along with some vital parts of the grand jury records. The gamblers Burns and Maharg testified for the state in return for immunity from prosecution but sadly enough the big Birds had flown the Coop. The players were made to Bear the full blame. The gamblers were too smart to get caught or had lawyers shrewd enough to extract them from every difficulty. The Ball players were found not guilty in the Long trial and their jubilation was great. But that was not the end of the Black sox scandal for them. It was the beginning of another sentence. A new commissioner of baseball had been selected Ken saw Mountain Lan Dis nod this harsh Federal judge cracked Down on the eight Black sox. He issued a statement to the press from which he never backed Down say ing ". Regardless of the verdict of juries no player who throws a Ball game. Will Ever play professional  morally perhaps  did the right Thiny. The Only question that remains is whether the eight Black sox were More contemptible than the ski Flint owner of the White sox the tinhorn gamblers who fed on the weakness of the put Ycint Utida to cite free or Lite feuding officials and owners of baseball. These men paid the Price they never played professional baseball again. In the end baseball benefited from the re forms that resulted. Arnold Rol Hitlin Billy Maharg in Tow 7, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 13