'ACE SIX: THE MICHIGAN DAILY tiIURSO . JAN R 1 1 t. util P;>> 11 NMI , .. .. s Y, r LAM S BY DETROIT WAS NOT Final .Verdiet Is Virtual AcceptanceI Of Story Told By James, Former Detroit Pitcher WEAVER CASE PENDING (By Associated Press) CHCAL, Jan. 12.-The charge of two baseball outcasts -- Charles "Swede' Risberg and Arnold "Chick" Gandil that the Chicago White Sox of4 1917 bought four games from the De- troit Tigers so that the White Sox would beat out Boston in the tightj race for the American League pen-1 nant, was wiped off the baseball rec- ord book today, with scarcely a blem- ish left to show a trace of it. Kenesaw Mountain Landis, base-j ball's $65,000 a year commissioner,{ completely exonerated 21 accused stars of the past and present. There was no punishment of any kind. The decision was a complete vindication. The pool of $850 admittedly raised by the White Sox went to pay theI /'Detroit pitchers in reward for their achievement for beating Boston, closest rival of the White Sox for the pennant in an important series and not as a bribe to the Tigers for "sloughing" a four game series to the White Sox. Arguments Proven Weak The decision dissected the testi- many of the two accusers, Risberg and Gandil, pointed out the weakness of their statements, and Wound up by saying that Commissioner Landis could not find any proof in what they said. Landis weighed the words of the defending players against the two outlaw accusers and decided to place 'his faith in the honesty of the ac- cused, thus joining with them in call-j ing the stories of Risberg and Gandil "absolute lies." In his blanket absolution the com- missoner puled that Risberg and Gandil had scarcely a reason for bas- ing their framing charges. He cited the fact that no money whatever was mentioned when Gandil said he first arranged the "sloughing" with Bill James, the Tiger pitcher, udder the E v C k 'I 1 {d4Y yyF .: ; i, t cj p r..,i f Jj7 1 ' Y 'it 3 a!.i k YyF,-S'1 ^' ritGr l b'+J 2 I +.,e 1' } FFrr11-- t CCUSED PLA THATFUNDCOLLEVarsity Wins Easly In All-Campus Swim, PAID FOR SLOBIN Break Three Records, grandstand before the first game here Breaking three Confrence recoids, I Sept. 2, which James denied that if which1 are also tank records, the Var- the money had bee promised foity swmming squad easily dfeed 1 purpose the Detroit players would in tall-caiios agobregatn 4:es er.y have been yelping for it long before C it was paid and that the money, in fact, was not turned over to James T irst strisg re meat until after the Boston series, and that The first string relay team set a no mention of it was made at any new pool record and bettered the Con- meeting of the White Sox until after ! ference time when it covered the 200 that series. yards in 1 min, 39 sees. Samson, See- The commissioner in his decision gar, Watson, and Darnall swam on the failed to hand out any description. record breaking team. In another 100 There was in fact hardly a word of yard relay, another set of Varsity j men opposed Hosmer, Walaitis, Walk.. censure for the action of the White en opposed hsmer Wamati g Wak Sox in financially rewarding the Tiger er, and Scegar, the latter corngIseti.in.I pitchers. Only once did the judge I this event for the yearling;. comment on this and then only light- Samson, holder of the "Big Ten" ly. The hardest words towards the 440 yard swim record, bettered the ol!I l players named was in this paragraph: time of 5 min. 37 sees. when he set a "If the Risberg-Gandil version re new tank mark of 5 min. and 22 sees.,I correct,. it was an act of criminality," clipping 15 seconds from his best rhe stated. "If the other version be previous time. Frantz finished second true, it was an act of impropriety, to Samson, and Reif third., reprehensible and censurable but not The other record broken during tine crrpt." s ,afternoon was the nool mark of 1 min. Herr . f : "e u-150.9 secs, in the 150 yard back stroke. He said furtheraTherusual contra- Spindle, swimming his first season diction that characterizes contro- with Matt Mann's regular team, cut versies of fact are present. It is the the back stroke time to 1 min, 49.2 commissioner's opinion, however, that secs. J. Halsted was second , and. an examination of the evidence will Shorr, all-campus, third. clearly point to the truth of the mat- Darnall-captured two first places ter in dispute." when he led in the 50 yard and 100 The commissioner left the cases of yard free style. In the 100 yard free, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Buck style Captain Samson placed second I Weaver entirely out of his statement. and Walaitis third. .Hosmer and Neither Speaker or Cobb was con- Walker got second and third places cerned but Weaver had asked for re- in the 50 yard free style. instatement. Cobb and Speaker mere- Shorr, Varsity swimmer, avenged, ly were sitting tight awaiting the de- an early season defeat at the hands cision in the Detroit-Chicago case be- of Thompson, freshman star, by win- fore pushing their own side for vin- ning the 200 yard breast stroke. dication, Their attorneys are report- Shorr swam a steady race and had ed to have an engagement with Lan- enough left at the end to win handily. dis and may demand a showdown. Thompson was second, and Spencer Weaver, cast dut of baseball along third. with Risberg and Gandil, because of Starrett outpointed all other con- the crooked World series of 1919 had testants in the diving, although appealed to Landis for reinstatement Bailey, all-campus, placed within a while testifying in the Risberg-Gandil I few points of him, with Batter, Var- charges. Weaver was told by Landis, sity, third. "Write me a letter about reinstate- ment." New York Rangers added to their Weaver has done so and decision total of wins recently with a 4 to 1 as to his reinstatement rests with the victory over the revamped Detroit[ commissioner. Cougers. SHIRTS High Quality Striped Shirts made of Fine Madras and English Broadcloth $1.95 F. W. GROSS HORNSBY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH Will Hold Trials LI'E DNIET MC GRAW FOR TWO YEAR PERIOD IUFr Track TryoutsL I 4 (n YearlingTear, 11"1RA1IN' [ I9 OWA ..:... ..::: :::. :::::::.;;"::: ::": ::;ss I . .. .... ..... . With the end of the fourth week of "" 3l1olenda Or Barley Will 3Iake intensive training, the 175 freshman ri1) To IOw'i il r1 Tis Afierntou track candidates aredeveloping rapid- In Place Of Reason ly under the supervision of Coach!_ Charles Hoyt. No tjnme trials have * ( been made as yet to test the abilities SCHRODERMAY STAR of the candidates, but Coach Hoyt is planning to do so during the latter Michigan's Varsity basketball team part of next week. will leave at 3:19 o'clock today for Likewise, the freshman track men Iowa City on its second invaSion ci will meet next week for purposes of foreign courts this season. The Wol- definite organization. With the as- verines will engage the ]lawkeyp semblage of all the men at ane time, quintet tomorrow night in the 'dedica- Coach Hoyt will be enabled to organ- tion ceremonies for the neW Iowa ize the men for the several telegraphic i field house in a ame which,. will hol meets tha( are being planned with oth- the center of interest in the Middle er Conference schools this spring. West basketbull world. The Michlit::- There is still an existent lack of Iowa contest brings tog-ether tWO' of men in the weight events, the fresh- the four unbeaten teams in the Con- man coach declared yesterday. Not a ference. single candidate has reported to Hoyt In announcing the me n who w' for the hammer throw and javelin ev- make the trip to Iowa, Coach Mathe: ents, while only a few have reportedI said the same men will go thce th' for the shot put. Coach Hoyt has is- mase the trip to Minnesota Sat