"""21 Dec 1926, New York, New York, USA --- Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Joe Wood and Dutch Leonard, four of the best known players in baseball, were named by Commissioner K.M. Landis in making a new scandal in the national pastime. These four men, according to a statement Landis issued were involved in a deal wherein Cleveland was to """"throw"""" a game to Detroit, Sept. 25, 1919. By so doing it was pointed out, Cleveland could not be nosed out of second place in the American League and it would help Detroit to finish third. Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit team, related that Dutch Leonard, pitcher, had made wager with Joe Wood, Cleveland pitcher, that Detroit would win against the Clevelands. Tris Speaker, manager of the Clevelands denies any knowledge of bet. Cobb and Speaker, recently resigned from """"baseballdom."""" Herbert B. """"Dutch"""" Leonard, pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, implicated in the baseball expose. --- Image by © Underwood & Underwood/CORBIS"""
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