Claiming that coach Cozy Dolan and all the Giants were behind it, O'Connell confessed to offering Phillies shortstop Heinie Sand $500 to throw a game in 1924. Sand had turned him down and reported it; the other Giants denied their involvement. Dolan and O'Connell, for whom New York had paid $75,000 two years earlier, were banned from baseball for life. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 1, 1924: Another bribery scandal clouds the World Series atmosphere. Judge Landis bans Giants OF Jimmy O'Connell and coach Cozy Dolan from the World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils SS Heinie Sand on the 27th to "go easy" in their season-ending series against the Giants. O'Connell implicates Frank Frisch, George Kelly, and Ross Youngs, who deny everything and are cleared by Landis. O'Connell is out of baseball at 23. American League President Ban Johnson, an enemy of the Giants John McGraw, proclaims that the World Series should be canceled because of the betting scandal, a pronouncement that the owners will ignore. Johnson, however, decides not to attend any World Series games.