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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I thought there was pretty good evidence Cobb and Speaker bet at one point.
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Dutch Leonard produced two letters as evidence of his allegation to the commissioner, one letter written by Cobb to Leonard and another written by Joe Wood to Leonard.
In the Cobb letter, Cobb mentions that they were too late in pulling their money together and that the bookies were no longer interested. "Wood and myself were considerably disappointed in our business proposition, as we had $2,000 to put into it, and the other side quoted us $1,400, and when we finally secured that much money it was about 2 o’clock and they refused to deal with us, as they had men in Chicago to take up the matter with and they had no time."
The Wood letter states that "Cobb did not get up a cent. He told us that and I believed him."
Neither letter mentions Speaker at all. Leonard supposedly testified that Speaker was involved, but Leonard later denied ever naming Speaker.