 In 1926, Murphy was called to testify before the baseball Commissioner Landis.Swede Risberg and Chick Gandill claimed that in 1917, the Detroit Tigers threw a series in 1917 and that the members of the White Sox paid them to do so.Eddie Collins admitted that a collection was taken up among the players of the White Sox, but it wasn't for the Tigers to throw the series, but it was as a "reward" for the Tigers beating the Red Sox.