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`` Whew , '' whistled Swanson . `` Let 's sneak . We ca n't hear anything -- and the water is getting deep . '' _ Baldwin Gets into the Plot _ The events that led up to the midnight conference between Barney Baldwin , Ed Edwards and Adonis Williams in the booth at the Metropolis Hotel that night would have been of vast interest to several millions of baseball enthusiasts had they known of them . They started with the arrival of Easy Ed Edwards in the city of the Travelers . He had run down to watch the game between the Bears and the Travelers in rather a pleasant frame of mind . His plans for a huge gambling coup seemed to be working out well , and , with the Panthers holding a lead of a game and a half , with but eleven more games to be played , he was adding to his line of wagers .