Anyone who has seen half a dozen games knows that the figures don't even partially define a player's greatness. With the changes in the rules, the different emphasis on certain types of plays and certain offenses and defenses, the changes in baseball equipment, the change in the ball itself, how could one possibly say that the Yankees of today are greater than or inferior to the Athletics of another generation, or the Red Sox of twenty-five years ago, or the pennant-winning Giants of the days of John McGraw? Even in the present day, experts can't decide whether Ted Williams is a greater hitter than Joe DiMaggio...or vice versa. Some people say 'Time will tell.' But time won't tell. Time probably will confuse the issue even further. I hear people say that Bob Feller is as good as Walter Johnson - or better than Johnson. The statement to me is as inane as an opinion which holds that Johnson was greater than Feller."

Chase became a patient in a Colusa, California hospital in 1947. While at the hospital, Chase was again interviewed by the Sporting News. Sensing that time was running out for him to give his version of the events during his amazing career, he was eager to speak. It was then that Chase explained in detail just what he knew about the Black Sox scandal and the remaining cloud that hung over his exit from professional baseball. Chase was well aware of the "fix" but the exact nature of his involvement is in dispute.

"The first man to approach me about fixing the 1919 World Series was William Burns. He had been selling oil stock and was a gambler. He came to my hotel room in Chicago and brought along another man (supposedly a lightweight boxer named Billy Maharg).