ɪt wʌz dɪskˈʌvɚd ðˈæt, æz wɪððɪ ˈeɪt nˈɑːndˈɪstɹɪkt plˈeɪɚz, ðə fɹˈɔːd hɐdbɪn meɪntˈeɪnd baɪ ðə plˈeɪɚz ɐsˈʌmpʃən ʌv aɪdˈɛntᵻɾiz ʌv ˈɛlɪdʒəbəl plˈeɪɚz hˌuː hæd ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd ðə sˈɪɾi æt ðə nˈæʃənəl tʃˈæmpiənʃˌɪps, ðə fˈæmɪliz ʌv hˈuːm wɜː ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻdli wˈɪlɪŋ tə ɹᵻvˈiːl ˈɔːl, dʒˈɛləs ʌvðə pɹˈaɪzᵻz bᵻstˈoʊd əpˌɑːn ðə plˈeɪɚz hˌuː hæd jˈuːzd ðɛɹ sˈʌnz aɪdˈɛntᵻɾiz tə ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnt ðɛɹ kˈʌntɹi æt ðə fˈɑːɹ ˈiːst ænd wˈɜːld sˈɪɹiz.
It was discovered that, as with the eight non-district players, the fraud had been maintained by the players' assumption of identities of (eligible) players who had represented the city at the national championships, the families of whom were reportedly willing to reveal all, jealous of the prizes bestowed upon the players who had used their sons' identities to represent their country at the Far East and World Series.