Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-15
THE DIAMOND.
TAYLOR CASE
 WAS HEARD
No Decision Was Reached By the Board-Connecti. cut League Schedule Committee to Meet.

New York, Feb 15.-The much dis cussed case of Pitcher Jack Taylor of the St Louis National league club came to a focus yesterday at the meeting ot the board of directors of the league, il, session to probe the charges of grave misconduct against the pitcher. Only three members of the board of direc- tors were present. Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg was too i'll to attend, anI his proxy was held by August Herr mann of Cincinnati, who incidentally is chairman of the national commis' sion. Jim Hart of Chicago. who is in. rolved ill q report retiecting on Fay. lor's behavior in an interleague series in 1903. was another member of the board who was an absentee. He was not represented by proxy, and neither was John T. Brush of New York. Only two of the five members of the board were on hand. These were President Pulliam and A. H. Soden of Boston. The two latter with Hermann consti. tuted the quorum, which proceeded to hear the case.
 The hearing lasted all of five hours. Pulliam presiding. A great deal of .y in the form of attidavits. and there was some oral testimony. The charges against Taylor were formally brought by the Pittsburg club and consisted of practically two counts, one, conspiracy with certain persons in Allegheny coun- ty to throw game in PirJsburg playen July 30 last. and he other conduct that was against provisions of the constitu. tion of the National league and against provisions of Taylor's contract with the St Louis club.
 Present at the investigation yester day, besides the board, were Taylor himself. Frank Robison of St Louis. at whose instigation the investigation was ordered: Charles Nichols, manager Of the St Louis club; W. H. Locke. secre- tary of the Pittsburg club: John Heyd. Ter, Pulliam's secretary, and two Pitts. burg lawyers, Clarence Burleigh and Edmund Englitz, who collected evi. dence on behalf Of the National league and presented it yesterday. They sub fritted fifteen or twenty aftidavits. Locke gave oral testimony. Taylol took the floor and replied at length to the charges against him, and Robisoh and Nichols also gave oral testimony iii the pitchers behalf. Taylor sub mitted number of atfidavits from his team mates to the effect that they never knew of his doing anything wrong in connection with base ball.
 After the hearing of all the testi. Tfaony the board adjourned tiiitiE noon to-day, when it will go into session tG arrive at q verdict. It is thought the verdict will be reached today. Plesi' dent Pulliam had bunch of docu. ments in his hand as he left the Vic. toria hotel, where the meeting was held,
 The spring meeting of the National league will be begun to-day If the board of directors finishes up its busi ness in time. Ed Hanlon of Brooklyn Fred Knowles of New York. Roy Reeves, secretary of the Philadelphia club, and w. H. Rogers of the Boston club were among the league members about the hotel yesterday.
 Taylor expressed himself vigorously when seen last night. Il am moi guilty he said, "and this looks to me like malicious persecution, as if some body was trying to drive me out of base ball. I don't think they will however. and won't submit without making q fight for my rights. I never did anything dishonest in my base Dall career"