The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-15
INVESTIGATING TAYLOR CASE.
FORMAL CHiRGES or CONSPIR-
ACI AND NTSCONDJ
Baseball Board of Directors Have Long
session and Much Evidence Is SUBJ
m!tted--INpectcd TO Arrive at YER
diet To-ds, What the Pitcher says.

The much discussed case Of Pitcher Jack
Taylor of the st. Louis National League club
came to a focus yesterday al the meeting Of
the board OF directors Of the league in session
To probe the charges of grave, misconduct
against the pitcher only tire" members
Of the board Of directors we're present
Barney Dreyfuss Of Pttsburg was too III to
attend and his PROXY WAS held by August
Hermann OF Cincinnati. who incidentally
IL chairman OF the national commission Jim
Hart OF Chicago. who Is involved in a report
rejecting on Taylor'S behavior in an inter
league series ia 1905 was another member
of the board who was an absentee. lie 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 4. H.
Soden o. Boston The two latter with Herr
mana constituted the quorum. which pro-
ceeded TO hear the case
The hearing lasted all OF i've hours Pull
liam pres idng 4 great deul OF documentary
evidence was submitted in the form OF AMI
dH it,. and there was some oral testimony
The charges against TAYLOR we're formally
brought by the Pittsburg club and consisted
OF practically two counts one, conspiracy
with certain persons IN Allegheny county
30 last and the other. conduct that WAS AKA inst
provision of the constitution OF the National
a a6aT5e ana 'S 6d & Pt oG Sab Of Taylor
Present a. the Investigation Yesterday, be-
sides the board. were laNlor himself, Frank
Robson OF ST Louis ut whose instigatiou
the investigation was ordered. Charles
Nichols manager OF the st. Louis club " n.
] Locke secretary OF the Pittsburc club, John
Heydler. Pullam's secretary, and two Pitts
burg lawyers. Clarence Burlclgh and Ed
mund EuglitX. who collett ted evidence on
I behalf of the National League and presented
I IL Yesterday. They submitted fifteen or
/ twenty andavits. Locke gave oral testi-
mony Taylor took the floor and replied at
/ length 30 the charges against him and Robi-
son and Nichols also gave oral testimony
IN the pitchers behalf. Taylor submitted
/ 10 the effect that they never knew OF his doing
I any thing wrong in connection with hascba ali.
After the hearing of all the testimony the
/ board adjourned until noon to-day, when
il is thought the verdict VIII be reached
to-day. President Pulam had a bunch Of
documents in his band a. he left the Victoria
/ Hotel where the meeting was held.
} The spring meeting Of the National League
viii be begun to-day II the board Of directors
finishes m It's business in time Ed Hanlon Of
BROOKLYN Fred Knowles Of Nav York. Roy
Reeves. secretary Of the Philadelphia club
+ and W. Il Rogers Of the Boston club were
I among the League members about the hotel
d Yesterday.
TAYLOR expressed himself vigorously when
seen last night i am not guilty. he said.
, cuion. as if somebody was trying 70 drive mo
out Of baseball. don't think they viii. how
ever and | won't submit without making a
tight for my rights never did anything dis
honest IN my baseball cnrecr
]ac, Dunn. the utility iuHelder Of the New
York Nationals. Will probably succeed Tom
Daly A. manager OF tho Providence team
Of the Eastern League. Manager Mc(iraw
OF the New YORK team wired from Hot Springs
yesterday that he had come 10 terms with
the Providence club for Dunn IN tho even,
that Ill Of the National laa que clubs waive
claim to tho services Of the player.