Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27
FORTUNE IS PAID
FOR PHiLLIE CLUB
Syndicate Gives S3SO.ooO Tor National
League OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Il out of Game.

pbuaaerpbia. Soy. 1s The philadelphia
national league baseball club was sold
TODAY TO syndicate. ~ which Horace
$. Fogcl Of this city i TIE mead A"7
price IS said TO bo $1,000.
Tho deal was CONTAMINATED In the Of
a. of Clarence Wolf one Of the owners
a. the philadelphia club AS soon aS
Ga, papors had becn signed. representa-
ives OF the syudicats went 20 camden
* 4 and organized bv clocting Horace
s. FoEeL presidents William conway
secretary. and FRANK Elliott treas
urer.
These men. Together with John =
schwartz and Thomas cwiey, VIII com
prise the board - directors. The eiuo "
Incorporated ln New Jersey. 49,.
charles ~. Murphy, preslaehl Vl ~
,-hirnro cluh az me national league rep
rcecuted his organization az the cor
ference TO soc that PROVISIONS or 49, ~,
fiora1 league Constitution were observer
'rhc fact that Mr.. Murphy was pitN,n'
caused "a rumor that bee would he nnan
,.fsilv Interested iu the nov management
AN Murphy denied ths. ..t..
The philadelphia club was l'Im,lf
,,vned h, ,.lnrrrtf Wolf a banker. Jas.
a. McNithol n fhlladrIphln p"N'i'iHh'
and the late Israel ". durham p'-
k n offcr of $500 was made TO Pres
idcut Murphy FOR Tho release or Jpnh
King. providing the national commission
would rcnstate the famous N"ic'so
President Toecl has been Identified
with several philadelphia newspapers ''A
a sporting writer aud managed lh3 In-
dlanapolls and New York National clubs.
trouv.av was formerly president Of the
philadelphia Builders exchange, Einott
IL "A LAWYER. schwartz. a silk manutac-
Juror ANA Curley. a lawyer and poll
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Wuliam ] shcttslins. secretary OF the
old organization, probably viii act as
business manager Of the new syndicate
Killing is OUT.
xspeas Ctv Nov. 9-Aftcr reading
me details OF his provisional sale 10 llv
Philadelphia National league ~
club John a. Kling said tonight ny
would not entertain any offers The clpp3
might make FOR his services. Neither VIZ
be- play with any other club IN lHe
am ont Of baseball for an time
said Killing MY business interests sle
here ! am making none, Iheieto'e'
mere Gas learned tonight that king had
iust signed o 1-year lease for sue
for n baseball park here. where MS semi
confessional baseball club viii play.
WHAT HERMANN SAYS.
Cincinnati. NOV. 26-President August
Hermann OF the National baseball com
mission tonight when asked concerning
the proposition OF the release OF tatchei
Killing by the Chicago National league
team for $1,000 60 Philadelphia. said
Killing IS Ineligible at present nut we
commission will take no action ln lhe
matter unless he starts playing WIN
Philadelphia on some other Organizes
team. Then his case viii Doe taken up
nv Hermann said he was unaware OF
amy sale of the Philadelphia team beyond
what he had seen in the papers tie
added however that from CONVERSE
ZION h. had had with Charles W Murphy
recently. he believed that the Chicago
baseball maguntc was interested.
charles f.. Taft OF this city, owner OF
the Chicago National league club. sad
that he had no Information regarding
thc Philadelphia deal and could not say
whether Murphy WAS financially inter-
ested.