New-York tribune., 1912-11-24
INSIDE BASEBALL At BAR
Magnates Will Sit as Jury to
Try Horace Fogel.
EVIDENCE is SENSATIONAL
Lynch or Phillies Manager May
Be Forced to Retire
Other Notes.

The day Of reckoning for Horace Fogel,
| president OF the Phillies, is at hand, but
just how far the reckoning will go is
| grave matter of doubt. A meeting OF the
National League Will be held on Tues
day to consider the charges made by
President Lynch that Fogsl gave state
ments to the press rejecting on the in
tegrity of the ump!res and ths head OF
the organization himself Zach side in
the battle has put It's case in the hands
Of counsel, the briefs have been prepared,
and the owners will sit in Judgment on
the charges.
A meeting TO consider the matter was
called directly after the worlds series
closed, but Fogel outwitted President
Lynch by standing on his constitutional
rights and demanding to be served with
! O copy Of the charges. There was only
one thing to do and the owners willingly
consented to Fogers request. II was an
open secret at the time that In postpon-
ing action they hoped change would be
made in the ownership OF the Phillies
which would remove Fogel from his posi-
| ton and thus do away with the necessity
for an investigation.
Although rumoTs. have flown thick ana
fast In regard to the purchase OF the
Phillies by new capital, still Fogel seems
! 70 have retained his interest, and tho
owners must now handle him without
gloves
There Is not the slightest doubt that the
organlzation m in & serious prsdioamsnt
and would much prefer TO let the case ole
q natural death. II 1t comes down to an
issue, sither Lynch or Bosei VIII %
! compelled to retire. II tho charges are
sustained. then Lynch must step down
and outl II thsy are dispreved there
is only one thing for Fosel to do' ana
that IL 10 get out Of organized oasebs1L
The affair he's received 30 much pub
hoity and Is 80 sensational Ia its oharac-
ter that the eyes of the baseball world
are upon the National League owners.
For the good OF the game thoy must take
a decisive stand. Not only are their own
interests at stake, but those OF every
other professional league, especially tho
American League. Ban Johnson Is saio
20 be following the oess closely, and II
the parent examination sidesteps the ID
sus after its usual manner the eSar Oh
the American League will probably make
his voice hoard In no uncertain tonsS-
Baseball cannot exist II the slightest
taint OF irresuiartty N On u. ana al
leagues viii suffer II enc 10 under sus-
pioion.
Although thors 10 mach talk aoout
successor 70 Lynch as president OF the
league, he has In reality placed hinsen
IN position whore tha owners cannot
but ro-eleot hisn II the charges ne MAKES
are sustained II would DO poor pohnos
20 retire q man who devoted himself 70
strenuously to cleaning up things
Fo9sl 4, expected 70 insist that the own
sru have no jurisdiction In the mstts'
ard cannot force him out o. the league
lynch seems pretty confident however
"a this score, n may be that the oiuo
sv,ners cannot foros him 10 give up MS
holdings In the club. but tney can ~"
zen, hlna from representing the FhiheA
in the meetings OF the ORGANIZATION OF
rapresentinE the team la any ethor oI-
fcial capacity.
Although Lynch has nsads no anaounoa-
,,ents IN regard 10 tho evicSnos "hi"n
bs has Al his command, II II sppaTen'
,ha, he has a pretty strong case. IL the
oo,ners decide against FoRea tho latter
has threatened 20 take the matter INTO
IN. courts Thi. will open the way TO
10, ~ houseoleaning 10 the full glare
Of the imelight, something wn'eh u
aIvays avoided by the owners whenoTef
Il IS possible.
owen Bush. of tho Detroit Tigers. must
bsvs a oouplo OF regrets as ho scans the
records showing tho number OF nsseo Oh
hail, received by the American League
uIaysrs last season. The Aidges are"
mora passes than any one Slse-llo, an
tola. ono OF his regrets Is that dNsH
chalmers. when ne decided TO have
competition among the American League
ulaysrs for a car, aid not offer the prize
20 the player who obtained the sreaSoS'
number of passes instead Of 20 the piay%
yho was tho moes Valuaois 10 his team
Eagrot No. 2 is that the scoring rules
Of 1919 as regards bases on balls hFS
not the Same az they were IN bSi' Hen
when a player received his oasos ON n@1As
hs was not exempted from time NJ
hat but he did get credit for making
bas. hit. Under the 1881 scoring rules
Rush'g batting average would have oaeh
.26i.
pu.h undoubtedly established an Amsri-
ran LEAGUE record last season oy OBTAIN
ing 10 passes. In 1903 Jones, fielder OF tno
chicago White sox. procured LOG comph-
r,sntary tickets to first base tron ths
,i,ob,ys-a record which held until TINS
,.l.n FJdia Collins eauGlled IL
ana Bush surpassed IL.
The third cleYersst player In the AnetF
ean League last season In WORKING tho
twirlsrs for gifts was Maurice Katn' %
cbtoa.o who sarnsrod %. 5hotten' ol
q, IouiS. ranked fourth with ~. ana lFls
sp.akor. OF Boston, hfth, with IL.
rha following ngurss show the best hFe
man on each team and the namoer Oh
passes each received:
pe,ton--spsatsr 81; Hooper, 70; "nsneT
Al. Gardner, 80; Lewis oS ~.
0thIcsso--Rath 99; Lard, %; 2'idsS o.
Bodis 20: Collins, 81 o-,...
Cloysland---Jackson, " GRANNY o'f e'iss~
A. Istoio, 81: Ryan 81. ~ "a
'Dttroit@Bushi 10; fhoud'n' e~i Cobb 90
Dsiahanty. -; Jones. 4S. ., a.. MAJ.
ain "a; zinn, AZ simmons 81. - ~.
UP phiIsdSiphia-Collins, i02; Baker, OF;
Barry. 81: Molnnis. 80; strunk ~ ,,
q, rouls-shotten 0i; Austin, u; Wh-
lace 42; Pratt, 80; Hogan, g.
NIashinRton--Ailan, ct; Foster "; Noel
Ter 57: Mcbride, "a; shsnks, tS;
Eddie Ansmith. the catcher OF the
Washington Senators, who suffered from
n physical and nervous breakdown last
summer, due to overtraining. has regained
hts good health, and says that he feels
better than aver.