The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-28
PRESIDENT OF PHILADELPHIA CLUB IS DEBARRED FROM
 coUNslLs OF LEAGUE.
FOGEL MAKES DEFIANT REPLY
Declared He Will Either Sell or Man age the Philadelphia Team as He Sees Fit---WiII Nesort to the
 Courts for Redress.


 New York, Nov. 27.--HoTace $ Fogel, former president of the Phil. adelphia National League baseba, club, is forever excluded from parti. cipation in the councils or the Ma tional league. This was the decision of the magnates of the league after six hours consideration today of the charges that Fogel had made state ments rehecting on the integrity oi the National league
 Of the seven charges the club own CTS found the former Philadelphia club president guilty on five and dismissed the other two as relating to privileged communications Mr. Fogel had no sooner read the decision than he countered it with a defiant statement. Before the meetings began he had expected such a decision, he declared. The jury was packed against me, he asserted, and he practically told the magnates who had expelled him from their councils that he would pay no attention to their findings.
 T will sell or represent as please. the Philadelphia club in the National league, as long as I feel inclined to do so," he declared, "and no one can disturb me from doing SO
 Mr. Fogel said that his attorney, MT, Shields, had suggested to him ai- ter hours of discussion, that he with. draw and resort to the courts on "thc grounds. that shere- was a :. baseball political conspiracy against me to get some one else"
 'I said" Fogel explained that owed it to my baseball reputation which consider spotless, to fight tho case to the finish. l procured witnes. ses on each charge to refute over vhelmingly. the testimony of the op- position"
 The affair is National league poli- tics. Fortunately my constitutional rights are safeguarded in common law and the result of the packed jury verdict does not affect my property rights in the future. l would simply add that the people or America know my reputation as builder-up and fos- terer of baseball and I will stake my reputation for fairness and sports manship against that of any man who voted against me on five Of the seven charges and who rule out the other two charges for political purposes"
 President Wiler of the Philadelphia National league club refused to vote on the charges against his predeces- sor on the ground that the league lacked jurisdiction in the case. My. Wiler said:
 T decline to vote on the ground of Jurisdiction. l want to state however, that while I declined to vote on that ground, I indorse ali that was said on the subject because l think base ball with the large amounts of capi- tai invested, ought to be run on the highest principles of honor, and in tegrity,"
 All the clubs in the league were represented today and all voted to sustain the five charges against Fogel, except the Philadelphia club. No tes- timony was taken at the resumption of the hearing this morning and the league representatives went into exc outive session immediately. At no time. 1t was said was the verdict III doubt There was discusson con corning the powers of the league as to privileges and duties of it's mem bers. As finally given out in the res olutions. the leagne magnates decm- ed that they had unlimited powers 10 say who should not represent any club, but that they did not presume 70 say to any club wEo shoald represent it in the National councils.
 The charges on which Fogel was found guilty we're in brief that ae had accused the St. Louis club ol placing it's weakest team against New
 York: that he had verbally attacked the integrity of the National league race of 1912, and intlmated that the race was crooked" at the same tlme charging that National league um- piTes had given all close decisions 10 1 inc Giants: that in an article in the Chicago Evening Post, under date oI Sept. 2S Fogel had made accusations against President Lynch and charged his umpires with collision; that in letter dated Oct 12, which Fogel sent to the other seven National league club owners he declared -e league race of 1912, was not honest and that President Lynch and his nm pires were incompetent; and that Foge had made verbal and written charges reflecting upon a specified National league umpire
 The specifications which were not sustained included letter from Fogel to President Lynch and a tele- gram from Fogel to President Herr mann of the Cincinnfvi club In both