New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
Trial Before League Goes On,
However, and Runs Far
Into the Night.
DENIES ALL THE CHARGES
Former Boss OF Philadelphia
Club Says He Did Not
Assert That the Race
Was Fixed"


owners into the charges preferred by
President Lynch against Horace Fogei' OF
the philadelphia club. who is accused OF
making statements rejecting upon the in
tegrity Of baseball. Two sessions were
hold az the Waldorf-Astoria. the last one
ending shortly after midnight.
multitude OF witnesses were hearo
durirp the day, and no decision was
reached, another session being scheduled
for this morning.
The first development Of the day was
the announcement of the resignation OF
Fogel as president OF the Fhiaaeipi'-o
Club. the news of Alfred D. Wller eiec-
ton to the Office on November q leaAine
out when he presented his credenuaIs d
the opening of the meeting. AS MT "ier
is a LAWYER and attorney for Fogel' tne
election Is looked upon as nothing more
tbsn o suhterfuge. Wiler has been vice.
nresident of the club for some time COM
inc into the office after the death OF
Charles Elliot .,..,ss
FogeI with his counsel, A. 5. L. SileiuS'
. well known criminal lawyer OF PhiiS-
ao,nhia ARMED that, since the former was
no longer an officer Of the ciuo' the les as..
had no jurisdiction and could not tiS nm
hut !. Conway Toole, counsel iot '"'
league. replied that since roger iiau pr
scented himself with his attorney uie
ers should investigate the charses' ,ne
orooy or disproof Of which had an impoi-
tsnt hearing on the welfare OF INC -
ganization. u,,oo,,1ent
The most enlightening and succuieh'
hit If information was produced nj IN
evening session, when Horace roger "i.U
CHARLES W. Murphy took the stanu ~
.as,ifv I'm regard TO a statement slgneu
-, To,eI which appeared in THE chi
caqo Evening Post" This attacked ING
umpires of the league with un"on''0
vieor. The sporting editor OF the papei'
w s, Forman. was on hand TO give inc
original COPY with Fogels signature at
tacbed The document, il seems, was
sent by Fogel to Murphy and given out
by the latter,
Fogel admitted the authorship OF the
statement. but declared that it was not
10 be gwen OUT Ibi HN'iiN"N'N''
expurgation and the liberal use OF inc
blue pencil by Murphy in case the latter
found anything objectionable in H.
Murphy took the stand and admitted the
oditorship which Fogel had thrust upon
him, but declared that after reading Only
the first paragraph he turned 1t over 10
the press without q change. SO. there
you are.
II seems that after the uneXpursated
statement was published lot OF hot cor
respondence passed between Fogel ana
Forman. i'm which the former Philadelphia
nresident characterized Charles W. NUT
phv with extreme yivdness These let
ters were marked confidential. and For
man would not give them to the owners
without the permission of Fogel. The lat
ter was willing but his counsel was not.
Tho owners were anxious to get hold OF
them. however.
The meeting was called to order AT -'"o
o'clock, and Immediately adjourned loI
an hour, out of respect to the memory VI
John T. Brush. A committee was dp
poInted to draw up resolutions on Iie
deatb of the owner of the Giants. Those
resolutions were adopted by UNANIMOUS
vote when the meeting was called 10 OF
der at $50 o'clock. There was a 1ull rep
resentation on hand, as those ln'eres'eu
seemed to realize the Importance Oh '"'
proceedings at issue. The toilo"lne uII
dertook to sit as jury: James u. Gan
r.,. president of the Boston Braves
charles n. Ebbets, president OF the
r.oot,,,,, superbas: Charles w. NUT
phy. president, and Harry AcKeridliu'
director. OF the Chicago CUBS Au
gust Hermann, president. and Jnius diiU
Max Fleischman, directors OF the IN
ci,,,ati Reds; Cornelius J. sullivan direc.
,o. and r u. McCutcheOn secretary, oi
a., Nov York Giants; Alfred ID. NieI'
president. and William Conway anu -
J1oostez directors, Of the PhllaoeiPnl"
o,,h. William Locke. secretary OF ''''
p,,tshprcb Pirates. and L. c. Jones' pres
idn,t of the St. Louis Cardinals
Tbomas ]. Lynch. president OF the
,.a,,,c and John A. Heydler the secre-
90. we're both present, as we'll as nor
60 EogeI Julius Fleischman, of he'Cin-
D matt club, was in the chair MI LSnon
giving M the gavel as soon as ne iidu
called the meeting to order.
rbe charges made by President sDyhch
and nut i'm writing after the meethg he'u
IN October were read to the owners alohs
With FoeeTs reply. There were seven
charges. nearly all Of which were 10 inc
same effect: that the former Phllaoe'phla
president had made statements rehectng
On the umpires and chief executive OF the
National League 1t was charged that OH
August Il. 1912 he declared in Pittsburgh
that the St. Louis Cardinals, under the
leadership of Roger Bresnahan, had lald
down" TO let the Giants win the pehhah'
I'm 1911: that Oh September he declared
in Philadelphia during a series between
the Giants ard the Phillies that the race
was fixed" for the New York team to
win; that on September he wrote let
ter to Thomas J. Lynch attacking the IN
tegrity OF the umpires and rejecting on
the character OF the president; that on
September % he authorized the publica-
ton i'm THE Chicago Evening Post of
signed statement charging the umpires
with being corrupt; that on September
~ he wrote letter TO each Of the seven
league presidents denouncing the umpires,
and that lastly he had given TO the public
press statements which DETAINED the char
acter OF William Brennan, one OF the UNI
pires
Fogels written reply TO these charges
was then read TO the owners lie denied
absolutely having made the statements
attributed 20 him in charges one and
two, to the effect that the pennant races