Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-28
MACNATES "CAN' HORACE FOCEL
Forever Excluded From Participation in Councils of National League-Decares "Jury Packed Against Us"-seven Clubs Vote to Sustain Charge.

New York, Nov. 27.--Horace s. Fogel, former president of the Philadelphia National league baseball club, Is for ever excluded from participation in the councils of the National league, This was the decision of the magnates of the league after six hours consid- eration today of the charges that Fogel had made a statement redecting on the integrity of the National league. Of the seven charges, the club owners found the former Philadelphia club president guilty of five, and dismissed the other two as relating to privileged communications.
 Fogel Defiant.
 MT. Fogel had no sooner read the decision than he countered it with a defiant statement. Before the meet ings began he had expected such a decision, he declared. "The jury was packed against us," he asserted, and he practically told the magnates who had expelled him from their councils that he would pay no attention to their findings.
 q will sell or represent as I please the Philadelphia club in the National league as long as I feel inclined to do so," he declared, "and no one can dis turb me from doing so."
 "The entire affair is National league politics. Fortunately, my constitution al rights are safeguarded in common law and the result of the verdict of the packed jury against me does not af- feet my property rights in the future. I would simply add that the people of America know my reputation as a builder up and fosterer of baseball, and 1 will stake my reputation for fairness and sportsmanship against that of any man who voted against me on five of the seven charges and who ruled out the other two charges for political purposes.
 Wiier Refused to Vote.
 President Wiler of the Philadelphia National league club refused to vote on the charges against his predecessor on the ground that the league lacked jurisdiction in the case.
 All of 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 exec utive session immediately.
 The charges on which Fogel was found guilty were in brief that he had accused the St. Louis club of placing it's weakest team against New York; that he had verbally attacked the in tegrity of the National league race of Eg2," and intimated that the race was | crooked" at the same time charging that National league umpires had giv- en all close decisions to the Giants; that in an article in the Chicago Even l ing Post under date of Sept. 2S Fogel 1 hoI IA oivct | dent Lynch and charged his umpires with collusion; that in letter dated Oct. F which Fogel sent to the other seven National league owners he had declared the league race of 1912 was not honest and that President Lyncf and his umpires were incompenent and that Fogel had made verbal an6 written charges rehecting upon g specified National league umpire. l Regarding the Chicago Evening Post article. the basis of one of the charges W. S. Forman of that paner, a witness at the hearing. declared the article had been sent to him by c. W. Murphy president of the Chicago Nationa league club.
 Mr Murphy in testifying said he hat not read the entire statement before it went to Forman. After the meeting the Chicago magnate declined to dis cuss this phase of the case and tht other magnates who had voted to ex clude MT. Fogel from further councili of the league said the resolution! spoke for themselves and also de clined to make statements.
 Resolutions Passed.
 By the vote of the Inagnates it wal resolved:
 That this league here consider