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Show FORMER COASTER ACCUSED IN LATEST CHARGES OF BASEBALL GRAFT BOHNETOSTART SUIT AGAINST IW Players Quickly Exomerat-ed Exomerat-ed of Charges Made in Chicago Weekly . V; NBW TOBK. Aur. "y A. P.H Charcea that two Cincinnati playera were approached by gamblers recently recent-ly on the eve of a crucial aerlea wltn the New York Olanta will ha elfted to the bottom. John A. Heydler, president presi-dent of tha National leafite. announced an-nounced last nlaht after a haarlnc be. fore him earlier In tha day at which ths players Second Haseman Sammy Brvhne and Left Fielder Pat Puncan flatly denied t.afciiaallnna HEABINO IS QIVeN PLAYERS. ' . The oharfen were publlsheil last Saturday by Colller a Eye, a Chicago weekly a porta paper, but tha flrat official of-ficial recognition given them wea at yeaterday'n hearing , In the office of ths National league executive, who eetabllshed a precedent by InTit n Cincinnati newspaper men, traveling with the club, to attend. The pub-llcation pub-llcation alleged that Bohno and TVun-can TVun-can and a third player, whose Identity Iden-tity wss not revealed, had been ap- rroachetl by gamblers with an offer of l.ooe each to Influence their play In the safles with the Olstils at Cln-elrttintl Cln-elrttintl tha flrat week of Auguat. Color to the gambling chargea, It wnn said wsa added by the fact that the I Reue loet five Straight gamea to tha Clantn In that aeries. COLOR GIVEN TO CHARGES. . - Todsv, however, both players denied, de-nied, under oath, 'that they bad been approached either directly or Indirectly Indirect-ly by gnmblerr, while President Heyd-ler, Heyd-ler, after the hearing, asserted "the charge sgalnat Bohne and Duncan appear to me to be allly and unfounded." un-founded." Nevertheless, tha lea sue executive emphasised every effort would bo made to trace tham to Uielr aource. After hearing the playera thla morning morn-ing President Heydler advlaed them to -hretltute legal action aralnat the publication. He alao urged that the Cincinnati cwb take similar action, a suggestion which waa followed by an immediate declaration by August Herrmann, president of the club, that he would bark the playera In any legal course they uok. , , |