Show I S I IS 55 S I f SOME LIVE SPORTING GOSSIP L LOCAL I A AVD TELEGRAPHIC tI REPORTS OF FIELD TRACK AND iND lD RING lUNG A SENSA SENSATION nON IN NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAGUES LEAGUE'S S 'S Umpires Declare That An AtS Attempt Attempt At At- S tempt Was Made to Bribe Them C. C TO MAKE INVESTIGATION Attempt Made During Deciding Game for National League Pennant t V ew York Dec 11 The The National NationalS f S league meeting camo caino to a close today with the biggest sensation that has hasS 4 S been een sprung In baseball In many years It was wali the appointment of or a committee commit commit- h I tee to Investigate formal charges made I by Umpires Klein and that an attempt had been made to bribe bribeS S them them In tho tio deciding game for theS the tho S I pennant on October S. S Chicago won the same game b by a score of or 4 to 2 Tho two umpires designated to handle the game had absolutely re refused refused refused re- re fused to have any uny dealings with the themen men who approached them with an anS S offer said to have been several sc thousand thousand thou thou- sand and dollars Tie Te object was to have havethe the tho umpires favor the Giants It is stated that no one connected with 5 organized baseball is Implicated In Inthe Inthe inthe the plot 5 With only the skeleton of or the facts given hen out It is difficult to determine Just jut what proposition was made mado to Idem Klem and Johnstone That the evidence offered b by Umpires Umpires Um Urn- pires Klein and Johnstone Is of oC a serious serious seri seri- S ous and tangible nature however ho Is shown by the seriousness wiL which the lie National lea league ue presidents regarded regard regard- S. S ed od the tile matter and th fact that It Is Isto Isto to be thoroughly thorough investigated In baseball circles It was wat stated that rumors of an nn attempt to lo bribe the tile umpires had been circulated after the theS S game In had been played and tho names of or some sporting men well weB known In the city had been mentioned In III tho te o discussion There were so 80 man many names mentioned however that It itS S would seem impossible that all could be bo connected with such an attempt S and It Is probable that none nono of or those S named had bad an any connection with the affair Others high lilg in baseball declare that they the never ne' ever heard of or a rumor of an attempt to bribe anyone Frank Chance captain of the tho Chicago baseball baseball base base- ball club said Hald tonight ht I OIl know nothing nothing noth noth- ing lag whatever of ot an any attempted bribery of umpires or players I 1 never heard of or such sued a th thing inS inS' before S |