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Show HORACE FOGEL - j TO FACE CHARGES j Vew York, Oct. 18 Formal charges agauiHt Horace Eogol, president of the Philadelphia Nationals based on hit ) alleged assertion that umpires haa favored the New York club and that i this year's race had been fixed for that club to win, were ordered diav. r. at a special " meeting here yesterdaj of the National league Mr. I'ogel will be given an opportunity oppor-tunity to substantiate statements published pub-lished e'er ills slgnaturo accusing cei-tcln cei-tcln umplies of unfairness. The charges charg-es alFo will Include statements whicn President Fogel Is alleged to have made at the Philadelphia baseball park at the Inst series played there with the New York team, an accusation accu-sation alleged to have been made thar the manager of the St Louis clu. weakened his team by playing substitutes substi-tutes so that New York could win, and charges made against William Brennan, an umpire whose falrneue was said to have been impugned bj Mr. Fogel. "If ho can proe that the National league race was crooked this year and that the umpires or tho president of the league were parties to it," said President Lynch in a statement to the meeting, "thon tho umpires should be discharged and blacklisted' from ever taking part In organized baseball and the president of the league should step down and out of his position in dlsgraco. "On the other hand, if these charge? cannot be proved, then It Is up to the Natlonnl league to pass legislation preventing this man from lopresent-ing lopresent-ing a National league club In any capacity. ca-pacity. T respectfully place this before be-fore yon, gentlemen, and ask your wiBhes as to procedure In this case." John A. Heydler. socrelary of the league, was directed to present the charges, to President Fogel within five days, and Mr. Fogel was given five days to draw up his answer. The lengue will nieot here Tuesday, November No-vember 2C, to hear Mr. Fogei's defense. de-fense. Thomas J. Lynch, president of the league, presided at yesterday's meeting. meet-ing. The clubs were represented by James E, Gaffney, Boston; by Charles H. EbbettK, Brooklyn; Chicago by proxy, held by Mr, Ebbetts; Cincln natl by August Herrmann: Pittsburg, by proxy, hold bv Mr. Herrmann. Nev,-Yorlc Nev,-Yorlc by John.Whalen and C. U. Sullivan; Sulli-van; St. Louis by L O. Hocker and Philadelphia by Horace Fogel. ' |