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Show IPHILLIE PLAYERS OFFERED LARGE SUMS TO THROW CONTESTS . IMIIl.AI'KU'lll V "e( I. ''bulbs ublni former manager of tn Phil daHtfla National IA . baaeball gam in a statement published b tho preaa k today, corroborated the -charges made yeaterday by Horace S. l'ogl. a former for-mer president of the club, thai rnem-iiers rnem-iiers of the t'hiiifPs had boan offnrad large sums t. "throw" games t the New York t.lant in 190. when N-w York an. I Chicago were fighting for the National league pennant "In 1Sok eer member of lh I'hillie team was approached with offers of-fers of fabuloua sums." Dooln Is QUO . o having &ald "All any of us had to. do was to name our price. A mem-b?rt mem-b?rt of tlK tllanlM was on.' of thooe who tried to buv us off. A man ap- proached me after the first game In New York and handed me a package containing IS.000. I waa told thera waa I0. noo more In tha bank an tltlng DM I If was a big fellow nnd I vailed L Kitty" Hransfleid. our first baseman. I Klily" threw him down the atepi of our club house." Itooln said the reason he did not 1 tell of the attempted bribery sooner w because ha and the other mern-I mern-I tiers of th team thought it was for I the best Interasta of tle game to keep wulet. "The publb Is all too r- ;iJ lo b -I Have that baseball is dishonest." he added. |