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Show fl Drafts Offered As Evidence f I In Coast League9 s Trouble nBorton Delares Every Member of Vernon Club Guilty and Declares Twenty -seven Players Are Involved; Rod Murphy Tells His Views of Story -. I f.A.N' A i(C ! 1 !l HLH McCarthy, president of the faifi- CL Coast Ixnxue. declared tonight that ew Babs Borteti had been "ed i H y a gambling ring in connection with 1 i and offered in i)pport of lh'- fi i r . what pn rior",1 1 f to be signed statement by Rod Mur jWrTWM ih. first baseman of the Seattle rl ii jH' The statement quote Murphy nt - Bj mg thnt Nate Raymond. Seattle man ffffffffffM barrad from Coast League parka, of - i H farad Murphy l.t.AOn In August to J M Brtoi end Harl Muugert referen- TH liurph ;is aaylng he put throueh n . . .-. v rtli h ome Af the baj i Sid Bali Lake cltib told out.' to the int the deal mond $IO.On. t,ut that he made $&0 - m Murphi was quoted in saying Ray- I 11 monrl tolil him the ' p.i ) lyBK ton to Maggerl a balance din fTlffj from the alleged deal" of laat year. RfBH Tlx- statement quotes Murphv as 3 - UK hf told M.magcr Kleppcr 6t 'ho m Keattli ufa of the alleged offsr from Ep? Raymond. nnd thnt DlaM were IakI to m.jk IP Raymond, but thai Raymond fail- f . , Keep in nppointment to men f McCarthy referred to the itatement II proof that the pennant won by Ver-j a on last yaai was nqf bought and Jm then vi - slush fund.' He 1 JvW led . a n- rg i n Rumler vn.t Jean Dale, fori .' SM . rs it id been t eri- fjnLH led and that ha had called upon w. IHH i Lane, owner of the Knit Lake club J explanation the I LOS ANGELES. Calif . An 11. Charges in oivinic twenty-seven piay- I era who wer with the Pacific Coaat haaehall lvTgu laal year, were made here ioda bjf W Maker, i Rjbn Bor- I ton. former rnon first baseman who waa released yesterday "for the Rnod of baseball." BortOH In making his charges .lls-plajrad .lls-plajrad statement from A. D. Aver-Ill Aver-Ill branch auditor of the Lo Ang'les Trust and Savings bank. that two drafts for SO0 end lifts, respectively, had been forwarded October IS. 1319, I to William O Rumler, Salt l-ake outfielder, out-fielder, nnd to Jean Dale, who pitched fni Salt Lake last season. DI8PL I 5TATEM1 S rv Burton displayed the statement and the drafts to support his alleeatlon thnt twenty members of the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast baseball ClUb each contributed 10O to I pool, to be distributed among pluyers of certain other clubs to "asls!," Vernoo In win-nine win-nine the pennant. "This money," said Borlon, accord-Init accord-Init to a story the Los Angeles Even-, Inp Express printed today was contributed con-tributed to by each and every member of Inst year's Vernon club." Toe story continued: "Draft No. .r.;4R of the Los Angeles Ange-les Trust and Savings bank, making $2no payable to W. o. Rumler, wis Issued October 18. 19 '.'. (J was endorsed endor-sed by W O. Rumler and by the Ne- brnska State bank, .v Mllford. Nebr : kn. Draft No. 1241 f the Ls Angeles! Trust and S;-(iirs ban';, making J.OO payable to Jenn Dale, now With the l)al;ii club. tf i hi- 'I'ev.is I.e. .cue. was indorsed by Dale and the Mercantile j Trust OORlPany of St Louis Mo." |