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Show GRAHAM FIRST TO DROP STARS Resume of Coast League Ball Scandal Made: Three Men to Be Punished IA)S ANGrELES, 'al, Dec. 1 -Scan dal clouds flrsi appeared on the horizon hori-zon of Pacific coast baseball league early in 1f2u when Manager Charles Graham of the Ran Francisco club dropped from his team two star pitchers pitch-ers Tom Seaton and Casey Smith vviih the explanation thai it was for the kooiI of baseball Before the last tremors of this shock had died swaj President William H. McCarthy of the league, on August J ordered suspension Of Hail Maggert eenterfleldcr of the Salt l.ak. club and Baker Borton, Vernon firsi baseman, for alleged complicity in gambling and bribery I la 1 t'hase. former bis leaguer, lea-guer, was ordered barred from all Pacific Pa-cific coast league parks lor the same reason Borton answered his dismissal with !the charges that the entire Vernon team bad embarked in a conspiracy to i buy the 1ftf pennant thai the players had raised a slush fund of 2000 lo be; used in bribing players lo iix" games and players of several clubs were named in tin allegations. William (; Rumler, ball Lake outfielder, out-fielder, was said by .Borton to have received 12000 of thj -lush fund, and b an Hale, in 191a. a p.icher for the Salt T.ake club was described as gei-tine gei-tine 7,n nf ii An inquiry into ihe baseball situs lion and into Burton's charges was a: once begun. Rumler was noi at Nisi suspended but continued playing with the Salt l ake nam. He admitted re 'MiriK he monej from Borton bit' said that ii was in payment of a gambling gam-bling d'bt Rumler's statements failed to ain credence and on August IS he was suspended. Officials and followers of the Bait Lake club took up arms against suspension sus-pension of Rumjer, which, it was con ceded, had seriohslj rippled the team. Movement for reinstatement of Iluni-ler Iluni-ler was begun and a special meeting of the beard of directors of the league was c alled tor October 2u In San Francisco Fran-cisco Prospects were for a stormy session and into the tense situation President William 11 McCarthy of the league projecied the assertion that he would resign If Rumler were reinstat ed. Suspension of Rumler was Upheld and McCarthy commended for hie course Maggert, too. admitted receiving money from Boron and his explana tion was rejected as unsatisfactory by the league officials who sat in his' hearing. Several weeks ago the Los Angeles count grand Jury took up charges of crookedness." in Ihe 1919 season and the indictments returned lodaj were the outcome. oo |