Show I I SPORTING I NEWS TRIED TO BRIBE JOHN 4 Offered 1000 1 to Throw Wit Wil Withams Hams Down S 1 BIKERS WANTED FRANCHISE CASE OP AT t DT iN 4 j The sum sura of oZ LI 10 for a vote r Os w for forI I tw vot otes in hi j a meeting w l not every cery day in the week we k but bat a to n ports port is what was as offered John J 1 of this thu city i b a has base baseball ball ll manager if it he would throw down Manager Williams of the team u Lit t the annual mating of the tbt Pacific Xa a r ual league iId at Spokane II re is the tory as publish 1 by Willie 1 U Good in jn 1 I i Spokane Re RevIew i w wT T have hae it rori no ilo It a M person than M bur self that the afternoon Ue lie foru fr the me the man K r referred lo t called at the Grand hot bot and asked for Mae Mac The Salt Lake manager re ret t end and met one whom he hd bad looked Ji i af as an old and a man mant t i roughly pot cd as to th v Ma Mae V I i an put you jou iii in tb the w way v Of ti a good thing tonight or tomor r rw w wee was t first romark pa cd after two had t ettl down to chat chaton on can i What 1 h if it Wilt its tt a l fw for you nd 51 for Lu Lut i if you will agree to 4 throw down and vote ote the franchise to our people vas the tho as se reply I had a notion to Mm Ini ad Honest John in relating thc tho story tn to eral of u us at the Spokane later in tin Itic ening hit but I wanted to draw him OUT What do 10 x VOU on wart want all told asked iri Ii lieu of the uppercut Why Vh we thlik wo w are entitled to the fr and If you will go In with I M as and vote ote it to ti us the men behind t n Th will pay SU u M y thought it welt rEI to carry the thes s matter and suggested that the firmer f magnate e 11 on as the thet t 1 i was th er men man to make the i ial nl nd th president was greatly cur sur used to be warmly b by the hand handy iv y a former c nemy of his that evening 1 1 K had be M n posted and later tried to vt the a chance t to commit but tt it happened that several ira me in at Lt the same time and there was j afforded I This his is not h only thing which the of Williams illiams have hav done don in an anT anfort T fort tn to undermine the new u owner r of the i N Not it with trying to i public pinion opinion against him as s an man who win wilT mix tip I matters ma tie re th coterie referred to at attempted attemPted tempted to break into the Pacific Coast iague through which t one tun cs carrot mc near winning with liar ris risi i Harris Harns l that be he was with ith the present owners of the I when be he got a letter written on aa an aaM and M d Spokane letterhead and the tho matter matterN 4 wat N it seriously considered for a time and untIl it d v lop l that the writ or of the I letter had no in the team and had hd no money personally to control suf sufficient influent to drive UM th present corn CoOt pan Pelly v out of Harns Harti was willing Q r t take Spokane in provided Tn was get n the tho Lucas people to desert but bit he shied quickly ut at the idea of entering the field feid against a rival mal club to In the P N L Luid iid the application for a franchise was turned down It was this bit of work ouch gave rise to thC rumors that hat I Spokane Spokane kane was wan applying for ford admission to the toast league and would d ert Lucaa i McCloskey was shown ton the article last T ight and ind admitted that it wan wa true He lie Hev v VaS as very fry much surprised Mired that teat It had bad got gotten ten Ida out 00 nd said be ii wished nothing had hadI I be the matter as it does not do j th the gaze gamp of baseball any good to have suck soch stuff circulated |