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Show WiWiS KIRS M'GlilFS BSE Spokane Leader Declares Giugni Was Released by Butte Before Trouble. The fojlnv. i ::c s-a'eme-i; was made by M;n.;i.r Nick Wiliionis in Great Falls this w.-ek drijx in l; tP t pa t ge miide by : .Manae.T MoOinniiy of th.e Ptitte ch.b .that WUnts ii.id tan: pete 1 with Gi'.mni before th Saturdax'. August a. game in Spokane and persuaded Giugni to strike out x -hen the bast, s w ei e loaded : The routomuTihie and lyin har e P;at .1. J. M ; ! nn i ; I -.as made against me of tampering w:yh Giuuni, tae-ehy i in iunnc: him to striKc out with three men on ha.-v-s in t u- game of August :.. in a wa- do-s n-'t s n i rie me. Pas. ball is uii.h.ibuedlv the c-ai.es: sport in existetve. f ty maklr.- surd a oharge not only doe- M -'G Inni1 ' east a 1 l:o-k eye upon th.e game by xvidrh he is makliiL- -us bread and butter. thereby r,i;tir,q h:? own Pmo.il. but he a'so casts a personal insult ubon Frank Gltieni. mv.-elf and aNi upon th.e Spokane aebad pub-lit-, whicii p-.c s its money to see. ball games payed on the square. If the aru.nent that when a man sit - kes out lie has been tampered with hv the onpo.n manager would le aih-.wed t siar.d. I c-.tainly must :'a-e Liefii a xvrx- bnsv man th.e ivsht of Ai.g-i.-t 4. Pel lu-l s xx ltd Outfielder Out-fielder Johnson, xvho s'rm k out fix'e times on the folio whig -'ay: pn-si-bl v, also, xv i h 7d i-. M cGi niiity. w no, if I rememi'ei- torrci'tiy, injected himself him-self into the fr:-y in the ninth inning in-ning and took three very sickly swunsrs at Putch Rent her' s offerings, then retired to wash out Ids throat. Tiic-re must have heen some overtime over-time on thai night for me to induce fifteen strikeouts for the foilowintr day. If I ever thought that I could produce such results with my tongue I would certainly ieave the basehMl bu-inecs and enter the field of politics. poli-tics. The facts are as follows: Ppon learning that the Iiutte club could not use Giutnii I wired the Salt Lake club asking them whether I could have him in t he event Butte could not use him. 1 got an immediate reply from th.e Salt Lake club that Met 'linnity would turn him over to me. 1 thereupon asked Secretary Red-path Red-path of the Putte club, .hist before the Saturday game, whether Butte desired u keep Gu gni. and if not, when 1 could have him. Secretary Itedpatli then toM me that B'i'.te had wired the Salt Lake i h:h two days i revious that But to rouid not use Giugni, -and asking what disposition to make of him an 1 t ha t they bad rc-ceix'ed rc-ceix'ed an answer advising them to turn Giugni to Spokane. Ue also in forme 1 me plainly that 1 could have Ghigui after that game. The next d;'y Kedp.lih denied ah-so-luielx- ever ha via- toi 1 me tb.;i t 1 tould h.ve i.iii'gri aft..-r Satui-.iay's gi-me. I skou: U have "-i sir. prised. However, as X hax e smi '-efore. 1 re-i re-i fuse to he surprised at anything Me-tiinnity Me-tiinnity and P.e.ipatli attempt to do. If McGinnity, hv this ehaigc agc.inst Giugni and myself, thinks lie will not away with something, he has another think coming. The -pit y of it all is that there may he a few fans in Butte who btdieve him, ..ut at that there will pro! ablv be only a few. . because he can't pull the wool over evervhodv's e'.es with his "coarse line of stuff." At: i he rest of the league who know him and his tactics are laughing al him. Also, ;: 1 hud been tampering- with Giugni and fel i reasonably sure that he would s'rlke out in a pinch, xvhv was it that 1 insinmtod Pitcher Rube F.vans to walk !iim purposely wnen Giugni was put in as a pin.-ii hitter in the Smuiday game xxh.i. h followed? And at- for mysclY 1 want tiie world to know that if T can't win th.e pennant on tiie s-juarc 1 don't want it ai all. Sp.d-.ane Spokesman Review. |