Show McGinnity's Tactics Sour Butte Fans SPOKANE Aug 26 Sensational 26 Sensational l stories to the effect that the Butte baseball base- base jail ball team has l laid d down on Joe McGinnity McGinnity Mc- Mc Ginnity are are- being printed by Butte papers with a 3 a severe evere roast for McGinnity himself himself himself him him- self for his hi's failure to keep the Silv Silver SilverTips r Tips up in the tho run for the 1916 Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western league pennant after atter the team was once within easy te reaching distance of the Spokane Spokane- Indians failure to handle the situation sit sit- ana ana anci cO control isis his I has las caused the fans ana aDa scribes to o dish up a sound roasting to the iron man man and the directors of the Butte club may decide to take tale official notice of his failure failure failure fail fail- ure to deliver better results with the material he had and the free hand which was allowed him throughout hout the season The ragging scrapping tactics of the theo thet and Butte t conducting o manager f the in he handling club t on i and his d off players the field have resulted in an open breach between players and manager and there theres Is s an absolute lack of harmony between McGinnity and the Butto Butte players the Butte Butto players declare Specific charges are made to the ef effect effect ef- ef that the most flagrant errors which gave a recent game to the Vancouver club were due to the friction between the tile players and McGinnity The players showed no inclination to try to win from the Beavers and when the opportunity came caIne their way they booted easy chances to make it possible for Vancouver to se secure secure secure se- se cure the necessary runs to win it is de do dared Several times during the season open breaches have shown up between McGinnity McGinnity McGinnity Mc- Mc Ginnity and his players Stokke quit the Butte team teRm because he ho was unable to pull double with McGinnity and later Skipper Roberts and the Butte boss bos mixed it in the clubhouse after a word war on the field of play McGinnity's n charge tf's against rid Frank r G Giugni which r will later r be sifted by the league eague directors is another sample of I the brand of stuff that has been handed out this season by the Butte boss to I. I players on his pay roll The fans in Butte who have supported Baseball in good style this season are I said to have soured on the manner In which the game Is being handled and Investigation by the directors of the club followed by some definite action I has been asked for by the Butte papers i |