Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
Revelations in Tommy Burns Suit
Against the Pittsburgs.
EVILS OF RACING In WINTER.
Amateurs and the New Cycling
Association.


HOW THE PIRATES" LOST GAMES.
Sensational Developments Promised in
Burns' Suit Against the Pittsburgs.
The suit Of ex-Manager Tom Burns against
the Pittsburg club for salary as manager will
be called for trial at Chicago tomorrow. The
spicy developments will be fully in keeping
with the rapid pace Of that great city. They
will show that had the Pittsburgs been half as
proficient in ball playing during the reign Of
Burns they were in hosting in strong drink,
playing poker and shooting the seductive craps
they could have won the pennant with six men
and had games to spare. President Bucken-
berger and Mr.. Temple will be the only officials
present, but the dispositions Of Secretary
Scandrett, Miller. Mack, Farrell, Beckley,
Ehret and other players viii be taken and il ali
reports are true, they will form mighty inter-
esting reading II is said that among the incl
dents related In Miller's deposition will be one
10 the effect that on certain occasion he and
Manager Burns had opened crap game in tn,
clubs private Office and were shooting on Secre-
tary scsndrett's private desk when that official
entered the room and put them TO fight.
Other players have given day. date and incl
dents OF many poker games in which the mana
ger WAS n star performer. These games are
said to have taken place at hotels, private
fast and furious until a. early - daylight on
many occasions, with Manager Burns, accord
irg TO the allegations, in the lead and running
easily. 1t Is said the stakes were frequently
high and the contents Of any one pot" were
well worth having.
PLsYERs DRUNK ON THE DIAMOND.
Another bit of testimony will tell how, on
one occasion, when the team was ON its way to
ST. LOUIS u layover occurred at Indianapolis.
Just before the train was ready to resume the
journey star outheider who is not now with
our own rolled into the depot wearing smile
yard long and carrying full-sized jag
Burns met him and asked him what be had been
drinking. He replied that he had been toying
with "a couple of glasses of seltzer and lemon,
but asked that he be not reported to the home
officials, as he feared he would be released.
II will be told that Manager Burns laughed
and ioked with the player. and it finally wound
up By Burns, the player and others boarding the
train and starting a crap game 1t will be
shown that many occasions conductors made
strong complaints about the open gambling on
trains, but in some instances were unable to
stopit.
THOSE WASHINGTON VICTORIES.
The climax of the teams experiences will be
reached when testimony will be introduced to
the effect that on no less than half dozen oc-
casions during the reign Of Manager Burns
majority of the players in the team went on the
diamond and took part in games at various
places when they were visibly under the in
fuence of liquor. Base ball patrons will re-
member that after winning brilliant games at
four games at Baltimore and Washington. Some
Of these games are said to be in the list There
will be big batch Of this testimony and some
OF 1t will border on the sensational