Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-29
WARNER ACCUSES
AND ROASTSM' CRAW
Declares That the Latter Did Not
Keep the Promise He
Made,
TROUBLE AMONG THE GIANTS.
Selling Of Warner to st. Louis Was
Due Entirely to Friction Ia Ranks
And Nothing Else.

A dispatch from New York says.
Despite all denala. II has finally como
10 light that tho selling of >ar-
nor 10 st. Louis by John j..
McGraw, manager Of the Giants. was
due to friction In the ranks after all
Further than that, Jack Warner Is very
soro and brings the strong accusation Of
welching out Of promise 10 pay $50
against McGraw, Warner claims that tho
reason no was released was because he
had asked McGraw TO make good tho
promise he had made last winter which
was present OF tj0 n he handled the
young pitchers Amos ana Wiltso we'll
and made them do good work Warner
says that MoGraw promised to give him
tho money, but never did 80
Warner looking In me condition, was
seen at his home In the Bronx and talked
as follows on his release 10 st. Louis.
THE reason why McGraw and Brush
traded me 10 81. Louis Is because Nc
Graw did not care about making good
tho promise he made me Of sou N 1 took
care Of the young pitchers, .Ames "a ,
Wiltse, this season. MCGraW told before
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give me this money.
~ worked hard with these pitchers and
brought them around all right When
the season was over / asked McGraw iJr
the money. and he said | would surely
get H. lie failed TO make good, aud |
asked him again. lie evidently didn't
want me- TO trouble him, and that's ono
reason why he let me 80, When Me-
iraw says he let me 20 because ho had
too many catchers he Is wrong he did
not want to mako good that 500, and he
knows H.
"McGraw got too much credit for win
nlng the pennant last year with the
team New York had a blind man could
have won the pennant. Every player
worked hard 10 win, as we thought By
winning the pennant we would make
some money out Of a post series OF
games with the BostOns.
THE reasons why We dld not plav the
champion Bostous are Just there: Presl-
dent brush knew perfectly well that II
we played the series ne would not get
any OF the money. II he had been given
bis rake or then he would have agreed
10 let Us play the games. He wouldn't
money S and Kim h Pas' Of ' ana So o re as
Every player on the team wanted TO
play the series, and were all sore when
Brush and MCGraw asked us not 10 play.
When we agreed not ~ play the BOstOna
we thought that Brush would pay us
well for doing SO by donating literally TO
our benefit day and also TO the theatpr
benefit, Brush gave rs a paltry 5000
which was not "a button on his coat
out Of the two benefits We had we each
received only 500 Tie players were
very much discouraged as they Thought
they would receive at tho least $1,000
Zach.
Another thing that makes me feel sore
Is 10 think that McGraw has all along
said he would not let me 10. i asked
aim at the Victoria hotel 10 trade me to
The Cincinnati club but he said there
wasn't chance. Joe Kelly wanted me
and McGraw fearing that / would
strengthen that club. would not do any
business with Kelly
Another excuse given by McGraw for
letting me 90 Is that | stirred up trouble
In the club when the team was not al
lowed 70 play the post season series with
the Bostons. | never was a dsorganiger
on a team and ! am sure I am not going
20 begin now ] viii play my best ball
next year, and I trust that Mr. Robinson
and Manager Charley Nichols Of the Sc.
Louis club will not feel 1orry Tor signing
me-
ed Barrows offered to buy my release
from McGraw last winter Tor 500 but
McGraw would not sell me. ] am very
much pleased 70 so 10 the 81 Louis club.
as | know ] will receive better treatment F.
from the RoblnsOns than / did from
McGraw and Brush"