The Washington times., 1904-08-24
.GUNTON DENIES
BRIBERY CHARGE
Did Not Try to Influence
Manager of Sixth.
ACCUSED FACES ACCUSER
Gunton Man Said to Have Suggested
Buying Game Asserts Falsitv
of Statement.

Manager George K. Leet, Of the Gun
I ton-Temple baseball team. has reouast-
/ ed the publication of the followine
/ statement in connection with the article
appearing in Sundays Times to the ef-
feet that proposition had been made
| by members Of his team to buy the game
| last Saturday afternoon on the White
Lot from the Sixth Presbyterians:
After a full investigation of the re-
port that members of our team made a
proposition to the manager of the Sixth
Presbyterian team TO sell Saturdays
game. find that the report is absolute
/ ~ untrue. According to the statements
in the story, "A committee from the
Guntons waited on the manager of the
Sixth team ard made the detestabie
proposition to buy the game This made
it appear the act Of the team and the
full management. 1t is now stated by
those who originated the rumor that
one man from our team approached the
Sixth's manager and suggested that he
throw the game to the Guntons
The young man accused of making
the proposition. when brought face to
face with the Sixth's manager, pro-
nounced the story as absolutely false.
denying that any such proposition was
made by him either seriously or In fun.
Il further wish to say that even IL
any such proposition had been made.
il was without the knowledge Of the
team or myself as manager. and it was
the duty OF the Sixth people to come d.
rectly TO me and ask me what such
a proposition meant. They failed TO do
this. and the matter was given out to
the newspapers and publishes before we
had the slightest knowledge OF il.
The members of my team including
the player who was accused OF making
the proposition. have asked me TO brand
the story as falsehOOd Since the
season opened the boys have played
their hardest 10 win first honors, and
there has not been the slightest thin
10 mar their perfect conduct. They con-
tlnue 10 play just as hard, and would
not blot their fair record by such an
act. As manager of the
team l deny the charge thai we at
tempted to bride our opponents in Sat
urday's game, and every member OF
the team regards the story as an under
handed effort to injure them in the eyes
OF the public. which they resent per-
sonally-
GEO X LEFT. Manager"
Concerning Price.
Mr. Leet also said this morning:
I'm regard to the statement that the
Guntons broke up the Mount Vernon I
team, the members and management OF 1
the GuHton team wish to also brand this /
statement as false. The only member !
Of the Methodist team secured by the /
Fourteenth Street aggregation was 1
Price. who was legally transferred. The 4
truth Of the matter is that the Mount 4
Vernon team was broken up by the alb Z
sence Of Mcmahon and Stevenson. two /
Or the malnStays OF the team, who left /
the city on vacation.
Price had some disagreement with /
The players as captain, and resigned. He J.
asked me IF he could be transferred {
10 the GuutOns lie was told that he 4
the Mount Vernon team. Manager Muir 1
ray, Of the Mount NeruOns. signed the /
application for a transfer. so II cannot /
be- truthfully said that the Guntons had /
anything 10 do with the decline OF the
Mount Vernon team"
Directors Meet.
FOR a long time it has been a ques-
ton IN the m nds Of the fans and the
directors of the Sunday School .Ath-
J, tic Associa ton as 20 what would be
conc 10 the Wilson baseball team if
they kept on forfeiting games. This
was fully decided at a meeting Of the
board last evening. when the Wilson's
we're deDoscd from any connection with
he league and their dates used 10 play
bh the few remaining games.
The attempted bride OF the Sixth man.
igemcut by "a member of the GuntOn
cam was taken up and was found to be !
without foundation I'm fact II seems
hat the story got out when there was
10 real foundation for II but that II was
lust a rumor.