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THE OMAHA DAILY ItEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 25. 1003. BASE BAIL IN WINTER TIME Cincinnati Cinfcrenca the Greatest Thing that Etm Happened. 'PEACE NOW REIGNS BETWEEN LEAGUES End of War Ilrlnas with It the He. HUlilUkmral of Discipline and Control of Players by Mananers. several sections of the agreement except thosa In which they were personally In terested. Two days were epent In Ibis ort of foolishness, and then both tides prepared reports. ,Whpn the final vote rame the majority report was adopted, the Injunction utt at Ftilladelphla wai dls ml sued, and peace wit established so far as the bis; Icsfrue are concerned. And after he had voted acalnst the peace to the last, John T. finish cams out of the room and smilingly said he was glad. But he had done all In his power to prevent It. Why? Because be wanted to gain some advantage over his associates, some eon cession to offset what they tere all power less to prevent, the Invasion of New York by the American. Ain't It nice! Just look at thnt rtnve fit near hrnodlnv I Bo lovingly that even John T. Brush says It The American league Invaded Chicago, lorks good to him. Incidentally. f any of Boston, Philadelphia. St. Louis, without the rest of us had had It handed to him In '"kln cM" of the National; why should chunks like itwe n..prt ,m to Mr. Bru.h ,ht permission be needed for entry 13 we'd be very apt to say It looked good, too, And at that Brush and ls boss. Andy Frqedman, didn't get any more than was New York? The American league signed star after star of the National league list of players during the time of war, and coming to them. Ever since the peace talk ha1 , 'Kn"1 KceIpr " D"5 why brsan this pair played for a package, and thou,i u r',clnd loa In regard to they got It. Base ball men everywhere are , 'he8e,tw vl'Jtn tD of one mind on the outcome of the Clncin- Brooklyn T Every aiepted player was rl meeting. It was the beat thing that ' ' up "I'M"" at the peace con has been or could be done for the game. ' 'enee. the merit, of each case were and It effect Is bound to be seen on the i rouihlr gone Into. Ia . each net.nce ,,,. , ,. . j t ,. . the award was made according to the evt- aiamcnj as well as on the books during tho . . . . , , device of contracts. But Mr. Ebbette in coming seasons. , ....... , . . sinuates that his club had secret negotls- ' tlons under wsy with Kecler and Donovan, After all, that long session at Cincinnati ' nd hoped to Induce them to Jump back, may bo of soms real benefit, if In no other I if permitted to carry these to a conclu- than lis Influence on Andrew Goose Freed- l slon, he was willing to adopt the rule man. Despite tho coyness of the demure ; to respect the reserve rule and players' Andrew, and his protestations that ho Is contracts. So also Mr. Brush. If be Co longer In bass ball, the howl lie let : could have the American excluded from go. wheu he got the news from tin. peace New York he would agree to the territorial conference pf two weeks tRO was such as division. Patience at last was worn out, could only emanate from one who had been ' and these self-seeking magnates were hit. No one believes that . John T. BruBh plainly informed that other Interests as 1 actually owns the New Tork club, and no orio believes that Andy Freedman has aban doned his pulley o bulldozing his fellow magnates Into granting Just what New York wants. But Andrew has been a lesson given already that will hold him for at loast one season. After the session had closed at Cincinnati on Wednesday morn ing, and It was made so clear that even a Mind man could see that New York was hppclessly whipped, Mr. Brush weakly ex cused his action In bringfng an Injunction salt against the other members of the league by saying that his attorney had overruled him; that ha had not wanted to be an obstructionist; but ho was not fully advised as to the exact meaning of the peace pact, and as he would be affected by It In his personal and property rights he did not propose to have any action taken prior to a full discussion.- In this Mr. Brush shows a charming lack of regard for and confidence In his fellow-magnatea. It may be that long experience in dealing with a bunch of thlmblerlggers and gold-brick men had led Mr. Brush to the conclusion that he was about to be handed something, and he was afraid to "sleep on his rights," as the lawyers say. Fortunately for base ball, a new deal has gone Into effect, temporarily at least, and a man who Is mindful of his own reputation for honesty and fair dealing has coma to have a prominent place In the councils of the National league. This man la Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati club, and Mayor Flelschman, one of hit associates. Is entitled to be classed In the tame category. In thq opening aesslon of the league conference at Cincinnati, Mr. Herrmann fairly took the hide off Mr. Brush. It had been charged In tome of the sensational papers that the Cincinnati ownera would Jump the National and go Into the American If the peace pact waa not ratified. Mr. Brush had seized on this and similar pretexts to bate hit Injunction suit. Mr. Herrmann emphatically denied ths sleriee; 'and then "Ireat OS ffl this language, according to the Cincinnati En quirer: In a personal wsy I wish to state that, pending my negotiations for the Cincinnati bull club with Mr, John T. Brush, and while lie had my offer of lfl6,0u for the club ui dei consideration, Mr. Ban Johnson, the president of the American league, came to this city and personally offered me and my associates a franchise In the American league In the city of Cincinnati, together with a team of players far In excess of the playing; strength of the Cincinnati club as e-t that time constituted. In return for the offer he did not require the expenditure of a single dollar. It was free and gratis. I told Mr. Johnson that I was then In negotiation with Mr. Brush In good faith, and that If we agreed on terms I could not consider his proposition. Mr. llrunh on his part made me a counter proposition of S IK ,000 as his price a raise of 45,tmu In my offer, and I and my associates accepted his proposition and paid over tlaO.OW) for a f rum hlxft In the National league when we could have had a franchise and players In the American league for nothing. This should show my Integrity of purpose and my confidence in the stability of the old National league. That la all. Commenting, the Enquirer aayt: "Dur ing thlt thrilling recital of a man who had been personally enjoined to prevent him from doing an alleged Injustice to the New York club, John T. Brush sat silent la the councils of hit associates. He made no reply. It was a moment when silence waa golden." New York wat Interested in keeping the American out of the llmltt of Gotham; Brooklyn wanted Donovan and Keeler back. Each waa In the position of the pope who Issued his bull against the eclipse of the moon. They went through, faithful to the end. Toting against the peace pact, al though both Brush and Ebbettt admitted the necessity of peace atd the equity and Justice of each and every one of the besides theirs were Involved, and that they could take It or leave It, and they took It It Is unnecessary to again go over the numerous advantages that will accrue to base ball through thlt mutual understand ing between the two big leagues. Nearly If not quite all the evils that have been endured by the game will be cured by It. One of the greatest Is that it will agala glvo managers control of players. For at least two years the good player hat had the manager at hit mercy, and not a few have taken advantage of this condition. Here in the Western last summer we saw many examples of this. All summer long the players of several of the teamt defied the managers, and did pretty much as they liked, merely because they could go to the Hlckey league or to the . coast as they elected. In the Hlckey league It was the tame way. Thlt time It now gone for the player, and he will have to deliver the goods if he gett the salary. In thlt the publlo will be the chief gainer. People will no longer pay their money to tee a game of ball turned Into a farce by aome bumptious player who has concluded that he would rather loaf than play that day. Exhibitions of rowdyism, such at we had from Denver- and Milwaukee, will not be given, for the playera now know that the penalty for such work will not be a soft berth with another team. In a word, dls clpllne In base ball baa been re-established. That Cincinnati conference wat certainly a glorious thing for the game, no matter from what angle It it viewed. Down at Kansas City the Western held a meeting that waa more of a love feast than anything else. Such harmony waa never before exhibited In Western circles at prevailed there. While no unexpected action waa taken, the proceeding! give promise of a busy season for the magnates and their men. Affairs of he league have "been left In hands competent to guide and control and the prospect is for prosperity all along the line. Some of us had hoped that steps toward peace with the Hlckey itea might be taken, but no move In thla direction waa made officially. George Te- beau waa there with aome private talks but he waa not before the meeting and made no proposition. It would have been a good thing if the teams at Kansas City and Milwaukee could have been ccosoll dated, for it is asking too much of either town to support two teams. Kansas City Is tar better qualified to do this than Is Milwaukee, but both leagues will gain wnen tneyt agree on a division of territory, Lnaer natural conditions Kansas City be longs to the Western and Milwaukee to the American, and that Is the way It ought to be. Sioux City la willing syid anxious to come Into the Western and the American la eager to plant a third team In Chlcaao and the division of territory suggested by Papa BUI Rourke would easily solve this situation George Tebeau haa been ahowlng the Denver people his bogey man again. He Is threatening to bring suit against Packard for possession of the Denver franchise in the Western league, basing his claim on the proposition that in the first place he did not sell to Packard, and that the Beall deal waa not in good faith, George has an parently forgotten the proceedings at the St. Joseph meeting of the Western league where he resigned at owner of the Kansas City franchise and was expelled from the league as owner of the Denver franchise His deal with Beall, whereby the Hlckey ites obtained control of the Minneapolis plant, Mr. A. B. Beall handing the West ern as neat a little bit of double cross as WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Distributors 5s v: OF Edi&on Columbia ' .Also DJso ' Xlnohlnos. $5.00 to SIOO.OQ-Cash or Payments. 14,000 Records to Select From. We carry a complete Btock of Edison and Columbia Mac hi ilea and Iiecprds. Our facilities for showing Hecords and filling mail orders cannot be equaled in the West. Call on ua or write. Dealers wanted. Free concerts all dayxand evening. 'Also Vehicles, Automobile and lUcycles. H.E. FREDRICKSON, 15th and Capitol Avenue. 'Phone 2161. one would wish o see. Is also a matter of record, and that It resulted In Packard getting control of the Broadway park at E ever la nothing to the credit of rlihrr Tebeau or Beall. It may be that Brother George still owns a frsnchlse at Denver, but It aurely Isn't in the Western league. Here Is a very nice little bouquet for W. A. Rourke from the Denver Timet. Omaha friends of the msgnate will be glad to know that his popularity on the circuit is as great as It Is here at home: The election of W. A. Rourke to the board of directors of the Western league Inm.ree that the league's Interests will be well taken care of In the event of any more fighting coming IT with the American association. Kourke la the most cordially disliked man In the Western league by those who have been trvtng to float a rival to It. Tebeau believed that Rourke had It In his power to kill the Western league. and when the Omaha man refused to come to the scratch for this purpose the Tebea'i Hlckey combination became his enemy. In tne ngntlng that nan tiet-11 gilng on since that time Rourke has had decidedly the best of the going. He has called every biuff that Tenenu has made and aone him one hotter. Kourke Is victorious and con fident. He Is not likely to let the mod gigantic bluffers In the business frighten rum Inti giving up anv of the privileges which the Western leairue has won. Jlls presence among the omrlals of the league win give the others backbone to stay Into any light against the association to the limit. ine affairs of the western were never In better shape than they are right now at the close of the meeting In Kansas t'lty. Early In March the magnates will meet In Denver to ratify a schedule which win dc presented to tnem at tnai time. i nere will ite a conference wnn the Ameri can association before the schedules are prepared In an effort to arrange some kind of u deal which will work the least harm to the leagues. I'niloubtedly the American will try to bluff the Western Into giving up all the good dates In the cities where the circulta conflict. The best that the Ameri can association ran get out of such a deal will not hurt the VNestern league much. so that the fans will not be concerned at trusting the renretentatlve of the Western In a room with Hard Gall Tebeau. A little over two months now remain before the plavors will becln to assemble for early spring work and the prospects are now bright lor one or tne most prosperous sea sons tnat the Western league hat ever enjoyed. GOOD BASKET BALL IS IN SIGHT Omaha Y. M. C. A. Team la Patting Vat Fine Game and Haa a Good Schedule. Omaha people did not realize what a strong basket ball team they had in their midst till the representatives of the Young Men's Christian association defeated the Haskell Indians last Tuesday night by score of 21 to 11. In this contest the Omaha men were beyond a doubt opposed to one of the most formidable teama in thr west, and their victory is not to be decried In any particular. It waa de cisive and clean and was an honest indi cation of the class of the local players who won it. Every man on the team played great basket ball that night and the ability of all was tested to the limit. Had the team work weakened for a mo ment, the red men would have accom pitched dire results in the Interval, for they were alert to seise every chance, end on their own part had developed a wonderful team play. The Indians were somewhat heavier than the white men and their play wat rougher. They were all foot ball playera, four of the five being on the star first team of the Haskell achool, and their gridiron tactlca were often Insinuated into their basket ball. Yet they were In no sense vicious' or dirty play ere, and the contest was, all in all, i very pretty one to watch. The litheness of the red men counted for much. In that they seemed to throw a ball from any posi tion in any direction with accuracy. The leather never went wild while they were passing, and they would see an opening In a Bash.. They were, also very, atrong on getting up In the air. Many of Omaha's high throws from end to end of the field the Indians teemed to Intercept some where yerz near the raften. These red men had not before been beaten In an amateur game- this season and they have played six. A professional team representing the Melchlor Arms com pany of Kansas City defeated them a few weeks ago. The way In which they cleaned up the University of Nebraska team, 35 to 18, would Indicate that the local associa tion quintet will have no trouble In prov Ing Its superiority over the collegians this season. But a game between them Is not yet assured. The Lincoln association team played the Haskell men much closer, At the end of two regulation twenty-min ute halvea the score was tied at 21 to 21, It was agreed to play off the tie, and the Indiana won, securing a field goal, making the final score 23 to 21. Apparently the Capital city boys will be mettlesome op ponents for the Omaha team. The Indiana traveling with the Haskell team are Swanee, manager, and Houser, Shields, Oliver, Fallis. Archlquctte Ketcham and Ouyon. Lemont, umpire, la also an Indian, and the other umpire, J, Iltff. Is white. The red men have garnet arranged with William Jewell college at Liberty, Mo., and with the association team at Kansas City, which they will take in on their homeward trip. The next game that confronts the local association team is one at Sioux City with the association there. The boys feel as sured of success. . The next contest In Omaha of any note will be with the team from Kansss university, which will occur In the association gymnsslum oa the nigh of Tuesday, February S. Twe yeara ago the "Rock Chalk" men came up here and wiped the local boys clear off the field. Thla time it la hoped the result will be dif ferent. The Kansans left a name behind on that occasion of beipg the fiercest and roughest playing team that had ever visited these parte. The association Is anxloua to bring Just as much basket ball and just aa good basket ball here as the lovers of sport will pat ronize to an extent sufficient to tay ex penses. To that end a new scheme hat just been adopted by the association. . It has two teams that are about equally good, the one that bae played all the garnet thut far, and another a business men's team of which Frank Crawford is captain. Now It is proposed to use rivalry between these teama aa a factor in working up attendsnce at the games. The athletic mea at the gymnasium are to be divided Into two equal aectlona and each assigned to one of these teams. Then the section that sells the most tickets for any certain game to come will have the pleasure of putting its team In against tbs strangers, whoever they may be. It la thought that this plan will In crease the Interest both inside and out side of the association, and the attendance will undoubtedly be Increased thereby.. So hereafter it is no cinch that Csptaln Mil lers team will play all the big games. ATHLETICSAT THE UNIVERSITY Gam with Mlaaesota Broken OaT Becansa ( Nebraska's Great Ikswlsg. Of most Importance In athletic elrclea at the University of Nebraska this week Is the announcrment by Manager Buckner of the foot ball team that all prospects tor a gsme with the University of Minnesota next fall are now off; that the data for a game with the University of Missouri will possibly be broken, and that the Haskell Indians and likely the Colorado State uni versity will be taken on to fill the gaps. telegram came from Mlaaesota Tuesday declaring that Nebraska had been struck from the possible list In favor of Iowa. The Minnesota people Inferred that they would be pleased to have a game with Nebraska, for they realited that It would have been a great csrd. but that It had sifted down to Nebraska or Iowa, and that Iowa, being a conference college, would be given the preference. It also stated that the Gophers might, resume active relations with the Cornhuskers In 1904. The reason Nebraska is not given a date for early In the season, as In former years. Is that the team from Lincoln it now Hated among the 'heavies," and, therefore, could not be taken on until a term of long, hard training and practice had made the Gophers ready for the match. The Missouri game will be declared off in all probability be cause Missouri wanted it in her own terri tory, and the demand could not be granted. There may be an Omaha location compro mise. The Haskell Indian team, which put up such a terrific and spectacular fight during the first half of last sesson's game. has been communicated with, and in all probability will play In Lincoln. Basket ball a about the only type ot athletics that Is really active in the uni versity Just now. Thla is the busy season for that game and there is something doing among the university boys who are good at it. A game was played last night agatpsi the Lincoln Young Mn'a Christian as sociation, and the team will start for a western trip through Colorado about Feb ruary S. .The five playera will be plrxed In all probability from a squad comprising Captain Hewitt, Hlltner, Hoar, Benedict, Ferguson, Elliott and Newton. These are all good men and will play hard for every game. The season Is coming on for trsck work and there will probably be a long list of new men out for the different events. Dr. Clapp, the physical director for thla de partment, la already giving a track class Instructions once a week In "rulee ot the track," and another day Is devoted to prac tice in starting Among those who promise to do big things Is States, the fast little half-mtlo man, and one speedy for 100 yards, too. Hewitt la expected to go some for a quarter-mile. 'Bill" Johnson will press the next one for honors1 in pole vaulting and Hlltner will go a strong half. Csrr is good for a quarter-mils. Burg will enter for the 100-yard dash and for the hurdles, also, while Hagenstck will be back In school next temster and go in for the hurdle and the broad Jump. Lehmer is a good hurdle man and half-mile runner as well. Tobln, captain of the team, will toss the weight a bit farther than r.nyone else has done and Horn will run well for two miles. Benedict, the foot ball man, doea pretty nearly anything In an athletic way, from playing marbles to outpunting Min nesota, and he will enter for a variety of events, including the pole vault and the half-mile and 220-yard dashes. ' In base -ball the fact still remains promi nent that there la a dearth of material for pitchers. Thus far no one haa put in an appearance to do the throwing stunt except Townscnd, the captain, and there Is a great opportunity for two or three new men to make the team and go into the box with a Jump. Among the likely candidates for the team who are now In school may be mentioned Shelmer of Omaha, who it a fast fielder; Mlckel, the famous fullback on the grid Iron; "Jimmle" Bell, last year's captain and atar man In the garden; "Bill" John ton, "Johnnie" Bender, the toot ball cap tain, and Johnson of Fremont,' who la a freshman of some promise. The schedule is not yet .complete, but a northeastern trip is wanted. "We shall have something to give out in a week or so, ' said Man ager Bell yesterday. " . Old Jack, the trainer. It very Impatient regarding the . delay of the base ball men In getting into the cage ,and gives it aa bis opinion that they will have to get into training pretty soon, or lose out in their gams, because of a lack of physical fitness. "Chick" Shedd, the foot ball man who has been suffering all winter, Is getting better. He will not, howeve.', be in the game next season. Dean Ringer, another ot last year's stars, will also quit the game next fall, although hla registration in the law department would permit him to play. WHIST LEAGUE TOURNAMENT State Association ' Flayers Will Be Guests of the Omaha Clnb This Week. Omsha is to be the seat of the fifth an nual meeting and tournament of the Ne braska Whist association, which ia to occur on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 27 aud 28. The Omaha Whist club will he hosts for the occasion, and the play will be In the clubrooma In the Bae building. The reg ular quarters will hardly be sufficient to accommodate tho players, and two extra rooms oa an upper floor will be annexed for the tournament. There will be the usual departments of play, contests for pairs and lor teama ot four. On the lest eight there will be a free-for-all, In which all wh'st players may entnr. Too pairs play will occur in the clubroom and many entries are expected. Each pair will plsy every other pair, and the total scores will decide the winning team. Teams of four will play in the two extra rooms. Each four will play every other four, and the combined scores will decide the victory. Some forty playera from out of town are expictej, and there will be fully that num ber from Omaha, making about eighty par ticipate In all. -There are nine clubs In tho aseoclatlon, each In a different town in the state. ' A feature ot the play will be women par ticipants. Women are now eligible to membership, and will be regularly paired like the men. It is exrected that fully five pair of women will enter. They will have no handicap, and wfTl play In the tournament on the same terms aa the men. There are said to be aome very skilled women whist players In Omaha who will take part in the tournament. Handsome trophies will e the honors in the different matches. For the compe tition in teama of four the association offers a atlver cup, which must be won three tlmea In auccessiol by the atnie club team. In order to become the permanent proprty of that club. Teama from Lin coln, Omaha and Ord have all won it once each now, so stand on an equal footing to enter the coming contest. For the com petition in pslrs and the free-for-aU hand some trophies are also provided. R. E. bamson of Greeley, Neb., secre tary of the association, has sent out no tices of the tournament, asking all those who intend to come to Omaha from out side points for this affair to notify H. O. Jordan, at 212 South Fourteenth street, Omaha. In February cornea the annual meeting and tournament of the Central Whist asso ciation at St. Joseph, Mo. This organiza tion comprises twenty-one clubs la the statea ot the middle west, Nebraska, Kan sas, Iowa, Missouri, No.th Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma. The coming tournament will be the tenth annual affair ot the kind. The lsst one was held in Sioux City, and In 183 it was held in Ciuaba. The association has en Joyed a very proaperoua existence, and al ways attracts Urge crowds of players to lu, meetings. Omaha usually reapooda to aououncciueata ot 4 touruuuenl by the J-aV "THE TPIF XCirGr. No one who has ever felt the keen, cutting pains of Rheumatism will question its right to be called " The King of Pain." 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Last year the Omaha four tljd for the cup at 8ioux City, and on the play oft lost to the Council UlufTs teaui. WITH THE TRIGGER ARTISTS Northern Experts Carry Off the Honors at the El Paso Tonrnament. . "It wss rather a peculiar thing about that El Paso shoot," said W. B. Townsend, "that the Nebraska-Kannas-Iowa contin gent, comprising ten men, captured every one of the first five placea In the highest average column for the three days. The three days' work comprised 240 targets. The weather was something fierce, the worst they have known in El Paso for fif teen years, so they said. It was snowy and rainy and unusually cold for that district. The thermomter registered 28 degrees and the natives thought they were frozen stiff. They wouldn't venture out doors without shawls tied over their heads. "C. B. Adams of Rockwell City, la., was first In the averages column, Ed O'Brien of Concordia, Kan., waa aecond, W. H. Herr of Concordia, Kan., waa third, H. O. Taylor cf Meckllng, la., waa fourth and I waa fifth." The first Indoor shoot ot the Omaha Rifle club, held Thursday night, proved a great success and haa stimulated the members to a keen Interest In the sport. Hereafter the shoot will be a weekly affair, and, be ginning with this week, an official score will be kept each time. At tho close of the season the man having the highest average score will receive a silver trophy for his excellence. Though a young organ ization, this rifle club already promises to be a prominent factor among trigger devo tees. It, membership Is limited to seventy-five and there are at thla time aome forty on the rolls. The first shoot was held Thanksgiving day and waa an outdoor affair, with turkeys as prizes. It occurred out by the Carter white lesd works. For the winter season an indoor range was de cided to be desirable and one has been con structed. The members are allowed to use as small a caliber rifle aa they esn get, but they cannot go larger than 25. Most of them use the well known .22. The regular official target Is used. Seventy-five feet Is the range afforded by the Indoor quartera and the bullBeye for thla distance Is a halt Inch In diameter. That counts five points. Four rings surround it, esch counting one less, four, three, two and one in auccessloa. A shot outside the last ring counts nothing. Joe Barton Is president of the club. Lysis Abbott vice president and Dr. Whlnnery secretary and treasurer. It Is Incorporated. The members Intend to shoot faithfully each week the winter through. At Greenwood, Neb., on Thursday, Jan uary 29, there will bs a shooting mstch all day long. The gunners will shoet at blue rocks, but the prises for the star shots will be money, turkeys, geese and ducks, high guns in the target events taking the spoils. Greenwood Is the first station south of Ash land and is a little less than aa hour's ride from Omaha. Several shooters from here are planning to go down. 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