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Judgments
'MABA tana are not doing their
duty Ijy the Dmah team.
Omaha for years ha ; enjoyed
distinction as on? ot the best
; , base, ball towns In the; west. It
ll not living ijp to Its record rtd reputa
tion. What la )lh9 reason? It cannot be.
told to a losing team. - The team 1$ one
o( the leaders. It ha an excellent chance
to win the pennant. . It is by long odds
the lest balanced team the oSty has had
for yews. It cannot be laid to the ac
commodations at the park., They are
ahead of any in the learue: as eood as
:any In the minor league base ball. The
! stands were renewed two yeas ago at a
j cost of over $26,000. Thjy are commodious
1 and comfortable. They are conveniently
j situated with reference tq.the heart .of
.the city. They can be peached from the
j retail center In ten fiinutea. ' The. poor
attendance cannot be. laid to the lack of
Interest In the pennant race, to the lack
jof relative strength between the teams.
1 At this writing only about ISO points
j separate the first and eighth teams. That
is less than the difference between the
j first and second teams in fhe National
! league. It is a nonilnal difference and
.means that thus far the pennant be
longs to no team. ; It may be won by
any.,. Jt is the closest race In the country.
It Is the closest race in. this league for
- years. It is a race where one or two
games cause several teams to change
places. That carries 'near being the ideal
situation in jiase ball.. There is no
: pleasure in a one-sided race. The race
Is" to the swift and every team in the
second division teams defeat those in
first . division. ' Thus the race see-sawa
back and forth until here at the middls
of the season anyone of eight teams' may
win - the pennant. "What else could Te
asked or desired in base ball? A genuine
fan will answer, 'Nothing." Isn't It
i about -tmfe for those who think the home
team should win every game to stop and
. let more appreciative , f ana jsave their
' think T Nor can this slump in interest be
..laid to an odioua, personnel ' of home
players. Omaha never had a cleaner,
more gentlemanly get of young men on
ita foster.. They conduct themselves like
imen on and off the diamond. They put
up a clean game, 'without any hoodlum
llsm and, as their position in the stand
ing tables showe, '.win the majority of
i them.. What Is It. )tKen, that is lack,ing?
Some croaker aays, "There are too many
'spavs on the Ufyn" " Who are the
epavs? Natne them. But how does it
lhappen that the team i fighting for first
place? ' The Rourkes have some $75,000
invested in their business here. It is an
Omaha enterprise, an Omaha institution.
It is entitled to Omaha support, as it has
had in years gone by.V
!i 'Another evil that' Will have to be
met and dealt with in Its turn is the
.ownership or epntrol of ; minor league
teams by major league magnates. ' Sev-
terat instances might be cited to show
that the purse of a major league man
generously has been opened ' in time
wreck, but the good that has thus been
accomplished ; is too often more than
offset , by the overshadowing evil of
the presence of major league ownership
or influence in minor ' league affairs.
Knocking the home, team and cut-
tine down the attendance Is a. mishtv
poor means to pave the way for Omaha
to get into a bigger circuit. The' base
ball man rates the town on the num
ber of paid admissions, and if Omaha
'is ever,; to get 'into a bigger circuit, it
.will be because the gate money is at
tractive. . - -.. 1 '
Skipper Bill is showing the home
knockers that he is not a down and
outer by a long shot He is handling
everything that comes around the sec
ond bag, and is also hitting' some. It
was a faicky job that Pa had him when
sickness .overtook Scanlon. 1
Fa Reurke continues to exert a deter
mined effort . to land the pennant , His
signing at Outfielder AHen. and pitcher
Btebe is the latest demonstration Qf tliat
Hf " already has as strong a team as
there is la the league, but is content' With
nothing skort of the best' -. r J- .
', ?K Van" haa not as yet disclosed
his identity, but the offer to print
bis latter If he.wtll give us his name
holds good. .. , ' , i-
Las Vegas folks are still wondering
What they got for. their. $10,000. At
this distance it looks like a lemon.
The cheapest coward on earth Is the
man who calls names when he knows
lie will not be found out
' - Oondlng, you. will recall, staked Fa to
Hickory Johnson, ponding never gave a
bum steer. ; .
When vou have aa oDtlon between the
game and something else, take the. game
every 'time.; ''-v" -: Z r--.' '. "
- Here's hoping that Jimmy , Scanlon
will soon he; ID the lineup again. ; v. t
Uncle Sam's boys left ao room for
doubt la Stockholm. ' s 5 -
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it Nice and Cool Today?
AMATEUR LINEUP FOR TODAY
Workmen and Merchants Do Battle
at Athletic Park.
GOOD GAMES ARE SCHEDUXED
A S'mnbff of Omaha Sail Flareve
Will jk to Sarronndlng Town
Several Doable-Headers to
. Be Played ta Omaha. :
At Athletic park in Council Bluffs a
large crowd from Omaha will be on hand
to witness the A O. U. W.rMerchant
battle, which la scheduled for 3 o'clock
this afternoon. The curtain raiser will
be between a oouple of Class B teams.
These two tesms are standing high in
Class B circles. Lately the A. O. U. W.
has been going fast Out ot the last ten
games played they have dropped one,
t,hat to Ducky Holmes' Nebraska City
leaguers by the score of 1 to 0. Cass
will be on the mound for the A. O. U.
W.'s,' while Crimson Top Peterson will
work for the opposition. . First game will
be called at 1:90 o'clock. The. lineup for
second game: ;
A. O. U. W. Position. C.B.M'chants.
Koran...... yplrst Wahl
Brown.. ...... Second Hodge
Eastman ...Short McLean
McCullough..V..Third ............. Phillips
Fox ........Left Scanlon
Qulgley.......... Center Goff
Wright..... Klght Evere
Lighten Catch Payne
Cass ...Pitch Patterson
Eieenhart Pitch Bogatts
At Fort Omaha the first game will be
between the Townsends and . Grain Ex
change.. Second game: , Stors Triumphs
vs. Luxus. Last Sunday the Townsends
and Grain Merchants both lost, so they
are both anxious to win today. Lineup:
v . FIRST GAME. : -
Townsends. y Position. Grain Exch.
Coe....... ..First Dennlson
Hail...i.w...... Second ...... ... SIgler
Faber.' ,.i;..Short ..... v.. Grau-
Jenkins... ...... ..Third v McNamara
Malum ......Left .,. Knee
Murray. ..........Center Rattka
O'Connor... ......Bight Morrow
Cavanaueh...... Catch ; Mossman
BallinKer .Pitch .......,.... Rathkt.
Touhg....;....... Pitch Kinnar,
' . SECOND GAME.
Luxus. ' Position.:. , Stors.
Hachten.. -First Drummy
Rapp.............eond Graham
Smith ...snort mi
Tracey ....Third tmrKee
Denny ...ljeit uuusnHu
Melady...........Centen .v... ....... Lawler
Vanous.. Bight weicfi
Dense .......Catch ...CWr.
Dvke., ...ucn ,
Cunningham ?ltch ....uieson
Now that - the Farrell Syrups have
started to climb the ladder nothing but
the best kind of base ball is looked tor
at Farreli'park today when the syrups
back ud agaihst the Shamrocks in the
second game of a scheduled double header,
thei first game of which Will be between
the Klpllngers and the Sherman Avenue
Merchants , Holland or Kemp will
swing 'em over tor " the molasses, kids
and Snuff Smith will" toss them for the
South Omaha fIads. Lineup: y
" FIRST dAME.
Klpllngers. ; Sherman Avenues.
Guinane.... ...... First ..oeaiiy
Nelson...'.,: ... Becona m. mym
Plats Short ...owne
McGmth Third ..woion
Abdlll Left Thompson
Gladen... center,.. ......... Myers
Sandan. ..:., Right ... Johnson
Dlneen.....i.i. Catch rl
Moran.. Pitch .......Pike
Fltagerald Fitch n
SECOND UAMB.
Farrells.
Shamrocks. -
W. Qulgley..
..... First ....Fletcher
Second ...Kennedy
Short May field
.....Third .Collins
.....Lett Laugheipe
Center Clark
Right '...Thomas
.....Catch ; ..Tost
Kemp.....,.--
Stevens
Elliott..
Kucera-....
Smith
Caughlan....
Ogden.
Holland ..Pitch ...Smith
Winthers Pitch ..,
Down on the green at Fort Crook the
Hanscom parks and the J. B. Cross
teams will wrestle for nine rounds.
Front will ooze 'em over the crockery
for the shady outfit and Beber will in
an probability speed 'era for the boozers.
Parka. Cross.
Cavanaugh..
....rirsi i... ...... .xionunuK
...Second .........Overman
... Third ........ McDermott
Short Jarosh
... Left .McQuade
....Center Bohan
....Right Langer
.'...Catch Johnson
...Pitch .....Beber
.4. Pitch ...i. .-Beggs
Swoboda....
Collins......
Bando.......
Yearik
Benson
Tuttle.......
E. Bogotts..
H. Bogatts.,
Front.
: Tkrough the Knothole. '
At Elmwood park the Independents and
Alhambras will wrestte each other.
Last week Charles Ayera resigned as
manager of the Sherman Avenue Mer
chants, ' ' ' : -
Lst Sunday Bohan of the Cross gang
handled six difficult chances without a
wobble. ..',;. ... .
Overman has a arrel of pepper on bag
two for the Cross herd every Sunday. He
distributes it where needed. . j
Four safe whacks out of tour irips to
the platter la what Langer did last Sun
day for the' J. 8. Cross team.
At the new Elk's park, opposite Lake
Manawa, the Baums and the - Council
Bluff's Elks will do battle. ,s
..... -
- Th Hnrtora wlll ta to Herman and
endeavor to grab the bacon. Next SundayJ
they will again hop back to Blair. ,
v The Hollys will go to Woodbine. Lacy
will Are them tor the Woodbine lads and
Hickey will hurl for the Omaha dudes.
Knt Wednesday at 6 D. m. the A: O. U.
W. team will play a team composed of
clerks from the J. U hiranaels stores,
at Fort Omaha. , , '
Jackson. ' the lad who had the distinc
tion of purloining two etghteen-lnning
game for. Farmer Burns' tourists last
season, la ui iowq. .....J
Beber of the J. S. Cross team has a
pretty fair record. In the last tares
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Singles in City Tennis Tournament at Field Clut
FIRST
ROUND
Junior Wooley
Norman Potter
Will Adams
H. N. Goodell.......
Art Bcribner
Ed Epsten
Spike Kennedy
T. Knight. .........
Fred Waugh
E. H. Coffeen,.....
C. H. Stuht
Ray Farrell. ........
Mosher Colpetzcr..
S. Susmann, ........
T. Met
T. H. Trlnder
Howard Farrell.....
Ralph Ralney.......
F. D. Tyner
D. McCormick......
Fred Heyn
J. R. Negley...
Robert McCague...
K. Hatch
Robert Howe.......
H. McCormick
R. Larmon..
L. Bushman
L. McConnell
A. Frederick...
Harry Caldwell
Al Hansen..........
C. Frandaen... ......
John Cole
Art Newell..........
J. Wright
M. Schwarts ....
Paul Anthes
Dr. Van Camp
Lester Heyn
Van Doran
Ed Smyth ....
E. Simmons
Wallerstedt ........
Ralph Powell
Joe Adams ,
Wait Crunden......
Guy Becket. ........
Jaffrey
Fred Nelson
J. Brownlee
P. Larmon,.......,,
H. Lyon...
M. Riley v..,..,.
John Madden,.-....,
Bernard Capon,....
Julius Festner......
Cub Potter ,.
F. Gaines,.....,....,
W. Shirley............
SECOND
ROUND :
Wooley, W. O
W. Adams, 6-0, 6-4
Bcribner, 6-8, 6-4
Kennedy, W. O.
Waugh. 6-1. 6-2
R. Farrell, W. O.
Colpetxer, W. O.
Trlnder, W. O.
Ralney, 7-5, 6-0
Tyner, W. O.
Negley, 9-7. 6-1
McCague, 8-6, 6-4
Howe, 6.2,
5.2, 6-2 1
, 6-1, 8-6. 6-2J 11
Larmon
McConnel, W
Al Hansen, W,
Cph
:pte, 6-2, 4-6. 6-2 "I
' i
Jewell. W. O. J
Newell,
Bch warts, 6-2, 6-0
6-2, 6-0 "I
, 6-8, 6-8 J .
Van Camp,
E. .Smyth, 6-2, 6-8 1
Simmons, 6-4. 6-0 . J
Adams, 6-L HW )
Crunden, 6-0, 6-2 J
Jaffrey, W. O. 1
P. Larmon, 6-8, 7-6
Lyon, 6-8 .
Maddtni 6-2, 64 f
Fetter,' 6-0, 6-0
Gaines, W. O.,
b. smyth
o Wilson
B
i. Smyth, W. O.
Conn. W. O, J
Zimmerman
Kohn
Kohn
. r ! II.......
games he has allowed eleven hits and
struck out twenty-four. ,
Grossmah of the Grain "Exchange
hooked a boat for Mitchell. S. D.. where
he will hold down an Infield position for
the balance of . the season.
! The Brodegaard Crowns will go to Blair
w rae ine Metropolitan geezers mat
sllhg the pill for Blair. Bell will slid?
them over for the gems, and , Wolfe will
work for Blair." i
At Oakland the Advos will buck up
against the huskies located there. Baker
will toss, them for the food merchants
and Adaims, an Omaha southpaw, will
float them up tor the Oakland herd.
op' to date the 'A. O. IT. Wl have
dropped four games out of fifteen played.
Three of -these games were lost at the
beginning of the season and the other
to Ducky Holmes' Nebraska City Mink
leaguers, score 1 to 0.,
At Florence park the Florence Athletics
will play the V. M. H. A., and the Dun
dees play the, Steinbergs, All tour ot
these teams are going at a merry ,clip.
Vernon, the boy who recently heaved a
no-hit game., will be in, tne mound for
the Dundeea,, Swanson ' will slide them
Swi
.5
over for the
ence Athletics.
Big Teams Control
Too Many Players
. Some debate is ' going on concerning
the operation of , the rule that permits
certain of the big league clubs to control
practically the whole visible supply of
available base ball players. This is an
evil that very naturally flows from the
conditions under which "organized ball"
as it exists today was brought into life.
That the complaint ie being made, by
the weaker teams of the big leagues does
not give It special merit; the greatest in
justice lies against the. owners of the
minor league teams. These men have
found themselves, finally in a place
where their business depends almost
absolutely on' the favor of some big
team owner. It has come to pass that
any team In any. ot the higher grades
of the minor 'leagues may be practi
cally wrecked at any time by the exer
cise ot "options" given under pressure
of necessity to a major, league organ
ization in exchange tor players that
must be had If the game is to be con
tinued. And . the . upper ranks of the
minor leagues hold the same. In de
gree at least, power over the lesser
teams In the lower grades, until the
evil may be said to have permeated
from top to bottom of organised base
ball, and the game is. suffering there
from. Reform must come, and It must
come from within. The major leagues
have been forced to grant some con
cessions to one another, but must put
a rigid limit on the ambition to regard
the rights of others In the game beyond
what now exists. ; The Ideal condition
is that no teem should be allowed to
absolutely control the service of any
player It can not use under the rules
limiting each team to a certain num-
4 . . . WL . - t I . .11.1
uer ui men. a no nearer uili conuiuon
is approached in practice, the better
It will be tor base ball.
Traits Hie Jadgmrnt.
fopeku has released Pitcher Williams.
At the same time It signed Henry, an
outfielder, from the Tulsa team, on Wil
liams' recommendation. Indicating that
Manager Gear thought more ot Williams'
ability to Judge a ball play
of his pra siW.tvaa,D.-s
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY
THIRD
ROUND,
FOURTH
ROUND
w.
Adams, 6-2, 6-8
Scribner, 6-2. 6-2
Scribner, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Waugh, 7-6, 6-
Colpetser,
6-1, 3-6, 7-6
Colpetser, 6-0, 6-8
Tyner, 6-8, 6-4
Tyner,. 6-8, 6-1
j Negley, W. O.
Larmon, 6-1, 6-8
f MoConnell, 6-2, 6-2
SicConnell, 6-0, 6-0
r,ot. w. 0,
Bchwarts, 6-0, 64
Sch warts, 6-2. 6-8
B. Smyth, 6-1, 6-4,
.
-
Crunden, 6-8, 6-1
Larmon, 4-6, 7-6, 8-41
Madden, default
Madden, 6-1, 6-8
Potter, 6-2, 6-8
Potter, 8-L 6-1
B. Smyth, 6-4, 6-0
GIANTS GREATER THAN EYER
MoGraw Has Better Team Than Won
Pennant in 190$. ',i
BEATING OLD CLUB ON RUNS
Manager McGrayr flay that Merkle
Is the Best First Baeev Player
In the Entire Baee Ball " '
World. "' j'V ;'" .
A.M.. v.rv. v ... A ... O u.l Hiaw,
says John McGraw, referring to his
Giants, "Is a stronger atl around club
than the Giants that won the world's
championship in IMS. It Is maklhg a
good many more runs that that club
di.,, ,: ,. : .; . ;" "''
Let us look the two teams over and see.
Behind the bat in 1906 McGraw had
Bresnahan and Bowerman, and Bros
nahan was such a good man that the
present catching staff of the Glans has
nothing on the 1906 team..' Bresnahan,
like Meyers, was a fine batatnan, as good
an all around backstop as the chlet and
a better base runner. He was quite as
valuable to the team as Is Meyers today.
Bowerman was at his best in those days,
too, and though the Giants have two pro
ficient second string men In Wilson and
Hartley the catching staff was as strong
then, as now. V
The pitching mainstays in , 1905 were
Mathewson, McGlnnlty, Taylor, Wiltse
.and Ames. That was a strong staff, but
certainly Marquard more . than fills the
place left vacant by McGlnnlty. . Wiltse
perhaps isn't as dependable now as then,
but he and Ames and Mathewson are
going strongly, Mathewson with his bead
work and general skill still being, a
potent figure in the box. Crahdail is
more valuable to the Ueam than was
Taylor and with Tesreau coming; along
the Giants are "better equipped on the
mound that when they beat the Athletic
seven years ago.
McGraw says Merkle is the best first
baseman in base, ball, and-he means It.
The onlr one who can measure skill with
him Is Mclnnes. Merkle is a better first
baseman-than McGann . ever was. He
covers ground like a shortstop, is a first
class batter and base runnel and a fine
first sack . guardian on thrown, balls.
McGraw describes Doyle as a fast ground
coverer, ' He covers as much either way
as Gilbert did and lays way over the
letter In hitting and base, running, He
makes more hits and longer hits and is
prominent as a cleanup batter.: ' ,
As between Fletcher and Dahlen, the
former is one ot the best in the. game on
the rahge of his work, quick at re
covering after a fumble and a strong
thrower; but for all bat DahUn wa
wonderful defensive player and at lils th ual of Gibbons. He is in a class by
host in a pinch. He mndr W .hiw" n' j f'lmself. Why? Because he's got brains
his work than Fletcher, but In a les;an1 know, how to tool the other fellow
spectacular, way acr-jmrlloutu txbu'A ..a
much. Herzog, good man that he Is,
isn't the player Devlin Was when fciu
latter was in his prime,
, Mertes, Dnnlln and Browne made a
hard hitting outfield for the Giants In
130S. Browne when at. his best , was a
whirlwind at running to f.rst and a splen
did thrower, Sat the present outfield.
gad Murrajr. rajtre-
14, ; 1912.
Drawn
'SEMI- '
FINALS
FINALS
Scribner, 7-S, M
Scribner,
3-6, 6-2, 6-4 --
McConnell, 6-8, 6-1
Cjunden, s-S, 6-S
Potter, 10-8, 6-3
Potter 64, 6-1
ents better combined throwing ability
than did the trio of 1905. It may not hi!
quite as well, but hits pretty well foi'
all that and more than makes , up tor
any comparative shortcomings In that
respect by superiority in covering ground,
throwing and hustling on the bases.
Murray never fielded as, well as he is
doing this year, and Becker covers as
much ground as any outfielder In the
game.
The present team Is more strongly forti
fied with substitutes than Its prede
cessor. , The, substitutes fit in so nicely
that the absence of a regular makes no
difference In the sharpness and drive of
the attack, and they' are , taught In the
school of speed, ready to carry on the
work at the same'' clip when pitched Into
a. game; " -,'
Lieutenant Graves
Will Coach the Army
NEW YORK, July 13.-Lieutenant Ern
est Graves will be head coach of the
Army foot ball team next fall. H.j will
be assisted by Lieutenants Pullen , and
Arnold and such other men us he may
select at a later date. It was GraveB
who taught Harvard most of what Is
known at Cambridge about line play, and
under the changed rules line play this
year will be more Important hn it has
been In years. Topnotch line coaches are
rare. Ther are, says a foot ball author
ity, JuBt two men who have attained per
fection In this department of coaching
and Graves is one of them. This does
hot mean that he lacks anything In a
knowledge of generalship, but the game
as it will be played this year t omes cl.ncr
to the range of his experience than it
did last season. There is a splendid sys
tem at West Point, and Graves will hv
able to put together a good a coaching
staff as there is to be found anywhere
perhaps the best of Its size in the country.
The revised game should take well with
the soldiers. Captain Joseph W. Beauliam,
last year's head coach, and Lieutenant
Vaughau W. Cooper, who was tn charge
of the defense, will not be available this
season. But the West Pointers, with an
elastic though sound system, are little
upset by a change in coaches, j If there
is the right material on tap next fall the
Army should have another ktroag team.
Gibbons is in Class
M All by Himself
NEW YORK, July ' 18.-"If Mike, Gib
bon should visit England he'd be ail
the rage," says Jem Maloney, manager
of Bombadler Wells. "Englishmen rave
over a hoxers, but they've never seen
completely. I notice that his feinting is
marvelous. Hd feints until the other chap
' tired of throwing up his hands to pro
tect Ills face. Then the moment he lowers
them Gibbons is. there with the quickest
kind of blows straight, to the mark. H
has a clever way of avoiding swings. He
he two, movements of the head, one di
rectly back and the other to the right
or the left, at the same time moving his
rmf 1 1 n rff'iiiTi n ,
for The Bee by
CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND
, CHAMPION
1 lis.:
Potter,
6.0, 6-4, 6-2.
Harry Kooh,
Champion.
' 8-6, 7-6, $-, 6-2, 7-5
Harry Koch.
1911 Champion ,
feet accordingly so that he can com
hack, with alacrity and hit either the body
or the face. He's made a study of tht
boxing game, and I'd like to predict that
It he ever meet Eddie McCorty he'll
win easily. He'd Jab Carpentler to rib
bona and I believe he'd also win over
Klau on points. There Is only one Eng
lishman worthy of a bout with Gibbons,
This Is Jack Harrison, the new middle
weight champion, but Mike would beat
him to a certainty," i
It is a Mistake to V i
Force Young Fighter
NEW YORK, July 13. "It li a r.isuke
to force each young fellows m Palxor
and McCarty Into bouts for the world's
Championship," says William Muldoon.
"The records will show , that no man
under 26 years old ever held the heavy
weight championship of the world. Fal
ser, and McCarty ere splendid young
fighters, but they are not matured. They
are not full grown men. If I had a say
wouldn t hurry either of thorn, but
would let them have several years ' of
experience before sending either of them
against the negro Johnson."
Jack Thomas Fined. ; '
President Tip O'Neill has stuck another
8100 fine on a player for attacking an
umpire. The latest culprit to feel the
presidential Iron hand Is Thomas of Dei
Moines. - ; ',
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TOO MANY FLAYERS TIED DP
Big Winning Team Have All of
Available Material Planted.
SOMETHING BOUND TO BREAK
la Major Leagae Circles It la Freely
Admitted that .Weaker Team
Will Need Strengthening; i.
Within a Year. ,
NEW YORK, July IS.-60 many minor
league ball player are1 tied up by the big
league that something 1 bound to brak
soon In the shape of a move to have the
National commission pass new laws re
stricting the p'ractlce. Some of the
weaker clubs In the National and Amort
can league are finding fault with the
methods employed by the stronger club
in this direction and soon tnere may be
some bitter talk right out In open meet-
ing. , . '
It appear that several of the club
that have winning teams, and conse
quently are overburdened with money to
Pnd for new talent, are reaching out
for all the available" minor league play
ers, Whether they can use them or not.
and are sewing them up in such a roan-
ner that the losing club cannot in any
way secure them. The scouts of the
weaker team invariably find, that when
a good player la spotted by them h be
long to a pennant winner or a club tht
ha a position near the top ot the heap.'
A ehampion team may be well equipped
with pitchers, catchers, inflelders and
outfielder, yet It la charged that the
owner has strings on at least double the
number of regular players planted in the
minor leagues. In many case It is shown
that these desirable minor league play
ers are kept Out of good positions In th
major leagues because the men who con-u
troi their cervices have no room for them.
Yet the weaker teams have no chance
to get them for love or money, the big
fellows, governed by selfish motives, be
ing afraid to let their chattels go. y
Irt major league circle it Is freely ad
mitted that betore another year the
weaker teams in the National and the'
American circuits must be strengthened
in some way. If present methods con- .
tlnue to prevail It Is urged that this task
will prove almost impossible, but that if
the stronger elubs are compelled to re
linquish their .claims upon first-class tim
ber that cannot be used by them ' the
weaker teams 1 will profit thereby. In
providing a remedy it ha been suggested
that each major league club be com
pelled to give up player held in 'minor
leagues at the order and discretion o(
the commission. It a weaker club want
or needs one of these players it is pointed
out that a claim can be tiled, which the
commission can pass upon. If It is
shown that a strong club doesn't need
the talent thua covered up it will be an
easy matter for the commission to reach
a conclusion. f
Much legislation has been passed to
prevent the terming evil, but there always
has been 'a way to evade the, law. In
view of the distressing? plight of at least
half a dozen major league clubs, it is the
prevalent opinion that the base ball (ov
ernors must do something radical to re
lieve the existing conditions. Just why
the moneyed clubs should be allowed to
hog everything Is a puzzle in view of the
tact that big profit can be made if the
second division teams can be improved.
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