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Judgments
SAYS the Sporting News:
That was u ncut counter of
President Tip O'Nell to the de
mand of the Western league club
owners that he move his office
to some city within the circuit, lie UHntd
them to designate the city and naturally
there were eight club owners who hud
eight different opinions as to tho proper
city for headquarters. Each club owner
being cxgnpclled to Insist on his own city,
n permanent deadlock Is assured and
President Tip will continue to hold forth
in Chicago pending a decision. You have
to hand It to Tlppcrary.
t'orrect and the chief reason why you
have to give it to Tlppcrary in this par
ticular case Is that ho was In the right
and tho other fellows in the wrong, that
Is. those whp set the pegs to move him and
the headquarters. O'Nell conducted his
caso like a master from tho start and not
only won It, but set his pin-headed
nnpmlftsi nnelr nn tlmlr. liannn ia. 1 . .
incy uciong.
You won't hear much, we fancy, about
moving Tip from now on, at least, not
until his present contract with three years
to run expires. The fatal weakness of
tho whole foolish plot was that It sought
to override a legal contract. The Western
league hid eneaced Norrls L. O'Ne.ll as
Its president for a term of years. Three
of those years were yet to come and if
tho malcontents had succeeded Jn outs
Ing O'Nell, he could have recovered, un
doubtedly, In the civil court. So when
ono of these chaps tells you how mag
nanimously he acted In relenting and
caving O'Nell on the Job, hit him In the
pyo with the assertion of tho facts.
IMPROVE FIELD CLUB GREENS
Qolf Expert Has Made Many Changes
in the Big Course.
NEW MOTOR POWER MOWER
With Till 1Mb Machine the (irunnd
Keeper Will Be Able to fio
Over the Entire Course
Every Five I)n.
Tho grim reaper has played a conspicu
ous role In base ball history during the
week. Ho has put out at tho home plate
two former stars of tho long, long ago
and clouded the sky around another one,
Tom Dolan and Jack Boyle, both former
catchers of tho old Bt. Louis Browns,-1
owned by Chris von Dor Abe and man
aged by Charley Comlskey the four
time winners died and Von Der Ahe
was reported as near death's door. Dolan
was on the 'Browns even before their
ascendacy as tho champions of tho old
American association and once of tho
world. He and Tom Dearsley did the
catching when Tony Mullano and George.
McGinnls wore the big men In the box.
Dolan remained with the team after It
began to win pennants In 1S86, but not
long. Its premier catcher during most
of those four years was Albert J. (Doc)
Uushong, now dead and Jack Boyle, suc
ceeded Bushong to the premiership, be
ing second man for a while until Bush
ong, with tho two great pitchers, Bobby
Caruther and Dave Foutz, were traded to
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urooiuyu in l 1 1 (i i. vticumu t
Strange to say. both Foutz and
Caruthers also are dead.
The lato experiences of Bresnahan and
Chance prove that the Lord cares for
his own. Roger Is deliberately fired at
St. Louis, despite tho fact that he had
several years of a contract to run, gets
a bunch of the money under the contract
and a $10,000 or better Job to boot. Chance
gets a dirty deal from Chicago, wherp
his annual earnings netted probably J18,
000 or 120,000 a year, salary and dividends,
and well, you know the rest. Moral: It
pays to be a martyr. In a lucrative cause.
Now. It appears, Murphy tried to kiss
and mako up with Chance In tlmo to
Bave himself and the Cubs from the
damaging loss of the peerless leader.
But Chance, not being , of the klss-and-mako-up
character of marj, refused, sav
in ir lie was through with Murnhv. will
ing to take his chances with the public.
And Mr. Murphy. It Is said, la still auelng
for peace. But It Is financial' peace he
most laments losing.
Mordecal Brown has signed a contract
to pitch for Joo Tinker's Cincinnati's
Reds and Joo is still struggling to per
suade the Hon. John Kilns to do likewise,
and wo hope Jawn comes across, for it
would be a great thing to havo this
Tamous old battery together once more.
Whoa a team Is bound to change man
jgera, you can't prevent It from finding
a reason. Philadelphia, admitting Doo
In's a great player and able manager,
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'Vauis anowier uctiiueo ui.
Jess Westergaard thinks he pught to
mako a good whlto hope, at least Emll
Klank. tho" thrifty "manager" thinks bo.
And certainly Jess couldn't make a worse
me than most of those we've had.
Tho remark Is made that the men at
the head of tho New York .(Hants are
not practical base ball nien. Perhaps not.
but from McGraw down they are in
:cnsely practical.
Things seem to be shaping around for
some good base ball Interest and playing'
out In tho state this year and hero's
hoping.
On the theory that every man should
.itlnk to his knitting. Hank O'Day ought
never quit umpiring again for managing
i teum.
Frank Chance, though a Scotchman,
abjucts to the name Highlanders for his
New York team. Hoot, mont
When the) golfing season is formally
launched at the Omaha Field club this
year tho enthusiasts will find the course
practically remodeled and tho fairgreens,
approaches and tecs In Such shapo that
they will bo the envy of every golf course
In tho city.
W. D. Clarke, golf expert of tho Field
club, has prevailed upon the board of
directors until that body has given him
permission to go ahead and fix Up the
ontlro course. At first It was decided to
purchase a motor power mower welglng
somewhere In tho neighborhood of 3,000
pounds and cutting a swath forty Inches
wide. But for the present this machine
will not bo secured. As soon as tho course
Is such that the machine would bo able
to go over It the mower will be pup
chased. With this large machine, which would
do tho work of one single und one double
mower. It will be possible to roll out the
many "cuppy" lies that exist on any
course If not given rolling almost con
stantly. The speed of this machine Is
twelve miles an hour, making It possible
to cut tho grass and roll the Field club
course In five days.
Slllflit Alteration.
There Is nothing seriously wrong with
the general layout of the various holes
as they stund at present, yet several can
be Improved by slight alterations, such
as shortening and lengthening and Ju
dicious bunkering, and tho board has .de
cided to take this up soon. However,
thero arc several Improvements which'
ought to bo made at once.
The entire falrgreens will be seeded and
fertilized. Flfty-fivo hundred , poupds of
Kentucky bluegrass will be used. Greater
Attention will be given the approaches
than hcretoforp. All the tees are to be
made over and all duplicated so that
when one Is In uso the other Is being
treated and rested. Tho tees are ono of
tho hardest problbms a greenkeeper has
to contend with and duplicate tees Is tho
only way to keep good tees with good
sod all tho hot summer.
Four of the putting greens, Nos. 7, 8,
11 and 12, aro to be enlarged somewhat
and regraded, the other putting greens
being treated as usual wtlh seed, sand,
black dirt and fertilulzer. .
At holo No. 1 half the fatrgrecu at tho
north end has been plowed and leveled.
At No. 2 the big ditch 200 yards from tho
tee will be filled In. This ditch has al
ways made It necessary to employ a local
rulo for a ball driven from the tee and
landing there. This whole falrgreen has
been treated with black dirt to fill up all
tho holes and all lumps leveled by cutting
off with a scraper.
J'lUrsrreen Widened.
At hole No. 3 the falrgreen has been
widened fifty or sixty feet on tho east
side and the putting green moved some
thirty yards further south and nearer the
line of trees. No. 4 stands as it did, At
No. G tho grade Immediately In front of
the green will be cut so that the mower
may make the slope easily. No. 6 needs no
repairing und will remain as It Is. A new
tee will bo placed at the north of No. 7
and near the green at No. 15, so as to get'
lined up with the center of the falrgreen.
At No, 8 tho "lie" at tho 200-yard mark
from tho tee has been plowed and leveled
and from the top of the hill on the north
sldo of Woolworth avenue down 'to the
slope In front of the putting green It has
also been plowed and leveled out. Two
hundred yards from tho tee at No. 5
tho "He" has been leveled.
No. 10 has always been a bad proposi
tion to deal with, but now that the falr
green between tho bunker and the rpad
nt Poppleton avenue ho.s been leveled. Two
the big gullies filled In, the good tee shot
will get fair treatment. No. 11 park has
been leveled and plowed out of all Its
unovonness. No. 12 Btlll remains the puz
zle It "-as Nos. 13. 14. IS and IS aro
all right, but No. 17 demanded the plow
and grader and got It, as did the ap
proach at Ko. 1$.
No wonder Cleveland proposes ty cut
LuJoIp'b salary from iw.ww to J7.W0. lie
only batted ,356 last seasc-
"Knockout" Brown
and Uvick Monday
A good card Is. promised the many
fistlo fans of Omaha and South Omaha
tomorrow night at the Eagles hall In
South Omaha. Tho Ak-Sar-Ben Athletlp
association offers to Its many patrons
once more, a real card of merit, and
has matched two of America's sturdiest
mlddleweighta, Billy Uvick and "Knock
out" Brown.
This big event should br one of the
best seen In the state of Nebraska for
soipe time. The two clever men ought
to be able to put up a most sensational
battle. And, as the winner will get a
chance at the middleweight champion,
Eddie McGoorty, It will mean a big
feather In tho pap to the bpxer who cops
tho verdict. As usual a splendid eight
round semi-final will bo put on with two
good preliminaries.
Maurice McLoughlin, U. S, Tennis Champ
TO INITIATE SQUAD IN SPRING
Coach Stichm Will Put Tenement
Dwellers Through Hard Training.
IS BUSY WITH BASKET BALL
Mont Important ISntiir Scheduled Im
the line with Mlimenotn, Wttlrh
Will lie l'lnyed Next Siit
urdny nt Mliiuenpolla.
While tho California youth Is a wonder at tho tennis game, thero aro
so many great players after his Bcalp that it is believed by oxports ho will
not be able to retain his title nearly so long as did Dill Lamed.
Tennis Champion
May Not Be Able
to Hold His Title
NEW YOUK, Jan. 18. Maurlco Mc
Loughltn, "W. A. Larned's successor as
tennis champion of the United States of
America, has been coming forward rap
Idly of late, and last season reached tho
top. But while undoubtedly an expert
of great ability it is still a question as
to whether ho is or will bo another
Lnrned it champion able to protect his
title through several years to come.
McLaughlin, In fact, has a hard year
looming directly ahead without consider
ing a run of seasons. In addition to his
mate In doubles, T. C. Bundy, another
Pacific coast star. McLaughlin Is sure
to face high-grade competition from H.
N. Williams, Wallace Johnson, Itaymond
D. Little and Touchard.
If Lamed is able to return In proper
physical condition to mako an old-tlmo
fight, tho present champion's troubles
will bo even heavier. It Is doubtful, how
ever, whether Larned will bo able to face
a year of active, competition.
With Larned out of It, It Is rather un
likely that McLoughltn will be displaced
unless decided Improvement Is shown by
several of his rivals. While ono or two
aro now within close reach of his class,
there In none who can be considered his
master with better than an even chune
to win. .
The proposed Invasion to make another
fight for the Davis cup, now lodged in
England, will mean a big boom to tennis
and will draw out tho best season of
preliminary play tho game has known so
far as America Is concerned. This fea
ture may flguro In tho development of
some of enough ability to displace the
titleholder, but MoLoughlln hasn't reached
his top form yet and wU likely Improve,
as much as any of his rivals. He Is ex-'
pected to bo the leading factor In
America's proposed Invasion pf England
to fight again for ths cup whcli Epgland
recently lifted from Australian pbores.
NEW ATHLET JCSTADIUM
FOR PRINCJET0N ATHLETES
PRINCETON, N. J.. Jan.' 18.-Prlpce-ton'js
new a'Sletlc gtadlujn scents IlkWv
now. Dean McClenahan, chairman of tho
board of athletic control' at the uni
versity, states that, whllei there' are still
more important details of the plan to be
worked out before any definite announce
ment can be made, the- Tigers may bo
assured that the stadium will bo ready
within two years. Tho proposed struc
ture will cost about tSOO.OOO and will scat
more than ro.OOO. It will bo erected on
property adjoining University field aid
will be oval In form and built of steel
ami concrete, and open at ono end, as is
tho Harvard stadium. It U understood
that J1CO.0O0 has already been collected
from the ulumnl for tho purpose,
Harvard Perplexed
Over Problems for
Different Coaches
IIV .TAMIJS 13. t.AWIU5NCI3.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 17. (Speclal.)
The recruits to tho Cornhuskors' foot ball
squad of 1913, will havo their first real
initiation Into vorslty foot ball early In
tho spring, when Coach Jumbo Ktlelim,
all year coach at Nebraska university,
will personally tako chargo of tho most
systematic spring training the tenement
dwellers' squad has ever had.
Conch Stichm will Issue an orilor di
recting nil candidates for tho vurslty from
laBt season's freshmen squad, all new
material eligible for tho squad, which has
since entered pchool and some of tho
varsity players themselves to don molo
sklns and receive Instructions In tho rudi
ments of tho game. Just how sovero
Stelhm will mnko his school of Instruc
tion Is not yet decided. It will probably
Include prnctlco every day during tho
wcok, however, with the head coach com
pletely In chargo of th drill. Heretoforo
spring training haB'been rather neglected
nt Nebraska university, owing to tho
many difficult duties in connection with
track and basket ball falling on tho
coach's shoulders.
Ktte.hm feels, howover, that tho tene
ment dwellers havo needlessly lost much
valuable tttno In tho early fall practlco
In learning the 'rudiments of th sumo and
owing to the rulo In tho Missouri Val
ley conference, which makes It Impossible
to start foot ball practice beforo fall
registration week, which usually comes
two or' three weeks later at Nobraska
than nftor other schools havo started
tlmo Is a most Important Item.
Stichm will also Include) running of sig
nals, punting, lino defensive drill and
tackling. It Is thought that the spring
squad will number between twenty and
twenty-five players, as nearly all of tho
freshmen havc? made Inquiries concerning
It and have expressed an Intention of
getting out for It. The freshman baefc
ficld lust season had three of tho matt
promising playors In years, and Iluth
ford, tho old Beatrice high school star, is
especially expected to do wonders In
.practice next spring and fall.
Coach Btlelun will tako tho tenement
dwellers basket ball five next Wednes
day night on tho first basket ball trip nt
tho season. Tho games Includa contests
with three colleges but none of them ore
championship games. Inasmuch, ns none
of the colleges aro In tho Missouri Valluy
conference. Tho mont Important of nil
of them is the gnmo with Minnesota
university to bo played next Saturday
night In Minneapolis. The Oophers huvo
annually drubbed tho Cornhuskers in
basket ball and It Is Iho Cornhuskers'
chief ambition to tako them Into camp.
The Minnesota gnmo wns tho only ono
lost last season by tho Cornhuskers.
Wednesday night tho flvo leaves and
will stop in Dubuque, la., to play St. Jo
seph's college Thursday night. Very llttln
Is known of tho strength of tha 8t. Jo
seph's college flvo although It Is re
puted to be n fast aggregation, holding
tho championship among tho secondary
colleges of lowti, Tho following night,
Friday, tho tenement dwellers will Jour
ney to Prairie du Chlen, Wis., to play
Baored Heart college, an old acquaint
oiico of Btlehm's. The Sacred Heart five
Is tho strongest In Wisconsin In the sec
ondary schools, which Is saying a good
deal, Htlehm declares, as there aro somo
mighty fast basket ball playero In tho big
woods.
Returning from Minneapolis, the Corn
huskors the following week will start In
playing the championship series with
Amos and Drnko for the title In fho
north division of tho Missouri Valley
conference. Tho season starts at homo
with Drake.
Stiehm today announced two base ball
dates as assurod-a game with Iowa uni
versity and a gaino with Ames university.
Tho oxact dates have not been settled on
although Manager Heed Is In correspond
ence with tho schools and expects to bo
able to announco them within n few
days.
Kansas also Is being considered for n
gumo or possibly a series, but Missouri
will not be Played, ns tho tenement
dwellers aro desirous of going east for
tholr gumoB Instead of Bouth.
Just who will bo placed In chargo of
tho bnso ball squad Is extremely uncer
tain. It Is qulto likely, however, that
somo playor from tho Lincoln bas ball
club will bo enlisted to tcooh tho col
legians tho finer points of tho game.
Tho announcement made by Btlohm
relative to tho high school basket ball
tournament has already Borvcd to arouse
a largo number and nlthough the event
Is still better than two montliB off tl)o
university management, whloh has tho
high school tournament In charge, Is re
ceiving letters from high schools over
tho state.
Within a short time Stichm will send
out a roqucBt for entries and In comply
ing high schools must submit a list of tho
(cam mumbers, with a certified record
showing tho scholarship standing,
Changes Coming in
Rules of Base Ball,
Says an Authority
NHW YOUK. Jan. 18.-"Ted" Sullivan,
as authority on base ball, says: In tho
national gamo of Arnrrtca changes havo
been made In tho rules since Its birth
When they compelled an outfielder to
catch a ball on the fly Instead of tho
first bound, there wero objections against
that! when they did away with the dis
posing of a batsman by tho foul bound
and foul tip, thero wero strong objections
against that change.
There wero also objections against mak
ing tho first two fouls by a batsman
strike, so It matters not what they ad
vocate for the progress of tho game they
will still havo tho usual objections.
I will now modestly stato that other
changes In thn ruIeB will tako placo "and
If they nro not changed ono yeaor they
will bo the next. I will say, first, that they
balls. Another rulo will bo mado In ex
empting a baso runner from being put out
If ho overslldes or overruns second or
third base when ho Is In tho act of steal
ing either of those bags. I do not mean
that after ho gets to cither of thoso bases
und hns been caught off trying to got a
lead ho should bo oxompt from being put
out by sliding hack or running over them.
To call a baso runner out after ho artfully
steals cither of thoso two bases is a
cheap put out and nn accidental one at
best. Anothor rulo that they will mako In
time, Is that when a pinch hitter bats for
any member of a team that member
should not bo declared out of the game,
but to qualify that rule tho pinch hitter
should bo barred further In tho game
from batting any more.
PLANS FOR RIFLE TOURNEY
ARE RAPIDLY MATURING
CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 18. The plans
for tho International rlflo shooting
tournament to bo held at Camp Perry
nnxt summer nro rapidly maturing. The
contests, which will be held under tho
auspices of tho National Ttlflo associa
tion, are scheduled for tha last week In
August and the first week In Heptember.
Invitations to competo have been sent
to tho leading national rlflo associations
In Europe, and, judging from tho early
acceptances received, the tournament
will bo the greatest ever held In the his
tory of rifle shooting.
Nearly JM.000 In prlzo money and tro
phies wilt bo awarded, and there will ba
numerous toamand Individual matchss
In which tho leading experts, of tho world
will compete.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 18.-llarvard I
undergraduates aro uneasy over tho j
coaching problem In several Eports. !
Whllo It Is not likely that nny coaches
are to uo lost, several men havo not been
re-engaged, and thero Is a deslro at other
universities to obtain their services,
Percy D. Haughton's contract has ex
pired, und nothing has yet been done to
retain him for tho eleven. Frank Sexton,
the bufo ball couch, Is in the samo posi
tion, and Alfred Shrubb, whose coaching
gave Harvard tho victory on tho cross
country run, has not been re-engaged.
In addition, James Wray's contract as
coach for tho crew expires In a .year, nnd
no steps have been tuken looking to Its
renewal. Harvard Is at tho top of the
wavo in thoso sports, and tho under
graduates and ulumnl wonder why noth
ing Is done to retain thn men who havo
made the Crimson famous In these ,
respects, various reasons aro given for
tho delay In tho contract with Haughton,
and probably all aro wide of the mark,
but It Is believed that Shrubb and Hexton
aro not satisfied with trio payment for j
Uiolr services. Wray has mado no com
plaints. One of the causes may bo the i
resignation of Garcelon as graduato
treasurer of tho Athletic association, and
tho failure to chooso a successor. Thero
Is a strong movement toward "securing
Paul Wlthtngton for the place, although,
as far us Is known. Wlthlpgton has not
been consulted In the matter. As Oarce
lon's assistant, ho knows the ropes und it
Is believed that there should be no change
whatever In policy now that Harvard Is
In such a good condition In the major
sports.
COACH STAGG OFFERS A
SILVER CUP FOR RUNNERS
CHICAGO. Jan. H.-Couch A. A. 8tagg
of Chicago university has offirod silver
cups to tho forty-eight athletes who
show tho greatest ability In endurance
runs, tho object being to dovelop distance
runners at the university. Tho track
tcain" has been weak in this respect for I
years, and under the plan all athletl- de
partments will contend for long-tltunce
honors and the best flvo or six will be
taken on the track team.
ICIrU on I'rlee.
They aro talking about the blunder
of Mrs. Brltton In letting Roger Bros- I
nahan go without realizing a cent out of I
him, yet Murphy got but 11. GOO for I
Chance and Homers traded Htovnl to St
Louis for Lefty George,
JoUerxt nt WnterliHi.
'Ed, Jokerst. for the last two seasons
ylth Grand Island In the Nebraska State
league, will be with Jay Andrews' Water
loo teum In tho Central Association this
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