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Judgments
l dlsfTutes between major league
I y . managers and players have j
, oeen seiuca, 11 ccms. xni
number was large during the winter.
Unusual disturbances set In soon after
the closing of last season, most notable
of which was the clash between Murphy
and Chance, which resulted, finally, so
advantageously for Chance, though only
after Murphy had exerted himself to
avoid It. Out of It all rises a renewed
demand for a better equality of rights
between the player andr manager. This
question 'cannot bo Ignored with Im
punity to the larger Interests of base
half. Under present regulation! the man
ager or owner has the power of making
or unmaking the prospects of a player
and unscrupulous men make use of that
pow;er. This Is wrong. Players, of course,
as experience has shown, require a cer
tain! amount of legal restraint, but they
are; after all, the game and must not
be unfairly restrained anil made the
victims of arbitrary or domineering dis
positions. When, for Instance, a player
liy 'good health and playing form, Is
putl.tnit of the game by the power Vhlch
thejreserve clause vests In the owner. It
Ik tmc to ask If this power Is not ex
cessive. If that can be done with one
platfer, .It can be done with all and If
so, Vherewlll It bring up? In the trans
port of prosperity. It Is a good time . to
reflect on some of these sterner problems
and' the magnates with fortunes at stake
are the ones to do the reflecting. They
should not permit the avarice and spleen
of one or two small, vindictive men to
Jeapardlze their Interests apd the Inter
ests of the game.
The death of Jlggs Donahue removes
an Interesting rharacter from the arena
of base ball. Jlggs, of course, has not
been, actively at work In the arena for
soma time. A year ago he attempted
to 'eome back" with the White. Sox,
where he had a standing Invitation from
Comiskey whenever he could make It, but
the old fellow failed. Strength was going
and he could not show form, . Donahue,
In WOC, was as good a first baseman as
ever covered the bag, and Comlskey and
a lot of others think the best. He 'cer
tainly was a prodigy ami' maintained the
high standard for several seasons. But
It was that year, when the Sox, beat the
Cubs for the world's flag. 'that Jlggs
reached his zenith. His. work throughout
the, season and post series was simply
marvelous.. Jlggs was one ot tho all-'
u round ball players, h&Vfn$.' doha-good.,
service corner in nis career Denirru,' trjo.
bat Ho was popular with the other
players, with the fans and the manage
ment, and always worklrgvfor the .team's
welfare. V-Mebs could havo had a deed -to
the '.south, side In Chicago had he asked
It In those years of his supremacy.
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And now Manager McQraw. admits that
the Indian, Thorpe, the -prodigy over
whom half a dozen major league clubs
were scrambling. Is a failure as a ball
player, In fact, the "rawest of recruits,"
buj'says he will keep him for a while for
advertising purposes. Not long, wc'
Imagine, unless he should develops Into
a hall player. All of which Is rather dis
appointing, for the country ha'd got Itself
pernor another Bender or Chief Meyers.
We' happen to recall at this time that
Dor) Carlos Regan, our fellow townsman,
whd whips them across the rubber for
Hrqoklyn, said when all the fuss was
brewing over Thorpe, that was a gold
brick.
Manager Chance of the New York
Americans has his name affixed to a
magazine story, !n-whlch he graciously
lauds Mr. John J. Evers, his successor
as .manager of the esteemed Chicago
Oibf. He 'thinks both Kvers arid the
rub will be comers this season and
would not be surprised to find them up
there 'where he used to "keep that old
tam fighting It out for the flag. But
of rj man named Murphy, owner of tho
tram. Chance doesn't think so much. Hi'
say Murphy Is too apt to mess thlngi
up at tlie wrong time. And yet. Chance
probably thinks as much of Murphy as
tohio one else does.
lli. ha, listen to this:
"P. S. Quick, right-handed pitcher
three years Class A experience; Union
nhjoclatlon, 1911-13:. good condition, free
a sunt, fiend terms. Denver."
And Eddie forgot to mention the freck
led vests, and hlg popularity with the
laSicr.
fhe opening day for base ball in Omaha
Ihh .matter of uncertainty now. So '"tar
r the ?et program is concerned. "Every
tljJfltg waits upon tho first dutjt f
ministering to the strlcksn people. . ;'
ConsaKon ana Thomaion make .tw'o
f ou'thpaw 'outfielders and Coyle bats tha,t
way. If Congalton deports;, himself oth
rrwle as Coyle and 'Thomason j0i
whoopla, won't we have some outfield ?
The , Sporting News, It seems to -rfs.
takes .a narrow vjew- of the situation
v hen; It suggests that th Toung Men's
'hrlUaiL 'association advocate Sunday
b&l. In all fairness, "It -Could nof and
btsnd by lis ' first' principles. ' '"
We hope the pre-aeason form Congalton
Is showing continues throughout the
working days of the next few months.
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LINING UP FOR BASE BALL:
Creighton Expects Strong Team on
the Diamond This Season.
MANY RECRUITS ARE PICKED
Active practice to IlrKln Tocnilnr
nnd Continue Until "Weeding la
Flnlahed nnd no Ar
Ilendy for Work.
Creighton university will begin base
ball practice, Tedou" afternoon, provid
ing weather permits. Owing, to the snovs
and the excitement during the last week,
all" thought ofbase ball was dropped
by the students, but" with the lull and
the coming qg good weather, candidates
are anxious to get Into training.
There are some twenty-five candidates
for the various positions. They are:
Catchers. Miller, " Pass and Storkan;
first basemen, Qulgley, Murphy and Rus
sum; secohd basemen, Rogers, Vandcver
and Coady; shortstops, McKee and Kane;
third baseman, Kolly; outfielders, How
ard, Dally, O'Nell, Balderson and Mc-
Qulre; pitchers, Roche, Madden, Van-
dever, Moore and Bets. These are as
sured and many more are expected within
a week after'practlce opens.
New suits have been ordered by the
Athletic board and will arrive this week.
They will be distributed to the players
at once. They are of a light gray, with
the same colored caps, and dark blue
stockings, unstrlpe'd.
A captain will probably be elected from
those who have played on previous squads
soon after practice begins.
Manager Dally Is still In communica
tion with the. Nebraska State university,
but as yet the 'negotiations for a game
have pot been .made. Games are being
arranged jvlth Pa,. Kourke's squad, nnd
teams of the State league. Games with
Omaha High schopl, University of
Omaha, Bellevue, Peru and northwestern
Missouri Normal, nre assured.
Tho Creighton campus has been In bad
shape during the. last week, but warm
weather has dried the, mud. and no
trouble la expected on that score Tues
day.
BellevUfc Announces
Ti'ack Schedule
f Man.ag.er Q,uacl$erb'ush Jia . ,'orriPlct9'i
the. trjick sCheduiy'Tor the 'BeUeUe sqUad
and anhouncy. t'vp dual meets vltli
Weslevani and Tarklh'fin the home
'irourvdSi and,'a,daa'l meet with Donne, .at
Crete, -'In -addition -t -the iiuavcoiteglatc'
state meet at We8leyap,'"ray 24.
The season will open with the Indoor
meet' at the "Auditorium, In which It vs
hoped' to enter' a relay team and one or
two men In the distance runs. Following
this, on April 22, will occur the ..nnual
interclass meet, which Is always ;.n im
portant event. Each class elects u class
queen and captain, who strive for the
honor of their respective clashes. The
queen whose team wins the 'meet Is de
clared queen of the games and crowns
the winner of Individual honors with the
laurel wreath, proclamlng ,hlm the king
of the games. This meet was wm oy
the sophomores last year, who, however,
have been considerably weakened- by the
loa of Paulson, the star sprinter, and
will have close competition In the seniors
and freshmen this year.
The schedule la as follows;
April 4 Indoor meet, Auditorium.
April 22 Interclass meet, Bellevue,
May S Tarklo at Bellevue.
May 10 Wealeyan at Bellevue.
May 17 uoane ai uroie.
May 24. State meet at University
Place.
Jarnlfcan a Conch.
Clyde Jarnlgan, the twlrler, formerly
with Pueblo, Des Moines and Wichita in
the Western league, has accepted a po
sition as base ball coach at Cornell (la.)
college.
a.e'qrge.. Bourns, the hustling young util
ity outfielder of the New York Giants,
whose work In the south has caused the
experts to predict that Burns will lis
place little Josh Devore In the regular
left field berth. Burna la a very fast
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Just as Strong
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ATHLETICS IN THE COLLEGE
M. K. Gordon Insists that Present
System is Entirely Wrong.
POINTS OUT SOME OF EVILS
Contend thnt Oilmen llnre Been
Converted Into MoneyMnkliiar
Machines for the llrneflt
of n Krvr.
NEW YORK. March .-The question
of whether athletics arc carried too far
In American colleges and universities Is
one for considerable debate. Intercol
legiate sports under existing conditions
have' come up from time to time for much
criticism. The worst fault, It seems, lies
In the fact that too few undergraduatus
are nblo to compete In the various
branches. Malcolm K. Gordon, an
authority on the club system of athletics,
says that the present system Is wrong
Ho points out the evils In the modern
collegiate athletic system In the Yale
Alumni News In part as follows:
"College athletics, according to the gen
erally nccepted term, refer to those gi
gantic spectacular attractions where a
few athletes perform hefore the eyes of
thousands of good American citizens, who
would have us believe that our country
Is atheltlc because we are willing to build
a great stadium and pay high prices for
seats therein. Certainly our college ath
letics are carried too far, when, as has
been the case for many years, only .1
small fraction of the studdnt body has
the chance to play naturallv In gamcj
that require grounds and bulldlpgs. If
we allow that athletics are to be en
couraged for the physical benefit of the
college In general, then these great con
tests between colleges accomplish but lit
tle, because the few men who represent
the college are necessarily the most phys
ically perfect and need this development
least of all men.
Vender In Athletics.
"Again, college athletics have gone too
far, when we consider the unwholesome
notoriety given to athletes In the dally
press. The commercialism which has
been built up within and without our col
leges, the money made by the college ath-
BURNS MAY WIN JOSH DEVORE'S I
DTAPT 4
iuan,and his hitting has been little short
ot phenomenal thU spilng. H has bctu
a faithful atudent of McUraw's style of
I base ball and plays the game In a way
I that endears him to the heart of the
1 lltt'e Napoleon of bae ball.
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Baker at His
J Franklin Baker, the slugging third
eacker of the Philadelphia Athletics, who
Is living up to his title uf "Home Run"
k-tlc associations directly and indirectly
from tho muscular prowess of a few ath
letes, together with the agreements with
tho venders of athletlu goods, whoreby
both parties asaln make profits, theso
and similar conditions whero commercial
ism has overshadowed not only sports
manship, but even the amateur standard
if your college athletes are the pernicious
dements that have put our college ath
letics In a bad light. When a college re
duces athletics to a business proposition
nnd then makes enormous sums thereby,
certainly, to any true sportsman and
amatour, athletics have gone to excess tn
that particular."
Rod and G-un Club
Sustains Some Losses
Despite the fact that the Omaha Rod
1 nni Gun olub was badly torn up "and
j cottages In tho course of construction
; almost demolished, It is the intention of
1 thu officers to open the club on ih
data net. Work has been started already
1 rebuilding the cottages.
Frank Weaver, president of the club,
said -the storm did much damage, )Ut
not enough to cause tho postponement
, of the opening or stop the work of
building. About forty cottages were In
. course ot construction before the storm
and these are to be fixed up at once.
1 Just what damage waa done to the big
! pavilion has not yet been ascertained,
, but If t Is In such a condition that
much expense would be needed to repair
It, thp, officers maydeoldo to wreck It
and erect a new club house.
The pavilion waa to have bean re
modeled and made Into a cosy ilub
house. However, It Is thought that the
damage is but align4
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Baker by clouting out complete circuit
wallops In the spring training games.
AMATEURS TO CAYORT TODAY
Local Diamonds Will Be the Scenes
of Several Hot Contests.
aUIOLEY BREAKS HIS LEO
Double lllll nt ItourliP Pnrk Is Off,
but Onii at Kurt Omaha Hrhed
11 lml for Thla Afternoon
Will lie IMnyrd.
II FRANK dUKlLKY.
No ball games will be played at Rourke
park today as had been planned because
of the awful disaster which visited
Omaha just a week ago, The Btorz Tri
umphs, who were to meet the All-Stars
In the first real game of the season, have
decided not to play, out of respect to
the sufferers. With the calling of this
game off, the second gome between tht
O. 1). Klpllnger's and the Advoa has been
postponed.
The Btorz boys will take a little prac
tice today and nil this week in prepar
ation for the game next Sunday, when
they will line up against the Nebraska
Indiana at Rourke Park.
The grounds at Rourke park are not
ln the best of condition, according to
Dave Rourke, who Is keeping an eagle
eje on every blade of grass. The park
has recently been filled In with dirt and
this has not yet packed down and th
damp weather of tho last week has not
left the grounds In lit Condition to play.
Onmr at Fori Omaha.
A faet double header Is scheduled to
be played this afternoon at the Fort
umaha field. Four quite evenly matched
aggregation will trtud the old diamond
of gruelling combaU and engage In
strenuous ei)dcuom to gain the first
landing toward thtf ascant to supremacy
All the teams wil be in full array and
110 prrfctloo offers will be employed tor
arid quartnt of contestants have an
nounced that they are willing and
ready to begin the real business of tha
years work. The first game will have
the Bnums and tho Luxus displaying
their every energy and strategy to over
power and subdue one another.,
Tha second affair promises to be
grand demonstration of strategy and
skill whan th fast Ancient Order of
United Workman's team will b ims
engaged In conflict with tha J. & Crou
outfit. Although F. (Julgtey will not be
prcent his learn has prornlwd to rest de
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feat upon the shoulders of the brewery
boys. Guy Holland who twirled himself
Into the list of headttners lnsternaon will
heave them over for the lodge men, while
the old fire horse Ueb, will occupy thr
mound for the Oroascs, The following
will be the llnaup:
A. O. U. W. J. S. CROSS.
W. Qulgley First MoDermott
Welch Second Kidney
McAnUiuw Third Grossman
Stephen. Short Jarosh
Elliott Left Olson
McCreary Center Bohan
Wright Right Bagerson
Preffa, Coe Catcher Johnson
Miller
Holland Pitcher Beber
Wells Pitcher linger
Cass
Amatrnr Diamond Dual.
The cream of the base ball team is. In
the pitcher.
Suppose some of our Jew base ball play
ers favor the three ball rule.
Parish will work on the mound for th
Townsends this season against parishev
. To date Earl Elsenhart has nqt coughct
through as to his intention for this sea
son. . When the socialists get In power won
I dor If nil our base ball games will be
, ties?
Today base ball will march In. This
month Is very appropriate for such a
move.
1 The Florence Athletics have Just coin
1 arratmmni tn nnen the season
April SO.
Back of the hit station you will find
"Cloud Bumper" Thornton for tho Flor
ence Athletics.
Bones Hout Is now driving a choo choo
I cart and ns a consequence he won t bo
able to report,
Saup will nick up the soup around tho
grab m quick and shoot 'em corner for
the Townsends,
Suppose Harry Welch of the Stora Tri
umphs will continue to demoralize our
pitchers' slants.
Yes, the gas company team waa going
to open up with the Rod and Gun club
on Decoration day.
Tho opening game at Florence Athletic
park wlliabe between the Florence Ath
letics and the Victors.
Hupposs It would be a disastrous opera
tion for some of our base ball playora to
' cut out their, cigarettes.
1 Those Jabez Cross base ball togs have
got tho rainbow backed off tho boards
vhen It comes to colors,
Some day next woek Harry Cross will
kick his frame, nut of this burg, He la
K0ln,S to reside in Canada.
Manager James P Mullen saya with
' vehemence' that the only fellows that can
trim his team are the Barbers.
1 Tub Carter will In all probability be
given a .chance to demonstrate Ilia ad-
Judlcatlng ability at I.uxua park.
After Bob Elliott heard four bawls the
.
rest Laboratory
Finds Antidote
Wonderful Results
pushed by a Herbal Extract from
the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
The ancient and destructive treatment
eo long In ue for blood. poUon Is now
banished fotver. No longer will mer
cury, iodides id araenlo destroy human
kind. Tho great Swift Laboratory at At
lanta, Is making a powerful herbal extract
that la unauattonab!r ono ot tho greatest
nodical dlscovsrias of all times. This
wonderful preparation is now on e&lo in
nearly ever drug atoro throughout tha
country under tho name of S. 8. B, Its
action is marvelous. Borne of tho offoots
of blood poison cured are raucous patches
in the raouth, uloers on tho tongue, lips.
In tho noso and throat; copper colored
apiotcnea, csoma, articular rheumatism,
scrofulous sores and ulcers, and every de
gree and stage of blood poison.
The fame of B. 6. 8. has become almost
world wide. It hni KWen perfect health
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"Bud" Fisher
other night he wnlked. Ha walked his
offspring to first nnd then some.
Samuel B, Gross Is undecided an to
which team In Council Bluffs he will be
associated with as official tabstcr.
George (Kay) Kennedy will hover
around the middle pillow for the Sham
rocks, lie is still all to the mustard.
Those Alhambras that represent a mov
ing picture palace ought to be nblo to
pull off something right off tho reel.
Bet the Sol-Phils tha.t represent a Jew
ish orgnnlzatlon hate to step on diamonds.
Here Is hoping they sparklo this soasoru
Wonder If the red In the Ulxus suits
stand for danger or will It simply be an
o)itward sign significant of their Inward
spirit.
At Graham's headquarters they gener
ally call Bert McAndrews the old top.
Probably becnuso he spins around tho
bases.
Dr. Pullem O'Nell, better known ns
Jimmla tho Tooth Carpenter, Is In tho
market tp swing onWvlth one of our fast
squads.
JumeH P, Mullen claims that some of
theso would-be backers have got oodles
if dough behind them. Wondar why It
locsn't catch up.
Tfie Council Bluff Merchants are going
to be Identically the same as a prison
team In ono respect. They will play nil
their games at home.
Our married men who are playing ama
teur baso ball seem to bo the best scrnp
pors. Probably they learn how to fight
ofter they get married.
It Is questionable whether Lynn Young
will be In the market this term as his.
misiness nas Decn preventing mm or ma
supreme pieasuro of dwelling In this city.
Here In Chris Lyck's lineup: Wilcox,
first: Mollner. second: Westerbrook.
short; Furbusch. third; Spellman, catcher;
hmitn anil Chase, pitchers; McCarthy,
Ring, Iaron and Lyck, outer gardeners.
'James Fox will be one of the gents that
will slide them over the crockery for the
J.uxus this year. His speed and won
derful control lend him remnrkable abil
ity In out-guessing the opposing bats
man. Llghtell, who used to pronounce the
slgnala behind the plate for the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, will not
promenade In a lodge uniform this sea
son so he is ready to sign up with some,
speed contingent,
Some controversy was started In thn
Brodegaard Crown camp last season. Said
dispute Is still In the ring. It all blew
up over a pulr of diamond linked cuff
buttons that Mr, Brodegaard agreed to
deliver to the heavy dude with the stick
at tho expiration of the season. The rec
ords seem to be bow legged becuuice no
accurate figures can be dug out. About
a quartet claim the coveted prize, so yoti
can see that It Is a difficult proposition
to satisfy the whims of four base ball
pelters. Anyway, the whole army Is go
ing to congregate In the very immediate,
future and nfter a thorough digestion of
the evidence at hand render a decision.
Wonder who will be favored by Mr.
, Luck.
for Blood Poison
Now Being Accom
to those who years ago had Given up ail
hope. It has been a revelation to hun
dreds of physicians who enthusiastically
welcome the remedy that con banish mer
cury and other poisons.
There are thousands of peopla who
would like to know jaoro about the won
ders of 8. 8. 8 and a, handy little book;
with colored plates showing the strango
facts about akin and blood diseases will
be mailed free upon reaueat to iledlcal,
Department, Tho Swift Speclflq Co., lit
Bwlft Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. In tho mean
tlmo get a $1.00 bottle of this remarkablo,
remedy from your druggist and thus bq
assured of complete and permanent re.
covery from any skin or blood disorder
Be sure to ask for 8. 8. 8. Do not b
misled Into buylns blood tonica that, hiva?
no antidotal effect.