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Judgments
, PKAK1NG sorter on the side, we de-
slro by this token to commend the
new policy ot Pa Rourke In call
ing up the boys when ho has a
piece of news and giving it to
them. Now, Pa never meant to be close
'on news. News is tho easiest thins In the
world to part with. But wo have felt at
'times that Pa held onto it most terribly
tight, like, when he would have been tho
'Kaliier to loosen up. But, of course, a
Jlusy base ball magnate does not always
see those llttlo fine points of tho game
like a fellow who "ain't" a' magnate, un
less, of course, he was brought up on
the news side of the fence, like tour fellow-craftsman,
Chubby Cliawley Murphy;
'for Instance. Charles sprung from his
typ'cwrlter-on Mr'. Taft's paper right into
the big seat and knows the value of news
down to the very penny. But Pa Is there,
now, and we are with him, as ever, yours
truly. The fans have been gorged with
good news during the week.' The acquisi
tion of a whole new Infield and nearly a
whole new outfield, with new pitchers and
catchers nnd things is enough to make
everybody happy. Jt may lie said In a
Rort of Invidious sense that Pa's predlc,
Uon of having a wlnnor for tho coming
season. Is old stUff, but from tho amount
of realy new stuff ho has adready signed
up.'ji mut, bo 'admitted that He 's not
jusf" fajltfng. Seriously, thero Isn't a
doubt tlmt Bill Rourke, more keenly than
anyone else, realties the Importance bf
having- ft winning team for this year,
and Is doing- his best, to have it. The
gruelling ho got from that bunch of pitch
ers, together with p. few other offenders,
lasf year fired alt, the.Jrlsh blood In Bill's
veins', fAtvl when you ap jhem and examine-
Bill's veins very carefully, you
will find Very little ojjxex. klnd,.flf pl6d
In ttiem. v Io's, pretty near a" thorough
bred ivhen .IVcornM'to- that, Kane. Coyle,
Justice 'gone. Coyle was pone all of
last; year, spiritually speaking. Justice
played his spectacular game at short,
but simply Is not there at the bat and
can't nun. t make up for his weak hlt
t(ng, whiio Jim Kane, who has done us
yeoman service may bo Improved upon:
we haven't seen his successor yet, but
Pa- has and he Is making the deal.
IJa, ha, while Ed. Smith, a sporting
writer on a Chicago newspaper, Is os
tensibly negotiating for 'the purchase of
the Denver team, none other than
CharJes 'Alphonso Comlskey Is said to be
the real man behind 'the roll. And towlt,
Billy Sullivan, for so long main back
stop for tho White Sox, 1b touted as the
next manager for the Grizzlies. All of
which may come true without causing
much grief in tho Western league. It
would mean a continuation of d ball team
in Denver and a lot of stimulus nil over
the circuit. Men of Sullivan's typo will
help any league, and we aro glad If
this one attracts him.
That was a desperate effort at burying
tho Federal league, but it Boems to have
Tailed. The little old rascal is as lively
ns any twelve-pound kid you ever saw,
just a-klcking and a-squalllng all over
everywhere. In Baltimore the mayor
turned the first dirt for a new park; In
Chicago they havo let the contract for
stands and all around the circuit they
are still signing up players. If it is going
to perish beforo the groundhog comes
Its weuld-bo assassins will have to
hurry. The Chicago Tribune gave a good
deal of space tho other day to show how
tho Federal league gains on tho enemy.
Papers all over tho country are evidently
badly fooled If this Is all a falso alarm.
No Nursing for Lingering Yank This Spring
Frank Chance, the hustling manager of
tho New York Yankees, who does not In
tend to dilly-dally with his charges dur
ing spring .training at Houston, Tex.
Last spring In Bermuda Chance was
rather lenient with hlB men',aand as a re
sult the Yanks wre In no condition to
Tho Kllllfer case seems to Indicate that
the Federal league powers are not afraid
of the civil courts. Of course, the Kllllfer
i- not f the courts yet. but the
Federals Insist that It will be unless
Kllllfer and the Phillies that signed him
fatter ir hnd slened with a Federal team
and taken advance money, even though
he turned It back) undo their arrange
'ment. -
"Why do you persist In expressing con
' fldence in this outlaw project?" wles
ari"anxiouB''InquIrer, Fqr much the same
reason that the late Admiral Schtey
deemed it foolish for his enemies to at
.tack him for his great victory in the
-southern waters i-there Is base ball
' patronage enough for all. That strikes us
as the fundamental answer, If the Federal
league prospers, along with all the oth
''erd, if will bo simply because base ball
' as a national game has developed to the
stage where there Is room and patronare
enough for another big league. For our
part we believe this Is the case just as
we felt sure when the outlaw American
Iracun came Into existence that there
was patronage enough for two majors.
The National league and Ha blind de
votee thought not: the very same argu
ments were raised then against the
Comlskey-Johnson outfit as are raised
now against the Federals. That Is why
we styi hold to the belief that this thing
If a go. If we are wronsr we win nave
ample company all over the country to
keen us from being lonely and Selected,
so don't scold us and be Impatient with
. us yet. "Walt for the finish. The game
Is never oyer, you know, tilt the last
man's out. especially when the score Is
close.
Having obtained his unconditional re
MURPHY TO RACE IRENE BEAU
Smith's Good Racing Filly Goes to
Grand Circuit Driver.
SUCCESSFUL WINNER LAST YEAR
Marc 'Which Took Bent I'ncera of
Middle West Into Cnmp Will
Try Conclusion! vrlth East
ern Stnkn Horse.
2-year-old is considered tho best colt sired
by Bergen to date. Breeding race horses
from highly-bred record mares Is a hobby
of his owner.
Thero is said to bo some discussion In
Council Bluffs of a proposal to put up a
half-mllo track racing plant east ot the
rlvor. Natural conditions and street car
servlco favor this location,
A. G. Hahn of Sioux Falls, 8. ., n
frequent business visitor to Omaha, who
formerly was a well-known race hurso
owner, says ho has retired from tho
gume.
Irene Beau, i:2M, a daughter of Mur
mur S., by Star Polntor, 1:5314. the first
harness horse to travel a mllo In two
minutes, Is to be given an opportunity
this year by her owner, Otis M. Smith,
vlco president of the Missouri Valley Klo
vator company, to prove her worth
ngalnit the Grand Circuit ntako pacers.
She will be driven by Thomas Murphy.
Irene's 4-year-old campaign In the mid
dle west last year, during which sho was
piloted by Charles Hardy, was highly
creditable and several drivers woro
anxious to add her to their stables. Sho
won seven out of nlno races, Including
stakes at Sioux City and Huron, and was
beaten by only a head at Lincoln in time
close to 2:10. Sho Is by Silver Beau, son
ot Tho Beau Ideal, 2:16.
H. M. Whltmer of Omaha is an en
thusiast who Is equally at home as an
owner, trainer or breeder. His horses
lire at Hopper Stock farm, Indtanola, la.,
tho homo of expedition, 2:1571 Redlac,
2:0714, and Bergen, 2:00, anu from his
record mares ho Is producing colts which
are likely to Induce him to return to tho
firing line. Narka Star, 2:13,1, by
Compotinej Clear Drift, 2:20W, by Drift
away, 2:19V4, and Beauty Bells, 2:21W, by
Kl Tl Bells, son of Bow Bells, 2:19U.
will produce foals by Bergen next spring,
A 3-ycar-old filly by Swift, 2:27. out
of Beauty Bells, granddam, the dam of
three In the list, is being Jogged at tho
Hopper farm, Mr, Whltmer also has
there a 2-year-old colt by Bergen, dam
Clear Drift, and a yearling by Btngan-
wood, 2:20, out of the samo mare. Tho
play when tho championship soaaon
started. Chance Intends to drive his play
ers hard and fast from the time thoy ar
rive at Marlln until next October. It
hard work counts for anything, Chance
says, tho Yankees will be tho best condl
tioncd team on tho ball field next sum
mer.
lease from Cincinnati, Johnny KUng is
now a free moral agent. John always
did look to us like a good Presbyterian.
Frank Chance seems to be having his
troubles with this pesky young outlaw,
too. It seems to have gathered In sev-'
eral of his best fledglings, notably Ford
and Zelder, likewise Sweeney. Sweeney
nnd Zelder seem not to have signed as
yet. so there Is still time for New York
to make a larger bid.
Wonder what Chubby Chawlcs thinks
by now of this Federal fly-by-nlght.
New York Will Permit
Boxing Decisions
NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-0fficlal de-
cislons on boxing bouts in Now York
state, which have not been allowable
since tho Frawley law went Into effect,
may be permitted In the near future. The
State Athletic commission, which has sole
charge of the question, now has under
consideration a plan which Is likely to
get a trial, even though it may not be
come a permanent feature. The Frawley
law contains no mention in favor ot or
against tho giving of decisions, but tho
commission made a regulation against
them at Its first meeting and has slnco
refused to make any change.
The plan under consideration Is tho
same as that now In forco in amateur
boxing contests. It calls for two judges
who shall occupy seats at different side's
of the ring and confer with the referee
at the close of tho bout. Kach Judge
will have as much power as the referee
and the majority rule will prevail. The
verdict will be announced Immediately
after the threo havo conferred at tho
end of the bout.
I.eTvU to Lcnrn to Sprint.
Duffy Lewis ot the Boston lied Sox
thinks he doesn't know how to run.
Duffy Is going to place himself In the
hands of an athletic trainer and take
lessons in tho art of sprinting In the
spring. Duffy's idea It that he can Im
prove his base running If ho can learn
to run on his toes. Lewis at present Is
enjoying himself on Manager Bill Car
rigan's farm In Maine.
Walsh Preparing,
Ed Walsh Is already laying his plans
for a big come-back with tho Chicago
White Box this year, He will go to the
Faio Bobles training camp in advance
ot the squad that Is to start work there
under Oleason pending the return of the
world tourists, and slowly work himself
Into shape for another campaign as an
iron man.
To Submit New Tennis
Rule for Amateurs
NEW YOniC, Jan. 24. An amateur rulo
which Is likely to meet with tho favor-
ablo consideration of tho majority ot
American lawn tennis players has been
drafted and will bo offurod for action nt
tho thirty-third annual mooting of tho
United Btatcs Natlonnl Lawn Tennis as
sociation, which will be held at tho Ho
tel Waldorf, Friday, February 6. In tho
estimation of members of tho oxcouVvo
commlttco the rulo proposed for adoption
In this country meets tho requirements
of tho all-powerful International Iawn
Tennis Federation, which Is now nttompt-
Ing to standardize tho rules and laws of
tho game throughout the world,
Tho American rule goes only a stop be
yond tho European rule In providing
that tho expenses of a player may ho
paid by an association club to national,
rocttonal and stato championship tournaments.
Hcmiirks from HedKCs.
Colcnol Hedges of tho Brown?, who has
been hunting in Toxus, reports extrnor
dinary success In tho way ot bogging
game not plnyors. Ho Is likewise suro
that his new manager, Brancn Itlckey,
will iln a pennant some nny after his
Browns have trained at St. Petersburg-
no, Florida, not RtiRsIa, though some
folks think tho Browns would do as well
In the latter location.
During the Long Dry Spell
Lippincott and Halpin in Match Race
Naval Academy Will
Make Some Radical
Changes, in Sports
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24.-A rad
ical change will be nuido In regard to
athletics at tho Navul academy by Cap
tain J. II. Gibbons, the superintendent,
The major sports, such as foot ball and
base ball, will no longer bo Included as
one. of tho coefficients In determining the
winner of tho colors of tho brlgudo of
midshipmen. Superintendent Qlbbons will
soon issuo an order to thio 'effect. .
Athlutics havo heretofore played an
Important part in tho numtng of tho
color company. The contests havo been
based upon tho award ot points in pro
fessional duties, namely, in Infantry, ar
tillery, seamanship, target practice, sail
ing, rowing and athletics. Hereafter tho
moJor sports wljl play no part In reloet
Ing tho winner of the coptest, A few
minor sports, such as fencing nnd wres
tling, will be Included.
Excellence In other branches of ath
letics will be made an entirely separate
competition umong the several companies
for a special trophy, which will be
awarded by tho Athletic association.
Tho Navy Athletic association held Its
semi-annual meeting recently and dis
cussed a place for the Army-Navy game
next season. Tho officials praised tho
game as it was played at the Polo
grounds last November and although no
action was taken on the matter It is
belloved that the Navy will favor New
York as the scene of the game next
fall.
The selection of a head coaoh for the
foot ball team for next season also was
discussed and after the Navy defeat
some of the members favor a change In
the coaching staff. Head Coach Howard,
however, Is favored by several of the
Influential officials, and his reappoint
ment is not unlikely. Both the selection
ot coach and the place for the game
was referred to the executlvo committee.
The Washington representatives of tho
association were appointed as follows;
Commander Martin E. Trench, Naval
Constructor Emory S. Land and Lieuten
ant Commander Needha m L. Jones, U.
S. N.
Mnllln In Politics.
George Mullln, who once upon a time
worried the Mackman not a little, has
permanently retired from base ball. He
is holding down a political job in Detroit,
where the pen is mightier than the cork
cored ball.
I m Mr
11 V 1 S. IIUMTKIl.
From tho first ot the year to the finish,
H'h all kinds of weather wo get.
From tho tang of crisp fall through days
of foot ball,
To the bitterest cold ever yet:
But tho best days of nil nro neither win
ter nor fall;
They come In sweet sMtnmer nnd spring,
When thn song of tho bird Is constantly
heard,
And tho cries of the fans clearly ring.
It Is perceived that Wichita and Omaha
will lmvo nutomobllo shows during tho
samo week, Which fact mnkes Clarke
Powell predict that every man in Kansas
will attend tho Omaha show. ,
Messrs. Itnurkc, Holland und Isbell held
t nice quiet llttlo board ot directory
meeting in St. Joseph last week and be
fore tho session was concluded Mr. Han
Ion of Sioux City and several other ob
streperous members ot tho Western cir
cuit were handed n package or two
which It will tako a long tlmo to digest,
but which, nevertheless, will bo dlgosted
beforo the Icaguo meeting hero next
month.
Wichita Is going to havo another au
tomobllo polo match. "Nuff Bed."
Sing a song of six pence,
Pocket full of rye,
Bars nro closed on Sunday,
That's tho reason why.
Chnrllo Cutler, who Is at the ircsent
tlmo making considerable tnoket in Chi
cago, breaks forth with tho statement
that he would like to throw Youslff Hub
sano of this vlllngo n couplo of times.
Charllo only thinks he would, and It's
a pretty bum think at that.
Organised ball attempted to throw1 tho
hooks into the Feds by giving Mr.
Weeghmnn tho Brown frnnrnin i. i. '
meal ticket person dlrln't ah ...
which adds strcnth to tho assertions that
me men uenina the Feds havo a llttlo
uubuicbo sense, nnynow.
It will bo a grand Utile fight when
... i' ami mo majors start tho loservo
7uo" cwurovorsy and a safo jlredlc
"u i, umt ino lawyers will romo out
of the fray with 60 per cent of tho gate
neporta from Sioux CItv nnnAnt. in I..
cj.'oato Unit President llnnl ,im i
Omaha with the lust nt firriu
from both'eyes when the Westorn league
meoung is caned. Mr. Hanlon has a
couple of hundred grievances to voice.
Nobody but LaUra Jenh Libber can llvo
on love, and baso ball players nil have
n weakness for ham and eggs for breakfast.
Tho way objections regarding tho in-
sufficiency ot salary nro making their
nppenrnnco In tho morning malls of base
ball iruignatcs refutes ronclunlivcly nil
nrgumentn that baso ball players Indulge
In the pastime for tho "lovo of the
thing."
As I pass by tho blokes on the city
street h,
Who look llko they're happy and gay.
I ponder nnd wonder, how enn It he?
wnen mere's two moro mourns wun
out pay,
Mnyho George Tebeau thinks his new
manager Will Armour him ngalnst the
attacka of tho Kansas City Feds. The
only excuso wo havo tor this horrible
pun Is that wo stole It from a Chicago
pnpor which stole It from a Cleveland
paper and goodness knows whero It came
from. '
Tho poorest fighter In the world has
been discovered In London. Ho Is the
bloke Bombardier Wells knocked out.
Ono thing may be said ot the Players'
FrRternlty. Those nt tho head have
plenty of nerve. They tired Collins and
linker and that Ih moro than Connie
Mack would havo the courage to do.
A Wichita gent nnnounces that the
bonrd of directors Is trying to "bluff"
winhita out of tho leilEUe. For tho In
formation of the Wichita person, Ilourke,
Holland and Isbell ate very likely to
rail their own bluff. It's a habit they
have.
President Hnnlon ot Sioux City says
Dnnnlo Clnlro will cover third for tho
Sioux In 1914. Pannto Is at the present
time making llttlo ones out of big ones
In a certain town In Kansas and It
dries' t seem plausible to the lay mind
that Dannie will bo permitted to even
irnko tho attempt to cover third for Sioux
City.
A Lincoln scribe voices 'the opinion that
tho $125 guarantee will be easy to meet
by tho Lincoln club white Omaha will be
unable to so do.
It will be nice to see a brand new ln
fiold next year. No more spasms who
tho ball floats down to first or third on
the ground.
Oh! for tho pitcher who never pitched
A ball that wasn't a strike,
And oh! for tho umps who never made
A decision that wasn't liked.
And ohl for tho fielder who never muffed
A ball that was hit his way.
And oh' for tho runner who always stole
A bate' or two each day.
And ohl for tho hitter who always hit
The curves or the pitcher's speed.
And ohl for tho vender whose silent cry
To the likes of fans, glvoa heed.
And ohl for a team that was never down
In tho runks of tho number two,
But ulways stuck to tho top of the list
For tho entire season through.
Rouner Achieves the
Ambition of His Life
at Y, M, 0, A, Meet
Ever since he was n little lad in short
pants Arthur Itnuncr, tho High BChool
boy who broke the amateur weight-lifting
record at tho Auditorium Friday night,
has looked ahead to the breaking of the
record ns his crowning ambition, and he
was tho happiest man in Omaha when
ho nahlevrd that result
When ho was 12 years of age, Rouner
nppeorod beforo 13, F. Denlson of the
local "Y.," nnd oxproised tho desire to
train for wolght lifting. Denlson took the
lad under Ills protective wing und put
him through regular loutlnes of training.
Ever slnco that day Rouner trained dili
gently mid conscientiously. Ho dieted
constantly. Ho developed his muscles
gradually, so that they would not relax
after tho strain. Ho worked continually
to Improve himself.
During tho last two years Rouner has
secured some attention from tho Omaha
athletic world because of his remarkable
performances for no young a boy. Fri-
duy night was a decided surprise, how
ever. It wus ackuowlcdged that he could
lift almost 35 pounds, but nobody be
lieved he would bo able to pick up 200
pounds from the ground and put It on his
shoulder. Ho did It. however, and when
his crowning ambition was achieved he
set a new mark, fourteen and one-half
pounds higher than the old record, for
fcllowB In his class.
DONALD LIPPINCOTT.
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 24. A special
match raco over a course of thirty-nine
yards has been arranged between Donald
Lippincott, Intercollegiate furlong cham
pion, and Tom Halpin, track captain ot
the Boston Athletic association, as tho
featuro event of that organization's an
nual Indoor meet, whloh will be held here
on February 9. Halpin Is considered the
greatest middle distance man In New
England, and one of tho best In the east
Bostonlans believe ho will lower the col
ors ot the Olympic ktar.
Ryan a Colleife Coach,
Jack Ryan, Clark Griffith's right-hand
man at Washington, is to coach the Uni
versity ot Michigan base ball players this
coming season.
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