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The Proposition Didn't Sound Good to Jeff
Drawn for The Bee by "Bud" Fisher
Judgments
f ASB ball admittedly had to be de-
I J veloped up to a business basis be-
I J for it m solidly grounded and
yet, haven't conditions thl sea
son ihown that Indefinite devel
opement alonK business lines will not doT
Be ball, after all, is primarily a sport
and, if w correctly senss the situation,
ail the business It needs Is Just enough
to make It sufficiently profitable to con
tinue as a Rood sport. It cannot he made
' a business first and snort last without de
structive, results. That has been the
tendency of late. That is exactly what
alls the game today. We are convinced
that the stress must be removed from the
commercial to the sporting aspect. In
doing this, a better equation must he es
tablished and maintained between salaries
and actual values. Fewer men must bo
, carried by major league clubs. Syndicate
base ball and the cornering of players
must stop. The rules of the game limiting
the powers of farming-out men must be
lived up to. . Contracts between employers
and employes must mean as much in base
ball aa-any other business relation. We
have boasted of tho stability and dura
bility of the great game. It was not only
the national pastime, but the national ob
session. Is it today T Oo into nine out of
.ten .base ball cities of the country and
note the diminution In attendances and
answer the question for yourself. W
would hate to think of doing without our
base ball, yet millions of people have
found out and demonstrated that they
can do without It. And If all this change
can come about, or at least manifest it
elf, in one year, what is to be said of the
inherent stability and durability of base
ball?
Dave Ftiltg is a lucky man; he is be
ing knocked by Joe Vila. Joe, evidently
Inspired, Is hammering very hard at the
head of the Players Fraternity, which
muot mean that the flayers' Fraternity
is assuming important proportions, for,
of course, Joe would not be sent out
to get a "dead one." ' Wo don't know
whether the fraternity will live or die,
but' we do know this much, that there
is a real mission for a strong, conser
vative, well-managed players organiza
tion. It is not, however, a mission
of agitation. Base ball Is sick as a re
sult of too much different kinds of agi
tation. It cannot be cured by more of
It. ' But neither la any of its Ills apt
to be dispelled by Joevllalsm.
Barney Dreifuss at last tired of his
822,500 lamon, Marty OToote, and let
him go at the waiver price of $1,500 to
McGraw. Two teams refused to waive
and New York took him evidently as a
work-out or relay man. O.Toole never
lived up to hl reputation. He never
won 'a majority of his games for the
Pirates. ' He won only one this season
and ' six last as against eight losses.
It was a joke in the first place to pay
such a sum for him, even though Borne
of it was in players, yet Dreyfuss has
made several bad breaks of this sort.
A bunch of St. Paul men have about
completed the purchase of 'the American
association team and franchise, there
from George Lennon, who took over
Comlskey's old property when ho went to
the American' league. This ought to
r.e.lp hase ball in the saintly ,clty. Some
times the only- thing needed to put the
fame back 1 on Its feet in the cities
w her -it has, been floored la change of
ownership. At nny rate we congratulate
St- Paul. .
- The sale of Moran by Cincinnati to
Boston probably Indicates a desire on the
part of other National league magnates
to see the Giants lose the pennant. Why
not?- Without anything against tho
-Giants, why should we wish to see them
go on winning every year? Or, yes,
there are the Athletics, but - they are
hopeless.
Dopesteri ,re out to prove that in
cluding salary, bonuses, extras and all,
Johnny Evers will this year clean up
(39,000 if Boston wins the pennant,
whether it gets the world's flag or not.
Possibly, but laying stress on such things
la one of the reasons base ball has had
such a bad year.
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Cochreham, the big country hoy who
tore up the earth last season for To-
leka, went to Boston with great Bhoutsl
from his friends. Well, he has made
good. He had up to a week ago pitched
one whole game and lost it.
Braves or Giants, which? Muggsy says
the league is against him. Oh, cheer up,
and be a good loser. If you must, Muggsy.
Tou have been a fine winner.
Old Chief Bender has had another great
year. With all-the new wonders Connie
MaPft brings in. the chief is still able
to win almost every game he pitches. .
Not In thirteen years has an Omaha
team shown as little fight and life as
the one that Is at present ambling along
under, that nom de plume.
A game of - ball between Omaha and
Topeka is about as sad an affair a a
man with sporting blood in his veins
ought to try to watch.
Stalling continue to prove that threo
good pitchers are enough for any good
team. One would be a boon to Omaha.
, Dick Cooley' unfitness to run a ball
team Is shown in huf foolish devotion to
the by-gone tactics of hoodlumlum.
To be beaten la bad, but by Topeka,
that' what hurts!
No Changes Made in
Women's Golf Match
For National Honors
NEW TORK. Sept. S. The program
for the women's national golf champion
ship at the Nassau club, September 14 to
19, shows that no changes have been
made In the conditions governing the
tournament. An elghteen-hole qualifying
round will be played on Monday, Septem
ber 14, thlity-two to qualify, and one-elgliteen-hole
match round will be played
each morning thereafter, the final being
played on September 19.
The women's national championship is
upea to all women golfers belonging to the
1'nited States Golf association, and tu
foreigners who may be Invited by the
l nlted States Golf association executlvo
commit tea. The present champion, Miss
tiladys Ravenscroft, is a British golfer.
The Nassau Country club announces
that th cours will be opn to entrants
for th championship during the week
preceding the tourney.
The usual number of special events
have been arranged to- the afternoons
FIELD MEET LOOMING UP
Saadlot Teams Getting Enthusiastic
Over. Athletic Event in October.
MAY BE FOLLOWED WITH FEAST
If Attendance Tli-intr In Enough
Money, Amatear Base Ball
' Player Will Celebrate
with Banquet. .
By FRASK QlHiLEV,
If the big field meet to be held at
Rourke park on Sunday, October 4, la a
rip-roaring success, the Omaha base ball-
Ists can figure or. a big banquet to be!
held at the Auditorium or some other
spacious place some time during the latter
part of October. At the present writing,
approximately forty teams belong to the
Omaha Amateur association, and from
present Indications It is nearly a safe
wager that alxty teams will be enrolled
before the register Is locked up. Managers,
as there are only a few weeks left, do your
Joining early to avoid the rush. Figuring
on sixty teams and allowing each Wm
twelve players, an official tabulator and
a manager, making a total of fourteen,
there will be SCO eligible to participate in
the field meet.
C ould Sell Many Ticket.
If each member of the association could
arrange to dispose of five tickets or get
five to attend this base ball carnival, over
4,000 fans would be on deck. According to
tho dope reeled off by fans especially in
terested in the welfare of the Omaha am
ateurs outride of the association, a crowd
twice as big as the one mentioned is ex
pected. If 4.000 fans would turn out to
witness tbis hase ball function it would
be an easy matter for the gate receipts
to defray the expenses of a sumptuous
repast, and it certainly would be a grand
thing for the boys to get together for the
purpose of enjoying the sociability of each
other for at least one night after a gruel
ing season. ,
All the leagues, with the exception of
the Booster league, have finished the
season, and they will drop the curtain
today.
Nevertheless the boys are still In tho
market for games, and will be until about
October I. The Krehb Transfers and the
Auto Row squads will in all probability
have a tough fight for the pennant of the
Booster league when they play off that
seven-Inning disputed battle.
Winner of Pennant.
In the Mercantile league the Brandel
Ftore waltaed away with the pennant.
The Vinton Street Merchants walked
away with the honors of tho City league.
In the Commercial league the Council
Bluffs Young Men's Christian association
were tho boys that glomined the cham
pionship. A expected, the South Omaha
Armours copped the rag of the Saturday
Clas "A" league, and the O. P. Klp
lingera were the champions of the Metro
politan league.
Pair of Nifty Arrumenta.
A pair of nifty arguments are expected
at beautiful Fort Omaha this afternoon,
hen four Class "A" teams will endeavor
to put a crimp in each others' aspiration.
The Initial bout will be between the An
cient Order United Workmen and the
Townsends. and the finisher will be
Btaged by the Alaiuitos ami Urodegaard
Crowns.
Brown Park Pharmacy and Hhe Vinton
Street Merchants will reel off a game at
three bells on the turf at th Chris Lyck
base ball emporium.
Diamond Oast.
With r li on the paths, Charlie Cue is
a terron
Last Veek th Armours Joined the
Omaha Amateur association.
On the first pouch the O. D. Klpllngers
have a dandy in Ulen Boring.
With the pole Winston of the Browning
King outfit, I a very pernicious gent
To date the Postofflce llupmobilrs have
only had about hul( a dozen managers
Behind the furniture the South Omaha
Ramblers have a "humdinger" In Mogen
ten. On the middle cushion Hansen is doing
great work for the South Omaha Ram
blers. It Is Impossible to predict what gang
Hillard Morearty will be associated with
today.
This fellow Qreko, hooked to the Bun
dee Woolen Mills, looks- pretty sweet in
the box.
Devlne of the Chris I.ycks doesn't ex
actly live up to his moniker when on the
ball field.
Shook of the Browntng-KIng company
team, was overly there with the club
lust Sunday.
Donald Pitts drove Into town the other
day after a very successful season among
the bushers.
Urban and MeAndrews are still sting
ing the pill with oodles of Juice behind
their swings.
Richardson holds' down the short poslsh
for the O. D. Kipllngera, like real
salaried gent
Today Pete Lyck will stop the pellets
behind the hit station for Cedar Bluffs
against Wahoo.
In the last ten days Baker has twirled
peven games. He worked In a doublo
header Sunday.
Frank Welch of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen got back Into the har
ness last Sunday.
Chuck Morearty and Jerry Fltt sure
spear them In the outer works for the
Mlckel's Victrolas.
Moyers, Krlng and Harris are the chief
punchers with the billy for the South
Omaha Morchants.
Frank I'olach of the Brown Park Phar
macy loomed up like a million dollar dia
mond last Sunday.
At the present writing Joedy Gillharn is
fielding and cracking the pill like a high
class salaried gent.
Here of late Ralph Tuttla ha amply
emonatrated th fact that h is a wizard
In the outer work.
All the Dundee Woolen Mills can bring
In for their defense against- the Valen
tines Is the word, "If."
The West Side Electrics have changed
their name to the West Hide Tigers. For
games, call Webster
Now the Armours would like to meet
the L.uxus, Black Kats and the Alajiiltos
before the asbestos drops.
In the very Immediate future the Church
league will hold Its banquet at the Young
Men's Christian association.
Davie was the gent who was responsi
ble for the defeat of the Florence Ath
letics by the Murphy Did Its.
I.st week Mattle MuOrath floated Into
town from Scotland. H. p.. where he has
been holding down the Initial sack.
All the Black Kats were able to collect
from the Ancient Order United Workmen
last Sunday wa a bunch of cipher.
With Holland holding the reins for the
Twenty-fourth Street Merchants they
ought to climb the ladder a little faster.
Oleson of the fitor has lost that sor
feeling In his thrower and Is now dish
ing up his puzzlers In his old-time form.
The winners of the Church league pen
nant and the leaders of the Commercial
league will tie up Saturday, September 24
Although the Kehout Colts have a dia
mond of their own, nevertheless, they are
willing to play on any diamond In the
city.
At Thirty-second and Dewey avenue to
morrow, the First Methodist Rplsropa)
Baracas and tha Hyland Parka will
clach.
Joe C.lllham and Frank Qulgley must
have pltaxed the plHyers and fan with
their umpiring last Sunday at l-"ort
Omaha-
James MeAndrews handled tho indica
tor in a manner satisfactory to all con
cerned during th i'lattsmouth-Manley
struggle.
Tomorrow. Ibor dy, the Nebraska
Auto school will wander over to Red
Oak, Ta., and hemp the bas ball talent
located there.
Catching for th O. D. Kipllngera. I
a gent tugged Joseph I-ang, who Is a
doodle as a backstopper and la also clever
with the pole.
The Omaha Rubber gang stretched five
hits into two runs last Sunday, which
was enough to hand the Mlckel's Vic
trolas a lemon.
Those Black Kats ought to muctlaga
Bernard Probat to their roster, then they
wuuld have a quartet of brother hllched
to their crowd.
Klein of the Dundee Woolen Mills
Eiied one of Mr. Baker's shoot in the
sineller for three bags during the Ynlf n-tiue-1
'undee row.
Billlam Maher walked Into the hall of
fame lust Sunday when he dished out ;he
urihitable stuff so effectively against the
Florence Athletic.
Information gathered recently deeloped
the fart that th In at gam played tie
tween the West Side Klectrlc and the
Imperials resulted lit an II to 8 tie instead
For the Sheriff Comes Tomorrow
:BT T. 8. aTUWTB:
The. Real Mobilisation.
While the kaiser's sounding calls to coma
to arms,
And England's finest answer to the war's
alarm,
. And the guns and cannons blnze
From tho hosts the czar arrays.
And the shrapnel devastates the towns
and farms.
fet us hnrken to another martial sound.
That to us Is far more closely bound;
it's tho call to mobilize,
Troops who will give a swifter rise,
To our Rourkes before another year comes
round.
We must enter to the rapid coming fray
With a team that enters right Into the
Play
With a vim that can't he stopped,
Ho they'll never down be flopped,
Uke they have been this year every day.
Heine Ztm is Jealous of the kaiser. The
kaiser has started several fights and has
never been fined once, while Heine Is
fined twice every time he starts ono fight.
Fielder Jones was given a loving cup In
Chicago, but we have a hunch C. A.
Comlskey was not among those in at
tendance at the presentation.
The Austin njub of the Texas league
has now lout over 100 games. The Rourkes
should look to their copyright; Austin Is
stealing their stuff.
Most athletes are glad there is only one
Walter Johnson, but Jack Fournler Is
peeved for the same reason.
Pitcher Koelzer of the Pittsburgh Feds
was taken to the hospital as a result of
a bite from an insect What, may we
ask, would happen to Bert Orover . if a
squirrel got him? T H'K . Pi'
BAFKTY FIRST.
While we admit that we're some kicker
and will knock on anything,
'Cause our luck's more thin than thicker
and never to us fortune brings,
But for all our muny ills and woes we
mould much more rather be
A tramp and bum in Omaha than live in
gay Paree.
H. O. Wells says we ara soon to have
a "free Poland, a free Belgium and a
free Finland." Which doesn't Interest un,
but w would like, to know when we will
have a free world's series.
Oeorge Johnson, well known big chief
pitcher, has secured an Injunction agulnst
Herrmann to prevent Herrmann from
getting an Injunction against him. Herr
mann now should got an injunction
against Johnson so that Johnson can not
get an injunction against Herrmann to
prevent Herrmann from getting an in
junction agalnet Johnson.
By Ilnrney Hrejfnn.
I hate to see you go Martv, boy,
Though to me you've hardly been I
Hut I hate to think of how.
1 blew on you some twenty thou,
It was terrible bad business, ot yol.
Joy,
Some athlete ere born great, omo
achieve greatness and. others are soldi
to Barney Dreyfuss for $22,uOO.
The German forces in this city have
been reinforced. Marty Krug and Fritz
fichllebner have been Joined by Ben
Ftoloff. Tho Oermans predict a sweeping
victory in this vlolnlty soon.
The nut who says Omaha would be
alright If they had a couple of pltihrs
and a couple of In fielders remind us of
the guy who said If he had some ham
he would have some ham and egg If he
had some eggs.
My J. Uondlnsr. ,
To see Fritz Hchllebner go to bat.
Gives my heart an awful wrench.
For I can bat as K nd as that.
Sitting hero upon the bench.
Not that we wish to horn In on th cost
of living, but we remember some time
ago a few persons In Washington were
talking about free sugar. You know what
It costs now.
Our price manipulator ar playing In
mldseason form now and all ara batting
over H00,
M ATIII".M ATM .
If there I more wheat In the country
now than ever and less people to uae it
why should the price of flour be raised?
That's why.
A her M.
The summer's fndlug rapidly and the big
lengue scouts are here.
And we will he:tr them tell of bum
who'll be 1 y Cobb's this coming yeur.
The French have nil the airships, the
KuHHlan have the powfler
The F.nkllMh have the airships, but the
Scotch have Harry laudor.
of a 9 to 8 victory for the Imperials, a
reported.
When talking about the catchers asso
ciated with the City league, don't foriTHt
to bring in Buddy i'atrs, hltohed to the
Vinton street Merchants.
Those South Omaha Merchants are con
tinually In hot water when it comes to
scheduling games with Omaha con
tingents. Call South 3i".
In the Hooper. Neh . Chris I.ycK battle,
the OmahanA rud fifteen geezern left on
bases, but ul that they walked off with
the long end of tho score.
Teams that wlnh to collld with the
Council Bluffs Imperials will be accom
modated If they call Council Bluffs Him k
KM and sguawk for Achats.
For Plattsinouth, Vernon of the Dun
dee Woolen Mills, twirled a clasv game
last Sunday, but, nevertheless, he failed
to slip back with the grapes.
For games with the Kehout Colts call
(DoukIhs S.tXi. They are looking for
trouble with any amateur squad In the
city, regardless of their speed.
All Durkee, Swlngwood and Olmon
could clout last Sunday was a three
bagger. But long, tho Talrnaxe twlrler,
hated to sea all thoae long hits.
The only hit of the Florence Athleticu
Murphy ild It Jamboree u registered
by the Irish crowd off iledlui k. the Flor
ence wiz. llu struck out eighteen.
Oeorge (Shanty) Falconer zipped one
on the cocoa for the limit .dow n at Tai
mafe, Neb., and he. alto bad his pin
on the Job for he pilfered a pair of bags.
Apparently the Bachman brothers ere
not very friendly, "baselmlllcally" speak
ing, for Carl In the leader of the South
Omaha Merchants, and iiarry performs
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In the left meadow for tho Waller 11.
Clark.
That contest hooked for September 'M
between the leaders of the Commercial
and Church league, will bo played at
liourke, park for the benefit or the City
Mission.
Next Sunday the leaders of tho Booster
league, namely the Krehh Trunslers and
H'e Auto How, will buttle for the rag
They will finlhh that seven-Inning dis
puted battle.
Over at Shenandoah, la., lust Sunday,
the Star and Stripe put on their bai
ting toggery In the tnth frame and by
clouting five consecutive siniilu they Iced
u 3 to 1 contest.
The Alamltos will be afforded an oppor
tunity to strengthen their championship
uxpit Htlons next Sunday when they bui-M
no HK.ihiHt the Ancient Order United
Workmen team.
Thorn will be two gaineu at Florenc
park labur day: First game, 'Stars ami
Stripes against Walter O. t'larks; second
Kamc, Florencn Athletic against Twenty
Fourth Street Merchants.
Something was wrong with the arrange
ments made between the Alamltos and
Mlnden, In., for last Sunday. When the
Omaha crew arrived they were saluted
with the nothing doing placard,
Weyeinberg is there and back again,
when It ooniej to stopping the pills behind
the crockery and It is a difficult matter
to nip a huxe nn him. 11a 1 tucked with
the Mlckel's Victrolu.
Considerable loquacious Junk Is going
the rounds relative to that contest to be
staged by tha Luu and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, fur ldu bone
at Fort Omuha on Sunday, September 'JO.
COLLEGES ARE LINING UP
Foot Ball Campaign (s Taking; on
Definite Shape with Teami.
COMPETITION TO BE KEEN
Intersection! Hehednle Prsmlie
Nome Bitterly Contested Game
Before ' Honor Are
Settled.
NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Approachlng un
obtrusively, but without any signs of
hesitation, the InUrnolleglate foot ball
campaign Is quietly getting under way.
For a short time ther will be three and
four-Hue dispatches announcing the ap
pointment of assistant coaches. A little
mora space will b devoted to the com
mencement of active training at tho vail
ous university capltuls. Then the In
evitable world series will Intervene tempo
rarily, shutting off glimpses of all other
line of activity. After which foot ball
will for tho space of a couple of months
occupy the leading position In the sunlight
of outdoor sports. .
It can be said without apology for In
dulging In the usual preliminary para
graph that the sesson of 1914 promise to
b on of the moat Interesting in th an
nals of th fall gam. Not only I ther
the prospect of keen competition among
the leading team of the east, but a re
gards Intersections! engagements the out
look Is such that there la a good prospect
thut tho oft-ropeated controversy a to
tho relative merits of teams east and
west will be well on the road to settle
ment. In addition to the usual Intersections!
engagement two of the colleges which
have been a sourr of pride to college
adherent hailing from the middle west
will Invade the playing fields of this vicin
ity. Notre Dame, which accounted for
the downnil of a good Army eleven last
year, will have a number of engagements
east, while Michigan 1 scheduled to meet
Harvard at Cambridge.
Harvard (Hart 00 Top.
From the standpoint of this section, tha
season will start with Harvard absolutely
at the top of the ranking. A year ago It
wa generally admitted that the season
) of 1913 was to b a critical year for Crim
son prestige. Under th gutdanc of Percy
Haughton the eleven developed at Cam
bridge had met with splendid success; but
th rise of Harvard, ftr ao many years
recumbent, had not been maintained long
enough to convince soin people that to
Cambridge must b accorded the tactical
leadership of the fall game. i'
Harvard met this test squarely through
consistent work all season, and. start
the present fall srhedul with ail other
ocntora of foot ball learning forced to ad
mit the efficiency of th Haughton sys
tem. Both Princeton and Yal should fee
dangerous rivals. Last yar the college of
New Jersey was not particularly fortu
nato in coaching policy. Th men In
charge knew foot ball, but they were
youngsters. This year older heads, will
do most of the planning.
Yale, Call oa. Hlakay. .. .'
Yale has called upon Frank Htnkey
to restore th foot ball prestige of tho
Blue. Hlnkey learned the foot ball of
Yale when It was being operated -three
speeds ahead and successfully weathering1
the strongest kind of opposition. . Ha
learned hi game in tho old school, and
some' observers have, in consequence,
come to the conclusion that hi taking
charge of affair at New Haven means
that deaplt changes In th playing code.
Yule Is getting back to old school tactic.
Hlnkey' regime should show tha best
virtues of the Spartan era of the gam at
New Haven, but it is likely that thosa
who expect to see the Blue ignoring mod
ern tactical opportunities will be pleas
antly surprised or disappointed accord
ingly a they are for or against the resto
ration of foot ball leadership to New
Haven. ' , '.
Pennsylvania, missing Mlk Murphy to
a great extent, last season underwent ono
of the least successful season In Phlla-"
delphla history. The Quaker machine Wa
on the rock of lack of co-ordination dur
ing a large part of the aeaon. And trio
flashes of brilliancy which wer shown
upon occasion were therefore Only, the
more tantalizing to Red and Blu aup-
porter. '
lleraosr Captain and Bo.
O. C. Hersog sots as both manager and
captain of th Keds. When h Is not pr
rnt for any reason he delegate th cap-
tairicy to Heinle Oroh or Tom Clark. i
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