Bringing Up 17 V7 " j 1 1 1 7 7 1 ' I mdniN-m- VtLL-MYDEA. CI ' AM MR NUT AND . X 1 WHERE lb MK.MUT A J J ' ' Judgments RED IK50IN continues unsettled in hie plana for IMS. He ha. wig wagged back and forth a good deal with the Federal, but thus far not coupled up. lie has come In for him panning at the hands of those ever ready to pan, but when Dooln'. case Is thoroughly considered tho fairest mind, wo believe, will not pan him. More than that, we believe with the writer of the following In the Baae Ball World, that the Philadelphia man agement owes something to Charley Dooln. which will continue it In his debt unless It at least gives him an uncondi tional release: Dooln has spent fourteen years with tho Phils, and In that time caught more games of base ball than any catcher in the country. In the American league war, lie was loyal, although ottered double the salary paid him by the Phils. Year after year he was the team's mainstay behind the bat and often caiiKht more than 1X games every season. Js'ever once has he ever had to be disciplined or even rebuked for break Inn training rules. He has always kept himself in good con dition, been entirely tractable and never a breeder of discard. These qualities, to- :hlthh.:. Tay reiuVd in his appointment as manager in 1910. I tie caught most of ttie games in to ana i '11, but with the coming of KUIlfer and because ef his onerous duties as man ager, he gave tha youth a chance and did not take part in so many games. isow uooin nas Deem reiievea or nis managerial duties, but his work as a I private In the ranks must not be forgot- , ten, Dooln was M years old last June)1"" dbii aquaa nas oeen working and can hardly last as a player more S for nearly three weeks, Btlehm has not than two or three years An unconditional release means much for him, for he could get a far better con tract as a free agent than If another club had to buy his release. The Phils have two competent catchers In KUIlfer and Burns and don't need Dooln, but they should not attempt to" profit by his sale, when It means money out of Dooln's ocket. After deposing . him as manager to player, tha ownership would not only be doing Dooln an Injustice not to release him unconditionally, but itself a foolish wrong. Its refusal would be foolhardy. Such actions figure In the general expense account which O. B. B. la finding so dif ficult Just now to settle. . . Ernest 3. Larlgan, writing In the Sport ing News, says: Personally, I don't think tho Federal league has had much to do with bring ing about the present conditions In base ball. The Oilmore league brought out the cupidity of some players, but tha cupidity was there, everybody knew It. Any unbiased man who will sit down and run back over the events of the lest fifteen years will have to agreo with Mr. Lanlgan that the Federals are not responsible for present conditions. Pres-,The ent conditions are the Inevitable cense. quences of acts and policies belonging to some of the very men loudest in their assaults upon the Federals. And there i isn t space in mis onr arucie to name i iwohc all those men. All reponsible for the ' meBt 'r. Manager Reed then re- Pulllam situation might be named; . Charles Webb Murphy certainly must be. so muK Ban Johnson. And, after all, what a huge joke It is for Ban Johnson, tho biggest rebel In the history of base ball, to continue throwing fits at pres ent when other men are simply going a little further titan he went along the same general path. 'Tis Johnson's business, et j course, to. uphold the Interest of the American league, but net his business to try to blind people's eyss with dust in the doing. This ray of light U thrown on Jack Coffey's "positive refusal to leave Den ver for Pittsburgh," by a Pittsburgh sport writer: ' . Tne cnarge mat me nmurn ciuo i Iienver club is hardly fair. The Pirate management made sincere efforts to sign the Denver manager-shortstop, who had been signed te a big Denver euntrai-t, before the Ptrstes dratted him. While efforts were being made to get lilm in line, the local club learned te a certainty ths Coffey could not begin to crowd jartmr out of his Job. For this reason the leals figured they ctuld afford to allow Coffey to revert to the Denver club. Coffey is a good Class A shortstop, a fair hitter, but So old Johnny Kllng is thinking of re turning to the map. Weil, If Neiay Jawn says he can, be can, for he's asthma n not square. And he thinks he wUl turn a deaf ear te all those mil Itoa -dollar of fers from the Federals and go te Cin cinnati if he gees anywhere. It probably would he a great thing far Clney. Jawn "came bach" ena haXore, you re niember, without mwe trouble. Now that Ruppert of Heasau has bought the Tenkeea for sttO.O or t2i.00, or whatever the figure was. and decided te spend tl.2W.00e on their rehabilitation, you may look for another A, L .team In Oothara such ss the Grifflth-Chesbro bunch, that missed tb pennant only by one of Jack's wild 'uns maybe. The formal announcement of "Wild Bill" Donovan as the new manager of the new Tankeea spoils that story about Comlskey having Ibid In Eddie Collins for New York's benefit as manager and keystoner. We look for Edward in a WblU Box uniform when the birds begin to chatter. Walter Johnson la no longer famous as live great pitcher, but rather the man a ho refuses to keep or accept a l.0U Father HUSKER QUINTET AMBITIOUS Nebraska Basket Bailers Starting Out for Missouri Valley Honors. NO GAME WITH THE IOWA TEAM HuTifctyr Men Arc Not ached aled Ttal, Year .Notre Dame la Pop alar with Mndrnts sad Will Be m Drawing; Cars. Mr JAMES K. HWnnXfE. LINCOLN, Jan. 2.) (Special.) Basket ball comes next In Cornhusker athletics and Rtiehm's proteges will try to land a fourth Missouri valley championship In this branch of sport. The Hunker squad this' season is composed almost entirely of new men. and It will play the first conference games on January IS and 1, opening with the Amea Aggies In Lincoln. The first trip away lakes the Huskers to Manhattan. Kan., January 21 and 22, and to Lawrence. Kan., the following two days, when the Jayhawkers will be played. On the eastern trip the Cornhuskers will play with the crack Fort Dodge (la.) team, Ames for two championship fm, - Minnesota. The Huskers play uraKe two games tho following week, which winds up the northern division series. Arranges Early Season Games. Stlehm has not arranged for tha early season DO ma hut will mvihihlu nr. rl ,,. , . ,' i w a5"?rCotn" and Although picked his first team men. With the re sumption of practice this week, the first team men will be chosen and instruction given in team work. Athletic Manager Reed Is receiving many favorable replies from high schools to the recent announcement of the plans for the big hlgn school basket ball tourn ament The only complaint heretofore has been from smaller schools that they have no chance la the present system of allotlng contestants iu the preliminary rounds. By the systematic grouping proposed, all of this is done away with. Coach Stiehm Is 'expected back from Chicago the first of the week, where he attended the meeting of the western col legiate rules committee. Upon Stlehm's return It Is expected that he will have more definite announcement concerning the foot ball schedule for 1915. Ko4re Dame name Popalar. The scheduling of the game with Notre Dame will prove a popular move at Ne braska, since the undergraduate body has Bwm naming 10 urea away irom lowa. amo wltu Notr Dm Probably . weans that Iowa will not be seen on the ' Nebr" schedule. While Iowa draws i Dl crowds at Lincoln, the receipts from the Hawkeye game at Iowa City were sea to give lowa a fifty-fifty division of the .gate receipts when tht .game, were j , . - ""'isnd Clabby bouts. Mike plans to get a Ann inn xuw I litt HBfi cincil I could not see, so negotiations ended ab ruptly. The one remaining game which Corn- husker students are anxious to see sched ule w'th an eastern team. It Is known that Stlehm has been working for an Intersections! contest, but the Corn- husker mentor has been handicapped in i many ways. While the Notre Dame game will give Nebraska a big boost in western foot ball and also afford a com elevens, since Notre ty of it. game, next .k- r partaen with eastern Dame plays a majority season with eastern schools, the Corn huskers have rathei- set their hearts oa seeing Nebraska take on an eastern op ponent. Jnitkam Will Stick. Although Joe. Jackson admits that a Federal league acout has been negotiat ing with hint, he insists that he lias no Intention of Jumping until his present contract of three years with the Cleve land club expires, October, 11. Dalton Is Restless. Jack Dalton. the Brooklyn outfielder, is said te be poised for a Jump to the Federal lesgue unless the Broklyn club comes through with an Increase In salary, Roach Mens t's. Wither C Kosr-h. can'aln and shortstop oa the Buffalo ta'ernstlonel league team, laet week signed a two-year contract with the tf lalo Federate. check ealUnsj toed money. for that mack perfectly Sanborn says Eddie Collins will have to attract SSu,u paid admissions through Comlfckey's turnstiles to even up oa the Investment in him. Pshaw, he'll draw that number the first day. That pipe about Brother Dave being responsible for condition, te only capped by the Jolly Jest that It Is the great dis tance of the new bleachers from the dia mond. Rich stuff, that. No. little one. so far as we have heard neHher Fentress nor Kaeeves has been re-engaged for the Omaha line-up this roar. Pa Rourke must have some wonderful surprises to spring. Judging from the mysterious secrecy he is preserving these i days. HIE OMAHA Co"TrtM. 1(14, International News Servian im """ 1 "' " "JJumm ss-J.-' ' ' ' ' ,;,,,, ' i ! ' , 'v Burgess-Nash Company Team in Omaha League Reading from left to right: Chester 'Weekes, Ted Ncale, Carl Cain, Jimmy Jarosh and Art Cummlngs. This quintet of bowlers has been making life miserable for the Ston team, which is GIBBONS STARTS BALL GOING Begins Middleweight Elimination with McGoorty-Clabby Match. EASIER TO FIGHT GOOD MEN Famoas Boxer Declares Himself In Favor ef the Technical Glore - Rather Than a Wild Hitter . NEW YORK, Jan. J. Mike Gibbons hat declarel himself, and now Indications are that the trownlng of a real champion in the middleweight division will soon be In order. By signing to meet Eddie McGoorty end Jimmy Clabby in bouts to be staged this month. Gtt.bons put in operation an elimination process that will come pretty near determining, once and for all, who is really entitled to play the principal part in the coronation ceremony. These two contests will go further to ward settling the titular dispute than any which have been fought since the dispute arose. Gibbons will meet M ooorty first, facing him in the ring at Hudson, Wis, Then, when that la over, Mike will take on Clabby at Milwaukee on January 21. After these contests, pro- vMe(, h, ,ucc.fu, m th. mcg. match with George Chip here the latter part of February. This series of bouts brings every mid dleweight of real championship promi nence into action, with the possible ex ception of Jeff Smith and the fellow who flattened Chip. It is too bad that Gibbons' bouts are not to have an of ficial decision, for if they were there would be no chance of disputing the vic torious man's claims later. "No de- c,"lon" , """""'V I"' K"' UU- M ,M"? " tle wl" " r toward clearing the situation. t Likes Hard Fighters. Fighting hard men is more to Gibbons' liking than meeting those who do net knew very much about boxing. For a clever fellow Gibbons bears msny marks. The Idea of Mike Gibbons having a cauliflower ear sound unreasonable, but It is a fact, and about that Mike dis coursed a bit rsccntly on the folly of fighting so-called dubs. ' "That cauliflower of mine Is a bad mark," said Mike. "It was wished on me when I was not very old at the game, and when I was boxing one of those so- called dubs. The fellow knew absolutely nothing about the came, but he happened to land one of his wild swings on my ear because I was not looking for any thing of that kind. A clever boxer woull never have landed such a blow. I would rather fight a real good man any time than a dub, and. really. It is net as hard to box a high class man as k Is a third- rater. When you face a real boxer you ; know Just what to expect, and you act accordingly, but when you face a dubi you never know what he is liable to do. 1 "When you are up against a man who will not stand up and fight, it la also hard to make a showing. Aaalena t Meet Clahhy. "I really am anxious to fight J Ira my Clabby again for the championship. I feel that the public demands that we get together. He has claimed the title, and I think he has as good a claim to It as any fighter living. He Is a wonder fully clever lad, and, believe me, be knows the game. Why, the first time we met at 8t. Paul he gave me an awful beating and used stuff in boxing I bad never dreamed of before. Whan he got . . .. .... . ... , . , lltlV v,lli u SIIU MW4 lll IVU'-lIV"IWf SUNDAY BKK: JANUARY Burgess-Nash Bowlers Who at present leading ths Omaha league. The Burgess-Nash boys are right at the Stors' heels and evlnoe every sign of slipping to the fore If the brewers ever falter for the slightest Instance. The Omaha league enjoyed a two weeks' lay- punch on me I swore there were other boxers in the ring hitting me. It was a revelation to me, and from that time on I began to look about for all the finer points in sparring. "That licking did me lot of good, and I can' thank Clabby for putting me right. When we met the second time in Mil waukee that first beating was still In my mind, and there is no doubt that it made me more careful than I should have been; in fact, it made a poor fight, and It was my fault. However, 1 have got over all that stuff now and would meet Clabby on an equal basis. I don't think he is any more clever than I am, and as for hitting, that is an open question. When we meet again you may rest assured there will be no pulling back on my part, and I know that Clabby has too much at stake now to risk his reputation by trying to stall In a match of any kind." Base Ball Fan Has New Way to Figure Players Awards NEW YORK, Jan. I -A base ball en thusiast has devised an Idea of awarding credit which will appeal to many fol lower, of the game a. rea.onable. The plan la to do away with the present com putation of batting averages, which give a player credit for sach hit made, and Inatead compute his standing on the bases he succeeds in advancing hlmse'f or players ahead of hlra on bases. If a batsman without Intending to sactll-o sends a siow rower towara jirsi. wnn men on first and second, and Is out. the ( two base runners advanrlng by the bats- j man's work, he gets no credit and Is , penalised with a time at bat Yet his slow roller may be the means of win- nlng a game. This situation developed my old mother and father down in Penn In the recent world's series. To get ajsy'vanla." batting record worth while the system r Wo.nlno- record of "batted bases" - ; i . , i haa been propuied and has boon dIscuM:4julfl auove. A)uo, it a only in connactlun f i .ii i t. - I VI f Vi Vial s lnlt el.. fc. i .is mi ., from time to time during the last few years. A "batted base" Is given to every tats man who by the use of the bat gets a base himself or advances a runner one base. A single with no one on bass would give the batsman one batted base. But If a batsman singles and scores run ners from second and third base the batsman would get, not one, but lour "batted bases" one for himself, one for the runner from third and two for the runner from second. A sacrifice bringing a runner from third, or advancing one runner a single base, would give the batsman one "batted base." A sacrifice bunt that advances runner from second and first to third and second would give the batsmon two "batted bases.' JhTeCraw Slams Tw Mora. The twenty-one roHttr limit of players has no terrors for John J. MoOraw, no more so than the ukase against going into spring camu before March 1. The leader of the Giants, on the recommen dation of Bcoul Ilk Klnaella, booked officially twu additional rookies last week. These are W. K. FlunaKan, a rlaht-handed pitcher from Muscatine. Ia.. and Kd Holloway, a second baseman of Springfield. 111. Pitcher Field, Perfectly. Pitcher Katserling of the Indianapolis club made the remarkable record of Weld ing for 1.000, although he took part In thtrty-elx games. Leo air of Pittsburgh had a perfect average for seventeen games and Kusacll Ford was next with a mark of .M In thirty games. MeUrnsv te Bay f lab. It Is said thst Manager McOrstr of the OUnts contemplates buying a club either in the International tragus or Texas Irs x jo with a view to making It a farm t-",,"""""" il'''"' ."i"' h "vn! I Joe Keliny would be appointed manager Oi toC iSfm. 3, 1015. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus Are Making Good Record . off during the holiday season an J the Burgess-Nash men arc planning to push the Htori out of the cherished lead when hostilities are resumed this week. Every man on the Burgess-Nash quintet Is an experienced bowler and regarded as HALE AND HAPPY ON U WEEK "Old Bill" Kemmer, Ex-Star First Baieman, Doei It SACEinCINO TO "COME BACK" Hefnses to Accept More Money, Lest It Spoil Ills Dream Itnads, , Thinks, Works la Soil tnde. "What ever became of 'Old Bill' Kem mer, that grand old first baseman?" Many an old Western league fan has asked. The Kansas City Star gives the answer Bill works two nights a week in its mail ing room for t. on which he lives hale and happy In tho hope of getting back Into base bsll as soon as he rounds to In speed. He won't accept more wages for fear It would make hlra gay and spoil his dream. Here is the story, as tho Btar relates It: , 'Old Bill" Kemmer is an apostle of the ow cost or living gospel. He has ambi tion and appetite. He feeds both on U a week. He might get lota more money if he'd only work more than two nights a week. But take it from "Old Bill" Kem mer (by his spokesman), if he worked oftener and got more money he'd spend It In riotous living. Then he'd be unable to keep In condition. Ergo, then be couldn't feed ambition. ' The chance to get back In fast company would be gone. For "Old Bill," who once hovered over the flint sack for many ball clubs, still be neves he ll get back Into the game, "When I do," he tells his friend, Henry Fox, boss in The mar's mailing room, where "Old Bill" doe. his two nights' work a week; ' when I do get back in ths game I shall be sending money home to a very proper grammarian Is "Old ' BUI," as you may observe and tints frnm - i is cm. mere m.7.h; t:niiiir- . n Ilium Kemmer, to be exact. Is about years old. He's a big. upstanding man of six feet,- in the prime of condition always. He has no expensive habits, either; neither drinks, smokes, chews or swears. "And he keeps that way on H a week," marvels Henry Fox. "I can't understand It. But he feeds snd clothes himself on that, pays room rent and laundry, and has a nickel a week for the movies." Why, when "Old Bill" marches vig orously Into the mailing room, clcthea neatly brushed and in good order, cap set firmly ra head, black bow tie peep ing out from the wings of a clean eollar. everybody In the place would speak to him if addressed. But never a word from Kemmer. He is a silent man. It's only: "Coed evening, Henry. ' That's alL He speaks only to his con fidant and admirer. Then to work. After tho night's work is done. "Old Bill" is I off again to whatsoever place he has bis abode. Food, S3 Cents Day. The U he gats for his work he spends thus (on ths word of Fox): Breakfast, coffee and rolls. 5 rents; luncheon north end beof stew, 10 cents; dinner, beef and cabbage, 10 cents; room rent, ft a week; laundry, clothes and "movies," the balance. "I ask him how be gets along on that," said Henry Fox. "And he ssys very well. I ask hlra if hs wouldn't en toy s good meal. And he says no. It would upset his condition." There you are. He keeps In condition. For what? Well, Henry Fox says, it's amour the best In the city. Every last one of them will be found way up nesr the top of the Omaha league Individual averages, and when they are put to It, 20) soores come easy. si: that some day he'll get back Into base- I ball. "Why, he's got a proud record," said Henry Fox. "He helped five ball clubs I win pennants the Kansas City club of j the old Western league, three clubs in the i Texas league and a New York mate ' league club when Christy Matthewson was playing with it. With all that spare time on his hands and no money, what can the man do? How amuse himself? Easy. Just listen to Henry Fox: lleadlns; and Taklagr Walks. "He takes long walks. Then he'lt run miles and miles, out in the country, over country roads. Why he's as hard as nails. And strong! You Just ought to see him lift things." But what else, what other smusement has he? "He's a great reader," said Henry Fox. "Why, I guess he's read lots and lots of those books In the public library. He spend, hours there every day., Why. he's a fine, educated man. He can talk to you on any subject. "Mostly it used to be base ball," . he continued. "But lately It's the wsr he talk, about. Why, he know, all about what caused the war and the history of all those people that are fighting, and everything connected with It. He tells about how the battles and armies fought there before. He certainly knows lota." But he never tells where he rooms. That, Henry Fog believes, la because he doesn't care for Intruders. He's not a companionable man, so to speak, this cx-flrst sacker with the dream and the ability to live on little. It's over on the West Bide somewhere, that he has his room. Neither does he Intrude on anyone. He knows Johnny Kllng and "Kid" JNkh ol.( but they never sea him. And always Henry Fox, the Interviewed, cornea back to that living on tt a week. "He might have more." .aid Fox. "He' could get a Job on regular if he wanted It. But he won't take it. I've tried him. .""j" uiui a mourn y ill miht be tempted to break tralnlnc " He ,says no, If he gets more money ha Coffee and rolls, beef stew, beef and "nr. Fox shivered. "I'gh: But he says It's plenty to keep in good condition on. Anyhow, he Bays, folks eat too much." Honey I.oynl Feds. While in tit. Louis last week. In ran nectlon with the Msrsans case, President Oilmore had a talk with Konntchy und afterwards telegraphed that thers wss nu chance In the wor d of ' Honey" going iiaca on tne reuorai league. Kg CAN BE CURED Free Proof To You All I wsat is year as aad address ae I eaa send yen a free trial traeU srirat. I want yae Jsat te try this treetmet that's all last try It. 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Tha tank Is mounted on a six-ton chsst ' the largest mads by tha Kissel company. The car, loaded and full quipped, weighs about twelve tons and: tarries 1.600 gallons of water. It Is de- ! signed to do away with at least fourteen. horse-drawn rigs. . v . Foster la Qaaadarr. i John II. Foster, secretary of the Glanta. I' In a serious quandary as a result of the National league's decision' to open the season on April H. John had planned . u on a getaway for April 15 and arranged , his eh. billon dates for the home tiip from Murlin accordingly. The changit knocks trslning pans all in the heal, as It throws the northern march a whole day out of alignment. , . .Matty and Ills Mates. Anybody who wan'.s to eotne to a real isation of the long service of Christy Mathewson In base ball has only to con sldnr the fact that in his time he has pitched to Jack Warner, to Frank Bow erman, to Roger Bresnahan, to "Admiral" Hclrtel. to Arthur Wilson, to "Chief', i Xira and to Larry Mi-Lean. 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