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OROANIZED Base Ball may bo tha
alrttKht monopoly charged by
the Federals, 'but tha declaration
of the O. B. B. lawyer that tha
Federals' position nullities their
charge teems to be a utem-wlndcr . In
view of the fact that the Federals have
ouceessfully competed wltU the O. B. B.
In signing players, paying salaries, land
ing many star and in running their
league for two years and starting toward
k third. It seems a bit anomalous, to say
the least, that such headway could be
made ajralnst so consummate a monopoly
as the Federals charge tha O. B. B. wllh
being. And yet the question of a monopoly
Is for tha courts to determine. And we
have perfect faith In Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landls' fairness and ability in
determining It. The' judge's remark in
the court room that he would regard any
blow at "the thing called base ball as a
blow at an American Institution," ought
to be sufficient assurance that he will
ee that tha game gets a square deal. No
one who Is up on tha base ball situation
will deny, surely, that there has been
something wrong all along, but whether
that wrong can ba construed as a monop
oly may - be doubtful. Nevertheless, It
seems equt'.ly doubtful whether Organ
ize Basa Ball could wholly divest itself
of tha suspicion that it employs certain
monopolistic tendencies and methods and
might become a monopoly if It could. It
is not improbable that this court airing
will term to clear things up somewhat
and possibly lead to a general correction
of the situation. Of course, what the
Fede rals probably most want is admla
nloti to tha ranks of Organised Base Ball,
just as tha other "outlaw" organisation,
the American league, sought and obtained
a dozen years ago.
Wonder If Larry Lajeune of Sioux City
and Pittsburgh has the right dopo on his
esse. He says his sale by draft to the
Pirates was merely a "cover up" deal
to save him. for the Sioux and that now
he Is about to be reshlpped to the Western
league city, where It is the Intention of
1 aying him less money than he received
In 1914, in pursuance of the league agree
ment to cut wages. Well, let's see. Josh
Clarke, manager of Sioux City; Fred
Clarke, manager of Pittsburgh. - Josh
. and Fred are brothers. - Circumstantial
evIdenceT Yea, but fairly good, at that.
Moreover, what the big Frenchman says
is dune with him or "to" him, has been
done In the case of many another man.
..In fact, the "cover-up", triok lias for
many years . been one of the- offensive
i a prices of "organized" base ball. Al
though it has been against the rules, it
las never ceased to be a common prac
tice and custom and no "organised" base
ball magnate, to our knolweOge, has ever
raised a breath of protest against it.
You see, when such things as this are
onsldered. It is no- wonder that "organ
ized" base ball Is having its troubles. It
must be "organised.'.' tbai Is. law abiding
in fact as well as name. If it expects to
tet on. It may not condemn the Federals
for doing what it never ceases to do and
rxpect to "get away with it" with a
thoroughly aroused and wideawake base
l.all constituency looking on. Larry says
lie bus several offers from the Feds. If
vo, do you think he won't accept ono of
thni? it Is such stuff as this-4f the
luils are stated that makes Federal
leagues and such things. .
Though a little late about six years
the Omaha police are doing n. good piece
of work In putting up tho bar to the
- fake wrestler and his promoter. It they
had done it back In 1903 and M10, it would
hve been all tha better.. Of course. If
two gentlemen deslro to give a wrestling
exhibition wjth an agreement between
them as to the outcome, that Is their
business. Generally the public that pays
ta witness such a match gets Its money's
worth, for the wrestlers are sure to put
on some fancy scenery under such cir
cumstances. We've actually seen fake
ri'atchee that wo thought were better
thnn the real thing. 80 the mischief does
muI lie -In the wrestling Itself, nut In the
letting that it leads to, and. In fact,
is engineered for. The truth Is that the
sverage person cannot tell by simply
watching a wreaU whether It Is fixed
or not. And there Is Just where the mis
chief comes in. If the average person
f ould distinguish this. If eves tome of
the aatuta knowing ones could, eonie ex-
restlers. for example, themselves the
1 eat sports then there would be no profit
in the fixing business. But the police are
dead right, even if their action did come
only after the big flutter made by the
hurt birds some "real" sport. Better
late than never.
Congratulations to Fair bury on getting
into the Nebraska State league. But
bow such a good Uttla ball town as
Superior ever let go is puaila. It is
too bad that there is Dot room enough
in an elght-rlub league for all the good
bntx: ball towns of this state, anyway.
Vule!
; '.ncc Napolean Lajola was released to
tin; Athletics, left-handed twlrlera have
In-cn working overtime studying Ut
alibis to reri)lo on ths tranquil bunch
w tea visits u made to Quakertuwa.
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WARES IS tEXTFOR SERMON
Ke-wly-Appointei Manager of Wich
ita to Receive - Salary of
' . $3,000 or $3,500.
ARE MINORS FORGETTING!
Clydo Wares, ore cf Branch Rickey's
pupils in the 8t. Ixuis base ball school,
has been appointed manager of the Wich
ita club of the Western league, and tha
owners of the club have deposited 12,50)
wllh the Browns for tha services of the
new rr.anager and will remunerate that
person to the extent of about $3,000 or
R'SCO per annum. This in tho face of tht
retrenchment policies considered ncces
sary and advised at the minor league con
vention looks a little bit as If the minor
magnates are forgetting the promise
they made each other here.
Wichita is gambling with big money
for town that la supposed to be broke.
The purchase price of $3,500 is a pretty
husky Amount and would In tKla day of
grace bring half a dozen ball players to
a team. Wares waa never a particularly
wonderful player In the Southern league
In 1913, and last year he didn't set the!
world op fire.- From his past averages'
he will be an ordinary player in this loop.
As for managerial ability, that is specu
lation, as he has never had, any experi
ence along .that line.
. Ia Bad Baslaess. ' '
And Wichita Is willing to pay him $3,000
or $3,500 salary. Wares may be worth the
money, he may be worth a much larger
stipend, but It. .looks' like bad business
for a town as' shaky as Wtchlta when
tha Western league Is so desperately try
ing to put base ball in .this circuit on a
business basis. ; Wichita Is operating on
a salary limit of $2,500, and depends on
meeting that payroll with attendance that
runs a little over Go.000. .Can Wichita,
then, pay $3,500 for' a manager and still
observe the salary limit and come out
on the right side of the ledger t Perhaps,
but It will ' be tight sailing when pay
checks are made out for the hirelings who
merely play the game. But, as we said
before, it looks to the outsider that the
minor magnates are already forgetting
their promises to stick faithfully by all
salary agreements.
Stock Maxwell Again
Breaks Speed Record
Again the sturdy Maxwell baa estab
lished a most . enviable, new record for
speed and endurance. Word received yes
terday from Billy Carlson rom Colton,
Cal., .gives Information that a stock Max
well has broken all records for fast driv
ing over the course between I Angeles
and - Riverside, a distance of fifty-eight
miles. '
The Maxwell covered this distance In
fifty-six minutes and twenty-six second,
over a combination of both good and bad
reads, crossing the railroad many times
and slowing up through twelve. towns on
the way.
RED STYLES BLOWS INTO
TOWN AND KICKS ON COLD
Bed Styles, Rourke t wirier, blew Into
town last week from Florida, where he
has been basking In the sunshine slnoo
the season closed last fall. ' Styles finds
tho weather up here much to tils dis
like and has been Inquiring about rail
road fares back over since he has been
her.
NEW SALES MANAGER OF THE
APPERS0N COMPANY.
B. A. Simpson has joined forces with
the local agent of tha Apperson Jsck
Rabbit Autumobll? Company as sales
timuaHer at the new rtall location, 2417
Kurnara ttreet. Mr. bimpson lias been
with the NiLrueka iiuick company for
the last U years.
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Jack Eller Will Attempt to Lower Own Low
WHEN GREE1MEETS GREEK
Johnny Filler- and Chris Fnlos,
Products of Athens, to Eace
at Indoor Meet.
WILL ENTER IN TWO-MILE EACE
Two regular Oreeks, Joth born in
Athens, and both crack distance runners,
will meet (n'the competition at the an
nual Indoor meet at the Auditorium
March 1. John Filler and Chris Pulos
are the Greeks who will wsge a war be
tween themselves In several of the events
and give Omaha a chance to see what
really happens when Greek meets Oreek.
But Filler and Pulos will be partners
In their biggest race, the two-lmle team
race. Here the Greek boys are planning
to cop off the medals and are In train
ing for that one race and their contests
between themselves ' will be secondary
thoughts to them.
Filler is known to Omahans as a run
ner. He ran in the Thanksgiving day
meet held by the Young Men's Christian
association and won fourth place. Ha ta
a protege of Tommy Mills and acts as
trainer to the high school foot ball team.
pulos Is not' bo well known. He Is a
newcomer here, but he .has some rotor ds
he made in tit. Louts, one of them being
a Marathon run of twenty-elx miles In
two hours and forty-seven minutes.
Both Filler and Pulos were born In
Athens, Greece, and both ran on the
original Marathon course, running from
Athens to an adjacent city when they were
getting their early training. Pulos Is said
to be a better Marathon runner than his
mate, while Filler Is said to. b the better
of the two at tha short distances. ' ,
Omaha Near Top in
Ford Auto Sales
Ford motor figures for the three
months ending December SI show that
with but one exception the Omaha branch
leads all Ford branchaa la number of re
tail sales, in proportion to population.
The single exception noted, where the
per capita sales were greater for this pe
riod, was a southern city, where, be
cause of the warmer climate, sales in the
winter are almost as great as in the
tj'rtnc and summer menths.
The figures given show an increase of
between 3uft and too per cent for all Ford
blanches over the corresponding period
of the preceding year. The busiiie done
by the dealers In the territory of each
SUNDAY' HKK: JANUARY 24. 11H.V
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The Hypodermic Needle
:By r, s.
Farewell, Hear Heari.
Tha babbling bug has passed away,
And that rasping, rauciis roar
That be waa wont to ctoirp all day,
( la with us never more.
The mirthful song of slssling hit
Is obsolete today,
The hateful howl to muffing mitt
No longer marks the fray.
' For now we only Jear of writs.
Injunctions, legal stuff.
Of hearings and of lawyers' fits,
(Subpoenas and such guff.
President Hlbben of Princeton would
eliminate the paid coach.. Mr. - Hlbben
may ba sincere in his expression, but we
have a hunch thoughts of Mr. Percy
Haughton are paramount in hlsikull.
Cleveland has changed the name of Its
team to Indians. But we can't see
where Indians is any more synonymous
with champions than Napa.
Battling Nelson baa Issued a challenge
to Fredd'a Welsh. We will next probably
hear (hat Goliath wants a return match
with' David. Or that Noahy hue entered
a challenge for the Llpton cup.
Mr. Frank Menke would know where
Matty, Lobert, Bchulte, Wagner and a
few other athletes will be In five years.
Which leads us to ask the very cynical
question. Where will Mr. Menke be In
five, years from now?
IT MAY BB UIU. -Like
us, perchance, you're lcary of that
Joliniun-VVlliard go.
How the smoke can cop off thirty and
leave the others dough,
But the fight !a In old Mexico it's a
funny country there.
And the bloouiin', bloody battle may be
really ou the square.
Wa don't care what the odds, but wo're
willing to gamble Carranxa- will cop the
popular newspaper decision In that Juarex
mix. ,
When John Filler and Chris Pulos run
against each other at the big Indoor meet.
Omahans will be able to learn If there
la really anything In this "When Greek
branch also shows a substantial Increase,
snd It la claimed that enough Ford cars
have been alread sold to practically as
sure the rebate of from 140 to $ to be
refunded nel, Augunt to all Ford pur
chasers between August 1, 1H, und Au
gust 1,
Drawn
WHV. YOU Poofi.
fcVCN KNOW TH.
Hurdle World Record
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.NEW YORK. Jan. IS. Jack Bller. the
world s reoord holding hurlor, who de
feated Joe Loom Is, tho Chicago Amateur
Athletic crack, from scratch In the sov-enty-five-yard
hurdle race In Madison
Square Garden In the Mitlroso meet,
made an attempt to smash his Own
world's 120-yard low hurdle record at the
games of Urooklyn college, which was
held at the Thirteenth Regiment armory
tonight. Tho present reoord, 14 seconds,
was made by Eller, in Madison Square
Garden last February.
; Motorcycle Notes.
Application for membership In the V.
A. M. hej Just been received from Victor
Welsford, liurban, Houtli Africa, and he
has been Issued membership card Sl.lOO.
About seventy members snd friends of
the Bay Htate Motorcycle club of Kostou,
Mass., participated In the annual full run
to the club's summer camp at Caiiobls
lake. A chicken dinner greted tho riders
on their arrival at the camp.
xvsttcb:
meets' Creek" 'thing peddled In the clas
sics.
Freddy Welsh will meet six men In
the next few weeks. Then maybe Freddy
will prepare to fight one man. . 1
The miracle of 1914 has boen discovered.
Bombardier Wells engaged In six fights
and returned six times winner.
Rube Marquard Is said to ba learning
a new song, entitled, "There Am Trouble
Ahead of Ms."
Free Pabllrlty.
- Mike Donlla and Marty McHale will
appear at the Orpheum this week In an
act Who does the acting Is not known.
For this valuable publicity, we expect
Manager Byrne to kick looso with a
ducat.
Bill Donovan is said to possess great
force of character and consldarsble brain
power. But what good are those virtues
tu a manager of the Yanks.
Harry Koch and a bunch of other
Omaha tei.ms cracks are contemplating.
In view of recent occurrences, transfer
ring affections from court tennis to court
basa ball, tha latter being trio re profit
able Ot'o Kjiabe wants to trado. Hairy
Bwacino, hut first aacker, as Harry Is a
troublemaker. Why uot exchange lilm for
Hal ChaseT
Mrs. Birdie M. Re4s In suit for divorce,
declares that she Is passionately fond of
base ball, while tier husband Is a federal
league pitcher. Hpcaklng of unklndest
cut.
Imr 4tf of Is.
Jim Gilinore started tip a league,
To buck old O U. !i.
He started tip a suuable.
For all sun-emao-y,
And squandred hordes of money,
in u awful way tu aec.
The fight grew font and f unity,
And mode an uwful iliii.
And all tha merry imtii'e.
lillleJ chatltir off the hiu.
While Jim and all ln comrades,
Kept blowing in the tin.
Aad then we didn't csre so .much,
Wa didn't give n cu,
But now we've aot a suit In war,
A murky, mundane inura.
And we are sore at Oilmoiu,
For what he wished on ue.
for The Bee by
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NEWPORT MAYLOSE TOURNEY
Agitation on Foot to Transfer Na
tional Tennis Championship
to New York.
FIELD C1UB TO VOTE FOR IT
An imitation Is on foot among the ten
nis pi 11 vers of the country to shift the
national lawn lennis ninnies champion
ship tournament from Newport to the
West Plrto Tennlo club of Forest Hills'
I I., which la practically In New York
City. Hurry Kooh received a letter from
l.yle K, Muhen, secretary of the tennis
pluyers' committee of th national as
sociation. Informing Mm of tho movement
and Koch answered with a letter pavor
tng the plan.
- Koch also took the matter up with
Ralph Ralney und It has been arranged
to have the delegate of the Omnha Field
club at the annual meeting which nocure
February 6 In New York to vote for the
change. Con Toting, who la now In the
metropolis, will probably stay over until
that dute and act as the Field club's
representative.
Koch in his letter to Mnhan was
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When you buy tho new , Ford Sedan you buy the
Service and Essential Comforts obtained iu the
high-priced llmougine but you don't pay the ex-'
travag&nt tint cost and the exceanlve maintenance
expense. The new Ford Seda'n Is like the other
675,000 Fords already ln.uae -low In Cost, hlh
in Quality and the most, economical car to run'
(that was ever built on the average less than two
cents per mile.
Ford Sedan $975 Coupelet $750; Town Car $690;
Touring Car 40; Runabout 1440. All fully
equipped, f. o. b. Detroit. ;
On sale at Ford Motor Co. 1916 Harney Street,
Omaha, Neb. ' ' v
Buyers will share In profits If we sell at retail 300,000
new Ford car between August 114 and August IMS
"Quality
A
Quality
maintained
for '79 years."
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In popularity and its lead
today is greater than ever.
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KNOW
strongly In favor of the transfer of tha
national event from Newport. According
to Koch It Is practically Impossible for
a westerner to fnter the tourney at New
port snd enloy himself duo to hi strict
social toundarlos w hich control , New
port ami any events which are.hslrt
there. In New Tork It would, be far
different. A westerner could have a good
time at a tourney there and Te Included
In all of the social event" attending such
an affair.
Wonld I'lnj in i'w Yrlr. ' "
"l in) self wouldn't think of entering a
toumanwnt at Newport," declared Kochf
"wlil',0 In New- York I would tnalu an
effort to do so because I know thut 1
would find it a pleasure.' '
The letter sent Koch by "Marian ' con'
talned the signatures of hearly 100 proml--nent
tennis players. They all look at it'
In tho samo light Koch' does and It Is
considered more than likely that the
ullra-fasliionahln Newport will lose out
, on the big national championship etfent. "'
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