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Judgments
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ITM the opening of the base
ball season at band, quite a
number of question that
loomed bis. . few wecke ago
have dwindled to their normal
stage, and yet their vitality tothe buet
liess end of the same 1l not lessened.,
Chief of these are the points presented to
Judge. Land is, and ndt 'yet pasied upon'
by him. These are fundumental. and on
their determination will rest, the future)
of the. organization -ot :. bas'ball as a
business.' If the form ot contract In
vogue is declared of no avail, because of
several objections, then the men who
have their money tied up In the game
will have to look for some other basis for
operation. Plsyers are essential, and
players 'must be held by contract, else
the reckless competition for their serf
vices will lead to ruinous conditions, Just
sa It already has. Then, too, the player
has his own rights, and these must bo
looked, after In the new form of con
tract, so tost the skilled and useful man
will have the opportunity to freely
market his wares and secure for himself
the best price obtainable. To bring about
these conditions Is not an easy task, and
It la quite Ukely that Judge Landls did
not find the problem so simple as It may
have seemed to .some of the amateur
Jurists who so readily decided on all the
issues raised. '.
But It. Is chiefly with the proapeets for
Omaha Is to be asked to vote on the
question of Sunday base ball. The sub
mission ot the question Is under the state
law, and Is. due to the followers of the
game as well as to those ,who, stand tor
a strict observance of the Bahbatb. day.
It will not do to aa that the wnvtti-
ought not to have, been submitted to a
vote, for It Is merely In eompllanca with
the law, and with a demand that the law
be enforced. Nor will it do to rest too
securely in the belief ' that the vote Is
certain to be overwhelmingly In favor of
Sunday games. Negligence on part of the
rrlends of Sunday base ball may result
in Its defeat. Bo 1f you really want the
Sunday games to be llayed, go to the
polls on election day and vote that way.
It Is a good thing to find out the temper
of the citutena now and thea,
the coming season the fans are con
cerned. What will It be-a restoration of
the good old days of the game, when the
crack of a base hit; was followed by a
cheer that split the sky, or will it be a
continuation of last season, when tb
lame held the attention of only a faith
ful few? Let us hope it will be the
former. Base ball Is too great an Insti
tution to b allowed to fall into decay,
lust because its commercial aspect has
been too greatly emphasised. K af forda an
incentive to get out of doors such aa Is
- provided in no other way, and It rewards
the spectator as does no, other game. It
therefore deserves the support of all.
The playing schedule, for the Western
league s season has not aa yet been Ipub.
llhed, nor la It at oil certain It will be;
H was made out weeks ago and glvea
to President Norrts L. O'Neill to promul
gate. . He carried it In his pocket to
California, and hung on to it there till
long past the time when the rules say it
shall be made public. Word came from
Chicago Saturday that It ia now ready,
and . maybe Omaha .will in time get a
glimpse of it Just why the president
held It up isn't yet made public.
College men are busy with their out
door1 games thee days, and while not
occupying so much attention In the public
eye as when playing foot ball, tney are
' I exhibiting a side of sport that is far
more serviceable than the more specta
cular fall contests can ever be. Track
and field training is open to all, and the
qualifications required for excellence are
within reach of all and should be en
Joyed by all.
A volume might be written on the
events of last Monday in Havana, but
a word will suffice. The better man, ap
parently, won, and now we see Jack
Johnson denied admission to each coun
try he has sought to approach aa a
haven, while Wlllard is welcomed as a
savior of his race In America. That's
Just the dltfence between winning and
losing.
The mudhen has finally been vindicated.
Heretofore it has served principally as
a tawet for long rsnjre trial shots, but
now it is given official recognition by
the federal courts as a water fowl.
CHANGE TELLS OF NEAT PLAY
Worked Exolusiyely by Chance and
Tinker and it Caught the Peer
' less Tyrns Cobb.
WON WORLD'S SERIES FOR CUBS
' NEW YORK, Anrn l.-Joa Tinker, tor
many years one of the star shortstops
of the country, and myself evolved a play
several yearn ago that 1 have never seen
duplicated, says Frank Chancel The play
la devised to save a shortstop an error
when the play Is o a wet and muddy
field. We tried the play, many times
when thrre was enough rain to make the
ball wet and slippery, and in every case
it turned out to be the right play.
This tplay should not be attempted un
ions the first baseman and the ahortstop
are in perfect . accord. ' By this I mean
the first baseman, by a subtle Intelli
gence which comes to him through his
familiarity with first base play, should
know when the play Is to be made.
We tried the play first during our open
ing game with Detroit, with the world's
series looming In front of us. At first
both Tinker and myself were rather
afraid ot the play. We talked It over on
the bench, and finally decided to try It.
It looked rather dangerous to both of us,
but we thought enough of It to try It in
the opening game ot the series for the
world's championship in 1908.
The play is simplicity Itself when It is
made right. In the 1908 series with De
troit,, after we had made the Jump from
New Tor to play the Tigers, we found a '
wet and muddy field, with a elighf drl
sllng rain tailing. We were before a
hostile crowd, which tilled the grand
stand and' bleachers. ' -
Bleacher Close t Fild.
iTha right field bleach trs -Iff Detroit are
built close to the field. They are built so
close in that a wild throw over first
base Is liable to bound Into the bleacher
and turn an error into a home run. Xi"ker
and I were thoroughly familiar with the
field. We had played there the season
before, when we had beaten the Detroit
Tigers for the world's championship in
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The play that was evolved In Detroit
that day not only helped us win the first
game, but gave us such a "Jump" on the
Tigers that w had little trouble in win
ning the premier honors ot the base ball
world. ' ' ' '
When Tinker told me that ha was hav
ing trouble in handling the wet ball he
and I put our heads together and we
fixed up a play,
"Bounce the ball to me.'' I suggested
to Tinker. Then and there we perfected,
the play. We decided that it was too
great a risk for him to throw the ball
straight across the diamond to me.
"I'll throw it so It will hit about ten
feet in front, of first base and you can
take it on the bound," said Tinker.
The next inning we tried it out and we
tried it on that superb hitter, Tyrus Cobb,
Cobb hit 'one to Tinker, and I' believe
that he hit It slowly on purpose.
jTaaa-ht Coab a Foot.
Tinker came In fast ' and grabbed the
ball. As he straightened up to throw,
Cobb was tearing down the base lint at
full speed. Tinker let gjo of the ball,
and It hit about ten feet in front of first
base. It bounded perfectly. I was stand
ing back of the bag. I got the ball In
my hands in nice fashion, and Cobb was
out by a step. It was a pretty play, and
the minute the umpire waved his hands
for the out I knew we had .perfected a
play that was to help us materially in
winning the world's championship. Three
times ' in "that same game Tinker and I
made the same play, and it went through
each time.
The first baseman, In making this play.
should stand back ot the bag. If be takes
this position he can go forward or back
ward several feet in order to get the ball
at the right angle, la this position he
can keep bis foot on the bag and get the
throw In time to get the "runner.
Here la a play that often comes up In
a game, and rooet first basemen 'are ex
tremely liable to make the play In the
wrung fashion.
A man Is on second base and the batter,
In order to sacrifice him along, bunts
toward first bsse. Of course, In this
situation, the first baseman is "laying"
for a hint When the ball is hit the first
baseman takes one quick look at the
runner at second. He knows whether he
has a good, start or not. If the runner
haa stsrted to third on the bunt and It
is a ten-to-one shot he haa don't make
any attempt to get him. Uet the runner
at first.
King Cole Now on Sibk List
A' week from next Friday will see Pa'e
troubles on in real earnest; Omaha opens
at St. Joseph on that day.
Anyhow, the Feds picked a mighty
good day to open the season, so far aa
weather la concerned.
TU saddest feature of the Havana af
fair is the amount 'of aftermath It has
engendered.
That's on gam Cieotta will not In
clude ia bis published record.
GARDNER QUITS AS HEAD
OF THE MEMPHIS CLUB
Because of business Interests In Pt
Louis that taks up his time, Russell
Gardner, chief owner of the Memphis
Southern league club, has resigned the
presidency of the club and John P. Mar
tin will succeed him at the head of af
faire. Martin formerly was connected
with the Mempliia club under other wa
ershlp and la sal to know the Ins and
outs of the game.
Develop Kaaekle Hall.
Pitrher George router of the Boston
Red box Is developing a knuckle ball.
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Annual Debate on Fishing
The Yankee.) are already meeting thel
usual luck, and have on ot the longest
hospital Hsu of any of the big league
teams. King Cole la en of the latest ot
the Yanks to caU for the doctor. He Is
one of Wild Bill Donovan's standbys,
and it an operation' It necessary, aa
was at' first believed, he will be out of
the gain until well along In summer.
N.unamaker, the big catcher, I another
man who la flying the Red Cross colors
Expect Meredith
To Shatter Record
For HaU-Mile Bun
NEW YORK. April 10.Th statement
credited to George ' Orion,' track ''coach
at the University of Pennsylvania, to the
effect that Ted Meredith will surely break
the world' half mile record during the
coming outdoor season is an interesting
prediction, and because of It the athletle
fans will watch closely every on, of
Meredith's races during the summer. If
Meredith is to perform the wonderful feat
of running 880 yards faster. than one mln.
ute fifty-two and one-half seconds it
would seem that he must do it on the
fast track at the Baa Francisco exposition.
and for this line of talk there are two
reasons. The first I that the Frisco
track will be seconds faster than the
running track at Franklin Field, Philadel
phia, where the Inter-collegiate games
are to be held on May 9. The second Is
that In the half-mile championship at the
Panama-Pecltlo games Meredith will
probably have David Caldwell of Bye
fleld, Mass., and Homer Baker of Brook
lyn 1 there to force htm to a superhuman
pace the kind necessary to accomplish
a performance better than 1:1 JVi. With
out competition such as Caldwell and
Baker will furnish Meredith ha not a
chance to vn approach (the great mark
he mado at Stockholm In 1911, and this
Is th reason Meredith has practically do
chance of making a new .record at the
lnUr-eollerlates.-
If Oeorg Brown, th great Yai run
ner, recover sufficiently from the at
tack of appendicitis that stopped hi ru
nlng last tall to be at his best oa May
,- It' possible that MeredHb will be
forced to a very fast half, but with Brown
below his best form Mart jr Hayes of
Prlnretnn. e 1 :fA man will TVa
I speediest opponent.
NEW WORLD'S MOTORCYCLE
; RECORD. IS ESTABLISHED
Otto Walker on his llarley-Davldson
won the International Grand Prix In th
SCO-mil road race at Van toe. Cal. Tim.
4:24:1TH. or an average of WV miles per
hour. Red Parkhurst on a Harley-Davidson
finished second, only 16 seconds be
lli ad -the winner. Marty Graves, on of
th raoers riding on the Omaha Motor-
dame last fall, finished alxth, H minutes
Ister.
Otto Walker, the winner, was an ama
teur, and this f th first time an ema-
Uur ha beaten th famous professional
stars in a motorcycle rac of this dura
tion.
The thirty-seven entries were composed
of nine different makes, one of them en
tering fourteen machines, and the con
test was witnessed by M.OOQ enthusiasts.
FIRST ROOKIE COMES FROM
PANAMA CANAL ZONE LOOf4
Ths Panama Canal Con league has
sent Its first recruit to the states. The
Memphis club has taken on an outfielder
named Drennan. who is so sure that he
can make good that he paid Ms own way
from Cristobal, a matter of about tOOO
miles.
Pitchen of Long Ago. Won Fifty
Games in Season, Now Don't
Even Fitch that Many.
SPALDING HOLDS TEE RECORD
NEW YORK, April 10-Thes day a
hurUr who pitches fifty game or part
games ot base ball In on season la
looked upon aa a wonder and l railed
everything from an Iron man to a regular
horse for work, and at that the hurler
who gets In fifty gamos la a very rare
bird. Back In the '80s fifty games per
season was considered a comfortable
amount of work for the average hurler,
but when it comes to winning fifty full
game of big league base ball in one
season, then the hurler is touching the
miraculous. Base ball history glvea the
names of several big league pitchers that
have accomplished this wondsrful feat.
The pitcher who holds th record in
games won In a alngle season Is the fa
mous A. O. Bpalding, th greatest hurlor
In his day. and the many rooorda he
created stsnd up to the present time as
the best. Of course. Spalding work wss
pulled off under dlrferent condition than
exist today, but ven at that hi pitching
waa wonderful.
It was In 1S75 that A, O. Spalding made
his great record in games won. During
that season he pitched sixty-three Uull
games and won fifty-six of them, a per
centage of .8. the highest avsrsge in
game won In th history ot the game.
During the season of 184 Charles Rad
bourne, for Providence, then in the Na
tional league, pitched seventy-one game
ot baa ball, winning tltty-aeven of them.
This I th greatest number of games
won In a single season In the history of
major league base ball. Guy Hecker, an
other famoua hurler ot the old school
and the star of ths Loulavllle club back
In losi. pitched seventy-one games that
season and won art even fifty o( them.
Hecker performed in a wonderful man
ner that year. He whiffed aeventeen men
In a regular nine-Inning contest and ha
lost it at that. He also had a winning
streak wherein he won thirteen consecu
tive Victoria, and during the time Hecker
waa swatting the ball at a clip better
than .300. for the big star wa a real bats
man. How much would a hurler of Heck
er a ability bring oa the market today?
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Open Tennis Play ; , j
Not Permitted in j
England This Year
. KBW YORK, April 10,-No open tennis
tournament will be held in England dur
ing the coming season, according to a de
cision of the Lswn Tennis association.
The governing body's brief notice Is "to
suspend all open meetings In England
until further notice."
The London Field, In commenting ' on
this derision, says: "Indeed, th brevity
of the official announcement Issued by
the council is to be commended, for th
functions of the governing body do not
reqaire It to express ,any opinion as to
the propriety of playing friendly matches
between Individuals or teams during th
war period. Similarly, w should depre
cate any attempt td detract from patron
of the game, however eminent a view
which might be used to influeno player
on a matter which I obviously governed
by personal instinct
'The suggestion made recently that th
king should be Invited 'to give the gam
of lawn tennis the asm graeloua ex
pression of approval that he has extended
to the sport ot racing,' will not, we feel
sure, commend Itself to the council. Just
a no statutory decree is actually neces
sary to suspend open tournaments until
the crisis of our empire Is passed, so no
sanction from high quarters la demanded
tor the pursuit of healthy recreation by
those whose duty It Is to administer and
aurry on the civil and Industrial lite of
this country.
"The idea that we should close our
playgrounda at a time when their tonic
qualities were never more valuable er
timely la obviously opposed to common
sense. The opinion of the crown Is not re
quired to revesl Us absurdity,"
With the advent of tho balmy weather
Oi gentle spring and the warm shower
of April th office of Superintendent of
Schools E. V. Graff one more become
th scene ot heated discussion whenever
C. E. Herring, attorney for th school
board, make hi appearance, For Graff
and Herring are ardent fishermen and
their methods are distinctly contrary, and
each declares Ms method vastly superior
to th' other.
Graff and Herring In the summertime
make fishing trips to Kpirlt Iake, la,
each year, and there they omit the vocal
differences of opinion to work dlllaently
to bear' out In real fact their positive
assertions.
Herring Is an expert. Ills outfit took
like a portable sporting goods store. He
has fancy flies, nickel-plated spoons, steel
rod end all th other paraphernalia that
catalogue say an expert must bo
equipped with. Hi argument I that It
takes all these Instruments to catch flsH.
Graff, on the other hand, calls Herring
a moving picture fisherman and scorn
the fancy hook and lines. An old bam
boo pole, a cork bobbin and a penny
hook are good enough for him. While .
llnrrlng goes through th maneuver of
a German general directing an army of
lOO.floo men when he fishes, Graff sit
contentedly by, never making a more ex
cept to haul In the luclous bass.
The argument la on in full blast these
dbys, but It Is not quite so heated aa
before. After Herring explains and ex
postulates,' bringing Into play all his legal ,
facilities, Graff merely grin and In
quires: "Who caught the fish last year?"
The argument generally ceases at this
point with Herring replying with: "Well, ,
It'll be different this time." . .
sssiser t susssa Bora.
James J. Callahan, vice president of the
ihlcaao White box. is ratner to a new
bora son, who has been named Daniel
Hardy Callahan, after hla maternal
granaratner.
klfte4 Heavta Arm.
Here's a queer thins about Davta, the
rookie twlrier from Virginia, who has
bean eHowlne so well with the Athletics
For four years Davta always threw left-
bended. row tie la a rutit-handed pitcher.
Steel Hm mm ratraet.
Klmer hieele. formerly pitcher In the
national leuxue, has klgncd a coatraut
sun tue fciriUgv:ort cluU.
MANY , ENTRIES IN RELAYS
Michigan Agricultural Colleje and
Missouri, Western Teams, En
tered in Philadelphia Event.
TWO DATS OF RACING CARDED
PHILADELPHIA, April lo.-Th Penn
sylvania relay management is finding dif
ficulty this year In making room for the
large number of extra colleges and
choola that have entered for the various
events In the big meet to be held this
month. It waa thought that In th first
jear of a two days' meet the programs
for th two days would be rather slim,
but th contrary Is now sure to be th
rase. Tnls I shown by th fact that It
111 be necessary to atrt Saturday's
meet at 1:J0 p. m., Instead ot 1 o'olook, a
originally planned. The largo number of
high school entries Is mainly responsible
for this. Over 100 high schools have slir
nlflsd their Intention of being on hand
and they have been put into thirteen
claaa events, which ot themselves will
take an hour and a half to run off.
The response from the college this
year haa been unprecedented. Not only
111 the relay championships be more
representative than aver, but all th spe
cial events will be filled with th highest
class athletes In the American colleges.
There I not a single event, with the
possible exception ot the .100 yards, In
which th world' record may not be
broken. This fact speaks volume for th
high standard that may b expected from
these events.
M. A. C. Eater.
Michigan Agricultural colleg wa heard
from th other day. These athletes are
coached by J. V. Macklin. a Pennsylvania
gradual. In addition to having hi
team in th class B championship, wits
Columbia, Byracuse and other colleges,
Macklin will have some men In the spe
cial events. Ueatty will compete In the
high hurdle and Blue and blacklock In
the shot and discus. These three men
are all stars In thslr respective events,
but they will have to be In their very
best form to have a show against the
champions already entered.
Missouri wa also heard from and will
be represented in some of the special
event. If th relay men show up well
enough they will run in either th one or
th two-mil championship race. t
PITCHER FINDS NEW WAY
TO BUY OUT OF THE ARMY
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The Mobile club of the Houthern league
purchased the release of a pitcher named
Crandall from the Vnlted mates army.
Now be haa jumped his team and Mobile
wonders If ths National commission Is
powerful enough to make Unele Ram give
back the purchase price. It eoema that
Crsndall worked a clever scheme to get
his release front the army.
SOUTH DOESN'T CARE MUCH
FOR ANTE-SEASON GAMES
Less than 14 persons paid to see gv
Cincinnati-Mobile gam th other day.
Th exhibition contests In th south no
longer draw crowds, and are good only
for practice and not for revenue. Th
bug wait to com out until there la
something at stake.
VENICE MOTORCYCLE RACE
CAPTURED BY FIRESTONE
Th rac victories won on Firestone
motoroyol tires during the last few
months bid fair to rival the recent racing
records established by Firestone automo
bile tires.
The ramouo Venice (Cal.) track on
April 4 waa the aoene of one of the moist
exciting and Important motorcycle meets
ever held in this country. Thirty-eight
motorcycles entered the race and, after
101 miles of whirlwind riding, Otto
Walker, on a Flretnone-shod Ilarley
Davidson, captured first place. Time,
sixty-nine miles per hour, which exceed
th automobile record on the same course
by about eight mile pr hour.
Ftreston equipped machines also took
third, fourth and fifth placea.
Former Big League
Managers Strive in ;
Ranks This Season
NEW YORK. April W.-Twelv former '
big league managers will work In th
rank this year, soma acting a rrlvate
and other a coaches, after having met
with varying degrees of success as man
agers. Th most notable among thes
are Napoleon Lajoie, who is now a mem
ber ot the Philadelphia Americans, and
John Ever, the famous second baseman
of the Boston Nationals. For five years
Lajoie led the Cloveland team, and dur
ing four out of 'those five years his
team waa a contender for the American
league pennant. Evers managed tho
Cubs for two years after Frank Chance
quit, with a fair amount of success. Then
there I Dooln of Philadelphia, who will
catch for Cincinnati this year. St. Lout
Americana havs two ex-manarora In.
VVallao and Austin.
Harry Davis, one-tlmo manager of th
Cleveland team, and for yeara Mack's
lieutenant, is still en tho Athletle roster,
Sullivan, who had a stormy career with
the Chicago Americans, haa to be eon
tent with a coaching Job at Minneapolis
this season, while Jim McGuIre, another
one of the crop of former Cleveland man
agers. Is coaching th Detroit recruits.
Pecklnpaugh, who guided th Yankee
for a short time, will resume his rank
of private with that club. . In- tho Federal
league, Bradley, manager of th Brooklyn-
Federals last season, will play with
the Kansas City team this year. Hal
Chase, who managed the New Tork
Americans for a disastrous season or two.
will play first base for tho Buffalo Fed
erals, while Mordscal Brown, formerly
of th famous Chicago Cubs, and more
recently manager of the t. Louis Fed
eral, will be a member of the pitching
staff of the Chicago Federals.
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COLEMAN DECIDES HE IS A
MINOR LEAGUER AFTER ALL
Curtis Coleman, who had a trial with
tho New Tork Yankees a couple ot years
go and indignantly objected to betnaT
sent to the minors. Jumping the gam
rather than go to Atlanta, haa concluded
he is only a minor leaguer after all and
lias signed to play with Vancouver In th
Northwestern league.
RED SOX FIND SWEENEY
LACKING IN TALENT, TOO
For the information of those who
thought Roger Bresnahan waa going
wrong when he released Bill Sweeney, It
la Hated that Manager Carrlgan of tho
K?d Box has turned him loose, ffweeney
Joined the Red Box after the Cub let
him out and went to Hot Springs, but
he haa failed to show anything In a field
ing or batting way.
Cats Mrhool Term .
Mike Maitooy. the I'nlverslty of Texas)
Inflelrier. slurried last winter by .thai
Cleveland American, has cut his school
course short and Joined Birmingham tor
a tryout.
Laaaj gold br Rett.
First BHsemsn Johnny Lang has been
sold by ths Keds to the t'ort Waynej
club of the Central league.
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1502 South Tenth Street,
Omaha, Neb. '
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