Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 16, 1915.
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Copyright 111. lntemUonal
News Service.
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
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Judgments
GAIN cometh from tha east
and from tha west complaint
that tha public Is tired of the
commercialized baaa ball.
Thoughful commentators, who
have tha fame's best Interest
have from time to time for '
ALL EYES 0NTHE DIAMONDS
Prospecti for Sandlot Baie Ball
Said to B Brightest in the
History of Game.
TEAMS WORK IN HARMONY
Br FRANK QVIGLEY.
From present indications this season
In mind.
many months, called attention to this ' -will surpass all others since amateur
fact, and yet tha magnates hava waited , base ball was put on tha map tn Omaha,
to hava tha force of the argument come j More enthusiasm has v already been
with tha overwhelming; proof of tha j evinced this season than aver before. In
' public's Indifference to their personal nearly every contest harmony reigns,
concerns. President O'Neill of the West- only a couple of small differences have
' era league was one of the earliest of ! been reported to data,
observers of tha game to comment ad- t a recent meeting of tha American
1 versely on tha habit of exploiting- mythl
, eel sums paid for ball players by one
team or another. lie also gave It as
his Judgment that It was harmful to tha
game to establish the thought In tha
, minds of the people that tha dollars and .
cents side of the sport was uppermost, j
While money la needed to run a team,
and the public has never shown any sign
league It was dodded that the West
Leavenworth Merchants and tha Dundee
Woolen Mills teams should play over
their eleven-Inning game that terminated
In a victory for the Merchants, by
score of 10 to T. Both teams differed on
nearly every decision made by the um
pire, and It Is asserted that the Mer
chants failed to abide by some or the
or cegruaging eiuier owner or piaycr we Mter tno different managers
proui or. tne sport, no matter now largo , heard tha ,tor,eB of th ,lde, they
they might be. tha peralstence with which ; cou(, not eeJ thep way cleaP to ,et thc
me monetary siue or me game, especially
since tha entry of tha Federal league,
has been dwelt upon, has turned away
many supporter, who felt whatever of
patriotism and ch ic pride ha might hava
had swallowed up In tha swelling wava
from the box office. Tha team owner
who will quit talking about how much
ha Pays for his players, and will put out
Merchants gel away with this victory.
Not In This Year.
After finding that it Is a difficult mat
ter to schedule games with Clas-A
teams since the organisation of tha
Greater Omaha league. Blair and Platts
mouth want to Join the league. Presi
dent Cook says ha will be willing to
a combination of winners, without an- 1 consider their applications next season.
nexing cost tags to any, will be tha ona
to win back what they all miss the
popular favor so necessaiy to success In
base ball.
'P Rourka's efforts to provide a ball
team for Omaha seem about to be real
ized. It looks as if we had at last gotten
a lot of youngsters who hava tha neces
sary vim, skill and persistence to win a
majority of the games they enter. Some
thing of crudity may yet attach to their
stylo, but they show a willingness that
Is very commendable, and a pertinacity
that will make tha other fellows watch
all summer long. No better example of
this quality was ever given than that
, shown over at Des Moines, when Omaha
went to the bat In tha ninth inning, five
runs to the bad, and tied the score. Tha
rally waa a magnificent spurt, and proves
. the mettle of the youngsters who march
behind Marty Krug under the Rourke
banner. Later in tha season, when tha
pitching staff has been brought down to
a better working basis, and some of the
finesse of the sport Is made available,
Omaha Is going to furnish splendid enter
tainment on the ball field.
, Taking It by and large, tha Western
league Is doing fairly well, thank you.
The paying strength of the teams Is much
nearer balanced than it was last season,
and this without weakening the quality
or base ball provided for the publics
pleasure. A result of this Is that public
interest Is mora general, and attendance
at the games Is better. As the season
moves ahead, and the relative strength
of tha trams is better developed, this
interest ought to get back to the pitch
when tha Western boasted of the beat
average attendance of any of the minor
leagues, which was because It furnished
tha best ball of any.
Amateur and "semi-pro" base ball in
Omaha lost a bright light when George
("Shanty") Falconer slid over the plate
for the last time. Ho was a player of
the type that men admire. Modest as he
waa efficient, clean in all his ways, and
going Into the pport for the sake of the
sport, he made for himself a name that
will long be recalled by those who watch
the games on tha commons. "Shanty's"
name is out of the line-up for all time
now, but his memory Is warm In the
heart of many a hustling ball tosser In
this section.
but he can't cope with tha situation at
present. Nevertheless ha has taken it
upon hi shoulders to arrange matters
so that Plattsmouth and Blair can play
one of the Greater Omaha teams every
Sunday If they so desire- -
Only eight of tha fourteen directors of
the Omaha Amateur association showed
up at the meeting last week. It is Im
portant that all of tha directors should
be on deck. The writer cannot conceive
why any ona of tha directors, when they
were so enthusiastic at tha beginning of
the season, falls to answer the roll call!
when his help and co-operation Is
earnestly requested and needed. The
next meeting will be held at tha council
chamber of tha city ball, Wednesday,
May 26. ,
President Isaacson would be pleased If
all the boys would attend.
. At the. last meeting several protests
that ' were registered with Secretary
Bloszies were brought up, but as the
teams Interested failed to show up the
protests are now tha property of tha
waste basket. The Gants-McAndrews
difference was dropped because ' Gantx
failed to appear to prosecute. '
Plan .for Ralalaar Money.
From appearances the' Central Parks
were willing- to hand their franchise In
the Booster league to tha Monmouth
Parks, because they failed to register a
kick. Because of the fact that It will
require considerable money to defray the
expenses of the different winners In tha
various leagues for their excursions at
tha termination of this season, a. plan
was submitted by Louis Cook for raining
the money. Ha suggested that tickets be
secured, to bo disposed of at $1 each,
which would entitle tha bearer to witness
all of the championship games. A com
mittee waa appointed consisting of Fred
Hunter, Louis Cook and Fred Kralt, to
make the necessary arrangements to dis
pose of the tickets.
If each manager would get rid of ap
proximately ten tickets, tha association
would be on easy street, and the bal
ance left over would be sufficient to
have a big spread at the Auditorium for
Will Take Long Rest
in Preparation for
San Francisco Games
PHILADELPHIA. May 15. -James Ed
ward Meredith, the star runner of tha
Cniverslty of Pennsylvania, Is planning
to take a long rest from competition
right after the Intercollegiate A. A. A.
A. games, which are to be run off at
Philadelphia on May and . Aa toon
as he has run his lost race at the big
college meet, Ted will hacg up his shoes
and forget running for several weeks.
After college closes Meredith will go to
summer camp at Bantam lake in the
iBerkshires for a complete rest from
every sort of mental and physical work,
and here the Olymplo 800-meter champion
ulll stay until It's time to go to the
Panama-Pacific games at the San
Francisco exposition, in which he will
represent tha Meadowbrook club of
Philadelphia.
Meredith haa the same idea about train
ing (for the Panama-Paciflo meet as
Homer Baker of the New York Athletic
club. He wants to get Into fair condi
tion before leaving the east, and thon
fi"'i . tin his training with.twp or three
weeks of bard work In tha Pacific coast
011111.10. Both the Pennsylvania and
tha mercury footer will do their training
on the exposition track.
It Is likely that Meredith will train for
the quarter-mile at the Panama-Paciflo
games, though he may start In tho half-
mile event as well. The latter race, with
Meredith, Baksr and Dave Caldwell of
Boston In the running, would unques
tionably develop one of the greatest half
mile performances ever seen on an
American clnderpeth. . '
MISS LILLIAN B. HYDE GETS SCRATCH UATiNG
AT GOLF According to tho annual rating list Miss Lil
lian B. Hyde of the South Shore Field club is again alone
on the scratch mark of the Women's Metropolitan Golf
association. Miss Hyde is the present holder of the
championship title which she won last summer over the
links of the Essex County Country Club of West Orange,
N. J., after a brilliant display of golf.
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Pa Rourke parked hie little kit and
.slipped away from home Friday, with
out tailing anybody whither he wa
bound. Only one reason may j AtMt,. ceantM tne 0uh,.
and that is that he Is on the trial of ..channe w lup fcft,
another pttcning person.
Do you suppose Bill Donovan la merely
a lucky guy. or Is It that the Tanks like
him better than they did Frank Chance?
At any rate, he Is doing what the Peer
less couldn't do he's making that gang
play ball
Marty Krug looks Ilka the von Ilinden
hrar of tha Western. Ha la making au.-h
time-tried veterana aa Isbell, Jack Hol
land and Josh Clarke sit up and ta'te
notice.
With Topeka at one end and Wichita
at the other, those Kansas teams seem
to hava the Western league standing table
between them.
While Benton Grins
Tinker Cops Second,
Third and the Plate
Rube Benton, the Cincinnati southpaw,1
didn't know any too much about the art
of pitching when-ha made his major
league debut a couple of season ago.
Cincinnati and Chicago were playing and
Benton pitching. Joe Tinker, who was
then playing short for the Cubs, walked
and then proceeded to hava soma fun with
the nube He took a long lead off "first.
Benton turned around and grinned, but
made no attempt to eatoh him. Tinker
walked to second. Joe bluffed a steal to
third and when Benton made no move to
ton him walked to that base.
M.nmroi- GrMftth was raving by this
time. Tinker took another look at the
grinning Rube and than made a break
fcr home. Tinker scored standing up.
"What's the matter with youT What
In the blankety-blankety-Wank were you
doing out there?" cried Griffith when
Benton came In rrom the fieia.
Benton emlled the happy smile of a
child that has Just been presented with a
six-foot sugar cans.
"Oh. they can't fool me," ha replied.
That man Tinker thought he was goln.
to play a smart trick on me. He thought
I was green an tried to make me throw
the ball, but I fooled him."
There's no record of how long Griffith's
fainting spell lasted.
Moore and De Oro Will
Contest Matches Soon
NEW YORK. May lS.-Ueorge W.
Moore and Alfredo De Oro will contest
all the base ball manipulators In Omaha ma'cn '"r ln" TVm V.. ,Z
next fall ! billiard champlonehtp in thla city on the
j nights of May 17. 18 and 19. They will
pisy lao points, ov tai n nixiu.
Both De Oro and Moore wished to
defer the match until September. The
obstacle was William B. Huey of Chi
cago, who had challenged the winner.
If he could have been induced to with
draw his challenge De Oro would have
withdrawn his challenge, dated April 2.
and immediately Uued another, whirh ,
would mature In .Time. Then as a chani-
er the mon cannot be compelled to play In June,
July or August. Moore, as rhamp-inn.
could postpone playing until September.
Angered because the National Aaaocta-
of Amateur Billiard Playera had
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Commercial Side
of National Game
NEW YORK, May IB. Commercialism
Is killing the Interest In base ball these
nays. Fans are boco.nlng tired of tha
Hpei'tarle of clubs out-blddlng ona an
other for the services of star players.
and civ to priile, as far as It relates to
base ball, is almost a dad Issue.
The dally attendance at tha ball parks
are not what they used to be, and all
because of tha warring forces. It seems
a rase of the survival of tha fittest
flnamlally. The players incidentally
the most Important part of base ball.
naturally go whore the money Is and
play accordingly. Years ago. In the
days of Mike Tleman, George Gore and
Tim Kcefo and "Smiling Mickey" Welsh
the financial end of ball playing waan t
to apparent.
' Of course, the Fcdoral league may be
blamed for prwaent cond'tlons, but Us
backers should not be censured any too
severely , for butting In on the bonansa
that their rivals seemed to monopolise
Today the Foneral league la In tha same
position aa was the American league at
Its Inception.. At that time "Organised
Base Ball" consisted almost solely of the
National league, and tha American.
barked by the brain of Ban Johnson.
waa conaidered the nerviest kind of an
outlaw organisation for even thinking
about breaking In on the long established,
and reapeoted National league. It was
fought tooth and nail, and only money In
lerra sobs kept the opposition going.
(Finally. Johnson forces are recognised
and considered, and today both leagues
stsnd aa double-barrelled opponents te
the Federals, who are trying to do the
sam tiling a tha Johnson organisation
did yvers age. Three big leagues are ot
necessary to appease the country ap
petite for baa balle, but aa thing ttanu
low the Federal league, with Its collec
tion 0i stars. Is as muoh entitled to con
sideration and prestige as either the Na
tional or American. ' -
STATE TRAP SHOOT IS NEXT
At Least Eight of Omaha's Cracks
Will Go to North Platte for
Big Tournament.
AFTER 1916 EVENT FOR OMAHA
Quite a number of Omaha trap shooter
will mvade North Platte, where the an
nual state trap shooting tournament to
to be held Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of thla week. The Omaha ag
gregation will hike to tha Piatt river
village for two reasons, one to aop aa
much of the prise money aa possible and
econd to bring tha 191 state tournament
to Omaha.
Among those expected to take part tn
tha event, are Ray Klngsley, Don Mo-
Cown, Bert Dixon, Henry McDonald.
George Redlck, Bam Huntley, Doo Hall
and Wolfe. Tha fact that Huntley and
Klngsley Intend to make tha trip assure
Omaha of soma money winners.
Tha Omaha aggregation are confident
thst the 191 S shoot will be awarded to the
Omaha Gun club. The Omaha club ha
on of the beat firing line In tha country,
traps are of the vary best and visiting
shooters are always given a royal time
when here.
It Is thought by tha Omaha shooters
that the North Platte shoot will be about
tha best state tourney ever held In Ne
braska. All of tha Nebraska shooters
who attended the registered shoot here
Monday and Tuesday will be entered In
tha date, and It la believed the entry
list will be over JOO. .
Fans Four, Then Sees
Each Bring in Tally
Clinton Rogge, tha new and promising
twlrler with th Pittsburgh Fads, lays
claim to tha distinction of being the only
titcher who struck out four men In on
inning and lived to sea every one of tha
four score a run.
It happened In a college game In Michi
gan, llogge la a Dig cnap wiio a wono
of speed. The varsity catcher we a 116
pound mite and couldn't hold Rogga, wha
struck out three men In a row, and every
one went to first when the catcher failed
tn clutch the third strike. With tha
bases loaded, Rogge struck out tha fourth
batter and the man on third cama home
with tha first tally, while th fanned
latter raced to first In safety.
An error and a hit followed, and the
three other strikeout victims who had
gained the 'bases through th Inability of
tha catcher to hold Rogga scooted home
with the run that won th gam.
Man with Crippled
Legs Wins Big Swin?
Advices from " Sydney ' tell . of a notabl
awlmmlhg performance achieved by E.
Frledlander of Kabroorlit In winning the
fourth annual swim through Perth, a dis
tance of' five mile. Frledlander, who
was third In th IMS race, I In buslnexs
at Kalgoortt and use crutches, his
legs being useless owing to some physi
cal weakness. To win nnder auoh cir
cumstances, notwithstanding that he has
massive arms and shoulders, I an un
doubted triumph. Handicapped at 2:00.
he did th trip In which I :30
better than th time ef last year' winner.
II beat th wretch roan, W. Reed, by
one-half minute. Reod made the fastest
time, 1:47:40. Thla to a record for tha
race.
Wilson Bals Enters
Indianapolis Race
Would Have Traded
Wife for Base Hit
Frank Chance always waa a hard loser
and Joe Tinker tella this one on him as
an incident of the world's series In whirh
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BUSH LONGEDJO GO HOME
Tigers Were Too Rough an Outfit
for Donie When He Saw Them
Flay First Game.
BUT HE CAUGHT FEVER LATER
loas of the third game. He wi nt home
with hla head on hla cheat.
"When he reached his hotel he waa a
fit aubject for the deaf and dumb aiy- ; tion
lujn. Mis. Chance tried In vain to cheer j pronounced him a profesaional, Huey
him up. Fhe talked to him and conned j would not make a definite response to
him along. But Frank refused to ba appeals made to him In the interest of a j
cheered. Finally, In desperation, Mrs. j postponement. The winner of tha com- j
Chance, In a tone that would have won Ing match, If so disposed, may compel
Those untried youngsters of Rourke's
are surely showing the real gooda If
they'U keep it up. the way to the bigger
fields of base ball is open.
One good way to make base ball a suc
cess is to go to the games and afford
the heart of a lion, said to Frank: !
" "Now, dear, don't take It so hard, j
Come on, chei up. What if you do lose
thts series. Uemember, dee lie, you hava
me.
"'Yes, I know I've got you,' said j Ing months
Chance in breaking his speechless spell, i
'but there uerj spots In that game today!
Huey to play In not less than thrty nor
more than forty daya from May 15.
Tho coming matoh will be for a purse
of tuOP and the trophy, which munt be
defended contlnuoualy for twelve play-
when I would have traded you for a baaa
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YALE ORDERS EIGHT-OAR
CHANGE METHOD OF PLAY
FOR TOM MORRIS TROPHY
An Important change In th method of
CUCI I rnnii r I n rlM tnr'" y iom morna memorial
OrltLL rnOM OLD LNGLAND j trophy competition haa ieen made this
1 'year. The varloua club will play agalnat
Coach Guy Nlrkalla of th Yale unl- j the regular par of the course this year
practical encour...... ,v-, tnd ., miuS, ou.t j WM ,t yraK xhe Tom Worri, piay wtl,
.. - for his varsity crew. The bosts ar;occur this year on June 1, elmultane
lOII WWM I ...... j I
i. what he's dolus- all tha luiPP "
" 1 teaU, homever,
time.
rig. Tho
a straight
ixisly at all (luSa hth ure membera of
the Western Golf asiociatlon. Fight
Cliff Rowland la ahowing them that
Commy wasn't craxy after all.
the Iholr-iin
are rigged In
Una Inatt-ad of being- adjuetnd In sigcag i playera from each duo parti, luate. The
fashion along th keep, wtilrh la the j Country. Field and liuppV Hollo clubs
Kngllah etylu of rowlnj. of Omaha are all memUrre
Have you heard the story of how Donle
Bush Joined the Tigers snd wss so up
ret, mentally, by their actions, not to
warda him. but their opponents, that he
wanted to tear up hla contract and go to
the quietness of a home fireside In dear
nll InitlanaoolisT asks an official hls-
torlan of the Detroit team, and then,
j without waiting for an answer, he tells
ithe story.
I Here It Is:
1 "Donle, as almost everyono who fol
io bsae ball at all knows, reported to
j Detroit In the fall of ISO. These were
the days when Detroit was fighting off
Chicago and Cleveland In tfte mad ruah
1 for the American league pennant. Tneac
eer the days, you'll recall, when Dono-
Ivan and Delimit and ftoaaman and K Hi
lar and all those fellows who have gone
out were creating base ball history.
"Charley 0I.ary. regular shor'stop,
had be. n going bad for some time and
th time came when Jennings waa in ab
solute need ol a shortstop who could
field and hit and run basea If hla team
v.a to win the pennant. Bush was pur
chased from Indianapolis of the Ameri
can association and waa ordered to re
port to Jennings In St. Loula
"The day Detroit was opposed to Rube
Wad.lell, s well some other pitcher,
some pit' her, whose name hsa been tor-
The mystery of th "unknown car" in j
the next Indianapolis MO-mlle rar la no
I mere. The machine Is announced aa th
I IlalH sneclal. entered by Wilson A. Bals
I of Indianapolis, and driven by Jimmy
gotten, started the contest against th j nil of the same city.
Tigers and Jennlng's men simply turned j tials originally Intended to name his i
his runes Into straight, fnst ones overjr.r tne -skunk," but when he found out I
the Infield. . ' that a driver named Llmberg had entered;
"Push was on one end of the bench . machine, changed his mind. Hkunk and 1
when the game started and the Tigers, J ,jmberg. ne thought, would be too much, j
with their old rush and yells of derision ; rvon for the hardened beesers of a W0- j
went after the pitcher. This dlaturbed j mli race-goliig public.
Hush, but he stuck to the bench. When j naU' rCtt for announcing his Iden- .
wsfldeii went Into the center or the dla.((Uy ,t ,nU t)me u that nl, mai,ne Is
mond every man In tho toam went off . now ln .atlsfeclory nhape and that he
th bench an.l stalled after the famous confident It will maks a good showing, ;
left-hander, who lias since died. , The c,r , Marmoni privately re.: lmpcrtsnt sperd contests this Season.
tram ford I uiiKilrlra lam, built, and has been tirougnt to compie-
"Sam Crawford, who, even on tlmt flrt tlon onl thl" week. I
clay l uil taken a liklni? to Hush, can tell '
the balance of the story. HuyaSani. ! AUSTRALIA D'fiS UP NEW 1 Uneqr aled for comfort, speed, wrweT,
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and all around tatlsfarUon.
BE SATISFIED
and Ride a 1915
Harlcy-Davidson
That has made a rlaan sweep ot
sales records as well as winning all
98 Re 1 Improvements
HOPE FROM AMATEUR RANK!1
1 1 1'. I . . I, , w .Biii.a aiuiiui, anri wwv i
had given Rube the old battle eil and
here waa Donle sitting on the bench with j
hla feet up. hla heai between his handa
and looking the pic ture of hoinesicknem.
I want over to him an4 said:
"'What's the matter, kll
"' 'I don't like this bunch,' answered
Donle. I
"'Don't pay any attention to them. I
They're not going to hurt you." I sn-
awered. I
" 'Right afterwards Waddcll was chax d I
from the game and aa he paitaed the De- j
trolt bench, Davy Jo new Jumped on hla
back and rode him out of the para. Donle j
hunched down atlll further and. If there! WEST POINT HURLER COPS
the baptism of fire In the big leagues It NINETEEN GAMES IN ROW
was him.
'Hut two or three dsvs sfterwards he Cadet Robert K. Neyland of the Fourth
VICTOR II. ROOS
"Bnowy" Raker, the Australian boxing
promoter, announces ths professional :
idrbut of Harold Hardwick, a versatile; "The Motorcycle Man."
jantlpodean athlete who won the am-i oiian eveninta
Iteur championship of the British empire I . . wpun ? .. ....
at the Empire amce In London. His loavenworth St.. Omaha. Neh.
) record is such s.i to. rauie him ta be - ' ,
(warded In Fngland, Australia and else-! ' "
where as a moit promising candidate for j f
the heavyweight boxing championship of
(he world !
was out In the infield and climbing all of j
us for not showing enough pepi-r." '
lion Oat of Omaha.
The lryne-Hemmer team of the Com
mercial league make Itj first out-of-tow
n trip this sfternoon. going to liuls-
vlll
congressional district of Texaa, who
home I In Oreenvlll, Teg., ha won
nineteen strslght game for th Weat
Point base ball team. Neyland went
through last season without a defeat,
beating the Navy In U1J and again la
114. He la S year old. and I also a
clever boxer and foot ball player.
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and all drug and drink habits over
come by th moat modern and hu
mane treatment known to mankind.
Call or addrwse ua for more detailed
Information or reference te eared
Vatlenls.
Omaha Ileal Institute
leoa a. loth ex.
. rsee.