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OW comes It, aa they say in
N tha trench. Tta Feds are
I beginning to realise something
I 1 X 1 I A
magnate might have told
them long ago, and that la
that they picked up a lot of material tue
big league really didn't care a lot about
The payrolls of the Federal league are
topheavy with fancy salarlo given under
long-time contract to player who were
already dipping when they Jumped. Thl
condition Isn't pleasant and, moreover,.
St Is oostly, so the Federal owners are
proposing to amortise some of their con
tract. They will try to get the "consent
of the a.'ara they seek to be rid of to
take half of one year's pay and give up
the contract This doesn't look like a
really square deal, at first blush, but
quite a little Is to be said on the side of
the owners. The contracts were entered
into In good faith on the part of the own
ers, but the players were casting a stake
Into the future. Scarcely one of them
tout knew he was slipping, and that he
was not able to deliver what he had sold.
Therefore, he was anxious to sign for as
long a time aa possible. If he was sus
pected of being on the downgrade, he
was taken over, because it was thought
he might be tha means of Inducing some
other and more serviceable player to fol--low.
In some cases this Influence really
was effective, but not frequently enough
to make It a real aaaet to the Federal
league. At any rate, the Feds are on the
threshhold of housecleanlng time, and if
the league does business next season. It
will be on a basis where there may be a
chance for the owners to see lea of
a loss-
While on the subject of long-time con
tract and the like, we are reminded that
one of the grand old men of base ball.
Bam Crawford, . who has toeen so much
pralned for his othef qualifications, ha
never had full credit for one thing he
did. When Bam went from Cincinnati
to Detroit he did It clean. Ills contract
with Cincinnati expired with the season,
and he signed with Detroit for the fol
lowing season, although doing so secretly.
When the Cincinnati management bp
preached him to sign a new contract, he
told what he had done, and was asked
to break hi Detroit agreement but de
clined, although offered a handsome
bonus for doing so. He went to Detroit
for about the smallest salary that was
paid to any of the National league stars
who changed In that memorable year,
and on a short term contract His busi
ness Judgment waa much criticised at the
time, but he is about the only player
left outside of Lajoie who made the
switch, and although Sam has made no
boasts, It Is the impression that Nevins
has made it worth while for him to stick
by the Tiger.
Clarence Rowlands la being displaced
by the gossips in favor of Eddie Collins
a manager of the White Sox, who will
' soon' come to be known a 'Cbmlskey'a
disappointments." Rowlands seem to
have done as well aa anyone could with
that bunch, who have everything neces
sary to the winning of a pennant except
the heart to go in and fight for a game
till the last man is out In the last in
ning, and no man can give them thl.
This brings up th challenge issued by
President Gllmore to the National and
American to permit the Federal league to
participate in the world's series. Of
course, thl request will not be given
much consideration, yet It might be well
for the game if it were. It would settle
the war, which would not do any especial
harm. The Feds have shown they can
make a lot of trouble for the other big
leagues, alfhough they have refrained this
season from pressing their opportunities.
SU11, the very presence of an organisation
that I financially strong Is a menace to
the entire business fabric of base ball.
Overtures for peace were made in all
sincerity last spring, and the long delay
in the decision of Judge Landls in the
"trust" suit has in some way been con
nected with the effort to bring about a
better understanding between rival or
ganisations. If this conclusion is well
founded., then the admission of the Fed
erals to the big series would have a
marked effect on the settlement that
must com. And. If the National and
American are so much superior in play
ing ability, thl would be the very best
means for showing up the Federals. Not
a chance, though.
' Well, base ball may be dead, but what
do you make out of Lord Byron going
oa for a finish fight with Smith of the
Braves, and Boston rooters trying to
mot) Ty Cobb, Just because th latter
shied a bat at Mays, and a few other
happening Ilk thetf
Pat Moren'a triumph In th National
ill be mora than ver popular In the
west, where Red Dooln was so well
known. Dooln is best rwmembered out
here as being ths man who was going
to "lick" Johnnie Gonding after the game
une day, and then changed his mind.
Neither Philadelphia nor Boston leads
its league In either batting or fielding,
whi h shorn s how much "dope" Is worth
when figuring out a winner.
Father
WITH THE OMAHA AMATEURS
Curtain Will Drop on Amateur Ball
Today, with Luxus-Duluth
Game as Attraction.
OTHER TEAMS PLAY LAST GAME
Itr FRANK tl'Il.KY.
Today Is the day set aside for the as
bestos to drop In local amateur bane ball
circles, as th majority of the team
have decided to store their paraphernalia
In tha attic until the robins commence to
chirp. The only game to be played after
today of any Interest might be a tangle
between the Luxu and some outsldo
contingent that is striving for the cham
pionship. From every standpoint this
season was a distinct success, and every
body concerned seems satisfied with the
results, although the Omaha Amateur as
sociation Is still In its Infancy.
The main attraction on the bill of fare
billed for this afternoon is the argument
to be staged by the Luxue and the Du
luth Edisons at Ronrke park. Both of
these teams won the Class A amateur
championships of their burgs. As this
game is one of the National association
elimination series, one of the teams will
have to drop In a hoi of seclusion after
today's argument ' The Edison Electrlo
company team of Duluth has already
participated In one elimination game, in
whloh it paved Its way to bump against
the Omaha crew by defeating the Parker
Rexalls of St Paul. According to the
dope the Duluth aggregation has one of
the fastest teams In the country.
Holland to Twirl.
Bunny Holland will boost the pill over
th pan for the Omaha tribe and Alder
will hoist 'em for the foreigners. The
preliminary argument whloh will he
staged at 1:90 p. m., will be between an
all-star aggregation from the American
league and the Brown Park Merchnnts.
runners-up In the Class B ' elimination
series.
' Th.e championship games Indulged In
last Sunday brought forth the following
tale: 6t. Pnul 0, Duluth 2; Joluunown
(Pa.) 10. Pittsburgh 8; Butler Bros. (Chl
cnga) 0, C'olubus (O ) 1- Indlanapolls
Loulnville, postponed.
If the Luxus win today, they will play
the winner of the games to be staged be
tween Louisville, Indianapolis and Co
lumbus, and If they cop this argument
they will be branded the western champs
and they will have to play the eastern
chumps to ascertain which gang will go
to Ban Francisco to bump up against
the champs of tho coast warriors.
Bnndlot Gossip.
By winning the Messina, la,, base ball
tournament the Alamlto glommed 200
rollers.
McTnnls, formerly with Tekamah and
well known by the locals. Is now work
ing In a hardware store at St Louis, Mo.
The Ramblers cam close, but they
failed to cop the honors. At that they
upset the dope by trimming the Baileys.
Here of late Pete McOuIre has been
Icing shout fifty bones per week pitching
for different out-of-town teams.
By trimming the Stors. the Armour
made a few of the fans sit up and blink,
(lumens pitched his best game of the
seuaon.
Red Penry of Tekamah, Neb., well
known In local base ball circles was In
town last week. He played with Herman
this year.
Hay. one of th Stors slabsters pitched
for PlKttsmouth, Neb., last Wednesday
For said offense he hooked twelve bones
and rations.
Butler, of the Council Bluffs Joe
Fnilths, held down the middle pillow for
Atlantic, la., at the Messina base ball
tournament
Most all of the local nines will close
the gates this afternoon. Of oourse,
couple of games might be booked for
next Sunday.
Last week John Andrews pitched for a
bunch representing the county against
th?, towA team at Plattsmouth, Neb. lie
nailed fifteen plunks.
Today the nrlde of Omaha, namely the
Storr will pl.y at Pender, Neb Pender
l,malJnvf ? tr,on" bld for ,h ohampion
ship of Nebraska, so the Stors will hT
thelr hands full. "
Because President Isaacson oblected
C,1,v'l"nd. O failed to get by playing
iZWtm- a PrMlt Patterson has Is!
or utlJUing the services of others that
did not Participate with the pinnant
I HT'.T'i lh Championship aen
will have to forfait the games played
Les Darcy Says He
Is the Keal Champ
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Sept. to. Le
Darcy, the new middleweight sensation
in Australia, is regarded In th anti
podes a th legitimate bolder of the
world' middleweight championship
through hi victories over Jeff Smith
and Kddie McOoorty. Australian writers
compare him with Bob Fltsslmmon. and
some think his career as a middleweight
will be vn more brilliant Th middle
weight title, according to Australian
reckoning, passed from Jimmy dabby to
Jeff Smith and from Smith to Darcy.
When Darcy knocked out McOoorty h
merely clinched It
The Australian accounts of the fight
seem to show that Dsrcy was master of
Kddle McOoorty from the moment he en
Wrsd the ring until he left It
llunxll Trial.
8alt Ike has se-ured Iltcher YUi Jfurt
mal. 410 A"tonl' Uilrty-iL
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News Service.
LUXUS, PENNANT WINNERS IN THE GREATER OMAHA LEAGUE AND AMATEUR CHAMPIONS OF OMAHA,
who play Duluth champions at Rourke park today. Reading; from left to right: Dyke, pitch; Chick Farley, first; Gene
Melady, utility; Al Hachten, catch; Guy Holland, pitch; Jim Melady, center. Sitting: "Pip" Cooke, second; Ed Mini
kus, short; Phil Tracy, third; John Halgen, mascot; John Dennison, right and nanager; Harry Smith, left; Ernie Rushen
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SOX OWNERJDISAPPOINTED
Theory of Purchaiing Sure Fixe
' Star to Build Up Club Does Not
Pan Out at Chicago.
JACKSON IS A DISTURBER
The . theory of building a ball club with
high priced and sur fir stars, which
President Charles A. Comlskey carried
out this year at a great expeye, is re
ceiving a hard blow from the Chicago
White Sox. Th Whit Sox represent
more money on the hoof than any other
collection of ball players in the country,
and ' yet they are proving a big disap
pointment to their owner.
Even admitting that th last of these
stars, Joe Jackson, was secured too lat
to keep the team In the fight for the
pennant this year, that does not explain
the poor showing of the team In the
last two weeks, during which time It baa
been on th decline, desptte all of th
added strength.
The White Sox are a great collection
of stars right now, but the hest efforts
of Kddle Collins, Joe Jackson, Eddie
Murphy and Nemo Llebnld failed to
check the slump that began before they
went east The Chicago team started by
dropping a series to Detroit. It went
east and dropped three out of four to
Boston.
Th advisability of having several stars
on on club has long been dUputed by
manager. Th objection against them
Is ths same one that a stage manager
has against a collection of prima donnas
tn on cast Too many stars spoil the
team work. Stars and prima donnas
alike go In for Individual glory first and
last
Eddie Collins Is one of Comlskey's stars
who helps In team work. In fuct. It was
as a main cog In a great machine that
he made his reputation, as much aa by
his Individual efforts. lie always dl
reeled the team work for the Athletics,
and he has been doing the same tiling
for the White Sox. But It Is claimed
that Jo Jackson think more of his ova
record than he does of th success of ths
team. They say that the only time Joe
works tn with the others I when there
Is some glory in It for Joe. .
Th first day Jackson played with the
Whit Box, which waa In a garoe against
th Yankee at Chicago, hs had a clash
with Edit Collin over hi lallur to
work on a sacrifice play. Instead of
laying down a bunt Jackson took three1
healthy swings at the ball and struck
out. As Collins passed him going out
to the field he said: "You know, evn
Ty Cobb htnts once in a while."
President OomlKkey has paid out about
120.0ii for the stars he added to his club
this year. Whon he began Inflating
SUNDAY IWK: SKPTFATIUCJ,,,, ,13U
prices1 and gathering In player he be
lieved he would be able to win a pan
nant He had become disgusted with, the
experiment with minor league recruits.'
Throughout th west the feeling prevails
that the White Box will breese through
to a pennant next year, but their present
showing is not very promising. Unless
they do win a pennant next year. Comls
key will have to be credited with having
a bad Investment
High School Moles
Eight Classy Sort
as Season Starts
With the first game of the season lesa
than a week off. Coach Mulligan of the
high school Is rapidly molding hi ma
terial Into a speedy machine. The team
a a whole ha gone through the first
two weeks' practice wtlhout any serious
Injuries resulting. Nichols and Smith,
both of whom are fighting for end peti
tions, have sprained ankles. Many others
have minor cuts and bruise to show for
their week's work.
Th back-field positions seemed to hav
been settled upon. Morearty and Wetrlch
at halves, Fullnway at fullback, and
'"Chick" Neville at quarter, has been the
lineup during the last week. Smith,
Nichols, Logan and Newton are being
worked at ends. Beard will b back In
his old position at center, and Captain
Reese Will play at guard. I'aynter,
Harte, K rough, Mason and Crowley are
Pomrbllltles for tho other line positions.
MacFarland is being workrd at quarter
as an understudy to Neville.
- The athletic board Is In communication
with Beatrice High school and efforts
ar being made by both schools to ar
range a game. The only difference In
agreement at present seems to be thai
each team wants the game on Its home
grounds. Omaha has open dute on
October 23 and Thanksgiving day. Jf
terms can be arranged, this game will
probably be played November 26, and
Norfolk scheduled for October 23.
WORLD' WALKING CHAMP
TAKES UP SWIMMING GAME
George Qoldlng of Toronto, the world's
greatest walkrrv has taken up swimming.
He waa originally a good middle distance
runner and represented Canada at th
London Olympic games as a runner.
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With the Amateurs
Duluth Kdisons bgitlnat Luxus at
Rourke park at s:30 p. m.
All-Ktars attulnst Krown Park Mer
chants at Rourke park at 1:90 p. ra.
Mtors at fender. Neb.
xum Moores Msainst Nebraska Auto
8'hool, east diamond. Konii-nclle purk.
iVumll Bluffs Je rJmlths at At
lantic, la.
Drexel J-hoe Co. at tit. I'aul. .Mln).
IM K A M U 1
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
BOERS LOOK TO YALE TOWN !
Chief of Police of New Hayen Is
Also Whole Thing on New
Haven Boxing; Commission.
WILL PERMIT TWENTY ROUNDS
NEW YORK, Sept 25. Notw ithstand
ing th world' lightweight championship
twenty-round bout between Freddy
Welsh and Johnny Dunde. which waa
talked of for decision In New Haven
last spring, fell through, fwenty-round
bouts involving title are possible In New
Haven during the coming winter.
No finer building for boxing than the
Arena, which I the ice skating rink
where Yale plays Its Vine hookey games.
Not counting ti. huge Ice space on tho
main floor, which Is SuO by 1C0 feet, there
are I.H00 fixed seats, each commanding
an excellent view of the entire rink. The
Ice space would easily hold t.V) more
seats, so that (.000 spectators could be
provided for without a man standing up.
Standing room would accommodate 2,00)
more, providing the fire regulations
would permit It.
Fred Wenck had a long talk with New
Haven chief of police, Philip J. Smith.
In Mr. Smith the world ha its most
powerful boxing commission. He Is the
chairman, board of directors, advisory
committee, and secretary of New Haven's
boxing commission all rolled Into one.
And yet having In his bailiwick the
power of th csar of all the Russia, he
Is not the d oh pot or autocrat that one
might suppose He Is a most popular
cltisen with all factions. He ha rtgular
conferences with the association of mini
sters, whose members speak of him In
the highest tones of esteem.
"We hav no desire whatever to vie
with New Orleans as the only other city
where twenty-round boxing bouts to a
decision may be held." said Chief Smith.
"Hut we are willing t allow aueh bouts
If there Is any bona ftd desire on tho
part of our resident to Sue them and.
further, provldod I can be absolutely
sure that there will be not the sllghtsst
tinge of hlppodromlng or the suspicion
of a fuke attached to the bout. Also vj
must be sure that there will b no fake
about anything that la advertised. I
hav no desire to have New Haven
pour tore and detective used weeks
after an affair in hunting violators of the
law when it Is so easy to prevent viola
tions. Therefor all we lnslat on is thst
the boxing be run on th strictest of
business principles."
Gllhooley Cieta Bit.
Krank CMIhooley, sold by Buffalo to
tha Now York Vankms, gut tS.OUO of the
purchase ptioa for huiiseff and sent th
nioney to tils mother In Ohk for Invest
Bill James Tells
Public His Opinion
of City of St. Louis
When Detroit play in St. Louis It
might not be safe for Hughey Jennings
to send HIM James, th pitcher he pur
chased from the Browns, In to pitch. St.
Louis Is the city where they no longer
sell pop because the fans recently bom
barded an umpire with bottle and cu
cumber. bill has been saying soma mean thing
about St. Louis. H I quoted thus:
"Of all the cheese towns on th map
St Louis I th on. How do you expect
a guy to pitch ball In such a place T And
, the fans! Whewl Th best movs Rickey
ever made wa when he passed me over
to Detroit That's a swell place for you,
and watch me pitch over there."
If Hill James should go on th rubber
at St. Louis after making such remarks
th chances are the fans would throw
cucumbers loaded with dynamite at him.
Bill Marshall Bids
Fight Game Farewell
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. William C, Mar-
I shall, tha man who, promoted th recent
MtKsrland-GIbbons bout, ssys he will
never promote another boxing match.
Kver alnce he conducted such a stu
Ienrfous undertaking with success, word
has been going the rounds thst the now
famous "You're On" waa going to atage
a Coffey-Willard bout and a 1 Darcy
Glbhona battle.
"I'm through with the boxing game
forever," Mr. Marshall declared. "Al
though wo took in more than M.ojO, we
didn't make a cent on the show. The
overhead expenses ate up all the profits.
The cost of the bout wa at h-ast SIMUO
more than w figured. If a bout will
draw $.'4,000 and you can't make any
money on It, what' th use of continuing
In the gams?"
FOUR TEAMS TO MIX FOR
COAST GRID'iRCN TITLE
This year's American atyle foot ball
championship of ths Pacific coast will be
settled on the Psnama-Peolflc- Interna
tional exposition athletic field during th
' week of November 7 to 14. The first
I game will be between the Olympic club
jof San Francisco and the Los Angult-s
A C, while Multnomah club of Portland,
Ore., will oppose th Oakland Commer
cial club. Th winners will play In th
final.
I sils is Too koik.
Oeorg Howlott who was an umpire
In the North wastern league for two
wwks. fuud the going loo rough and
Quit. j
I M t J I
NATURAL BAITS LURE FISH
Lively, Kicking: Grasshopper Will
Excite to Action Even the
Laziest Trout
FROGS FOR ALL GAME FISH
Natural bnltK are those which most
anglers are accustomed to using. Sueh
bait Include worms, frogs, minnows,
grnsnhnpiwrs, grubs, salk pork, crickets
and many kinds of real fish food. Ths
most common of all baits Is the angle
worm, and it Is used more than any
other because it can be secured so easily.
This lis It can be used for all kinds of
fish, and Is accepted by largo and small
alike, no matter whether they are surface
or bottom feeders. Tho worms my be
used lust ss they are taken from the
ground, and they are generally used In
that condition. Rut If they ar dug a week
before, washed and fed with a few bread
crumlm soaked In milk,' they become
tougliened and make the best bait.
It Is a common saying that the big
worm will csteh the big fish. There ap
pears to hn litle If anything In this, but
a worm that Is just the right else to
cover tho hook when properly Impaled
without crowding Is the right slie. and
as a rule any fish will take It
The grasshopper Is another good bait,
oepeclally for surface-feeding fish, J'er
hnps no other bait will cause a laxy old
trout to rise so quickly from the depths
as will a lively, kicking grasshopper TJh
hook should be entered at the Joint Just
below. the head, and run lengthwi,of
th body. . . :'
For black bars and other large finn the
minnow is the favorite bait. By "min
now" Is meant a small fish, for small fish
are Invariably called minnows by anglers,
regardless of their spectea A small
shiner, about four Inches long, Is good
bait, especliilly on dark days. A bass
takes a minnow bait from behind or from
the side, runs some distance with It, then
t stops and turns tha fish about swal
low head first. This Is the time to strike.
The snma methorf of bsltlng and hooking
luVplles t) all kind of fish when minnow
halt Is used. Minnows should be carried In
a minnow box and handled as little as
possible.
Hmnll frogs make good bait for all
game fish, and may be used with a single
hook by Inserting through the lips, like
bulling a minnow. Th dobson, or hel
gramlte, is excellent as bait for many
kinds of fish. It Is an ugly creature, and
Is found under stones In th stream. In
swift streams they are easily captured by
turning stones and holding a minnow net
below the stone. The current will carry
tha helgramltes Into th set, CrawfMi
ar common aa bait for still fishing.
They ar best at th Urn they have
shed their shell, and In thl condition
may be hooked through the body, but
at other times should be hooked through
th tail. Baas ar fond of crawfish. A
&lt that Is quite a favorite for Waa I
a strip of fat salt pork, cut In th shape
of th letter V. with th hook through
the small end. Caterpillar and othar
Uk creature ar sometime used suc
cessfully. Th grub 1 also used some -times,
and the leg of a large frog,
skinned, make good bait The popular
bait for salt-water fishing are blood
worms, sand worms, shrimp, shedder crab,
clams, mossbunkers, fiddler and kllllss.
Willie Ritchie Now ;
Wants to Box Packoy
V
NEW YORK, Sept 2S. Willi Ritchie,
fueling that there are few fields to con
quer in the lightweight division, want
to fight lackey McKarland. Willie Is
In town now and training for his bout
with Joe Shugrue In Madison Hquare
Garden, October 4.. He looks trim and
fine, but a Uttlo over weight. He Is
guing around weighing about 1 pounds,
but says he'll have no trouble taking off
the necesssry ten pounds for the Shugrue
match.
Willie Is not taking very seriously lite
Bhugruo affair, not because he doesn't
think the Jersey boy a worthy customer,
but because he la aiming higher. He
sees the possibility of getting a big piece
of money boxing McKarland. and fur that
reason wants him.
"I'll agroe to let Fackey welsh 14-'
pounds ringside," he suid. "I saw him
box Gibbons, and I know from bis ap
pearance he should have little difficulty
in getting down to the weight I sug
gest He'd be good at 1U pounds and
capable of putting up a finer exhibition
at the lower seal than h did at 11,'
pounds. At 142 pounds he will hav
something on me, but not very n.uch. for
I would work hard to build up. I think
tho match would be a good one, and
mab worth, as a drawing affair, as
much as th Gibbons and McKarland
setto."
"Movies" Capture
'' James J. Jeffries
James J. Jeffries, former world' heavy
weight champion, has Joined th luovle.
His first appearance will be inasl in
"Pennington's Choice." Training seen
will be taken for the plotui from tho
former champion' camp tat gTia ITlojia
Madras.