TIIH OMAHA SUNDAY UKK: .IAXUARY HO, 191G.
ESS PROMOTES OWN BOUT
Tack Curley Merely Figurehead and
Willard It Pattinj Up Hit
Own Guarantee.
FIGURES ON A HUGE GATE
w-r minit:.
SEW TORK. Jin. -Jm Wlllirt tai' NEW, York. Jan. . -Frank Hlnkey
slsned tentative articles to fight Frank !w" "f'r"" l"n - foot
Moran tn thin burn "mmilm In April."
Tfce bout la scheduled for ten rounds.
and the promote la announce a. j;
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Oarley, who arranged the match with;
Johnson that eventuated In Willard re
trieving th heavyweight championship
to the Caucasian race.
Further, Willard U to receive $.U.MO,
with a guarantee of 45 ler cent of the
iron receipt. The contract la valid only
on condition that Moran eigne before
February 1. The battle alte haa not been
Ictermlned aa yet.
These are all the details that have been
furnbhed to a palpitating public If the
real facta must be known, they are that
Jesa Willard (not Jack Curley) la the
promoter, and that the tnnat commodious
privately-owned amphitheater will he the
t attlcground. Also, the date of the mill
probably will be extended until the latter
part of May tecorntlon day, moat likely. ;
It doea not require an elaatlc lmaglna- j
tl'm to are why Jraa WlllarJ should te I
the actual promoter of auch a battle. He
haa the money to float the proimalf Ion.
The eum mentioned 1 12.fi" would be the
highest Jess could epet from an out
aider for a ten-round bout here. At that.
It would eatahll.ih a high-water mark for
a purse for one man to become embroiled
wlih another for nnlv ten rnunda.
Hut even thla mm would not entlco And ,n"n Princeton got the bail aome
Wlllard back Into the ring with the mot wnor' ,1Pr flfl' J""1 '' ""
formidable contender for hi title-Frank
.Moran. Not after Jack Curley had Wil
lard'e ear for a few moment.
Ky a almple proce.a of reaaonln Jack
Curley figured orally lhat a Wlllard
Moran match, at reasonable price, would
Iraw at lea at a 1100,000 gate. Computed
on a baala of charging II to $', or an
average of 3 per head, the bout wou d
draw IISOOiQ In one of the local ball
parka,' any of w'loh can comfortably aent
o.Arn persona.
Minple enough, eh? Home may argue
a ll'C.'.m gate la beyond reaaon. Well,
II. lot McFarland-Ulbbona. a doubtful
match, draw e.oae to !K),0i1 and at lea
popular pr oca than 1 to $6?
Figuring on an Intake of lino.OTO. Wtl-
ard would lcar almoat $u,0. Moran
would be amply recompenaed with fli,000
.'or ten round: the tental and Inatallatt n
nf M-ata would not amount to more than
tlO.Ouu and litcidentala. Including adver
tutng. at d the "cuta" of curley and Tom
lone, would run about JlO.Onn. So why
ihould Wlllrd fight for a paltry 3J,S00,
a-hen he could aecure twice aa much by
:ondu'tlnr the bout hlmaelfT
feo tlattltnar for Glory,
Of courae, there I a likelihood that
Moran will endeavor to ''hold up" the
Willard Intercut for a puree of about
t'o.iAi. Vnder ordinary condition, Moran
Mould be content to get a chance at the
title end not romdder hla "end." But
Moran lie long atnee paaaed th gtaga of
tattl pa; for glory. He had the honor one.
with Jnck Johnaon In Pari on July 4,
I9i4. H'm reward waa a whipping and no
money.
Mo rail It now In a poaltlon to demand
a lucratit "bit." He occuplea the top
rung among the heavyweight contender!
ulnce hla two-ply knockout of Jim Coffey,
ind la regarded aa a tough ruatomer for
irr Champion Willard. fltnee hla tilt
an h Johnon, Moran haa had four battle,
iml In each ha knucked out h a opponent.
:le upaet Homhardler Wella In ten rounda;
jordon Sim, another Urttlahcr, In six,
nd Coffey In three and n.n rounda.
Moran'g ring; record la dotted with four
black mark. He haa auatalned four de
feat In hla career a a fighter, all In
I'jII. In that year he lout to Jim Ravage
In aeven round"; to Tony Hog In ten! to
lack fleyer In four, and to "Gunboat Hmlth
n twenty. Ravage waa the only one to
ore a knockout over Moran, and It was
l technical one.
Xotan la changed hla way s'nee then,
and ha not t tinted defeat, barring the
johnnon affair, In. over four year. What
I e can do to a man of Willard hulk and
bulk remain to be Been, Moran la un
quretionahly the beat of the contenders
for Willard crown; but only a bout
with the champion will eatabllah Moran'g
Handing In the pi'KHIMIo community.
Spring "Ringer" on
Farmer Burns, but
Burns Does Him Up
Farmer flurn ha lurt returned to
Drnihn after a tour through Indiana un-
W the auspice of th Young Men's
Chrlst'an ssoclatlon. Th Farmer vlalted
all the prominent cities and lectured to
the "T" lda.
On his way bark to Omaha Burns
stopped off In les Molne and gave a
lecture. He also gave an exhibition of
wreatilng and In so doing put on over
on the Ies Molne boys who had In turn
tttempted to put one over on the Farmer.
A husky youngster named Clyde Wrtght
waa Introduced and he wa to give an
exhibition with Burn. Th Farmer looked
th lad over and had hla suaplclona that
all a not well.
"Ihmw he belong to the Toung Men's
Christian association V Inquired Burna of
th director.
"No, but he's going to Join," responded
hat. Individual.
. Whereupon the Farmer proceeded to
tlv Mr. Wright a little roughing and In
ao doing dumped him In seven minutes.
The Farmer ordinarily Is a gentle person,
but th thought that a "ringer" had been
turned looae on htm riled him somewhat
and Mr. Wright dee'ded the lot of th
"ringer" wss not his.
It Is said he neglected to loin the Young
Men's Christian association after the
Farmer got through with him.
CCCREHAM, FORMER BRAVE,
LANDS WITH KANSAS CITY
The Ksnsas City club of the American
Association has signed Pitcher Kugena
Cocrrham. formerly of th Boston Brave
lt season he was sent to the Toronto
itub, of tha International league, and
later was) released because he wss unable
to get Info condition. Cocreham will also
be remembered aa the elongated twlrler
who labored for Topeka and once heaved
a no-hit game against tha Rourkea.
I
OMAHA, LINCOLN AND
BLUFFS MEN TO SHOOT
A triangular trap sheot between Omaha.
Lincoln and Council Bluff markamea will
be hWd In Omaha. Valentin day. Tea
ahooters from each of th three cltW-s
will tas part.
HINKEY A TRUE YALE HERO
Fired ai Eli Coach, Mentor Remains
at New Haven and Saves Prince
ton Game for School.
ALSO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
fhk u. mf.hkr.
ball couch, whereupon he "snuared" ac-
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- rvrd A.McMo asaoclstlona IJi.onO
each and probs hly mor.
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i graced by Yale's boy captain would have
I quit the Tale foot brill field forever. But
j not .Hlnkey. He waa made of better,
purer etuff. Yale decided that It didn't
need him any lonuer but Hlnkey lingered
berauae of the almost barren hope that
he might mill he of help to Yale. And
he wa.
When Tom Hhevlin cam" from out the
we.it to take charge of Yale'a foot ball
affdira. Hlnkey waa ahoved Into the
background. And there he remained un-
til that rriiclal moment In the Tale
rrlmelon game when he came to the
fore, aaved the game for Yale, gave Hhev
lln the chance to be ahnwered with plnud-Ita-and
made t'l.Oio for Yale and Har
vard. Hlnkrr'i Watchfulness.
I Hlnkey waa Mn the Mends when the
Tale-Prlneeton game began. With a pilr
of powerful field glaaaea he a wept the
field, watching every play,
i The ecore wa 13 to 7 In Yale'a favor
when the Inat period began. For the flrat
evn or eight minute of that quarter
the battle raged near mldfield without
cither aide getting- much of an advantage.
" n,rm"r ,!'n mBr,;h down "'"'
From near mldfield to the ten or twelve-
yard line, the Tiger backa smashed
through the Vale line for galna of from
two to el yard. Kvery spectator at
that game knew that anmething waa
wrong with the Yale def rwin. Hut Hlnkey
alone learned what If waa. Jumped from
the atanda and hunted up Rhevlln. ,
"Tom, you'd better put some one In
Place of Jim Kheldon," advlaed Hlnkey.
"Ile'a all In. Princeton la aiming all Ita
I attack at lilm and they're gaining."
Kven aa Hlnkey apoke, the Tler quar
terback sent another play agalnat Jim
Hhel.lon and the Tiger halfback carried
the ball to the alx-yard line.
Hhevlln aent big Waldcn In at that mo
ment an, I rMfttllArl tJ I , ' i -
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Pitiful condition. The Yale youngster hud
atooa up under the merclleaa hammering
or the Tiger backflcld all through that
railed and hla aplendld young atrength
aa gone.
x Tide la Tarara.
Wald"i. freah and full of Rght. lumned
J Into Kheldon'a place. Princeton hurled a
'Play at him and he hurled It back. Prlnce-
tun tried a play agalnat the other Yale
flank and It held.
Halked by 'the plugging up of the hole
through which they had made auch huge
galna, tre Tlgera decided upon a dnpern.t8
Play With the ball only elx yarda from
the Tale coal lino, Captain Qllck algnalled
for a trick formation. Princeton fumbled
the ball In the play, Yale recovered It
with only about two minute to play and
the rrlala waa over. Victory for Yale
waa ensured.
Bhevlln waan't ln a poaltlon where he
could notice Jim Kheldon' condition. If
It hadn't been for Hlnkey'a watchfulncaa,
fheldon would have been permitted tp
temaln In the game. Had he lingered,
the Princeton captain, reallrlne Fheldon'a
condition, would havo aimed a few mora
Play at him and undoubtedly aent a man
over the line for a touchdown.
A touchdown for Princeton would have
tlod the icore, 13-13, and given Princeton
a chanca to kick (roal. which would have
made the count Princeton, 14; Yale, 13,
had the kick been made.
Tha .10,000 Dttrrrear.
Yale victory revived Interest In the
Tale-Harvard combat that waa atagvd a
week later. Yale'a showing up to the
Princeton game was a miserable one.
Thera waa no wild demand for ticket for
lhat Yale-Harvard game. The enthusi
ast were willing to pay 12 to ace foot
ball game, but they didn't want to part
with that much money to see a slaughter.
However, when the Shevllnlaed Yale
outfit beat Princeton there was a wild
cramble for Yale-Harvard ticket. The
attendance didn't pmmlee to go above
20.0(10 before Yala beat the Tlwera, but
when the Btua and Crimson hoata went
Into battle on November 20 there were
something like 4.0no pereons In the big
Harvard horavahoe.
The receipts of the Yale-Harvard game
were something Ilk tW.OOO. If Yale hadn't
won from Princeton the Intake probably
would not have exceeded 4o,ooo or $45,000
at th most.
And to rrsnk Hlnkey, Hie loyal, to
Frank Hlnkey, who loved Yale above all
else, is due not only some of the credit
for Yale's triumph over Princeton, but
also th fact that the Yale and Harvard
I authorities spilt about tX.000 Instead of
.". or I4S.000.
Want Sinclair to
Be Mayor of Tulsa
Harry 'F. Sinclair la threatened with
politics. The republican party wants him
to accept the nomination for mayor of
the city of Tulsa. Hinclalr runs about
everything In Tulsa as It Is, so why
bother. He own th bank, the news
paper, moat of the oil and some few other
things. i
Amateur Base Ball
Johnny PwnntDou, the scrappy manager
of the Iaiu team, la echedulcd to learn
a few things he never knew before when
the annual meeting of the Greater Omaha
league. In which the L,uiu hold a fran
chise. Is held.
Johnny, be It remembered, copped the
peons nt In the Greater Omaha league last
year. Alao he walked off with the city
championship and hla crew of athletes
got a trip to Cleveland aa a reward. This
In Itself wa sufficient to arouse the fire
of Jealousy tn the breasts of hostile man
ager. Then, this winter, Dennlaon steps out
and signs up a buoch of Omaha's beat
amateur talent. Including Johnny Haaen.
tha class of the city at second base, and
Ous Probst, who leads 'era all at third
base. According to the dope, the I.uxua
crew, consisting, as It does, of last year's
Champa and a couple of mighty powerful
sddiltons, looks Ilk an easy repeater lu
191C
Thus It la rvnnlson Is scheduled to
learn a few thing he never knew before.
For tha other managers In the Greater
Omaha league ar not particularly an
lous to see tha 1-uiue repeat. JSonie of
WORCESTER BASKET BALL GIRLS SAY MEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED AT GAMES
Left to right: Mary Powers, one of the star players on the Classical High school gradu
ate team; Ruth Eaton, forward on the North High school team; and Eunice Duffy, center of
the South High school five.
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' ' -. W MAHAGERS HADE IN CHICAG0
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WOUCKHTER, Ma., Jsn. .-Tha
wrsngle over male spectators being;
barred from high school girls' basket
ball games goes right down to plain lan
guage. Ir. P. J. Carney, ona of the
three members of the school subcommit
tee on health and sanitation, which Is
sued the order, snld:
"Lrfiat year a number of men and boys
from outalde attended the games and It.
waa our understanding that they went
merely for the purpose of staring at the
girl In uniform." '
But Mlas Mary Powers, captain Of last
year's Claaalcal High team and member
of thla year's Classical Alumni team,
an Id; "The girl's costumes are sensible
snd sufficiently modest." Mlas Powers
add that many taga costume are far
more ohjectlunabla than the basket ball ,
rlga. Petitions against the ruling signed
bv punlla. teachers and parents are now
before the school committee. . The girls that tha full board will overrule the sub
and tholr supporters declare confidently committee. -
PRINCE LINESUP SCOT TEAM
Will Arrire from Chicago 'Today
After Making: Arrangrementi to
Bring Champi to Omaha.
TO PULL GERMANS AND DAUES
Jack Prince, who promoted the recent
tug-of-war at the Auditorium and will
stage the pulls tetween the Omaha Ger
mane and Dane and th Chicago Boots
at the Auditorium. Saturday and Sunday,
la due ' in Omaha today from Chicago,
where he haa been for the last two weeks
making arrangements to bring tha Scots
here.
The Windy City Bcots ar tha present
champions of the world and they will be
defending that title agalnat tha Omaha
tea ma The Qerman team, captained by
Pete Loch, and the Panlah team, cap
tained by F.mll Talbot, wfll pull sgalnst
th champs anl have high hopes of
wresting the'lltle away, from them.'
The Germans wtl: pull Saturday night
nd the Hanes on Sunday night. Both
pulls will be to the limit, not tweniy-
n.lnute affairs as wera staged in tna re
cent tournanv-nt. ' ''
Prince writes that the Scots will arrive
tn Omaha the latter part of th .week
and will, bring their corps of ,bagpiP
with them. Omaha Scots ara planning
to give them a loyal greeting upon their
arrival. ''': s ' 1
Th German team will probably be
without the services of Charley Peters
In the match, as Peters ound .th stren
uous pulling detrimental to his wrestling,
and wreatilng ccmes first with .Peters.
As Peters was a a good aa any other two
nien on the rope. Captain Ixch will have
hla troubles finding a worthy successor.
. Mattlaan la sold.
The Philadelphia' club haa auld Pitcher
Mattlaon to the Syracuse club if the New
Votk State league. .. , . ,
Managers
After Scalp of J. Dcnnison
the other athletes would Ilk a trip to
Cleveland or joms other distent. city next
fall. Hut with the ntn lennlon ha
lined up things don't look bright for the
opposition ......
So the other managers ar out after the
goat of one J. - lennlaon and they are
framing to start something at tha meet
ing: Several of IennUon s .athletes will
b railroaded out of tb league by soma
cuta legislation, if Toaalble," and there are
a fw other 'ricks of tb trad ' which
may be aa effective.
Accusations that all of th ,t,usua ar
professionals , and ' not amateurs have
been floating (.bout promiscuously ever
since last fall, and It Is freely predicted
that charges aiil be made at the meeting
and an attempt he made to Interpret the
present constitution or th league, or
change It ao that It can be ao Interpreted
to rule out several of tha lAix.ua stars.
Hut Itennlaon promises to be on hand
to put up a tt;ht and. while he'll prob
ably hav to fight the whole league by
himself, th l.uaua manager ran be ex
pected to hold I ta own.
The league meeting will be held about
I the middle of February.
r T PUBLICITY TURNS THE
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RING PROMOTER- GAME GUY
Tez JLickard Makes Name for Him
self by Taking Big; Chance and
Coming- Clear. ,
HAS THE NERVE OF GAMBLES
Some' of the gamest men that ever
walked In shoe leather belong; to tha class
of sports' who promote boring. Pan A.
Stuart, "who pulled off the fight between
Jim , Corbett and Bob Fltxalnunona at
Carson City, Nev., waa the , pioneer In
handling modern Queensbury contests.
and. to him a worthy successor appeared
when. Tex Rickard boundod Into tho lime
light, with a (30,000 puree for . Battling
Nelson and .Joe Gans at Ooldfield, Key.,
In 1906. .... ... . , ,
Rickard 'la coming back after years
of Inactivity In the' promoting Una, and
ifihaican carry out his plan h will stage
a ten-round contest between Jess Willard
and Frank Moran In New York City next
March. A ' glad 'hand should be extended
this man, who Is a credit to tho game.
'' ' . staves Uane-Nrleoa FIKht.
No such a shock was ever handed the
sporting world as the announcement of
Rickard ten years ago that he would pull
off. tha championship fight . between Bat
tling .Nelson and Joe Gana for the light
weight championship In the little town of
Qoldftold. Nov. Tex was roasted pn all
Sides,, but he went through with th job
and . that hla Judgment waa right was
proved by the tact that th corneal drew
over tCS.OOO. Rickard quit a big .winner
and gained the reputation of being the
greatest promoter In the history of the
American- prlx ring.
. Rickard's 'second play that required the
nerve and honesty of a real gambler came
In 1910 when he: pulled off the fight' be
tween Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson for
th world's heavyweight championship at
Reno.'Nev.- This match attracted people
from 'all over the world. '
1 Pays Jeffrie 1 17,000.
It waa fought In the hot sun on the
Fourth, of July, and Johnson won' on a
knockout In the fifteenth round. Tex had
promised the fighters a king's ransom for
their share, and they got all lhat was
coming to them. Deffrlrs received 1117.001).
Johnaon got llJO.aW. Tha total gate re
ceipts were I.70.T7S. No better evidence
is needed that Tex Is the king of pro
nioters than theee two fights, lie la in
a rlaaa by himself and will make them all
hustle when he gets back tn the harness.
HARRY TUTHILL QUITS '
WEST POINT FOR YOST
Marry Tuthlll. trainer of the Petrolt
base ball team since 1908. and for the last
four years trainer of tk Army foot ball
eleven at West Point, signed a contract
to train the" Michigan university' gridiron
playera next seaaon. He will resign hla
Weat Point Job immediately. He suc
ceeds 8teve Farrell. who has been as
signed to tha track team.
GATES AND PHILSON TO
SHOOT FOR COMBS CUP
l-ester Gstes of Culuigbus. and Harry
Phlleon of Ligh, Neb., will ahoot for the
T. I- Combs' trophy at Columbus today.
Phllaon Is the holder of the trophy and
Gates the challenger.
Sixteen Former Memben of Sox and
Cnbi Get Joba as Pilots with
Teams Above Class A.
TRICK
I
Go to Chlcsgo and play with the Cubs
or White Sox If you would obtain a man
aging Job In bsae ball.
Sixteen members of tha Sox and Cuba
In the days when they had wonderful
ball clubs have obtained bossing Jobs in
leagues of class A or better. These men
all participated from 1905 to 1910. when
the Cubs and Sox always were there or
thereabouts. Oaxe on this list of notables:
Joe TinkerCincinnati, Whales and
Cubs.
, Frank Chance Cubs, Yankees and Lo
Angeles.
Fielder Jones Whlto Sox. Sloufeds and
Browns.
Johnny Evers Cubs.
Pat Moran Phillies.
James Bheckard Toledo American As
sociation, Cleveland.
James Callahan White Sox and Pirates.
Del Howard San Francisco.
- Matty Mclntyre. Lincoln.
Miner Brown Sloufeds. ,
Doo White Venice and possibly Denver.
Jack Hayden Louisville. , .
Duckry Holmes Mobile, , Topeka and
Lincoln. . . .
Billy Sullivan WMta Sox, now assistant
to Hugh Jennings at Detroit.
Frank Isbell Wichita and Pes Molne.
Johnny Kllng Boston Braves.
Think of those men developed and grad
uated from one cttyt Chicago just about
takes tha palm In production of man
agers.
Oi Essential.
As a matter of fact, a man almost Is
compelled to have had a situation with a
winner to get anywhere In the bossing
end of base ball. All but four of the six
teen present major mentors participated
with pennant winners In the -big time,
and most of them bad to do with world
champions. Clarence Rowland of the
White Box, Miller Hugglns of the Car
dinals, George Stalling of the Braves
and Lee Fohl of Cleveland are the not
able exceptions. . .
John McGraw of th Giants was with
the old Baltimora Orioles when they were
tho wonders of base ball, and afterward
went to Brooklyn. Tha same Is true of
Hughle Jennings of Detroit.
Bill Carrlgan had experience with the
Boston Red Sox before assuming the
management. Bill Donovan, - boss of the
Yankees, waa chief assistant to Jennings
when the Tigers grabbed three in a row.
Buck llersog, who has tha difficult Job
of trying to make a winner of Cincinnati,
got his training from McGraw at New
York. Wilbert Robinson was with the
Orioles and tho ' Giants, while Connie
Mack labored as a private In Pittsburgh
when the ancient Pirates were humding
ers.
Moras a Cfcl Alanaams.
Pat Moran was graduated from the
Cubs to the Phillies, while Joe Tinker
played short for the Cubs In the days of
one -of th -great eat infields that ever
operated on anybody's diamond. Jones,
Griffith and Callahan all come from Chi
cago.
No matter how efficient a man may be
with' a tall-end club, either . In physical
or mental endeavor, hia good deeds seem
to obtain nothl-ig for him in the way of
managerial - . offers. AV'ornout . winning
players are sought eagerly In the big. as
well as th 1 Ittlo. leag-uea. because their
base . ball activities hav - been heralded
widely In the public prints. They must
be smart men, owners figure, because
they were with winning clubs.
Verily, advertising la a mighty factor.
NO, WILLIE HADN'T BEEN
FIGHTING, BUT LEWIS HAD
i They tell on on Willie Ritchie, who is
enrolled at Columbia university under his
real name, Geary Steffen. He showed up
at one of hla classes wtth a blue eye, a
battered ear and several cuts on his face,
souvenirs of the encounter - with Kid
Lewis the night - before. The professor
looked at hltn curiously. "Why, Mr.
Steffon," said the professor, "you have
not been fighting, I hope?" "No, sir,"
replied Willie truthfully, "I wasn't doing
a bit of th fighting." .
ENGLISH f URFCLASSIC
ABANDONED THIS YEAR
Thl year, for tha 'first time since. Its
establishment In U3. the Grand National
steeplechase, one of tha claaalrs of th
English turf season, will not be run.
The race course at Alntree haa been taken
over for military purposes, as were Efen
down park. Hurst park, Kempton park
and other famous- course. in England.
The Hypodermic Needle
By FRED S. HUNTER
t'aaaya a port.
NO. 1 BASE BALI
It Is an acknowledged fact that the
pursuit and capture of a large wad of
cimh-code for dough Is the paramount
enjoyment In the life of those citizens
of the I'nlted States who are free, white
snd 21.
And that la why the game of base ball
la frequently referred to as the great
American pastime and is not played to
any great extent In any other country.
Base ball haa made wonderful progress
In recent years. Formerly It was rlayed
on a plot of ground termed a diamond.
Now It Is played In court rooms by law
yers and Judges and In grill rooms by
thirsty magnates, and every place else.
In the olden days base hall waa played
by base ball players. Now It la differ
ent. Ability to play the game was a
necessary accomplishment for a ball
player In the good old days of yore, now
It Is more essential the player be a finan
cier. There are a number of classes of people
connected with base ball.
First there are the magnates. These
are the chaps who put up the coin snd
then strive by might and main to keep
the athletes from getting all of t. They
are alao supposed to keep the rhampatcne
Importers In buainesa. They are alao sup
posed to con the public on the grounds
that there la one born every minute.
Second come the players. Some mention
la made In the rule book that a player
Is to play ball. Thla, however, would be
a gross Injustice to the player and of
recent years no proof that any player did
ao betray hia trust has been advanced.
The players are supposed to see that all
the magnates go broke In five years
and they have been doing very well
buy automobiles, steam yachts, war
stocks and mansions and play horse with
the public.
-Third come the umpires. Umpire ex
ist so that the magnates and players can
have Alibis and so that the weather-wild
fans of St. Louis can have targets to
chuck pop bottles at and so that George
Stovall can have a cuapldore and so that
Heine Zlm doesn't collect all the salary
his contract calls for. Like a certain fat
man of reknown nobody is supposed to
love an umpire.
Fourth come the peanut venders. It Is
the duty of' the peanut vender to prevent
the public from enjoying a ball game if
the players fall In their efforts to muss
It up. Ordinarily the players are cjulte
successful, but this does not deter the
xealous efforts of the peanut vender to
perform his duties. He does so by sundry
howls and screams and yells and by
blocking the view and by making the
public's collective feet a ' stamping
ground for his own hoofs.
There are a number of other classes of
people connected with base ball, Includ
ing the fans, referred to above as the
VAN SYCYLEjQUITS DIAMOND
Umpire is Now a Drummer on the
Eoad and He Asserts He is
Through with Base Ball.
FANS WILL GREATLY MISS HIM
No more will the Western league fans
hear the raucoua roar of Jacx Von
Syckle, demon umpire, as he waves a
few obstreperous athletes to the club
house. With much emphasis and gusto
Van Syckle says he is through with
base ball. He was recently given his
unconditional release, so th Western
has ho strings) on him.
Jack is now a drummer and la selling
horseshoe noils or perfume or some
thing. Ha says hitting the kerosene cir
cuit with a sample case under your arm
has hitting tho same circuit with an In
dicator under your arm beat ten city
block.
"A ball player is a business man tn
a business that's no business," says
Jack. "It's more fun to breeie into a
hotel in a hick burg and lean affec
tionately on the cigar case and ooze
googles from a blonde dice sharp than
It is to dodge pop bottles. I now see
where I missed my calling long ago."
Fans Will Miss Hint.
Tha fans will miss Van Syckle. Van
was one of the few umpires of recent
day In the Western league who had the
nerve to tell belligerent athletes where
to get off at. Van Syckle was no wixard
at making decisions. He probably made
as' many mistakes as any of them, but
Van did hurry up a ball game. There
waa no loafing by the players when he
was on the Job and that tickles the fans
more than making perfect decisions.
To, bounce four or flvo athletes out of
th park was a mere afternoon's pastime
for Van Syckle, and many was the tim
he turned a punk ball game into an
enjoyable afternoon.
Here's luck to you. Jack, on th new
Job.
Joyous News, Fans,
Gaston Reinstated
Western league fans will be interested
to know that W. T. Gaston, umpiring
peraon, has been reinstated by the West
ern league. Gaaton will be remembered
as a member of the precious team of
Gaaton and Stockdale. He was sus
pended by Tip O'Neill a year ago, but
the Western league haa relented and
will let Mr. Gaaton pursue his profession
as an umpire this year If he will pursue
said profession In some other loop.
Pitcher Ogle Sola.
Wsco announces "the sale of Pitcher
Hatton Ogle to San Antonio.
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public But the fans don't count, nobody
cares anything about them, they only
foot the bllla and furnish the click ti
the turnstiles.
Import at ie( If Trae.
Willard will fight "somewhere" with
"somebody" at "sometime in the sprlng.-
BV AXY ATHLETE.
J uitd to ridt around in motor uto$
Eac year capped off .my littlt old ten
thou,
Lut note th bo$ hat taid,
Tht e f Aotisanrf if U, Ed,
Oh, I'm a little war bride new.
Thirty-five thousands dollars for Benny i
Kauff.
Thirty-two thousand dollars for Jess
Willard.
And politicians still sing "Oh, the work- ,
ing man. oh, the working man, ha rules
tha world, does he, you can talk of queens
and kings, and of presidents and things,
but the working man is ruler, it Is he."
I
"I csn't use Johnny Evers because I
have Steve Yerkes," says Joe Tinker.
Thus Pa Rourkes singeth as follows:
I know I need a man or two to help make
up my team,
I know 1 m shy a pitcher whose got a,
lot of steam.
But Junt the same 1 ask of you, how Can
1 use Ty Cobb,
When foxy old Cy Forsythe Is JtiU upon
the Job?
La grippe speaking American tha grip
has put Karl Caddock on tho blink, but
you don't hear any wrestlers offering)
condolences. ,
Benny Kauff spurns the Giant anil
gives Mr. Sinclair a few orders. The first
thing we know Benny will bo trying to
oust Mr. Schwab rom the Bethlehem
Steel corporation.
Mystery.
What has become of that new Federal
league park in New York CltyT '
Did Tos Kwow '
The name of the company that owns tha
Reds is tho Cincinnati Exhibition . com
pany? ' Exhibition, we should say, la m
good word. '
WAR NOTE! OR ''
PEACES NOTE?
When a man says there's ao plaoei
llk home,
We wonder 'midst each haw and
hem,
Whether the gay with all thta
philosophy
Is speaking; to boost or condemn.
Cy Forsythe Admits
He is Heady Player,
Up In Wlsnor they are telllnr a atorr
on Cy Forsythe. outfielder for tha
Rourkes, that is worth repeating.
vhlle Cy was playing up thera last
fall after the playing season waa over. h
got into a fanning bee one night. Tha
chatter finally became centered on heat
worK as manifested by ball players.
"Talking about head work," Quoth
Cyrus, "I pulled tha fastest bit of bead
work ever pulled off in base ball. Ther
were three men on bases. I was on sec
ond. The batter hit a line ririva rtirhr
at the shortstop on a hit-and-run play.
"Then I pulled the foxiest trick ever
pulled on a diamond. I ran over and
caught the drive. Thus Instead of th
shortstop making the catch and a double
piay, as we were all caught off the
bag, I was the 'only one called out."
OMAHA BOY ONLY STAR
ON DARTMOUTH QUINTET
Virgil Rector. Omaha High school grad
uate of the class of 1912, Is the only shin
ing light on one of the poorest basket
ball teams Dartmouth ever had. Tho
Omaha boy plays center for tho green,
and, according to eastern dispatches. Is
about tho beet center in the east.
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