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Judgments
THOSE prollftc prees agents of
Organised Bane Hall who con
t nue to vent their spleen upon
itha Federal league despite the
fart that the FVdnral league la now
defunct, received a gentle clap on
the wrist from Henry Ford Bln
clalr th other, day. In making tho
announcement that he la through with
base ball' Sinclair asserted that he did
not lone any money.ln the Federal league
as the, above-mentioned - prolific : . press
agents declared, but on the contrary Was
netted a little profit through the sale of
players. , It Is very likely Sinclair spoke
the truth' for the loss of a few dollars
to a man of Sinclair's wealth la no
calamitous adversity, and Sinclair would
very probably admit It If tho truth. The
publicity hounds Organized ball had on
its staff during the war had the Feda on
the verge of destruction for two years
and It was a sad blow to them when the
amalgamation occurred. Since then they
have constantly considered the merger a
philanthropic concession on the part of
Organized ball and have tried to smother
their disappointment by relating lurid
tales of exaggerated losses of the Federal
magnate, , An Investigation of the books
probably would find that Organised base
ball teams lost just as much money dur
ing the war as any of the Federal league
clubs and It's about time to quit harping
on the-subject. , . v
Numerous are the compla'nts heard that
prOfesalona) base, ball players are. over
paid: '-Perhaps It Is true considering that
many "a batl player with a skull of solid
rock and possessing nothing but an In
herent abllty to play ball, could not earn
thfc price: of more than iwo new suits a
year at any other line of -endeavor. But i
a glance at the fabulous sums paid per
formers In other athletic lines make
those paid ball players small by com
parison. Take for Instance the enormous
purse which will be paid Jess Willard
and Frank Moran. For a .scant thirty
minutes of work which may or not be
' satisfactory probably not Willard will
vet $47,000 and Moran will get $22,500. Ty
Cobb draws an annual salary of $15,000
TV earn this ht works something Ilk
30Q; or 4X hours, a little mora perhaps.
And Cobb's performance is practically
certain to be satisfactory. If Willard la
worth $47,000 for thirty minutes work la
Cobb over-paid when he gets $18,009 for
0' hours? Figuring the relative merit
of -the men if Ty Cobb Is worth only
$1E,Xio a year Willard would have to pay
fori the privilege of boxing thirty minutes
with Moran. , '
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There la no gain-saying the fact, Omaha
Is rapidly approaching the proportions of
a big city. The latest proof we have of
this fact la the Omaha Athletic (club
project which Is attracting the attention
of. the leading business men of the city.
And the Omaha Athletlo club is to be a
real one, one with an eight-story club
house erected at a cost of over $650,000.
Most of the big cities of the country have
or. are organising athletlo clubs. An
athletic club Is an attraction for a city.
It la an Incentive to the advancement of
eport The men who are behind the
Omaha Athletlo club are evidently de
termined Omaha's club shall be equal to
any in the country or they would not
contemplate the erection of so oostly a
building. Omaha will welcome the club
and be behind It in everything .It under
takes.
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Dr. Stewart, newly appointed director
oi aimeucs ai me university oi Ne
braska, will be Introduced to Cornhusker
supporters this week. Pr. Stewart Is to
males a short visit to the Husker uni
versity to get acquainted with the men
with whom he will associate next fall,
lt's all extend lr. Stewart a welcome
greeting and assure him that Nebraska
front boundary to boundary is wltb him.
J am bo stiehm seems to be almost com
pletely forgotten. Even his irate op
ponents In Lincoln have ceased to apply
the bfandlng Iron to Jumbo. Stiehm Is
a Jloosler now, and Stewart is tbe Ne
braska man. When the new director ar
rives let's give him the spotlight and the
entire stage as well and ..eep iStiehm be
hind the soenes, he's no longer a' mem
ber of the Cornhusker troupe, -
If you don't believe the training sea
fon adds to an athlete's speed, visit ono
of the southern camps and see for your-n-lf
a practical demonstration when the
Dinner lung hits.
flood mill tell. After spending years
at the Carlisle Indian school trying to
leai a to be civilized. War Eagle chose
wreBtllng as a profession.
A pl'r was recently given a decision
by the national commission, showing
that there Is still something wrong with
base balL 1
It uieJ o be pool, now they call it
the .American pocket billiard champion
ship tournament.
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SIX LOOPS HOLD MEETINGS
Call of the Sandlot Grips Amateurs
and Leagues Are Being; Organ
ized Every Week.
MANAGERS SIGN ATHLETES
Br FRANK QlICtEV.
Enthusiasm In local base ball circles Is
rapidly reaching tever heat, and before
many days glide by the majority of the
leagues wilt be organised and ready for
Mr. naneball to take the throne. Six
leagues held meetings last week and laid
the foundation for the ensuing season.
Some of these leagues have already se
sured their contracts from Secretary
Bloaztes, and the different magnates are
as busy getting players to attach their
monickers as a politician with a petition.
The latest acquisition to the Omaha
Ameateur Base Ball association Is the re
cently organized. Metropolitan league.
When the leaders of the different teams
now affiliated with the Metropolitan
league learned that It was practically Im
possible to secure a franchise In. the
American or City, leagues, they" imme
diately got their roofs together and or
ganized. Six teams have already Joined
this league and as this league wilt con
tain eight teams, two more are needed.
Any team ' desiring a franchise should
have a" representative on hand next Wed
nesday night, when this band will' con
gregate at the city hall.
Oalv Twelve) Ilea.
One thing which Is probably the most
ntlal point not to be overlooked by
managers, when reading over the new
constitution, is that the managers will
only be allowed to sign lip fifteen play
ers. They , can hold fifteen men until
June 1 when the team will have to be re
duced to twelve and no new men can be
signed after June 15, except , in cases
where ' something unforeseen happens.
The fifteen days from June 1 to June IS
are left open In order that players that
receive the axe will be afforded an ou
portuiUry to hitch on with some other ag
gregation. .--
The other day one of the old guards
that delivered his base ball aspirations
to the grave yard softie calanders ago.
uttered these Words: "Gee. it's a lead
pipe for a squad to find a place to de
liver their wares these days, but years
ago base ball diamonds were as scarce
as radium." The fact of the matter la
that not very many years ago numerous
teams were compelled to back arguments
with out-of-town teams or lay-off on
account of the scarcity of diamonds, and
If they did secure a vacant patch a cop
per might push his frame through the
crowd and impart the tearful hews that
it was time to pack up. Many Incidents
ot this nature happened during the
stormy days, but today finds the Omaha
amateurs well' fortified With parks. Still
you will find some of the amateurs crab
bing and they are more particular about
which one of the municipal diamonds
they receive than If they were picking a
life partner.
Alamitoa Drop Oat.
When the chiefs of the Greater Omaha
league convened last week they found
one seat vacant, which was formerly
occupied by the. Alamltos. runners-up
for the championship last term. They
have not decided In regard to filling
this vacancy, as they ill probably have
a seven-team league, which will allow
one team to secure an out-of-town game
every Sunday. These seven teams have
deposited their $60 forfeit money,
namely: Duoky Holmes, Burgess-Nash,
Omaha Gas Company, Armours, Ijuxus,
T. B. C.'s and Bourgeois. Two hundred
dollars of tKls money will be distributed
three ways. $109, $66 and $'6, respectively,
going to ' the three leading teams. The
balance of the money will be an ex
pense fund, which will be ased to defray
the current expenses, and If any balance
remains at the expiration of the season
It will be equally split between the seven
teams.
Pra-Seasaa Gossip,
liOgan Barr, for years associated with
class A teams, will probably try his luck
with the Holly this year.
ik'haeffer, a pitcher of note, is a dark
horse Manager Hull has stored away to
sprint on the Class A warriors.
Hereafter the J. D. Crews, formerly
with the Booster league, will play Class
U ball In the American league.
The news is swimming around that
Joedy Gill ham will cougn up his wares
for the Bourgeois congregation.
Sol Kovltsky formerly with ths Ala
mltos,' wl'l hold down the initial cushion
for the Bourgls squad this term.
Manager A. O. Peterson of the Hnyden
Bros, learn has decided to Join tho re
cently organised Metropolitan league.
A new ieum to enter tlie field this term
Is the Modern Woodmen Camp 4j, under
(he personal diiection of H. E. Graves
On corner one. Orahsm, formerly with
the- Bourgeois heard, will be hltcoed for
Ducky Hounes. He Signed up the other
way. ...
Next week the 1-uxue team that won the
championship last year will congregate
and repair their wrecking machinery for
11.
With Jsmes Mllota engineering affairs
for the Beaelin esgregaiUin, the other
magnates of the City league should watch
their ate pa.
In the center' patch Pete Murray will
pick high ones from the clouds for the
Bourgeois army. He used to chase flies
for the Alamitoa.
' Hereafter Thomaa -Noene, -the geat that
has threatened to quit the game time and
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time again, will be perched on the throne
for the Te Be Ces. ,
Harry Cross will endeavor to make goi
as an umpire under George Clark. He la
well versed In the game and knows how
to handle amateurs.
A team composed of auto row end West
Leavenworth merchants will roam around
under Chris Lyck's appellation.. They
Win play viass a ball. ,
A new bunch to be known as the Wal
nut Grove Athletics will enter the field
under the personal siipervts on of W..jNcl-k
son. Colfax 2123 will cat. h him.
Marty Flanagan, star leather egg.
manipulator at Creighton university Jul,
fall, will get into conditions stopiuiir-4el-1
)ts for Iucky Holmes' sphere siingrs.; ,-
C. J. Anderson, who halls from Chicago;
blew into Omaha the other day1 and
would 1 ke to sign up with some clenxy
organisation. Douglas 1003 will land him.
Sugar Joe Kane is seriously conteTip at
Ing reorganizing the Hotel Castle bunch.
They started out as rtrong as m'ictard
last term, but quit after a few flashes.
Joseph Dugher, formerly the shlninc
light on pouch one tor the Browning
King team, is anxious to sign up with
a class A tesm. For further information
call Webster 8i91.
John A. Gentleman, the undertaker,
will not undertake to back a team this
ses'jon. as he buried his base ball as-
Elratlons. He backed the Gentleman
lollys last year.
W. Nelson, president of the newly or
ganised Metropolitan league,, aays with
vehemence that they will show the other
Class B leaguea a few new wrinkles be
fore the termination of the seaaon.
Thertnitlal meeting of the umpires to be
known as supervisor will be held on
March 10 by George Clark, the chief
supervisor. He will hsve competent nvn
beside himself to teacn tne rooKies.
Naval Academy is
After an Omaha Lad
For Its Grid Team
According to a story emanating from
Lincoln, the United States Naval acad
emy, falling to land Guy Chamberlain. Is
now trying to get' Jimmy Gardiner,
Omaha boy, who played at halfback for
the Cornhuskers last year and Is expected
to be one of the stars this year, to enter
the academy. The Lincoln yarn even
goes so far as to say Gardiner has been
offered an appointment by Congressman
Lobeck.
And Cornhusker circles In Lincoln are
up In arms. The Husker supporters de
clare the navy bunch wants Jimmy ' for
their foot ball team and are deliberately
trying to rob Nebraska. It Is known'the
navy 'tried to get Chamberlain, even
though Guy is too old to be eligible to
enter the academy, and Cornhuskers
wouldn't put anything past the Annapolis
outfit.
T0BIN WITH THE FEDS
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
Jack Tobln. the outfielder of the St.
Louis Browns, and a native of that town,
is the only player with the Federal from
Its birth to lis death. Tobln was picked
up by the . Feds . in 1S11, the year the
league was organized.
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FOUR MATCHES FOR PETERS I
Nebraska Wrestler Will Meet De
metral, Westergaard, Hns
sane and Beall.
HOLD THREE BOUTS IN OMAHA
. Charity Peter will not do much roman
cing a round during the next thirty oi
sixty days.. For Charley's manager be
lieves in making Charley work and has
accordingly made arrangements for the
Nebraska boy to do battle with four of
the huskiest wrestlers in the business.
1 peter has been matched to wrestle
Youslff Hussane, the terrible Turk who
ceased to be so blooming terrible a few
weeks ago when Joe Stecher twisted hla
tail; Walter Pemetral, who gained a little
additional fame the other day by biting
a . fellow-gxappler In Chicago; Jesa
Westergaard, . the big Swede from pes
Moines, and Fred Beall, the little veteran
who knows as much about wrestling aa
any man In the game.
' ' No dates for any of these matches have
been set, but they will all occur within
the next thirty or sixty days.
Three of the four matches wlirbe held
in Omaha so local fans are looking for
ward to something of a treat. Demetral,
Westergaard and Beall will all wrestle
Pers In Omaha. The bout with Toualff
Hussane will be. held in Evansvllls, Ind.
It Peters succeeds in winning all of
these matches-and he is regarded as a
favorite by most of the ring fans who
have followed his work the Nebraska
boy will have established quite a reputa
tion for himself. He has already met
and defeated In straight falls such men
as Xuvaros, Martensen, Bchmarder and
Plestlna and all of these chaps ate good
wrestlers.
Not content with the four approaching
matches , Peter manager is trying to
get Strangler Lewis, Charley Cutler and
Toung Zbyssko to tackle Charley. It may
be that Cutler or Zbyskso will take a
chance with the Nebraekan, but It Is not
likely Lewis will. When Lewis made a
visit to Omaha iast fall Peters offered
to wrestle him in publlo or In private, for
money, marbles or chalk and Lewis
quickly beat it out of town.
HANDICAP WHIST EVENT
AT PRAIRIE PARK CLUB
A handicap whist tournament will open
at the Prairie Park Whist club Monday
night. The tourney will continue all
month. A paid-up membership ticket for
the season of 191S-17 has been hung up
as a prise.
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ATHLETICS, SEND M'AVOY
BACK TO BALTIMORE CLUB
The Athletic club has released Catcher
McAvoy to the Baltimore International
club, from whem the Athletlo club pur
chased him In 1314.
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Second Squad of
Cardinals Reports
At Texas Qifarters
ST. LOUIS, Mo March 4 'the seo-
ond squad of the St. Louis Nationals will
have Joined the first at the spring train
ing grounds near San Antonio, Tex., by
tomoirow. The second squad consists of
the infielders and outfielders. The
pitchers and Catchers had an early start
and will have had a week's practice
before the rest of the team Join them.
Following are the players ordered to
report at Han Antonio:
Pitchers: Bailee, Doak, Ames,, Meadows,
Grlner, . Hall, Jasper, Warhop, Steele,
Williams and Lamllne.
Catchers: Snyder, Gonzales and Brot
ten. Gonzales will not report until
March 10.
Infielders: Miller. Betsel, Corhan,
Beck, Butler, Hornsby and C. Miller.
Outfielders: Wilson, Bescher, Long, T.
Smith and Cruise.
Britton Insures
, Athletes Against
Accident Off Field
President Britton ef ths St. Ldils Car
dinals has Insured his players against
accident off the ball field, and the ath
letes now can run tbetr automobiles with
the most reckless abandon, though, of
course, they will have to pay their own
fines, damages for breaking down tele
graph poles, etc. President Hsughton of
the Boston Braves hss Insured his play
ers against sickness and they can Sat
anything and everything on the bill of
fare without loss to the club, except for
the hotel man's bill.
Caddock Fails to
Answer Challenge
Marvin Plestlna is anxiously a waiting
word from Karl Caddock. Lsjit Monday
night Plestlna offered to hit ths mat with
Caddock In a grappling tilt and posted
the sum of $100 with the sporting editor
or The Bee ss evldenoe of good faith.
Plestlna Is still In Omahs, but Caddock
has fallsd to reply to the challenge. Ples
tlna declares he would like to meet Cad
dock as he believes hs csn dump the Iowa
lad. Caddock was recently credited with
an assertion that he could throw Peters
and Plestlna ths same night. Plestlna
opines that If Caddock really thinks he
Is such a woolly wild cat he should be
willing to tackle the lesser half of that
program.
' Jack Cvmptwa Fired.
Jsok Compton, nltchsr and last ytsr
manager of the navton Central league
tMjn, has been given his unconditional
release.
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HERE IS BRANDEIS LINEUP
Manager Bradford Announces Per
sonnel of the Brandeit Store
Base Ball Team.
HARRY WELCH WILL COME BACK
The lineup of the Brandels base ball
tram, Omaha's leading semi-pro nine, has
been chosen and announced. The Bran
dels team played under the Stora name
last year.
The lineup 1s aa follows:
Vanous, first.
Graham, second.
Titirkee, third.
Woodruff, short.
Holier, o.itneiu.
I'ygert, outfield.
Lawler, outfield.
Welch, outfield.
Lyck, catch.
Olson, pitch
Hay, pilch.
This Is practically the same lineup as
the last year Stora team, and it will be
remembered the Stora won a considerable
percentage of games last year.
Harry Welch, former Omaha star, la
back with the Brandels. and declares he
will play regularly. Welch almost for
sook the national game, but the call of
the diamond was too strong and he was
forced to succumb.
Vanous, Graham, Durkse and Wood
ruff make up a pretty nifty infield
quartet. All are good fielder ad are
dangerous st the bat when the pinch
arrives. With the veterans Welch and
Lawler and those fleet-footed youngsters,
Rober and Dygert, In the outfield, the
garden Is well protected.
Toung Pete Lyck, who could play pro
fessional ball this year If he so wished,
will act as first string catcher, whtls
Olson and Hay, both of whom are known
aa dependable hurlers, will occupy the
mound for the department store crew.
t looks llks a mighty good team Mhn
ager Bradford has assembled, and soma
good semi-pro ball will be seen when
the Rourkes are out of town.
Giants May Sign
"Smoky Joe" Wood
BOSTON, Mass , March 4-Ons of the
best pitchers in base ball, or that ever
was In base ball, la In New York with
out a Job, and it would not be surpris
ing If ths Giants grabbed him up at
the laat minute to add a mite of strength
to the twirling stsff, where It is most
needed. Ths gentleman In question Is
"Hmoky Joe" Wood, the man who twice
licked the Giants In a world's series
nd hs who led the Boston Red Box to
a pennant.
Though the matter appears to have
teen overlooked by a number of the
clubs in search of talent, waivers were
esked on Wood some time ago, and as
yet no one has claimed him. The former
star is spending the winter In New Tork,
and says he has no Idea Just where be
will go this gprlng." "
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Central and South High Floor Fire I J
Expected to Make Good Show- ,
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TWO OTHER TEAMS FROM OMAHA "
By KARL K.F.R.
Omaha with four teams out of eighty;,
nine basket ball quint registered for
the annual slate basket ball tourney at,
the Cspltal city the last four days of
next week, brings about a flavor of con-r
skiers hie local interest Irt tne big meet
the biggest In the entire country. Who '
wilt be the state champs and who won't,
who will ha Jhe "runnere-up" and who1 1
won't. Is a matter thftt several score j
thousands of people In Omaha, Lincoln
and other villages of the state are highly
Interested In Just St present. ' ' A
In the first place It can he safely said
that the state champs will be: Crete'
or Omaha Central or South High or Ge
neva or Lincoln or someone else. It Is
possible to csrry the reader through
the third round without a likely hitch,
but to go beyond It Is necessary to resort'
to speculation. The two Class A dlvi-
slons hsve been so drawn that three dis
tinct leaders are pretty sure to survive
In each division. Crete, South High and
Lincoln are Inevitable! cpndldates for the,
third round In the first division, while - ,
Central Hgh, Columbus and either Beat-
rice or Geneva will probably contest for,,
berths In ths semi-finals in the second
division. . ;
Fast Ways la SMrst Roan.
The first round will witness several" i
pretty battles, with some of the pre-,' '
dinted "runners-up" eliminated. y Crete it-
Is anticipated will defeat Fremont, Lin
coln, Central City, while Newman Grove,'
and Gothenburg and tbe Ptlua Aggie '
and University Place ar expected to
stage a couple of the hardest fought bat-
ties of the tourney, No favorite rules '
for either of these battles. South High'
Is expected to easily defeat Sutton as
should 'Oeneva win ever West Point and
Beatrice over Fairmont, Hfesttngs and
Havelock and. Plattsmoutli and Friend
are expocted to stags close battles, with
the former two coming away with the
bacon, . . "
Eight of ten games in the second round ;
can hardly be in doubt. Crete, Hebron, .
South High, Central High and University
Place or the State Aggies should have
little trouble In defeating their scheduled
opponents, Shelton, Plattsmouth, Hast
lngs, Chadron and Wilbur, In the order
named, Tbe Hastings-South High game,
will be a snappy one, but It 1 naturally
supposed that Patton's protege will, be
in ths lesd at the finish.
Ths final test of th tournament Ilea In
fh third round. . Pairings. will not be
made known until several hours after thai
second round is pi eyed Thursday aftr-'
noon, so that all that can ba done is to.
speculate on the results which determine,
the elimination of all teams except those
that will enter the aemi-finals. If Crete
and Lincoln and South High and Hebron. ,
are paired in the ttt first division, it la.,
almost csrtsln that Crete and South High'
will battle for a plaoe In the finals, With '
the odds in favor of the local team. If,,
these two team are matched, the game ,
will undoubtedly ba aa ef ths fastest of
ins enure tournament. On tbe ether '
hand, if South I Ugh . draws . Lincoln,
Crete' hopes will ba doubly strengthened,
as It 1 almost certain that Cow ah Janda's
Hebren five will ba unable to, stand the
pace of any of its thru possible op-"
posites. r'.
Central. High Has It "Easy.
In the second division Central High
will have pretty much it own way tin-'
less the team slumps. Columbus, Geneva,.
University Place and Beatrice are the-,
only possible dangerous opponents, and1
with the exception of th Lincoln team','
all will have spent their energy In sac-
end-round battle. Added t this, the lo-,
cal team has directly defeated two of the'
quintets and holds sway over the other J
two by comparsUv score. . It Is safe to ,
say that no matter who the opponent la,
the local team will eventually gain en
trance to the semi-finals and also th
finals. ,
So all In all. Omaha will be splendidly i
represented at the state tourney. With
two other teams. Commercial High and
the School for the Deaf, in th two other,,
claase. local rooters should feel well sat'
isfled with horn basket ball talent. In
the first division. South, Jllgtj ha one'
chance In three of gaining a berth in the.
finals, while Central High has a clear
field In the other division, with the state';,
championship within their grasp. Should !
the two Omaha schools meet In the finals
the gsms will undoubtedly bo the moat
thrilling and evenly matched In many ,
years. " , i
WIVES BARRED BY BOTH
STALLINGS AND M'GRAW
Manager McOraw, Ilk Manager Stall
ing, hss issued notice to hla plyer that
wive r to be barred from th training,
camp. Hence all the fog trotting at th
Marlln hotel will find the village belle
unopposed a partner attraction., Thla
1 straight goods and Marlln is noted for
it good orchestra and classy dancing
floor.
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