Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-30

will not be able to protect itself, let alone
an associate league. and base ball VIII De at
the mercy OF irresponsible players. Where |
will the game go? To the bow-woWs'
Where will Ban Johnson go? Same place.
II this is reasonable, do you think for
moment that Ban Johnson Is trying to
bring about such a result? Not on your
natural Nothing is further from his
thought He Is merely engineering colos-
sal bluff, and out OF 1t all he may gain
we'll. IL is hard to say what he Will gain.
One of the irresponsibles down at Kansas
City has issued an ultimatum to the erect
that white Wings Tebeau will be toier
ated down there, but he mustn't attempt
any Of his rowdy methods. Well, now
wouldn't that sober you up, you people whol
remember the team that once sailed under
the name of the Blues? Think OF DIRTY
Dan Stearns. Jack Pickett Jimmy McGarr'l
big" Bill Hoover. Charley Hoover, "Spo-
kane" Elmer Foster and few of the others
who used to make life miserable for base
men and base runners in the old days, and
then think of Kansas City yelping for It'd
dledywinks players. Why, the widest man
on George Tebeaus whole list is a model
Sunday school scholar compared to some
of the tamest of Manning's old gang While
we are on this topic 1t may not be out
OF place to note the fact that the Kansas
City Times calls attention to the fact that
II Tebeau does get In down there that the
people are likely to see some good ball
by the home team. That paper points out
that twice in ten years Manning landed
a team in the lead-in 1890 and in 1S9S-and
the rest OF the time the Blues were flirting
with the tailenders. All OF which is true,
and goes a long way in explaining why
the Kansas City people restrained them
selves from getting out injunctions when
Manning started for Washington.
Tebeau is going quietly ahead with his
| arrangements at Kansas City and according
| to all accounts has succeeded in securing
a most excellent location for his park. He
is now after players and is likely to have
| little trouble in getting together good
! team IL Denver should be dropped by the
| Western league, which Is not at all un-
| likely, then Tebeau will secure the rever-
| sion OF his 1900 team and will thus have
splendid nucleus. Out in Denver Mr.. Pack
| ard who Is the successor to the Denver
| franchise, is talking Of 'bucking' Tebeau,
| whatever that means. He Will certainly be
allowed the advantage of the Denver reser-
| yations, in case there is Western team
| in the mountain town during the coming
| season. II there is no team there he VIII
have no need OF the players, therefore his
talk about "bucking" Tebeau would seem
at least supererogatory.
Our own Colonel Keith is feeling just
about as easy as does Tom Lawson Of Bos-
ton when he puts out to sea on his mag
nificent new steam yacht. Which is to say,
,aL' 10 wi
good bunch Of players on the string and
when he meets Bill Rourke they both look
wise and you'd think there wasn't anything
but money coming in all the time. And
talking about money coming In, you should
have seen Bucks face and Bits when the
Lincoln foot ball team failed to show up on
Christmas day. There was an elegant
crowd out at Vinton street park and the
magnates had to pay back all the elegant
gate receipts. Mr.. Keith had signed con
tracts with the managers OF the Omaha and
Line oln teams for the games, guaranteeing
each team $3.50 and expenses for the Lin
coin team. He had been notified the night
before by the Lincoln manager that the
team would be here all right and on Christ
mas morning he paid for the tickets on
which the Lincoln boys were to ride. Judge
of his surprise when over the tinkling tele-
phone line he received word about noon
Christmas day that the Lincoln boys would
not come. Aside from the gate receipts he
had to pay back. Colonel Keith was out
some other good simoleons he had ex-
pended In advertising the game, and ne
doesn't like 1t a little bit.
Magnate Beall is the only western league
who is not on Easy street. His Sioux CIT!
franchise seems doomed to extinction, an'
he hasn't any cinch on the ST. Paul en-
trance. This suggests another funny Incl
dent In connection with the alleged Amer
lean auxiliary league kick on Nationa
league rules. Charley saulpaugh' Wit
owns the Minneapolis team, doesn't propos
to allow Perry Werden TO manage the ST
Paul team because the pipe-dreamers picke
Perry for the Saints without consulting tn
magnate OF the Miliers. Saulpaugh say
, he has no objection to Werden managin
the team, but he is under contract TO Min
neapolis, and he'll be double dashed II h
is going TO let anybody dispose oi his play
, ers without his consent. IL they had aske
/ him first he would have consented, bI
. since they didn't he'll be Jumped up An