Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09

pares favorabiy with ST. Joseph, Denver,
Colorado Springs and a majority OF the
form a circuit and will undoubtedly make
a good city for the Western league. IL
net b ea eiaSse tTG Inc iee si bis fa sRer Il c %itS
Kansas City. indianapolis, Milwaukee and
such cities In. a league where fast Dali
Al one time, however, It looked as though
Omaha would be included IN the American
the followers OF the organization. Presi-
dent Hickey made a proposition to Owner
Rourke that had that magnate leaning,
that with only one club Omaha would DO in
a pinch 70 go through the season on. The
Guy w9uia nav ~unaoupte1Iy SUPPORTS one
OF the association saw that they were
wasting time with Omaha they began to
time, they kept this in the dark and
worried the Western league with threats
q nvsslgn diyeTtins attention away from
The news that Louisville is to be the
eighth city In the circuit will be welcome
to the. local fans who have favored the
America nassociation because that orRani-
5stiop favored them BY placing Kansas
AT the conference held here a week ago
Yesterday the nnal steps IN the matter
WtTt uEElutu uDOn AIT BAOnudI HlHH
George. Tebeau left for Louisville and has
been there ever since. This makes the
circuit complete and President Hickey can
now put the finishing touches on the sched-
ule and call the meeting which will be
held shortly I'm Chicago. The circuit con
Paul and Milwaukee in the west and Louis
yillas Indianapolis, Toledo and Columbus
In the east
There isn't much consolation in that roast
for Omaha fans. but that's the best we
will get. II is quite gracious OF the Kansas
City youth to admit that Omaha compares
favorably with Denver. st. Joseph and other
minor league towns. That's about as kin
a word as Omaha ever gets from Kansas
City, while from Denver we don't even get
that. Well, we will try to survive the blow.
It's hard to part with cherished prospects,
to see fond hopes dashed, but we are not
entirely devoid of hope and have a modicum
at least of the optimistic philosophy that
upheld the Kentuckian. He was in bed
waiting for his only shirt to dry after be-
ing washed. His spouse ran into the room
and cried out that the calf had eaten the
shirt. "wall, them ez hez must lose, cause
them ez hezn't KANT" was his comment, as
he turned on the other side to slumber
again. We had a chance to get into the
big league and we lost.
- Dol H.
What has become Of all the talk about
outlaws and the like? Some Of the pet
names that were being hurled at Hickey
and his supporters during the early part Of
the winter seem to be coming home, to
roost. At any rate. when Tebeau can Sc
cure from the National leagueft the park It
controls at Louisville the prospects are that
the National doesn't have any serious In
A--Al.~. k..atu- H. Aunortoan aoan-
citation. OF course, this deaf isn't complete,
for the big league is not in condition Just
at present to transact business of any
kind, Pending the adjustment Of its own
difhculties It is in no position to take any
active part in the settlement Of affairs Of
the minors. But Pat Power anathema to
the contrary Notwithstanding, Tebeau Is ne
gotiating for the Louisville National league
grounds, and who shall say he will not get
them? This spectacle ought to be quite a
comforting feature to Mr.. Thomas Burns
of Colorado Springs, as he ~contemplates his
otherwise complete overthrow OF Tebeau.
Just to think that White Wings, the boosted
sage of base ball, has teen worsted In a
contest by q man who EN;er dabbled In the
game save as a spectator before last fall;
| and this veteran is lriven by this apparent
|tyro out Of the Western league and out of
Kansas City, clear over into Louisville.
Awful, isn't It?
while waiting for the magnates to catch
their second wind and come again the pipe
dream artists are getting in their work
on the tIme-tried and fre-tested yarns
about the salary Of players. One OF the
hrst and in some respects the best comes
from a laundry in P%ittsburg. This gem of
the dope hend's imagination runs to the
effect that Hans" Wagner walked into
Barney Dreyfuss' oK,os enc day Just before
the cold wave st.uck the town and laid
down a letter from Charley Somers.
Dreyfuss read the let2er, which was an
offer to Germany Of 54,500 a pear for two
years to Join the Bosom Americans. Nine
thousand dollars would be deposited In a
bank to Wagner's credit and he could have
It, play or not, II he would desert Pitts
burg. And while Dreyfuss was beginning to
gather gloom over the prospects Of losing
his fast fielding, hard-hitting star. Wagner
put his John Hancock to a Pittsburg con-
tract for one year at the rate Of $4,000 per.
That's the stun bali players are made Of
nit. But Just wait. Here's another. This
time Deacon whitfield of Kansas CITY
cooked the pill. and out of the aroma arose
a vision like this: The new management Of
Detroit made to Charley Nichols an offeI
Of $5.0 900 a year for two years and a s1.50t
bonus II he would drop the Western league
and come to Detroit. With that devotion
to business principles which has always
marked his career as a ball player. the Kid
turned his back on the $11 500 and wen
on signing players for his Kansas Cit,
team. what's a measly thousand dollars
a month 10 a magnate? OF course Denver
couldn't keep out Of this. And Otto Flot'
Of the Post run his mobile down to a Mar