Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-27

the league. That was the memorial 90
casion when George Tebeau wired that he
would not put up a cent to save the league,
but would object TO dropping Denver. This
record Of laundering and incompetency
could be strung out for yards when the
playing season opened this year, instead Of
getting around TO Lincoln and Pueblo to
see how the new teams started or. O'Nesl
HE'D himself away to Oakland and spent
his time there. regardless OF the fate Of the
organizations that paid him TO attend to
their business matters.
In the matter OF umpires, O'Neil shas
shown equally poor Judgment. He let
Caruthers go simply because Cantillon
could not control him. and. II Keefe Is to be
believed, he started this season by Issuing
instructions to umpires not to fine players
OF put them out OF the game. How is an
umpire to control q bunch Of pluguglies
like those in Des Moines uniforms, unless
he can inflict and enforce severe penaltles7
II Keefe's statement Is true. then oNeil
did not want TO see clean ball on the West
ern diamonds. He knew that Selee, Carney
Holmes and Rourke favored clean ball, and
that leaves only Everitt and Doyle repre-
SELLING 1tutuu anu OhnUilOUt " we'll Iedl
employers. to profit by his leniency 1t
doesn't take n deep reasoner to see the
real aniVus OF o'Neirs orders to umpires
not to fine rowdy players 1t was neces-
| sary for Des Molnes TO win the champion
! ship again, II possible on the basis of last
seasons success and for Denver to finish
second.
When Rourke went TO the league meet
| ing at the close Of the season in 1904, after
Omaha had won the pennant, It was known
that the Western league fve-year agree
ment had but one year to run. and he
was willing to abide by almost anything
| to secure peace. He had candidate for
the presidency, but withdrew him in defer
ence to the wishes OF Tebeau, Burns and
! the Des Moines owners, who sold out to
! Cantillon, and this trio installed O'Neil.
Last year the constitution Of the league
was ignored. and the meeting was held In
| Chicago, instead Of at Des Molnes, as It
| should have been. Again O'Neil was
| elected president. Again, did Rourke lay
down his grievances in interest Of har-
| mony, and when the schedule meeting was
held at Des Moines this spring he again
| gave over his demand that O'Neil make an
accounting Of his finances as president of
| the organization, all in the interest of
harmony. But peace at any price" is not
a good motto at any time, and patience
finally exhausted itself in Rourke's case
He demanded action, and he got 1t.
The Western league is working under an
| agreement that continues for this year
only. It is to the interest of those who
have money invested in base ball to see to
1t that the domination of Tebeau and Can
tillon is permanently ended. 1t is bad,
and cannot help but be bad. The recent
experience Of the league is most regret
table, but It was brought about by this
reckless pair, and any disaster that may
flow from 1t will be directly due TO them.
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Since its inception, six years ago. the
Western league has had good ball, and the
desire of the people is to see the game
maintained at its high standard. Agrees
sive snappy ball is always popular but
pure rowdyism, such as Cantillon introduced
last season, will not be tolerated.
Cantillon was pleased, during the week,
to sneer at Rourke's team and suggest that
It was composed of "brushers," and that
Rourke knew nothing Of handling players.
Whenever Mr. Cantillon can count one
man in the big league for each two that
Rourke has sent there he will be permitted
to speak on the topic. For his iediieation
a partial roll Of the players who have gone
up from Omaha teams In which Rourke
was interested or controlled is here given:
Kelly of Cincinnati, Slagle of Chicago,
Hughes Of Washington, Stone Of st. Louis,
Howard Of Boston, owen of Chicago Amer
leans. Brown and Pfeister Of Chicago Ma
tionals. Brown Of St. Louis Nationals and
McCloskey of Philadelphia II there is
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to similar list let him now make his talk.
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William P. Mullen, manager OF base ball
at Creighton university, smiles serenely as
he prepares for his final June examinations
for the team has been having q remarkably
successful season, again winning by big
margin the Nebraska intercollegiate PEN
nant. The nearest any college in the
league came to having a peep at the enl-
blem Of supremacy was when the Nebraska
State Normal down at Peru took q game
from the Creightonians. Steen, Fishback
and Lanigan were not in the game and the
} Peru teachers succeeded in landing one
The issue OF the race was decided wher
Wesleyan university was taken into camI
last week The last two games that have
been played showed that individually anc
as a team the players are hitting almost
the past week, has delighted the bleacherl
with two home runs, while Billy Lynch and
, Mullen. Jr.. are steadily raising their aver.
Z ages. Lynch leads this week, with 1853
4 Two of the regular players-Kuhl. FRS
. base, and F1shback. right f1eld-have gone
D home for the summer. Pendergast is guard
[ ing the first sack while Croft, who was ou
n the first OF the season, is playing Fish
i backs position in right field The team
I will not suffer materially by the change
y for both new men are experienced first team
I men. For the remaining schedule interes
e is centered chiefly on the Nebraska gam,
down at Lincoln. June e. when a goodi,
Omaha delegation is expected 70 be pres
= emit. Batting averages to May Is. inclusive
Z ABB. H. Pet
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n hcNdlly .sss.sss.ssss.............. ~ 81
i 5teen ......ss...ssss.....s..s.... 10 Al
u dulleh s...sss....s,,....-..........o 20 81
| dcbnhne ....s...s.s......ss.......S Is .Gi
I 1Anlean 'ss.ssss..s..s.............SO 80