Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-31
DES HOLMES GOING TO WAR
Base Ball Writers Declare for Dissolution
Of Western League.
NIKE cANTIuON MUST RULE THE GAME
In Event Of oven Being Deposed by
Meeting at Omaha the CSntiIIOn
Brothers VIII Enter iowa
Capital in American.

Since going TO Des Moines Papa Bin
Rourke has been more or less bsdgered
by the reporters for the newspapers, but
for once in his life Papa Bill has managed
to keep his mouth shut under pressure.
He has gone on record TO the extent of
saying that he would not attempt to fore
cast the outcome OF the league meeting
TO be held on Saturday One of the
scriDes. the enterprising youth who writes
for the Register Leader, puts a lot of pro-
family into the mouth of the Omaha mag
nate, and Mr.. @. s. Cake, who writes for
the Capital over his own name, delivers
himself Of the followinE:,
Il will be fairly and squArely put UP TO
the magnates and managers OF the Western
league in Omaha next Saturday by the
Cantllons, and through Mike Cantillon,
that II the Rourke-H oiTnes-Carney COM
bination want to depose President o'Neil
and succeed in doing so, and take the man
agement Of the league over to themselves.
they can do 50 at the almost certain risk
Of disrupting the league. 1t is not Thought
that these men will be so foolish. They
have always been given credit for better
business sense, and none know 80 well as
they that any action causing the separation
Of the league from Des Moines would give
the league a body blow from which II
would not recover this season. What bet
ter indication could there be of this than
the fact that yesterday-blue Monday-2,O00
people attended the gamer
The Cantillons have taken a decisive
stand and II Saturdays meeting in Omaha
results In President o'NsIl being ousted
on the face OF It It is an improbable prop
osition. The Cantillon-Tebesu faction con-
troll the board Of directors of the Western
league and should the other faction act
against ONeil It will have to be regarded
as snap judgment"
but to talk to the man Ave minutes to be-
come convinced that his policy is one OF
rule or ruin; In forcing the cantillon-Ts-
ceedinss In Omaha to prevent the first
meeting called of the league magnates he
hrmiy believes that he has scored great
There is no gainsaying the fact that he
may win out with the help Of Holmes an6
tity IN the fisht. seiiee' has only committee
himself so far as to say that better UNI.
pres ana better discipline must be had y
take the R1urke end Of the muddie, This
would lea, enough teams to swing
league-such as 1t would be.
1t is quite safe to say that II Mike Can
tillon had not jumped out from the open
ing OF the season and played winning bal
All the hre Is concentrated against him
for at this time he has shown that HI
has every other team in the league backed
Word came out OF Milwaukee severa
days ago. from Joe Cantillon for the De-
rights" and by rights" 1t is meant tina
President ONeill shall not have the tin
ware tied to him by the combination afore
said.
IN event that the league should break NJ
and that Dcs Moines should become nj
outcast-whieh is not probable-the fan
can rest assured that they will profit b!
the change II can be stated upon author
ity that Des Moines next year would b
In the class where, Judging from presen
playing strength, IL belongs-in the Amer
lean association. The team today is taste
than the second division of the association
T.hd no team has anything on II, when l
comes 70 acquiring players to meet tn
demand. Tebeau has two teams In tn
Aperican association, why not the Can
! tlllons7 There are any number of con
sidera lions favorins the change. Princl
pally there Ia tho matter OF attendance
Des Moines In the American association
would -be'e paying propositions all around
Last year when Kansas City put up witt
the Nuts zoo and 100 people was the reg
uiar weekday attendance Yesterday De
Molnes turned out 1000 It Is unauestion
ably the best base ball town of its size 4
the United States. and with all that couli
be brought to Il by the Cantillons II ha
every right to shake the smaller compan
II now Is In. Since the regime OF tn
Coalitions where has Milwaukee turne
for for as good men as ever went on II
team? To Des Moines.