Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

men. should not be cun1en9 20 ret Until
his dirty thing il completsly ard ahso-
iuseiy brought to light and the criminals
IL there are such. punished. such . oourss
ana That only VIII v1ndirate official honor
Morsorer, unless acfinn IL taken tins crime
mag be rupeafed II bribery % urnDires
ear b ATTEMPTED with IMMUNITY = win not
be long unrl sone more unpleasant end
win come OF a. Thus far ths only men
whsss course eorurneuds them 70 the
slightest degree of public apIrubaticn are
Meszrs. KLEIN and Johnstnn.
Base han ana horse racing are the poEi-
1.-Two and negative poles 81 The sporting
world Like thu exsremit1ss Of the earth's
aka they hnrs one thing In c~Ornrnnn-fney
are both commercial propositions But base
ban reached she bnsdn Sc standard BY a pro
cess upward. while horse racing descended
10 4, The counnercia1ism Of base ball 10 the
spirit Of legitimate enterprise that moves the
machinery Of Industrial America the COM
mcrcaalisun OF the turf is the blight Of cheap
Graft fatal to any sport thai toicratss f.
The men IN base bail May mot be amy
better than the rncn IN the turf. hut exp@r-
euce shows they are a whole lot wiser
Years aso Ines foreszw that base ball
and be1ting could NOT live together. 20
they allied hsttinE The turf shut its eyes
10 the fztai consequence "a gambling and
refused 10 ieara tne lesson taught by the
voluntary concession q bAse hall TednE
bsse sail il the strongest ard most popular
snort IN ehe United States. or IN ire world
horse racing IL an outlaw in AL 6ut a fs~
statca The ers lived and trrixed beyond
al precedent IN the history Of vports be-
canns IL cat loore from betting; the other il
n . cornafsse condition becauNe 4 ia not
The srEur1unf constitutes BY the achieve
nent Of base ball az q possibility Of clean
sparf Il lrrefuaable. II ID a pity that -
splendid a pastime az horse raeing cannot
be enjoyed Ones II was called the sport %
kings ana the KIN % sports-- Irs Just
az Sod today. or would be. Il 4 had not
nrousnt taclf INTO repr0Ach by the foofish
course Il has pursued The most v,ei0us
inf1uenca that can surround any game IN
raas rrpresentsa in ne prafsssicnaI -man-
aErr- or prsmoter-~ This tnIIOw has iasf
one object. be knows just one t~h,nG-grafL
Dssel0ping the game 70 il leE1timate pos
sIhilIrsas as = Eport-~ith whirh in the kong
run u net TO BE compared the uiumats
nrni1s q Fraft-is moi IN hia hne.
Harvey r. woodr1ff sporting editor OF
the Chieago Tribunes has done a work
rha4 entities him 20 the graneuds OF
every READ base bali fan He did a great
piece Of newspaper work in effecting the
ssttlsment Of the Mnrphy-chaace con-
rrore-sv. bat Il would - uafsir - plsce
10 hasheE tina upon ITS a~rhieTsmcnt
yha1sger the differences we're between
|, me presiaent ana manage % the worid's
ehzmpions. they threatened 20 separzts
the two men and disintegnatr the strong
-. 40 ia ---~,awwT va
uould have been q severe bios to base
ball II w1nla have aeen a most bitter
disappoinnnent % every rm Aad ia this
cznnecfsnn Il Il interesting % nsns rhAa
n1eRcn years asn when Chance joined the
cahs Ia the sprlnE AZ west Eaden Wood
ruff vas ths first newspaper man 20
greet htm. ne TWO men have been fast
eienas since THAI CAV.
4sAHL SaIlErza says tss ssEls ead 81
ssaza 1ahtimg IL inssieahle ~rhey can
got utsm the a ~ refnrzn.n Gays the
b1E an ~ ~ men who make wrestling
! hAm they wouin find IN cnis rophccy
or. hsffer still IN the actual trend OF the
Dimes fnsir Gay az sroA1est opDortanigy.
Wrestling cauad bs ma6e Just a. secure
"a base bal n Erestlnrs and their mAn-
aEars ndopted the same bustnesslike
marho9s hat bAaa bail adnpted years ago
And n8w tnsy are asking Harrey 2.
Noodra9 % 60 and bring Flelder Jones
ara Cuufakes togrther B11 there il no
differencs gtWee CammY ana his man
aser. Jonss simply says he is soinx to
auit hEss bali SIM there's anorher
chsnce for M Chicago pAcEiuatsr %
crowd Henry clay snn nurthsr err the